Question

【題目】 A water bearer (搬運(yùn)工) in India had two buckets(水桶). One small bucket had a crack (裂縫) and the other large was perfect. One always came home full and the other was not.

This went on. The water bearer carried one and a half buckets full of water to his owner's house. The poor cracked bucket was ashamed of (羞愧) itself. One day it spoke to the bearer by the river.

"I am ashamed of myself, and I want to say sorry. "

"Why?" asked the bearer. "What are you ashamed of?"

"I have been able to hold only half. Because of my crack, you have to do all this work, and you don't get full value for your efforts," said the bucket.

The bearer felt sorry and said, "As we return to the owner's house, I want you to notice the beautiful flowers along the road." As they went up the hill the cracked bucket noticed the beautiful flowers and this made it feel better.

The bearer said, "Did you notice that there were flowers only on your side, but not on the other side? I planted flower seeds(種子) on your side, and every day while we took water to the owner's house from the river, you have watered them. "

We are all "cracked buckets". But we shouldn't be ashamed, because we can be the cause of beauty. We can also find our good points.

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容判斷正、誤。

(注意:考生將答題卡相應(yīng)位置涂黑。正確的涂"A"、錯(cuò)誤的涂"B"。)

【1】An Italian bearer took water to his owner's house every day.

【2】The small bucket was ashamed of itself.

【3】The water from the cracked bucket watered the flower seeds on both sides.

【4】The water bearer was so clever that he could find the value of the cracked bucket.

【5】The passage tells us that we are all cracked buckets.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】B

【4】A

【5】A

【解析】

本文是一則小故事，講述了一個(gè)有裂縫的水桶為自己每次只能裝回半桶水感到羞愧，但是搬運(yùn)工安慰它因?yàn)樗�在途中的澆灌，只有它那一�?cè)的道路開(kāi)出了美麗的花。

【1】

根據(jù)“A water bearer (搬運(yùn)工) in India had two buckets”，可知是印度的搬運(yùn)工，不是意大利的，題干信息表述錯(cuò)誤，故選B。

【2】

根據(jù)“One small bucket had a crack”和“The poor cracked bucket was ashamed of (羞愧) itself.”，可知小水桶有裂縫，它為自己感到羞愧，題干信息表述正確，故選A。

【3】

根據(jù)“Did you notice that there were flowers only on your side, but not on the other side”，可知它只澆灌了自己這一側(cè)的花，題干信息表述錯(cuò)誤，故選B。

【4】

根據(jù)故事的發(fā)展，以及“I planted flower seeds(種子) on your side, and every day while we took water to the owner's house from the river, you have watered them”，可知搬運(yùn)工非常聰明，發(fā)現(xiàn)了有裂縫水桶的價(jià)值，題干信息表述正確，故選A。

【5】

根據(jù)“We are all cracked buckets. But we shouldn't be ashamed, because we can be the cause of beauty”，可知文章告訴我們大家都像有裂縫的水桶，盡管不完美，但有各自的價(jià)值，題干信息表述正確，故選A。