Question

Choose the best answer（根据短文内容，选择最恰当的答案): ( 12分)

He was just an ordinary postman. Day after day, he shuttled(穿梭) back and forth across the village. For him, life

was without waves.

　　One day, he was delivering mail as usual. When he looked up in the sky, he suddenly lost his balance. It was a little stone that tripped him up（绊倒）. He observed the stone that had embarrassed（难堪） him, finding it strange but beautiful. In his eyes, this stone was like a lost jewel（宝石） covered with dust. The postman then placed the stone in his bag carefully. Because of this stone’s arrival, his day was lightened. He suddenly had a bold thought—I can build a castle with such beautiful stones. How magnificent it will be!

　　His ordinary life started to be different since then. He still delivered mail, but he collected every stone he could find along the way. All those dusty stones, in his eyes, glittered like diamonds.

　　Gradually, his small bag couldn’t hold his stones anymore and he needed to use a wheelbarrow to carry them. People didn’t understand what happened when they saw the postman delivering letters with a wheelbarrow full of stones.

　　After collecting enough stones, he started to build his castle. During the daytime, he passed along the dreams of others; and during the nighttime, he built his own dream. No one was willing to join in. But the postman was unmoved, still happily building his castle. Because he knew, the dream and the castle only belonged to him.

　　After 20 years of working day and night, the postman’s dream castle was finally completed. It was a magnificent castle just as he had imagined. It was a miracle arising from the ordinary.

　　This is a real story. The postman’s name is Xue Waller. The stone castle has become a famous tourist attraction in France, which is called“ ideal palace of Ferdinand Cheval.”At the entrance of the stone castle, there is a sentence—“I want to know how far a dream stone can go.”

1.The postman felt embarrassed because he _______.

A. lost his balance          B.lost his bag         

C．delivered mail           D. found a stone

2.The postman’s own dream was to _______

A. collect stones            B. deliver mail            

C. find diamonds            D. build his castle

3.The underlined word “glittered” in the third paragraph may mean ________.

A. shone             B. cleaned            C. posted             D. hid

4. Which of the following is not true?

A.  A little stone tripped the postman up while he was delivering mail as usual.

B.  The postman collected every stone he would find along the way.

C.  The postman built his castle with the help of his family and friends.

D. The postman spent twenty years building his stone castle.

5. The postman named Xue Waller was ________.

A. German             B. French            C.  British            D. American

6.From the passage we can learn that ________.

A.  The postman had a colourful life before the accident in which he lost his balance.

B.  The postman gave up his job in order to built his stone castle.

C.  The stone that tripped the postman up was a real jewel.

D.  Though people didn’t understand him, the postman continued his dream ---building a castle.

Answer

1.A

2.D

3.A

4.C

5.B

6.D

【解析】

试题分析：他只是一个普通的邮递员。有一天，他像往常一样送邮件。当他抬头看天的时候，他突然失去平衡，被一个小小的石头绊倒了。他发现石头很美丽。在他眼中，这石头像一个遗失的珠宝布满灰尘。一天，他突然有了一个大胆的想法——用这些美丽的石头建造一座城堡。经过20年的日夜工作，邮递员的梦想城堡终于完成了。

1.当他抬头看天的时候，他突然失去平衡。被一个小小的石头绊倒了。从而得知他感到难堪的原因是失去了平衡。故选A

2.他突然有了一个大胆的想法——用这些美丽的石头建造一座城堡。明确他的梦想是用石头建城堡。故选D

3.所有那些积满灰尘的石头，他的眼睛中闪闪发光，像钻石一样。结合句意体现为闪烁之意，与选项中第一项意思相近。故选A

4. 没有人愿意参加这个活动。但是邮差不为所动，依然快乐地建设自己的城堡。结合选项的描述，第三项是错误的描述。故选C

5.薛瓦勒是哪一个国家的人？分析原文：This is a real story. The postman’s name is Xue Waller. The stone castle has become a famous tourist attraction in France 句意：这是一个真实的故事。邮递员的名字是薛瓦勒。石头城堡已经成为法国著名的旅游胜地。明确了他是法国人。故选B

6.在石头城堡的入口处，有一句话：“我想知道一个梦想的石头能走多远。”通过这句话体现出他虽然没有得到大家的支持，但是依然坚持着梦想，最终成功了。故选D

考点：考查故事类短文阅读。