Question

Adults usually do not remember most of the things that are taught by their teachers at school. But this story is one such lesson that I will never forget. Every time I drift off course, I think of this story.

It was a normal Monday morning, and my teacher was teaching us on important things in life and about devoting ourselves to what is important to us. This is how the story went:

An old man lived in a certain part of London, and he would wake up every morning and go to the subway. He would get onto the train right to Central London, and then sit at the street corner and beg. He would do this every single day of his life. He sat at the same street corner and begged for almost 20 years.

His house was dirty, and a stench (惡臭) came out of the house and it smelled terrible. The neighbors could not stand the smell any more, so they called for the police officers to clear the place. The officers knocked down the door and cleaned the house. There were small bags of money all over the house that he had collected over the years.

The police counted the money, and they soon realized that the old man was a millionaire (百萬富翁). They waited outside his house expecting to share the good news with him. When the old man arrived home that evening, one of the officers told him that there was no need for him to beg any more as he was a rich man now, a millionaire.

But the old man said nothing at all; he went into his house and locked the door. The next morning he woke up as usual, went to the subway, sat at the street corner and continued to beg.

Clearly, this old man had no great plans, dreams or anything significant (有意義的) for his life. We learn nothing from this story other than staying focused on the things we enjoy doing.

1.The neighbor called the police because ______.

A．the old man kept begging money from them every day

B．there was something dangerous in the old man’s house

C．the old man wouldn’t buy tickets for the train

D．they couldn’t bear the smell from the old man’s house

2.When the old man knew he was a millionaire, he ______.

A．remained calm                         B．became excited

C．felt worried                            D．became nervous

3.What lesson do we learn from the story?

A．Make great plans for your life.

B．Keep on doing what you like.

C．Do something that is good to society.

D．Depend on yourself rather than others.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.D

2.A

3.B

【解析】

試題分析：本文陳述了作者的老師跟他們講的一個故事：一個老人每天坐在同一條街道的角落行乞了２０年，鄰居無法忍受老人家里散發(fā)的惡臭，叫來警察來清理老人的房子，警察驚訝的發(fā)現(xiàn)行乞老人成了百萬富翁，告知老人好信息后，老人還是平靜的，義無反顧的做與以往一樣的事情。從該故事中得到的啟示就是要一直專注于我們認(rèn)為重要的，喜歡做的事情上。

1.從第四段His house was dirty, and a stench (惡臭) came out of the house and it smelled terrible. The neighbors could not stand the smell any more可以得知答案D。

2.從倒數(shù)第二段But the old man said nothing at all... The next morning he woke up as usual, went to the subway, sat at the street corner and continued to beg可以得知當(dāng)老人得知他成了百萬富翁時，他還是保持平靜。故選A

3.從最后一段最后一句We learn nothing from this story other than staying focused on the things we enjoy doing可知從該故事中得到的啟示就是要一直專注于我們喜歡做的事情上，故選B

考點：人生百味類短文閱讀。

點評：本文采用總-分-總的結(jié)構(gòu)，第一二段是全文的主旨，最后總結(jié)全文，閱讀此短文，首先注意第一段和最后一段，本文是夾敘夾議類文章：敘的部分是故事，議的部分是啟示。注意把握好該類文章的結(jié)構(gòu)特點。文章主題句往往出現(xiàn)在首段或末段。