Question

 

Tell a story and tell it well,and you may open wide the eyes of a child,open up lines of communication in a business,or even open people’s mind to another culture or race.

People in many places are digging up the old folk stories and the messages in them.For example,most American storytellers get their tales from a wide variety of sources,cultures,and times.They regard storytelling not only as a useful tool in child education,but also as a meaningful activity that helps adults understand themselves as well as those whose culture may be very different from their own.

“Most local stories are based on a larger theme,”American storyteller Opalanga Pugh says,“Cinderella(灰姑娘),or the central idea of a good child protected by her goodness,appears in various forms in almost every culture of the world.”

Working with students in schools,Pugh helps them understand their own cultures and the general messages of the stories.She works with prisoners too,helping them know who they are by telling stories that her listeners can write,direct,and act in their own lives.If they don’t like the story they are living,they can rewrite the story.Pugh also works to help open up lines of communication between managers and workers.“For every advance in business,”she says,“there is a greater need for communication.”Storytelling can have a great effect on either side of the manager-worker relationship,she says.

Pugh spent several years in Nigeria,where she learned how closely storytelling was linked to the everyday life of the people there.The benefits of storytelling are found everywhere,she says.

“I learned how people used stories to spread their culture,”she says.“What I do is to focus on the value of stories that people can translate into their own daily world of affairs.We are all storytellers.We all have a story to tell.We tell everybody’s story.”

1.What do we learn about American storytellers from Paragraph 2?

A.They share the same way of storytelling.

B.They prefer to tell stories from other cultures.

C.They learn their stories from the American natives.

D.They find storytelling useful for both children and adults.

2.The underlined sentence(Paragraph 4) suggests that prisoners can _______.

A.start a new life

B.settle down in another place

C.direct films

D.become good actors

3.Pugh has practised storytelling with _______ groups of people.

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

4.What is the main idea of the text?

A.Storytelling can influence the way people think.

B.Storytelling is vital to the growth of businesses.

C.Storytelling is the best way to educate children in school.

D.Storytelling helps people understand themselves and others.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.D

解析:這是一道細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第二段中的“They regard storytelling not only as a useful tool in child education,but also as a meaningful activity that helps adults understand themselves as well as those whose culture may be very different from their own. ”可判斷出講故事對孩子和成年人都有用處。

2.A

解析:這是一道猜義題。第四段中的“If they don’t like the story they are living,they can rewrite the story.”的意思是“如果他們對自己生活的故事不滿意，他們就可以重新寫這個故事”。這句話暗示了囚犯也可以改變自己的生活。

3.B

解析:這是一道計算題。從第四段可知Pugh與學(xué)生、囚犯及經(jīng)理和工人一起講故事，所以是3組。

4.D

解析:這是一道主旨題。根據(jù)短文的內(nèi)容可判斷出這篇短文主旨是講故事可以影響人們的思維方式。