Question

【題目】 When her five daughters were young, Helene An always told them that there was strength in unity (團結(jié)). To show this, she held up one chopstick, representing one person. Then she easily broke it into two pieces. Next, she tied several chopsticks together, representing a family. She showed the girls it was hard to break the tied chopsticks. This lesson about family unity stayed with the daughters as they grew up.

Helene An and her family own a large restaurant business in California. However, when Helene and her husband Danny left their home in Vietnam in 1975, they didn't have much money. They moved their family to San Francisco. There they joined Danny's mother, Diana, who owned a small Italian sandwich shop. Soon afterwards, Helene and Diana changed the sandwich shop into a small Vietnamese restaurant. The five daughters helped in the restaurant when they were young. However, Helene did not want her daughters to always work in the family business because she thought it was too hard.

Eventually the girls all graduated from college and went away to work for themselves, but one by one, the daughters returned to work in the family business. They opened new restaurants in San Francisco and Los Angeles. Even though family members sometimes disagreed with each other, they worked together to make the business successful. Daughter Elisabeth explains, "Our mother taught us that to succeed we must have unity, and to have unity we must have peace. Without the strength of the family, there is no business."

Their expanding business became a large corporation in 1996, with three generations of Ans working together. Now the Ans' corporation makes more than $20 million each year. Although they began with a small restaurant, they had big dreams, and they worked together. Now they are a big success.

【1】 Helene tied several chopsticks together to show ______.

A. the strength of family unity

B. the difficulty of growing up

C. the advantage of chopsticks

D. the best way of giving a lesson

【2】We can I earn from Paragraph 2 that the An family ______.

A. started a business in 1975

B. left Vietnam without much money

C. bought a restaurant in San Francisco

D. opened a sandwich shop in Los Angeles

【3】 What can we infer about the An daughters?

A. They did not finish their college education.

B. They could not bear to work in the family business.

C. They were influenced by what Helene taught them.

D. They were troubled by disagreement among family members.

【4】Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?

A. How to Run a Corporation

B. Strength Comes from Peace

C. How to Achieve a Big Dream

D. Family Unity Builds Success

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】 A

【2】 B

【3】 C

【4】 D

【解析】

試題分析：文章通過講述一個家族企業(yè)的發(fā)展歷程來強調(diào)家庭團結(jié)的重要性。Helene和丈夫離開越南時，他們并不富有。Helene給她的女兒講述了一個關(guān)于團結(jié)的故事。幾雙筷子被綁在一起將會很難被折斷，家庭亦是如此。

【1】 A 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段“she tied several chopsticks together, representing a family.

【2】This lesson about family unity...”可知，Helene把筷子綁在一起并試著折斷它們，是為了顯示團結(jié)的力量。

【3】 B 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)“when Helene and her husband Danny left their home in Vietnam in 1975, they didn't have much money.”可知，當(dāng)離開越南時，Helene夫婦并沒有太多的錢。

【4】42. C 推理判斷題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段“Eventually the girls all graduated from college”排除A；根據(jù)“the daughters returned to work in the family business”可知，Helene的女兒們相繼都回到了家族企業(yè)，但文中未提到她們無法承受家族企業(yè)里的工作，排除B；根據(jù)“they worked together to make the business successful”可知，雖然有分歧，但她們還是齊心協(xié)力地工作，排除D。

【5】 D 標(biāo)題判斷題。根據(jù)第一段“Helene An always told them that there was strength in unity (團結(jié)).”和第三段“to succeed we must have unity”與第四段“and they worked together. Now they are a big success.”可知，文章主要講的是家庭團結(jié)對取得成功的重要性。文章沒有講怎樣經(jīng)營一家大型公司，也沒有提到怎樣實現(xiàn)偉大夢想。