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【題目】Benjamin Franklin was born in 1706 and died in 1790.The philosopher（哲學(xué)家）and writer was one of the most important men in the early days of the United States. He believed strongly in the importance（重要性）of hard work, and he himself worked hard all his life, from the time he left school at the age of ten.

"Poor Richard," a character Franklin created, summarized（概括）Franklin's ideas in short sayings（諺語）. Many of Poor Richard's sayings are still remembered today. One of the most famous is "Early to bed, and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise," from the essay（散文）"The Way of Wealth."

In the same essay , Franklin talks about the danger of laziness and the value of ambitiousness（抱負(fù)）.He asks what is accomplished by "wishing and hoping for better times". He says that we can make these times better if we try hard enough. People who spend all their time just hoping will die without food. They shouldn't expect everything to be easy, or as Poor Richard says, "there are no gains without pains." Franklin also says that we should work today, not wait until tomorrow. "One today is worth two tomorrows," says Poor Richard." Never leave that till tomorrow, which you can do today."

【1】The main idea of the text is that _______________.

A. one should have a clever mind

B. one should get up early

C. one should work hard all one’s life

D. one should make everything hard to do

【2】 According to the text, Poor Richard is a person who _________________.

A. used to help Franklin

B. appears in Franklin’s books

C. knows a lot of old sayings

D. works very hard all his life

【3】“one today is worth two tomorrows” means that ___________________.

A.if you want to do something valuable（有價(jià)值的）, do it at once

B.one shouldn’t hope for better times

C.everyone can have a bright future

D.we have to enjoy ourselves today, not tomorrow

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】B

【3】A

【解析】

試題分析：這篇文章講的是美國(guó)著名的哲學(xué)家和作家本杰明富蘭克林的事情，本文主要對(duì)他作品中的人物及其著名的言論做了簡(jiǎn)單介紹。

【1】C主旨大意題。這篇文主要是講本杰明富蘭克林的觀點(diǎn)，一個(gè)人要努力工作，故選C。

【2】B細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中信息"Poor Richard," a character Franklin created, summarized（概括）Franklin's ideas in short sayings（諺語）. 可知本杰明作品中的人物，故選B。

【3】A句意猜測(cè)題。這句話的意思是如果你想做有價(jià)值的事情，就立刻去做，故選A。