Question

【題目】 Once upon a time, there was a fair with different shops in town. Among those was a small shop set up by a young man.

The shop was filled with colorful jewelry and other things made of glass. One of the pieces caught a jeweler’s eye. It was shining so brightly that the jeweler thought it was a precious diamond（珍貴的鉆石）. He asked the shop owner,” What’s the price of this piece?”

“20 dollars,” replied the owner.

The jeweler wanted to save some money, so he said, “I can give you only 15 dollars for it.”

The shop owner refused.

There weren’t many people around the shop, so the jeweler thought to himself, “If I come back later, the shop owner may change his mind.” After hanging about for a while, he returned to the shop, only to find the piece missing. He asked the shop owner, “Where is the piece I asked for a moment ago?”

The shop owner replied , “I sold it for 20 dollars.”

The jeweler got angry and said,” What a fool（傻瓜）you are! It was not a glass piece but a precious diamond.”

The shop owner replied, “I’m not a fool but you are! You knew that piece was precious, but you tried to buy it for 15 dollars and left.”

【1】The change of the jeweler’s feeling can be described as ______________.

A.angry→happy→regretfulB.happy→angry→regretful

C.angry→regretful→happyD.happy→regretful→angry

【2】What lesson can we learn after reading the story?

A.Action speaks louder than words.B.Try to save as much money as we can.

C.Think twice before making decisions.D.Don’t lose much by trying to save a little.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】D

【解析】

本文是一篇記敘文。文章講述了一位珠寶商因為想用15美金的價格買走一枚標(biāo)價20美元的鉆石，被店家拒絕后，鉆石被別的買家以20美元買走，最終“因小失大”，錯失這枚鉆石的故事。

【1】推理判斷題。由文章第二、三段可知珠寶商在一個小店里發(fā)現(xiàn)了標(biāo)價20美元的真鉆，鉆石價格不菲，發(fā)現(xiàn)這么便宜的鉆石可想而知作者是“happy 開心的”；根據(jù)文章倒數(shù)第二段第一句“The jeweler got angry and said.”可知珠寶商得知鉆石被別人以20美元買走后是“angry 氣憤的”；最后店主的話“I’m not a fool but you are! You knew that piece was precious, but you tried to buy it for 15 dollars and left.”讓珠寶商十分后悔，因為他因為區(qū)區(qū)5美金而錯失了一枚價值連城的鉆石。故選B。

【2】主旨大意題。Action speaks louder than words. 行動勝于雄辯。Try to save as much money as we can. 盡力節(jié)省盡可能多的錢。Think twice before making decisions. 三思而后行。Don’t lose much by trying to save a little. 不要因小失大。根據(jù)最后店主的話“I’m not a fool but you are! You knew that piece was precious, but you tried to buy it for 15 dollars and left.”可知珠寶商因為區(qū)區(qū)5美金而錯失了一枚價值連城的鉆石，從珠寶商身上我們學(xué)到不能“因小失大”，故選D。