Question

【題目】

Put a frog in the water and start heating the water. As the

temperature of the water rises, the frog is able to adjust its body

temperature. The frog keeps on adjusting with the increase in

temperature.

Just when the water is about to reach the boiling point, the frog is not able to adjust anymore.

At that point the frog decides to jump out.

The frog tries to jump but is unable to do so. because it loses all its strength in

adjusting to the water temperature.

Very soon the frog dies. What kills the frog?

Many of us would say the boiling water.

But in fact, what kills the frog is its own inability to decide when it has to jump out.

We all need to adjust to people and situations, but we need to be sure when we need

to adjust and when we need to face.

There are times when we need to face the situation and take the proper action.

If we allow people to exploit us in body, mind, emotion or money, they will continue

to do so. We have to decide when to jump. Let us jump while we still have the strength! So, we must think of danger in times of safety and always be prepared for the worst.

【1】What does the underlined word “adjust” in the first paragraph mean in Chinese?

A. 整理 B. 調(diào)整 C. 整頓

【2】What kills the frog?

A. The boiling water.

B. Its own ability to adjust its body temperature.

C. Its own inability to decide when it has to jump out.

【3】What does the writer really want to tell us?

A. We must think of danger in times of safety.

B. We should not put the frog in the boiling water.

C. The frog is too stupid to know how to protect itself.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】C

【3】A

【解析】

短文大意：短文講述了“溫水煮蛙 ”的故事，說明面對(duì)形勢(shì)需要采取適當(dāng)行動(dòng)的道理，告誡人們，必須在安全時(shí)刻考慮危險(xiǎn)，并時(shí)刻準(zhǔn)備應(yīng)對(duì)最壞的情況，

【1】題意：第一段劃線詞“adjust”在漢語(yǔ)中是什么意思？考查詞義理解題。be able to do有能力做某事；空白處是動(dòng)詞，body temperature（體溫）是其賓語(yǔ)。根據(jù)句意，可知體溫是需要“調(diào)節(jié)”的，故選B。

【2】題意：是什么殺死了青蛙？考查細(xì)節(jié)理解題。A. The boiling water.沸水。B. Its own ability to adjust its body temperature. 它自己調(diào)節(jié)體溫的能力。C. Its own inability to decide when it has to jump out. 它自己無(wú)法決定何時(shí)必須跳出。根據(jù)But in fact, what kills the frog is its own inability to decide when it has to jump out. 殺死青蛙的是它自己無(wú)法決定何時(shí)跳出來，可知選C。

【3】題意：作者到底想告訴我們什么？考查主旨理解題。A. We must think of danger in times of safety. 在安全的時(shí)候我們必須考慮危險(xiǎn)。B. We should not put the frog in the boiling water. 我們不應(yīng)該把青蛙放在開水里。C. The frog is too stupid to know how to protect itself. 青蛙太笨了，不知道如何保護(hù)自己。根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，講述的是“溫水煮蛙 ”的故事，結(jié)合最后一句So, we must think of danger in times of safety and always be prepared for the worst.，可知作者在告誡人們，必須在安全時(shí)刻考慮危險(xiǎn)，并時(shí)刻準(zhǔn)備應(yīng)對(duì)最壞的情況，故選A。