Question

There was once a young man called Paul in a village in the USA. Paul was very lazy because his father was a rich farmer and he didn’t have to work. Mr. Smith, a neighbour of his, was a blacksmith (铁匠). He used to work in his shop all day. Paul spent hours and hours watching how the blacksmith worked every day. “Young man, why don’t you try your hand to make a shoe tack (铁钉), even it is only to pass the time?” said the blacksmith one day, “ Maybe it will be useful to you some day.” Finally, the lazy boy began to have a try. After practicing some times, he became skilled and could make very nice tacks.

Years later, Paul’s father died and he lost all the things because of a war (战争). He had to move to another country and live by himself. It happened that there were many shoemakers paying high prices to buy tacks for the shoes, because in that part of the country there was a great need of tacks for soldiers’ shoes. Paul went to talk with them. He told them that he would make the tacks if they could help him find a workshop in the village. The shoemakers agreed. Then Paul made a lot of money by making tacks. “How funny it is!” he said to himself, “Even by making shoe tacks, one can become rich.”

1.What’s the Chinese meaning of skilled?

A. 熟练的        B. 适应的

C.自信的         D. 巧妙的

2.How many kinds of people appeared in the story except（除了）Paul ?

A. Five.           B. Four.            C. Three.     D. Two.

3. What can we learn from the story?

A. Making tacks is important.

B. Wars can make people hard-working.

C. Nothing is difficult to learn.

D. Everything you learned may be useful.

Answer

1.A

2.B

3.D

【解析】

试题分析：短文大意：保罗跟邻居学会了制作鞋钉，多年以后，因为战争失去了一切的保罗搬到了另一个国家，一个意外的机会，他靠制作鞋钉这个手艺摆脱了贫穷，致了富。可知此文主要是说你学的每件事情都可能有用。

1.A词意猜测题。根据句意（经过一段时间练习，他变得非常熟练并且能做很好的鞋钉）可知skilled的意思是熟练的，故选A。

2.B推理判断题。根据全文描述文中除了Paul还出现了his father、Mr. Smith、shoe makers、soldiers，所以又出现了四种人，故选B。

3.D 主旨大意题。从文中描述可知此文主要是说的是你学的每件事情都可能有用，故选D。

考点：故事类短文阅读