Question

   There once was a poor man who had three sons. He often said to them ,“My boys,we don't have land or cows. But you have fine minds and must use them. Notice everything. Observe and learn. Your abilities will serve you well. ”

   Years went by,and the old father passed away. The brothers were very sad,and they decided to set about walking. After many days,they came to a road leading to a great city. They came upon a rich man on a horse searching all around.

   The eldest brother called out,“ Are you looking for a large camel?”

   “And was the camel blind in one eye?” asked the second brother.

   “And was a woman with a child riding on it?” said the youngest brother.

   “Yes!Yes!Where are they?”

   “We have not seen them ,” said the second brother. “But if you ride to the east,you might catch up with them. ”

   “Thieves!” cried the man. “What have you done with them?”

   “We are not thieves,” replied the eldest brother. “We haven’t seen your camel or your wife or child. ”

   “ Tell me ,” the rich man said ,“ how did you know so much about my camel?”

   “I saw the tracks (足跡) of a large camel as we were walking along”’ said the eldest brother. “ And I knew it was blind in one eye because it ate the grass only on one side of the road ,” said the middle brother. The youngest added, “ We came to a place where the camel knelt down. There in the sand I saw prints of a woman's boots and those of a child. ”

1. The underlined part “passed away” in the passage probably means “”.

   A. married   B. went on a trip

   C. got lots of money   D. died

2. On the road the brothers met a rich man who.

   A. came to welcome them to the city

   B. came to look for his wife and child

   C. wanted to ask the brothers the way

   D. found them stealing his camel

3. According to the second brother,the camel was blind in one eye because .

   A. he saw the camel walk on the road himself

   B. he found only the grass on one side of the road was eaten

   C. he saw some prints of a woman's boots on one side of the road

   D. he just guessed what he said might be true

4. If added to the end of this passage,which of the following would fit best?

   A. The brothers were caught as thieves.

   B. The brothers asked the rich man for a lot of money.

   C. The rich man traveled east and found the camel.

   D. The rich man didn't believe the brothers at all.

5. What can we learn from the passage?

   A. It's never too old to learn.

   B. One should learn to observe carefully.

   C. We shouldn’t tell a lie to strangers.

   D. A wise head makes a close mouth.

Answer 1

1. D 2. B 3. B 4. C 5. B

  三位兄弟在去城市的路上，遇到一位富人在尋找駱駝。 三位兄弟根據(jù)觀察，詳細(xì)地說出了駱駝的情況和去向。由此 我們可以學(xué)到:在日常生活中要學(xué)會(huì)仔細(xì)觀察。

1. D詞義猜測題。畫線詞語前面出現(xiàn)“Years went by”以及后面“The brothers were very sad”，由此可推測：passed away意為“去世”。因此選D.

2. B細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)最小的兄弟的問話“And was a woman with a child riding on it?”以及富人的回答“Yes!Yes!Where are they?”可知，這個(gè)富人在尋找他的妻子 和孩子。選B項(xiàng)。

3. B細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文最后一段中的“And I knew it was blind in one eye because it ate the grass only on one side of the road ,”可知，二兄弟知道駱駝一只眼瞎是根 據(jù)它只吃路一旁的草來判斷的。因此選B項(xiàng)。

4. C推理判斷題。根據(jù)短文最后一段三位兄弟對(duì)駱駝的詳細(xì)分析可以推斷，富人會(huì)相信三位兄弟的話，因此如果 給文章加一個(gè)結(jié)尾，富人往東走并且找到了胳駝符合 語境。選C.

5. B主旨大意題。通讀全文可知，文章講述了三位兄弟通過仔細(xì)觀察，從而總結(jié)出了駱駝的去向。由此告訴我 們善于觀察、仔細(xì)分析的重要性。B項(xiàng)符合文章大意。

observe v.觀察 come upon 遇到 blind adj.盲的 catch up with 趕上

障礙句分析

   There in the sand I saw prints of a woman's boots and those of a child.在沙子上，我看到了一個(gè)女人的靴子印跡和一個(gè)孩子的靴子印跡。

   those用來指代“同名異物”的可數(shù)名詞復(fù)數(shù)，此句中 those代替上文的prints。而that用來指代“同名異物”的可數(shù)名詞單數(shù)或不可數(shù)名詞。

確定主題句

   一篇文章或一段文章通常都是圍繞一個(gè)中心意 思展開的。而這個(gè)中心意思往往由一個(gè)句子來概括。 這個(gè)能概括文章或段落中心意思的句子叫做主題句。 因此，理解一個(gè)段落或一篇文章的中心意思首先要學(xué) 會(huì)尋找主題句。

   例如，解答第5小題，根據(jù)第1段的Notice everything. Observe and learn. Your abilities will serve you well.揭示了文章的主旨，可確定本題的答案。