Question

An old farmer lived with his little grandson. Every day the farmer got up early to read books.

One day the grandson asked, “Grandpa! I want to read books just like you, but I don’t understand them. What are the advantages of reading?” The grandfather said, “Take this litter basket to the river and bring me back a basket of water.” he boy did, but all the water leaked out before he got back to the house. The grandfather laughed and said, “ You’ll have to walk faster next time.”

This time the boy ran faster, but again the basket was empty before he returned home. The boy said, “ See Grandpa, it’s useless!”

So you think it is useless?” the old man said. “Look at the basket.”

The boy looked at the basket and for the first time he realized that the basket was different. It was clean, inside and out.

“That’s what happens when you read books. You might not understand or remember everything, but when you read them, you will be changed, inside and out.”

1.The grandfather got up early to __________.

A．repair a basket

B．do farm work

C．wake up his grandson

D．read books

2.The underlined phrase “leaked out” means “______” in Chinese.

A．出现

B．保留

C．漏出

D．爆发

3.The passage might be written for ___________ to read.

A．children who like asking questions

B．children who like playing with water

C．children who dislike farming

D．children who dislike reading

4. The basket was ________ in the end.

A．light

B．clean

C．useless

D．dirty

5. What can we know from the passage?

A．The old farmer might be changed by reading.

B．The old farmer played tricks on his grandson.

C．The little boy got a full basket of water at last.

D．The old farmer was angry when he saw the empty basket.

Answer

1.D

2.C

3.D

4.B

5.A

【解析】

试题分析：

1..通过 the farmer got up early to read books.可知，农民起早是为了读书。所以本题选D。

2.我们通过阅读可知，小孩的爷爷让他用篮子打水，当然水会漏出来。所以本处的laked out应该是“漏出”的意思。所以本题选C。

3.通过阅读全文，我们可知，A说是为喜欢问问题的孩子写的，但文中并没有体现，这个孩子好问问题，所以A是不正确的；B说是为喜欢玩水的孩子写的，显然是错误的；C说是为不喜欢农业的孩子写的，很明显也是不对的；通过 I don’t understand them. What are the advantages of reading?可知，D是正确的。

4.通过It was clean, inside and out.可知，经过两次的打水，篮子以及干净了。所以本题选B。

5.B说老农与孙子开玩笑，很明显是错误的；C说小孩最后打满了一篮子水，通过again the basket was empty可知，是不对的；D说老农看到孩子拿着空篮子，很生气，通过文章可知是错误的。A说老农可能通过阅读改变了，应该是对的。所以本题选A。

考点：本题考查记叙文。