Question

【題目】 One day a father of a very rich family took his son on a trip to the country with the firm purpose of showing his son how poor people can be. They spent a couple of days and nights on the farm of what would be considered a very poor family.

On their return from their _______, the father asked his son, "How was the trip?" "It was great, Dad." "Did you see how poor people can be?" the father asked. "Oh Yeah." said the son. "So what did you _______ from the trip?" asked the father.

The son answered, "I saw that we have one dog and they have four. We have a pool that _______ to the middle of our garden and they have a creek(小溪)that has no end. We have imported lanterns(燈籠)in our garden and they have the _______ at night. Our patio(院子)reaches to the front yard and they have the _______ horizon(地平線). We have a small piece of land to live on and they have _______ that go beyond our sight. We have servants who serve us, but they serve others. We buy our food, but they grow theirs. We have _______ around our property(財產(chǎn))to protect us, but they have friends to protect them."

With this the boy's father was speechless.

Then his son added, "Thanks dad for showing me how _______ we are."

Too many times we _______ what we have and concentrate on(把注意力集中在)what we don't have. What is one person's ________ object is another's prize possession. It is all based on one's perspective(觀點). Make you wonder what would happen if we all gave thanks for all the bounty(恩賜)we have, instead of worrying about wanting more. Take joy in all you have, especially your friends.

【1】A.tripB.tourC.visitD.travel

【2】A.expectB.regretC.keepD.learn

【3】A.reachesB.getsC.arrivesD.spreads

【4】A.darkB.darknessC.starsD.day

【5】A.beautifulB.fullC.longerD.whole

【6】A.a skyB.a roadC.fieldsD.earth

【7】A.dogsB.wallsC.guardsD.servants

【8】A.poorB.richC.weakD.happy

【9】A.missB.forgetC.rememberD.consider

【10】A.valuableB.usefulC.pricelessD.worthless

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】D

【3】A

【4】C

【5】D

【6】C

【7】B

【8】A

【9】B

【10】D

【解析】

這是一篇記敘文，主要講述父親帶兒子去旅行，旅行回來問兒子是否看到旅行中看到的農(nóng)場的人有多么窮，但是兒子給了不同的回答，覺得那些人很富有而意識到他自己很窮。作者由此啟發(fā)讀者對于一個人不值錢的東西，對另一個人來說是財寶；我們要珍惜我們已擁有的東西。

【1】

句意：當(dāng)他們旅行回來，父親問兒子“旅行怎么樣？”

trip短途旅行；tour巡游；visit參觀；travel旅行的統(tǒng)稱。根據(jù)第一段“a very rich family took his son on a trip to the country”以及后一句“How was the trip”可知此處用名詞trip表示短途旅行。故選A。

【2】

句意：父親問：“你從旅行中學(xué)到了什么？”

expect期望；regret后悔；keep保持；learn學(xué)習(xí)。根據(jù)下一段兒子的回答可知此處父親詢問的是從旅行中學(xué)到了什么，用動詞learn。故選D。

【3】

句意：我們有游泳池延伸到花園的中部，他們有小溪沒有盡頭。

reaches到達(dá)，延伸；gets得到；arrives到達(dá)；spreads擴散。根據(jù)“to the middle of our garden”可知此處用動詞短語reach to表示“延伸到花園的中央”。故選A。

【4】

句意：我們花園里有進(jìn)口的燈籠，他們晚上有星星。

dark黑暗的；darkness黑暗；stars星星；day天。根據(jù)前幾句話可知兒子覺得那些人擁有的東西比他多，根據(jù)“We have imported lanterns”可知此處用名詞stars表示他們晚上有星星。故選C。

【5】

句意：我們的院子延伸到前院，他們有整個地平線。

beautiful漂亮的；full滿的；longer更長的；whole整個的，全部的。根據(jù)“Our patio reaches to the front yard”可知我們的院子是有限制的，只延伸到前院，而他們的院子沒有限制，有整個地平線，此處用形容詞whole。故選D。

【6】

句意：我們有小塊土地居住，他們居住在茫茫無際的田野。

a sky天空；a road路；fields田野；earth土地。根據(jù)“We have a small piece of land to live on”我們只有一小塊土地，而他們有田野，而且田野是超過我們的視野范圍的，此處用名詞fields。故選C。

【7】

句意：我們的財產(chǎn)四周有墻來保護(hù)，但是他們有朋友來保護(hù)它們。

dogs狗；walls墻；guards守衛(wèi)；servants仆人。根據(jù)“around our property to protect us”可知此處用名詞walls表示在四周建造墻來保護(hù)我們的財物。故選B。

【8】

句意：然后他的兒子說：“謝謝父親讓我知道我們有多么的窮。”

poor貧窮的；rich富有的；weak虛弱的；happy開心的。根據(jù)第三段的內(nèi)容可知兒子覺得那些人很富有而自己很窮，此處用形容詞poor。故選A。

【9】

句意：很多時候我們忘記了我們所擁有的東西，把注意力集中在我們沒有的東西上。

miss失去；forget忘記；remember記得；consider認(rèn)為。根據(jù)“concentrate on what we don't have”可知此處用動詞forget表示忘記了自己有的東西，而把注意力集中在沒有的東西上。故選B。

【10】

句意：對于一個人不值錢的東西，對另一個人來說是財寶。

valuable珍貴的；useful有用的；priceless極珍貴的；worthless不值錢的。根據(jù)“another's prize possession”可知此處表示對于一個人不值錢的東西對于另一個人是無價之寶。此處用形容詞worthless。故選D。