Question

【題目】Long, long ago there were a lot of donkeys. The donkeys worked hard every day. They had no time to play or to relax, but they never felt appreciated for the work they did.

One day two donkeys got bored. They wanted to live a comfortable life. So the donkeys went to see a wise old man. They told him their problem. The wise old man agreed that they worked too hard, and he wanted to help the donkeys. "I have an idea." he said.

"What is your idea?" asked the donkeys.

"I will paint you and no one will know you are donkeys," said the man.

The man went off to find some paint and he returned in just a matter of minutes. He had two pots of paint. One pot was filled with white paint, and the other black paint.

The old man first painted them white, and then painted black stripes(斑紋) over the white paint. When he finished, the donkeys did not look at all like donkeys. "You no longer look like donkeys, the old man said. Everyone will be fooled. I will call you something else, zebras. "

The zebras went to a field to eat grass. Now they did not have to work.

Soon, other donkeys saw the zebras. They asked the zebras where they came from. When the ' zebras told the donkeys their secret, the donkeys all rushed to see the old man.

"Make us into zebras, too," they pleaded. So the wise old man painted more donkeys. As he did, more and more donkeyscame.

The old man could not paint fast enough. Soon the donkeys became impatient. They began to kick about, and they knocked over the paint pots.

There was no more paint. The painted donkeys ran off to become zebras. The unpainted don- keys, because of their impatience, had to return to work.

This is why it is important to be patient.

【1】The text was written to______.

A. explain how donkeys became zebras

B. tell a good way to avoid hard work

C. tell an important truth about things

D. explain how zebras got their stripes

【2】The two donkeys went to see a wise old man in order to _____.

A. tell him their problem B. get some grass

C. change into zebras D. ask him for help

【3】When the two donkeys returned, why did they no longer have to work?

A. No one knew they were donkeys.

B. They didn't want to work.

C. They didn't eat enough grass

D. They were no longer donkeys.

【4】What does the underlined word " pleaded" mean?

A. advised. B. begged. C. agreed. D. ordered.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】D

【3】A

【4】B

【解析】

試題分析：文章寫(xiě)了一個(gè)有趣的故事，很久以前有很多驢，它們不愿意那么勞累，有一個(gè)老人就幫助它們涂成斑馬的樣子，后來(lái)被其他的驢知道了，這些驢就都去找這個(gè)老人，越來(lái)越多的驢去找老人，老人就不能涂的那么快了，于是很多驢因?yàn)闆](méi)有耐心都沒(méi)有變成斑馬的樣子。文章意在告訴我們耐心的重要性。

【1】C主旨理解題。由文章總體可以看出文章重要的不是講這個(gè)故事，而是從故事之中看到的道理，所以我們可知C選項(xiàng)正確。

【2】D細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由文中"Make us into zebras, too," they pleaded.可知它們也想讓老人幫它們變成斑馬，所以選D。

【3】A推理判斷題。由文中第一個(gè)變成斑馬的驢可知，它們是不愿意工作而變成了斑馬，因?yàn)闆](méi)有人能認(rèn)出它是驢，所以后來(lái)的這兩頭驢也是這樣的原因，所以選A。

【4】B推理判斷題。由句意可知，它們應(yīng)是祈求老人把它們變成斑馬，beg意思是祈求，所以選擇B。