Question

【題目】 There was a gardener who looked after his garden with great care. To water his flowers, he used two buckets(桶). One was a shiny and new bucket. The other was a very dilapidated one, which had been used for many years, but was now past its best.

Every morning, the gardener would fill up the two buckets. Then he would carry them along the road, one on each side, to the flowerbeds. The new bucket was very proud of itself. It could carry a full bucket of water without a single drop coming out. The old bucket felt very ashamed (慚愧的) because of its holes; before it reached the flowerbeds, much water had leaked (漏) along the road.

Sometimes the new bucket would say, "See how helpful I am! How good it is that the gardener has me to water the flowers every day! I don't know why he still uses you. What a waste of space you are!"

And all that the old bucket could say was, "I know I'm not very useful, but I can only do my best. I'm happy that the gardener still finds a little bit of use in me, at least.”

One day, the gardener heard that kind of conversation. After watering the flowers as usual, he said," You both have done your work very well. Now I am going to carry you back. I want you to look carefully along the road.”

Then the two buckets did so. All along the road, they noticed, on the side where the new bucket was carried, there was just bare(光禿禿的) earth; on the other side where the old bucket was carried, there was a joyous row of wild flowers, leading all the way to the garden.

【1】The underlined word in the first paragraph" dilapidated" probably means “ ”.

A.骯臟的B.光鮮的C.破舊的D.普通的

【2】Why did the old bucket feel ashamed of itself?

A.Because it leaked a lot.B.Because it was too old.

C.Because it was useless.D.Because it didn't look nice.

【3】From the conversations between the two buckets we know that .

A.the old bucket completely agreed with what the new bucket said.

B.the new bucket felt sorry for the old bucket.

C.the new bucket thought it a waste to keep using the old one.

D.the old bucket felt unlucky that the gardener still used it.

【4】The writer wrote the passage to tell us that .

A.practice makes perfectB.east or west, home is best

C.all roads lead to RomeD.old wood is best to burn

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】A

【3】C

【4】D

【解析】

文章給我們講述了一個寓言故事，通過兩個水桶的故事，告訴我們每個人都是用自己的用處的。

【1】詞句猜測題。聯(lián)系上下文，上文提到一只桶是嶄新的，而根據(jù)下文的“for many years”可知，用了許多年的應該是很破舊的。故選C。

【2】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段“The old bucket felt very ashamed (慚愧的) because of its holes; before it reached the flowerbeds, much water had leaked (漏) along the road”可知，舊桶對于自己的漏水感到很慚愧。故選A。

【3】推理判斷題。A：舊桶完全同意新桶所說的。B：新桶為舊桶感到難過。C：新桶認為繼續(xù)使用舊桶是浪費。D：那只舊水桶感到很不走運，因為園丁還在用它。根據(jù)文章大意可知，新桶嘲諷舊桶的破舊覺得使用舊桶是一種浪費，但舊桶并不贊同新桶的觀點，雖然對自己的漏水感到很抱歉，但是認為自己還是有所價值。故選C。

【4】主旨大意題。A：熟能生巧；B：金窩銀窩不如自己的狗窩；C：條條大路通羅馬；D：老柴好燒。根據(jù)閱讀全篇可知，無論是新桶還是舊桶都有自己所存在的價值，因此，抓住價值即可。D項體現(xiàn)了木材的價值，最符合文意。故選D。