A woman repeated a bit of gossip (流言) about a neighbor. Within a few days the whole neighborhood knew the story. The neighbor was deeply hurt. Later the woman learned that it was completely untrue. She was very sorry and went to a wise old man to find out what she could do to repair the harm.
“Go to the market,” he said, “and buy a chicken, and have it killed, then on your way home, pick its feathers(毛) and drop them one by one along the road.” Although surprised by this advice, the woman did what she was told.
The next day the wise man said, “Now, go and collect all those feathers you dropped yesterday and bring them back to me.”
The woman followed the same road, but she was so discouraged when she found the wind had blown all the feathers away. After looking for hours, she returned with only three in her hand.
“You see,” said the old man, “it’s easy to drop them, but it’s impossible to get them back. So it is with gossip. It doesn’t take much to spread（散布） a gossip, but once you do, you can never completely undo（彌補(bǔ)） the wrong.”
小題1:Why did the woman feel sorry?
A．She didn’t know the story.
B．She hurt her neighbor deeply.
C．She was hurt deeply.
D．She was told an untrue story.
小題2:The underlined word “discouraged” might mean          .
A．surprisedB．excitedC．upsetD．pleased
小題3:Which of the following statements is true?
A．The gossip didn’t hurt anyone at all.
B．The wise man is not kind enough.
C．All the feathers had been blown away..
D．The woman was given a lesson.
小題4:What the wise man said has nearly the same meaning as the Chinese phrase “_________”.
A．覆水難收B．無中生有C．欲速不達(dá)D．得道多助

小題1:B
小題2:C
小題3:D
小題4:A

試題分析：這篇文章講述了一個女人向很多人散播了她鄰居的謠言使鄰居深受傷害，幾天之后，她發(fā)現(xiàn)這個謠言不是真的，所以她感到很抱歉想彌補(bǔ)她犯下的錯。但是，通過鄰居讓她做的事情，她知道了散播謠言很容易，一旦做了之后，就永遠(yuǎn)不可能完全彌補(bǔ)錯誤了。
小題1:細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第一段大意：這個女人散播了很多關(guān)于鄰居的謠言，使鄰居受到很深的傷害，后來他知道了他散播的那個事情完全不是真的，所以他感到很抱歉。故選B
小題2:推斷題。A. surprised驚訝  B. excited 興奮  C. upset心煩   D. pleased高興根據(jù)第四段she was so discouraged when she found the wind had blown all the feathers away.這個女人發(fā)現(xiàn)所有的羽毛都已經(jīng)被風(fēng)吹走了，可推斷出，她的感受肯定是不好的。結(jié)合題目，可知upset符合文章。A,B,D選項都不符合。故選C
小題3:細(xì)節(jié)判斷題。根據(jù)第一段The neighbor was deeply hurt.鄰居被深深的傷害了。故A錯誤。文章沒有提到這個明智的男人不夠和善。故B錯誤。根據(jù)第四段After looking for hours, she returned with only three in her hand.尋找了幾個小時之后，她只找到了3支羽毛。故C錯誤。根據(jù)文章中鄰居讓這個女人的做的事情，她知道了散播謠言容易，一旦做了，想要彌補(bǔ)犯下的錯誤則很難。故選D
小題4:推斷題。根據(jù)最后一段It doesn’t take much to spread a gossip, but once you do, you can never completely undo the wrong.”這個明智的男人說散播謠言不需要花費(fèi)太多，但是一旦做了，你永遠(yuǎn)不可能完全彌補(bǔ)犯下的錯。這句話在漢語里有個成語是“覆水難收”。故選A
點評：本片文章結(jié)構(gòu)不難，文章中有一定的生詞，首先花幾分鐘進(jìn)行整體的閱讀，弄清楚時間，人物及情節(jié)。理解最后老人說話的意思是理解整個文章中心的關(guān)鍵點，對應(yīng)這類題目要結(jié)合題目中的選項來幫忙理解全文，耐心作答。
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