Question

I was telling my boy Sonny the story of the hare and the tortoise. At the end I said, " Son, remember: Be slow and steady ( 鎮(zhèn)定的), and that will win the race. Don't you think there's something to learn from the tortoise?"

Sonny opened his eyes wide, "Do you mean next time when I'm entering for the 60-metre race I should wish that Billy, Tony and Sandy would all fall asleep halfway?"

I was shocked, "But the tortoise didn't wish that the hare would fall asleep!"

"He must have wished that," Sonny said, "Otherwise how could he be so foolish as to race with the hare? He knew very well the hare ran a hundred times faster than he himself did."

"He didn't have such a wish," I insisted. "He won the race by perseverance, by pushing on steadily."

Sonny thought a while. "That's a lie," he said. "He won it because he was lucky. If the hare hadn't happened to fall asleep, the tortoise would never have won the race. He could be as steady as you like, or a hundred times steadier, but he'd never have won the race. That's for sure."

I gave up. Today's children are not like what we used to be. They're just hopeless.

1.What does the underline word mean ________________.

A.僥幸的 B.自然的 C.堅(jiān)韌不拔的 D.樂觀向上的

2.According to Sonny, it was the tortoise's wish that ____________.

A.the hare would be as steady as he was

B.he could run faster than the hare

C.the hare would fall asleep during the race

D.he would have a sleep during the race

3.Sonny believed that the tortoise won the race ___________.

A.by pushing on steadily B.by luck

C.by taking a risk D.by telling a lie

4.It is clear that the writer___________ in the end.

A.learned a lesson B.won the argument C.became impatient D.was satisfied

Answer 1