1．Last fall a beaver moved into the small stream beside our house．He began taking down small trees right away．a(chǎn)nd in a couple of weeks our stream turned into a pond（水塘）．Every day，he added more to his dam（水壩）and to his house．We're sure you've all heard the saying，"as busy as a beaver"．Now，we understand this saying as we saw the work that this beaver did over a very short period of time．
We thought that would be the last of the beaver's busy activity as winter came．To our amazement，however，he started chewing（咀嚼）on a very large tree．The tree was over 18meters tall and around 1.5meters in diameter（直徑）．We were amazed at the challenge this beaver was trying．All winter，he chewed and chewed．He had setbacks（挫折）as we faced major winter storms and ice-cold weather．But sure enough，when the weather allowed，he would come back and chew a bit more．
The beaver's first goal（目標）was to survive--to build．home for the winter．Working every day with that goal in mind，he successfully achieved that goal．But the large tree he started chewing on last fall was a future goal一he wanted the large tree to provide new food and branches（樹枝）for the coming spring．Even with the setbacks he faced over the winter，he never gave up until he reached it．
Our beaver's experience reminds us that we need to set goals for tomorrow．Sometimes just surviving seems to take up all of our time．But，if you do just a little bit when time allows and stick to your future goal，you will achieve it．
When faced with setbacks，have your goal in heart and don't let the setbacks stop you．Keep chewing like the beaver，and you will achieve your goal in the end．
23．What is the purpose of the beaver's chewing on the large tree？C．
A．To provide more food for the winter because of the snow．
B．To add more branches to his dam and his house
C．To prepare new food and branches for the coming spring．
D．To keep working every day with a goal in mind．
24．Here is．paragraph（段）"When spring arrived，we went down to see the beaver's progress．The tree was about to fall．Our beaver had almost completely chewed around and through the whole tree．"According to the passage，it should be putC．
A．between paragraph I and paragraph 2
B．between paragraph 2and paragraph 3
C．between paragraph 3and paragraph 4
D．between paragraph 4and paragraph 5
25．The best title of this passage might beA．
A．Keep Chewing
B．Be Like the Beaver
C．As Busy as a Beaver
D．Set Proper Goals．
分析 本文是一篇寓言故事．主要講述海貍盡管遇到了重重挫折，通過堅持不懈的努力，從而在一棵大樹上做窩并為來年春天準備了食物和樹枝的故事． 通過這篇寓言故事，我們可以學(xué)到：在生活和學(xué)習(xí)中，不管遇到什么困難，都不要輕言放棄，要努力，總會有回報．
解答 23．C．細節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)文中"But the large tree he started chewing on last fall was a future goal--he wanted the large tree to provide new food and branches（樹枝） for the coming spring．"可知海貍咀嚼大樹的目的是為即將到來的春天準備新的食物和樹枝．故選C．
24．C．推理判斷題．第三段講的是海貍完成了第一個任務(wù)-為冬天做個家，然后開始完成第二個任務(wù)-為春天找棵樹，下面一段就可以講春天的情況了．故選C．
25．A．主旨大意題．本篇文章通過描述海貍這種動物來宣傳一種不斷努力的精神，A選項既涉及海貍又涉及到這種堅持不懈的精神，故選A．
點評 本篇是一篇人生感悟類閱讀短文．主要講述海貍盡管遇到了重重挫折，通過堅持不懈的努力，從而在一棵大樹上做窩并為來年春天準備了食物和樹枝的故事．閱讀時首先對原文材料迅速瀏覽，掌握全文的主旨大意．掌握全文的大意之后，細細閱讀每篇材料后的問題，弄清每題要求后，帶著問題，再回到原文中去尋找、捕獲有關(guān)信息．
