Question

Once a traveller came into a village which was suffering from hunger. The villagers asked him to leave, for they feared he wanted them to give him food. They told him that there was no food. The traveller explained that he didn’t need any food and that, in fact, he was planning to make a soup to share with them instead. The villagers watched suspiciously as he built a fire and filled a pot with water With great ceremony(儀式), he pulled a stone from a bag, and dropped the stone into the pot of water. After a moment, he smelt the soup and shouted with excitement, “How delicious the soup is!” As the villagers began to show interest, he mentioned how good the soup would be with just a little cabbage in it. A villager brought out a cabbage to share. This episode(情節(jié)) repeated itself until the soup had cabbage, carrots, onions, and beets—indeed, a full pot of soup that could feed everyone in the village was ready. This story describes when there are not enough resources(資源), humans will store things. We do not want to share. The story of stone soup helps us realize that, in doing so, we often prevent ourselves and everyone else from having a feast(盛宴).The meaning of this story goes far beyond food. We keep to ourselves ideas, love, and energy, thinking we will be richer, but in fact we make the world, and ourselves, poorer. The traveller was able to see that the villagers were holding back, and he had the ability to inspire(激發(fā)) them to give. In this way, they created a large meal that none of them could have created alone. Are you like one of the villagers? If you come forward and share your gifts, you will inspire others to do the same. The reward is a feast that can feed many.

1. What does the underlined word “suspiciously” most probably mean?

A. doubtfully B. excitedly

C. curiously D. fearfully

2. The traveller put a stone into the pot in order to .

A. teach the villagers to cook a soup with stone

B. inspire the villagers to bring out their own food

C. prove to the villagers that he didn’t want their food

D. help villagers to survive by giving them some food

3.The writer mainly wants to tell us that .

A. storing things in hard times is human nature

B. a good leader is very necessary in hard times

C. skills are needed to inspire people to share with others

D. sharing is more important than keeping things to oneself

 

Answer 1

1.A

2.B

3.D

【解析】

試題分析：這個(gè)故事講述的是，在一個(gè)飽受饑荒的地方，村民們都把東西自己保存起來，不想和別人一起分享。一個(gè)旅行者激勵(lì)大家把食物都拿出來，做出了美味的湯，可以足夠整個(gè)村子的村民們食用。因此如果每個(gè)人都奉獻(xiàn)一點(diǎn)的話，你會(huì)有意想不到的收獲。

1.詞義猜測(cè)題。根據(jù)文意和劃線詞所在的句子可知，一個(gè)旅行者來到了一個(gè)飽受饑荒的地方，當(dāng)?shù)氐娜撕ε滤�是來要吃的，所以趕他走。但是那個(gè)人說他想做點(diǎn)湯和他們分享，當(dāng)?shù)厝藨岩伤�的話，不知道他說的是不是真的。suspiciously的意思是就是懷疑的，不相信地。故選A。

2.推理判斷題。這個(gè)旅行者在做湯的時(shí)候，往里面扔了一些石頭。他假裝湯很好喝的樣子，鼓勵(lì)村民們往里面加各種各樣的蔬菜，湯真的變得好喝了。因此他這樣做是為了鼓勵(lì)村民們把自己的食物拿出來，故選B。

3.主旨大意題。這個(gè)故事講述的是，在一個(gè)飽受饑荒的地方，村民們都把東西自己保存起來，不想和別人一起分享。一個(gè)旅行者激勵(lì)大家把食物都拿出來，做出了美味的湯，可以足夠整個(gè)村子的村民們食用。因此如果每個(gè)人都奉獻(xiàn)一點(diǎn)的話，你會(huì)有意想不到的收獲。故D選項(xiàng)最符合文意。

考點(diǎn)：人生哲理類短文閱讀。