Question

King Midas used to love gold. One day he met a fairy who allowed him to make a wish for something. The king replied at once , ‘‘I love gold . I want everything I touch to change into gold”. ‘‘Very well , tomorrow morning, everything you touch will turn into gold .”Saying this, the fairy disappeared.

The king waited excitedly till the next morning. To his joy ,everything he touched changed immediately into gold. ‘‘I’m the richest man in the world now.” He shouted.

  Soon Midas became hungry. He sat down at his table. All the foods and drinks turned into gold in his hand . ‘‘I’m dying of hunger.” He cried.

Just then his daughter came running in . ‘‘Why are you so sad , dad ?” she asked, putting her arms around him. There and then she became a golden statue. The king loved his daughter very much .Seeing this ,he began to cry. He looked up and suddenly saw the fairy before him.  ‘‘Don’t you like the golden touch?” asked the fairy. ‘‘ Please take it away,” begged the king, ‘‘ give me back my daughter.”  ‘‘Well, you have learned your lesson. Go and wash in the river. Then the golden touch will be gone.” The king ran quickly to the nearby river.

1.The fairy allowed the king to make a wish because_____

A．she hoped to make the king the richest in the world.

B．She loved gold too.

C．She wanted to teach the king a lesson.

D．She wanted to turn the king’s daughter into gold.

2.When the foods and drinks turned into gold the king was _____

A. excited      B. hungry      C. worried       D  happy

3.The king’s daughter became a golden statue when _____

A．she saw her father

B．the king went to meet her

C．she put her arms around her father

D．the king loved her very much

4.Which of the following might have happened afterwards?

A．The king died in the river.

B．The king’s daughter changed back from gold to a lovely girl.

C．All the things the king had touched changed back into real ones.

D．Both B and C

5.What do you think the story tries to tell us?

A．Gold makes people unhappy.

B．More gold , more happiness.

C．Gold is not the thing that makes life happy.

D．People feel happy if they have not gold.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.C

2.C

3.C

4.D

5.C

【解析】

試題分析：本文講述了精靈給國王的一個教訓，讓他碰過的所有東西都變成黃金。

1.C 推理題。根據(jù)文章最后一段可知，這個精靈是想通過這個故事給國王一個教訓。故C正確。

2.C 推理題。根據(jù)文章第三段Soon Midas became hungry. He sat down at his table. All the foods and drinks turned into gold in his hand . ‘‘I’m dying of hunger.” He cried.說明他很擔憂自己可能沒有東西吃了，故C正確。

3.C 細節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章最后一段1,2行Just then his daughter came running in . ‘‘Why are you so sad , dad ?” she asked, putting her arms around him. There and then she became a golden statue.說明碰見了國王的胳膊導致女兒也變成了黃金，故C正確。

4.D 推理題。根據(jù)文章最后Go and wash in the river. Then the golden touch will be gone.” The king ran quickly to the nearby river.說明國王去河邊洗手以后，咒語就消失了，一切都恢復原樣，故D正確，

5.C 主旨大意題。作者通過這個故事告訴我們黃金不都是好的，也會給人帶來很多的麻煩。故C正確。

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