Years ago I worked at a factory in a small county. Every day I got up very early and often did much extra work at night. I was so tired and exhausted. My whole life was hopeless. Then one day I read the following article from a magazine:
"A woman went to live with her husband in camp on the Mojave Desert during the war. She simply hated the place: the heat was almost un-bearable, 125 degrees in the shade, the wind blew incessantly, and there was sand everywhere. Finally, in desperation (不顧一切地) she wrote her parents in Ohio that she couldn't stand it another minute and was coming home.
Quickly came the reply by airmail from her father——just two lines:
"Two men looked out from prison bars. One saw the mud, the other saw stars."
The daughter did some real thinking, not only with the intellect (思維) but also with her heart. She decided to stick to her post.
She made friends with the natives, learned to love the country, and eventually wrote a book about it.
The desert hadn't changed, but her attitude had. Because she listened with her heart  to the words her father sent, a whole new world opened up to her.
A change of attitude could change everything.
After reading the article, I was deep in thought (陷入沉思)…
小題1:At first, the woman          the life with her husband in the desert.
A．could stand.B．could accept.
C．couldn’t stand.D．couldn’t understand.
小題2:The woman’s father wanted to tell his daughter to       .
A．look at the mud. B．look at the stars.
C．come home.D．stay with her husband.
小題3:The main idea of this passage is that __________.
A．a(chǎn) woman went to live with her husband in camp.
B．the desert hadn't changed, but her attitude had.
C．the daughter's parents wanted her to stay with her husband.
D．a(chǎn) change of attitude could change everything.
小題4:After reading the story, the writer may       .
A．give up the tiring work.B．go to the desert.
C．write a letter to father.D．go on the work.

小題1:C
小題2:D
小題3:D
小題4:D

試題分析：年前，我工作在一個小縣城的一個工廠。每天很早就起床了，晚上要工作到很晚，太累了，而且感覺到疲憊不堪了。對我的一生很絕望。有一天，從一本雜志上讀到了一個小故事，它的中心思想是：態(tài)度的改變可以改變一切。讓我很受啟迪。
小題1:細節(jié)理解題。問題：首先，這位婦女和她的丈夫在沙漠中，她的感受如何？分析原文：she wrote her parents in Ohio that she couldn't stand it another minute。句意：她給她的父母寫信了，表示她再也不能忍受這里了�？疾楣潭ň湫停篶an’t stand 不能忍受。故選C
小題2:細節(jié)理解題。問題：這位婦女的父親想要告訴他的女兒什么？分析原文：Two men looked out from prison bars. One saw the mud, the other saw stars.句意：兩個男人從牢房鐵柵里往外看。一個看到泥土，另一個看到星星。分析，人對事物的看法不同，存在的感受也是不同的。因此父親暗示女兒要與丈夫待在一起。故選 D
小題3:細節(jié)理解題。問題：這篇短文的中心思想是什么？聯(lián)系短文的中心句：A change of attitude could change everything.句意：態(tài)度的改變能改變一切。故選D
小題4:細節(jié)理解題。問題：讀完故事之后，作者可能做什么？聯(lián)系原文：作者在小縣城工作，每天都很累，正當他想放棄的時候，讀到了這篇小故事，故事中的一個哲理讓每一個人深思，態(tài)度的改變能改變一切。相信作者也會堅持工作。故選D
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