Question

A rich man was riding along the road and saw an old man digging in his garden. There was a young tree lying on the ground. The rich man asked the old man. "What kind of tree are you planting there. My good man?"

"This is a fig(無花果)tree, sir." He said.

"A fig tree? The rich man was very surprised. "Why, how old are you, may I ask?"

"I am ninety years old."

"What!" shouted the rich man. "You're ninety years old, you are planting a very young tree now and it'll take years to give fruit. You certainly don t hope to live long enough to get any fruit from this tree. "The old man smiled and said, "Tell me, sir, did you eat figs when you were a boy?" Sure," the man did not know why he asked this question.

The old man asked, "Who planted the fig trees?"

"Why - why: I don't know."

"You see, sir." The old man said slowly, "our forefathers(祖先)planted trees for us to enjoy and l am doing the same for the people after me.”

The rich man was quiet, then said," you are right, my good man. We should do some things for the people after us. Thank you very much." Then he rode away.

1.The old man was planting _______ when the rich man saw him.

A. an apple tree B. a fig tree C. a pear tree D. a banana tree

2.The old man was planting the tree_______.

A. to get himself some fruit to eat B. for the people after him

C. to make his garden more beautiful D. just for fun

3.The sentence in the last paragraph "The rich man was quiet" means that_______.

A. he was thinking about who were his forefathers

B he didn't want to disturb(打擾)the old man

C. he couldn't communicate（交流）with the old man

D. he understood(理解)why the old man planted the young tree

4.We can express the main idea of this passage"_______" in Chinese.

A. 前人栽樹，后人乘涼 B．光陰似箭，一去不返

C．君子愛財(cái)，取之有道 D. 財(cái)多惹禍，樹大招風(fēng)

 

Answer 1

1.B

2.B

3.D

4.A

【解析】

試題分析：一個富人在路上,看到一個老人在他的花園里種樹。富人問老人。“你在種植什么樣的樹。”“這是一個無花果樹,先生�！彼�說�！盁o花果樹?他非常驚訝�！盀槭裁�,你多大了,我可以問嗎?”“我是九十歲了�！�

“什么!”富人喊道�！澳闶蔷攀畾q,你現(xiàn)在種植一個非常年輕的樹,它將需要數(shù)年時(shí)間才能給水果。你肯定不希望長壽到足以讓這棵樹結(jié)出水果�！崩先诵α诵�,說,“告訴我,先生, 當(dāng)你是一個男孩時(shí)你吃無花果嗎?“當(dāng)然,”男人不知道他問這個問題的原因。老人問:“誰種植無花果樹?”“我不知道�！薄澳憧�,先生。”老人慢慢地說,“我們的祖先先種樹對我們喜歡，我做同樣的人�！备蝗撕馨察o,然后說:“你是對的,我的好男人。我們應(yīng)該為人民做一些事情。非常感謝你�！比缓笏�騎走了。

1.分析原文："What kind of tree are you planting there. My good man?" "This is a fig(無花果)tree, sir." He said.句意：富人問老人。“你在種植什么樣的樹。”“這是一個無花果樹,先生�！彼�說。故選：B

2.分析原文：our forefathers(祖先)planted trees for us to enjoy and l am doing the same for the people after me.句意：我們的祖先先種樹對我們喜歡，我做同樣的人。故選：B

3.分析原文：you are right, my good man. We should do some things for the people after us. Thank you very much.句意：我們應(yīng)該為人民做一些事情。非常感謝你。故選：D

4.通過對全文的理解，故選：A

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