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【題目】 A little boy was playing in his sandbox on a Saturday morning. While he was building roads and houses in the soft sand, he discovered a large stone in the middle of the sandbox.

The little boy pushed and pulled, but every time he thought he had made some progress, the tone tipped(傾斜) and then fell back into the sandbox. The little boy tried his best, but his only reward(獎賞) was to have the stone fall back.

Finally the boy cried. All that time the boy's father watched him from his living room window. At the moment tears fell, his father came to the boy and the sandbox. Gently but surely he said, "Son, why didn't you use all the strength that you had?" The boy said sadly, "But I did, daddy, I did! I used all the strength that I had!" "No, son, you didn't ask me." With that, the father reached down, picked up the stone and removed it into sandbox.

Do you have stones in your life that need to be removed? Are you discovering that you are too weak to lift them? There is ONE who is always ready to give us the strength we need. Isn't it funny how we try so hard to do things on our own?

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，選擇最佳答案。

【1】The little boy found in the middle of the sandbox.

A.a small roadB.a large stoneC.a big house

【2】Finally, the boy cried because he was too to remove the stone.

A.hardB.funnyC.weak

【3】Who removed the stone at last?

A.The little boyB.the boy's fatherC.Both the boy and the father

【4】What does the underlined word "them" refer to(指代) in life?

A.stonesB.jobsC.difficulties

【5】What can we learn from this story?

A.We should learn to ask for help sometimes.

B.We should never continue doing everything.

C.We can do anything on our own during the life.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】C

【3】B

【4】C

【5】A

【解析】

本文是一篇記敘文。作者講述一個小男孩自己無論如何也搬不動沙箱里的石塊，但是父親卻很輕松地幫他搬走石塊的故事。通過這個故事，作者是想告訴我們，當(dāng)我們自己的能力不足以解決問題的時候，不妨向別人求助，這也是一種成功的方法。

【1】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段第二句“While he was building roads and houses in the soft sand, he discovered a large stone in the middle of the sandbox.”可知男孩在沙箱里發(fā)現(xiàn)了一塊大石頭，故選B。

【2】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段最后一句“The little boy tried his best, but his only reward was to have the stone fall back.”和第三段第一句“Finally the boy cried.”可知最終男孩哭起來是因為自己太“weak 弱小”了，實在搬不動這塊石頭，故選C。

【3】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段最后一句“With that, the father reached down, picked up the stone and removed it into sandbox.”可知最終是男孩的爸爸將石頭搬走的，故選B。

【4】詞句猜測題。根據(jù)第四段第一、二句“Do you have stones in your life that need to be removed? Are you discovering that you are too weak to lift them?”可推知這里的代詞them應(yīng)代指上句中的“stones in your life 生活中的石塊”，引申為“生活中的困難”，故選C。

【5】主旨大意題。根據(jù)最后一段最后兩句“There is ONE who is always ready to give us the strength we need. Isn't it funny how we try so hard to do things on our own?”可知作者認為該向別人尋求幫助的時候就要向別人尋求幫助，完全靠自己有時是行不通的，故選A。

有關(guān)代詞的詞義猜測題是初中閱讀常考內(nèi)容。同學(xué)們在對待這類題目時要注意所含代詞句子的前后句，一般都能找到答案。同時同學(xué)們要注意指代的對象是否符合邏輯或文意，比如them可以指代人也可以指代物，it指代單數(shù)等，注意好細節(jié)，做好檢查，一定能把這類題目搞定。