Question

When the great library of Alexandria burned, the story goes, one book was saved. But it was not a valuable book; and so a poor man bought it for a few coppers（铜钱）.Between its pages there was something very interesting. It was a thin paper on which was written the secret of the “Touchstone”!

The touchstone was a small pebble（卵石）that could turn any common metal into gold. The writing explained that it was lying among thousands of other pebbles that looked exactly like it. But the secret was this: The real stone would feel warm, while ordinary pebbles were cold.

So the man camped on the seashore and began testing pebbles.

He thought that if he picked up ordinary pebbles and put them down again, he might pick up the same pebble hundreds of times. So, when he felt one that was cold, he threw it into the sea. He spent a whole day doing this but none of them was the touchstone.

The days became weeks and the weeks into months. One day, however, he picked up a pebble and it was warm. He threw it into the sea before he realized what he had done. He had formed such a strong habit of throwing each pebble into the sea .So when the one he wanted came along, he still threw it away.

So it is with opportunity. Unless we are careful, it’s easy to fail to know an opportunity when it is in hand and it’s just as easy to throw it away.

1.The book was special to the man because ______.

A. it was made of cotton

B. it was the only book that was saved from the great fire

C. it was a story about how to tell the touchstone from ordinary stones

D. it included the secret of the touchstone

2.The man threw pebbles into the sea ______.

A. to test how far he could throw

B. to practice throwing pebbles

C. to avoid picking up the same pebble once again

D. to express his disappointment at failing to find the touchstone

3.The story is written mainly to tell us that___________.

A. careful habits can lead to success.

B. habits can benefit you but also hold you back.

C. never judge a person or a thing by appearances.

D. opportunity only visits the ready and watchful mind

Answer

1.D

2.C

3.D

【解析】

试题分析：本文主要内容：亚历山大时期大图书馆焚毁的时候，话说有一本书被保留了下来。但没有人认为这本书有什么价值，可这时一个穷人，用几分钱把这本书买了下来。书中夹着一张羊皮纸条，在这张薄薄的羊皮纸条上记载着试金石的秘密。他到沙滩寻找试金石，当找到真正的试金石，他习惯性的扔到大海。告诉我们机遇也是如此。当机遇在我们手中之时，我们却不曾那么容易的意识到，除非我们仔细而细心。

1.D考查细节理解题。根据第一段最后一句It was a thin paper on which was written the secret of the “Touchstone”!可知选D。

2.C 考查细节理解题。根据第四段He thought that if he picked up ordinary pebbles and put them down again, he might pick up the same pebble hundreds of times. So, when he felt one that was cold, he threw it into the sea. He spent a whole day doing this but none of them was the touchstone.他把鹅卵石扔到大海是避免再次捡到相同的鹅卵石。故选C。

3.D考查细节理解题。根据最后一段So it is with opportunity. Unless we are careful, it’s easy to fail to know an opportunity when it is in hand and it’s just as easy to throw it away.可知作者告诉我们机遇也是如此。当机遇在我们手中之时，我们却不曾那么容易的意识到，除非我们仔细而细心。故选D。

考点：考查故事类阅读。