Question

Once upon a time there was a man in a small town. He had two children, a boy and a girl. The boy was good-looking but the girl was not.

One day they found a mirror（镜子）for the first time and they saw what they looked like. The boy was very happy and he said to his sister, “How handsome I am! I look much nicer than you!”

The girl did not like what her brother said and gave him a hard push（推）. “Go away!” she said.

Their father saw what was happening. He went up to them and said to the boy, “You must always BE good as well as LOOK good.”

Then to the girl he said, “my dear, if you help everyone and do your best to make him happy, everyone will love you. It does not matter that you are not as good-looking as your brother.”

1.Once upon a time a man had __________.

A. a good-looking boy              B. a good-looking girl

C. two good-looking children      D. a boy and a girl

2.The boy was happy because he __________.

A. found a mirror

B. knew he looked as nice as his sister

C. was handsome

D. she was not happy with her brother

3.The girl gave the boy a hard push because __________.

A. she was stronger

B. what her brother said was wrong

C. her father loved her

D. she was not happy with her brother

4.Father told the girl that __________.

A. it was important to be good-looking

B. it was a good thing not to be good-looking

C. if she did her best to help people, she would enjoy people’s love

D. she was as good-looking as her brother

5.What can we learn from this story?

A. To be good to people is more important than to be good-looking.

B. To be good-looking is very important.

C. If you want to make yourself good-looking, you must be good to people.

D. If you often help people, you will become more and more beautiful.

Answer

1.D

2.C

3.D

4.C

5.A

【解析】

试题分析：本文叙述了有一个人有一个漂亮的男孩和一个不漂亮的女孩。男孩当照镜子知道自己漂亮时，非常高兴。但是女孩不喜欢她哥哥说他比自己好看。他们的父亲说，如果你尽力帮助人们，人们就会喜欢你，因此长得不好看不重要，重要的是心灵美。

1. had two children, a boy and a girl. 可知从前有一个人有一个女孩和一个男孩。故选D。

2. 细节理解题。根据The boy was very happy and he said to his sister, “How handsome I am! I look much nicer than you!”可知这个男孩知道自己长得英俊时，他非常高兴。故选C。

3. girl did not like what her brother said and gave him a hard push（推）. 可知这个女孩不喜欢她哥哥说的话，因此使劲推了一下他，故选D。

4. you help everyone and do your best to make him happy, everyone will love you. 可知父亲告诉这个女孩，如果她尽力去帮助每个人使他们高兴，那么每个人也会喜欢她。故选C。

5. you help everyone and do your best to make him happy, everyone will love you. It does not matter that you are not as good-looking as your brother.可知长得不好看不重要，重要的是要帮助别人，要心灵美，因此心灵美比外貌美要重要。故选A。

考点：人生百味类短文阅读。