Question

【題目】

Every Sunday morning, I take a light jog around a park near my home. There’s a lake in one corner of the park. Each time I jog by this lake, I see the same elderly woman sitting by the lake with a small metal cage beside her.

Last Sunday, my curiosity (好奇心) got the better of me, so I stopped jogging and walked over to her. As I got closer, I found that inside the metal cage were three turtles, slowly walking around. She had a fourth turtle on her lap (大腿) that she was carefully brushing.

“Hello,” I said. “I’d love to know what you’re doing with these turtles.”

She smiled. “I’m cleaning their shells,” she replied. “Anything on a turtle’s shell, like algae (海藻) or scum (浮沫), stops the turtle from swimming. It can also weaken the shell over time. I’m doing this to help the turtles. It’s my own way of making a difference.”

“Wow! That’s really nice of you! But there are turtles living in lakes all around the world. And few of these turtles have kind people like you to help them clean their shells. So how exactly are you sure that you are truly making a difference?” I questioned.

The woman laughed aloud. She then looked down at the turtle on her lap, brushed the last piece of algae from its shell, and said, “Sweetie, every act of kindness matters. If this little guy could talk, he’d tell you I just made all the difference in the world.”

回答下面5個問題，每題答案不超過5個詞。

【1】Where does the old woman sit each time the writer meets her?

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【2】When did the writer decide to have a talk with the old woman?

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【3】How many turtles did the woman have when the writer stopped to ask her?

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【4】Why did the woman clean the turtles’ shells?

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【5】What can you learn from the story?

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Answer 1

【答案】

【1】By the/a lake.

【2】Last Sunday.

【3】Four.

【4】To help/save the turtles.

【5】Every act of kindness matters. /Little things make a difference. /... (Any reasonable answer is OK.)

【解析】

這篇短文講述的是“我”在每天慢跑經(jīng)過一個湖的時候，總是看到一個老婦人坐在湖邊，終于作者發(fā)現(xiàn)老婦人是在清洗烏龜?shù)臍�，她這樣做是為了保護烏龜，雖然她不能幫助每只烏龜，但每一份善良都有意義。

【1】

根據(jù)短文第一段“Each time I jog by this lake, I see the same elderly woman sitting by the lake with a small metal cage beside her.”可知，“我”慢跑經(jīng)過這個湖的時候，一個老婦人總是坐在湖邊。故答案為By the/a lake.

【2】

根據(jù)短文第二段“Last Sunday, my curiosity (好奇心) got the better of me, so I stopped jogging and walked over to her.”可知，上周日，“我”的好奇心驅(qū)使我走向了老婦人，和她聊了起來。故答案為Last Sunday.

【3】

根據(jù)短文第二段“As I got closer, I found that inside the metal cage were three turtles, slowly walking around. She had a fourth turtle on her lap (大腿) that she was carefully brushing.”可知，籠子里有三只烏龜，老婦人的腿上有一只，一共有四只。故答案為Four.

【4】

根據(jù)短文第四段“She smiled. “I’m cleaning their shells,” she replied. “Anything on a turtle’s shell, like algae (海藻) or scum (浮沫), stops the turtle from swimming. It can also weaken the shell over time. I’m doing this to help the turtles.”可知，老婦人在清洗烏龜?shù)臍�，上面的海藻或浮沫會妨礙烏龜游泳，也會使殼變軟。因此老婦人這樣做是為了幫助拯救烏龜。故答案為To help/save the turtles.

【5】

根據(jù)文意以及短文最后一段“…and said, “Sweetie, every act of kindness matters.”可知，雖然我們不能拯救所有的烏龜，但每一份善良都有它的意義。文章最后一段的這句話正是點明文章主旨的句子。其他符合文意的答案可以，故答案為Every act of kindness matters. /Little things make a difference.