Question

Once upon a time in Greece, there lived a young man called Narcissus. He lived in a small village on the sea and was famous in the land because he was quite handsome. Villagers would turn up on the streets to stare at the beautiful child .

  When he grew up , people always said “How handsome Narcissus is！” Villagers thought that Narcissus could not be any more handsome than he already was. But as years passed Narcissus became a teenager. His beauty grew and became so great that he was known all over country of Greece.

  As he grew ,Narcissus was very proud of his good-looking face.

  “Oh! You are so handsome ,Narcissus!” Narcissus said one day as he looked into a pool.”There’s nobody more handsome in the whole world ! I’d love to kiss you . And that’s just what I’ll do!”

  He leaned closer to the water . Suddenly he lost his balance and fell into the pool .

  Narcissus tried to reach the bank of the pool, but he could not swim and he drowned.

1.When Narcissus came out in the street,_____.

A. there were always many people to see him

B. everyone went home in a hurry

C. some people would take photos of him

D. no one would like to talk to him

2.The purpose of the writer by writing the third and the fourth paragraph is _______.

A. to tell us that a handsome man was difficult to succeed

B. to show Narcissus was more and more handsome

C. to show Narcissus was too proud to see himself

D. to tell us that Narcissus should look at others not himself

3.From the paragraph we can infer that______.

A. Narcissus was talking to one of his friends

B. one of Narcissus’ friends wanted to help him

C. Narcissus was talking to himself.

D. Narcissus had fallen in love with a girl.

4.The story is mainly about_______.

A. a poor man who didn’t want to do anything

B. a man who thought himself to be better than he really was

C. how to teach children to learn better

D. what to do when you met a handsome boy

Answer

1.A

2.C

3.C

4.B

【解析】

试题分析：短文主要介绍了希腊一位英俊的男子Narcissus，他为自己英俊的面貌感到自豪。有一天，他在一个水池边欣赏自己的美貌，自言自语，自我陶醉，最后不小心掉进池塘淹死了。

1.A细节理解题。根据第一段最后的句子Villagers would turn up on the streets to stare at the beautiful child .可知，当Narcissus出现在大街上，总有许多人来看他，故答案为A。

2.C细节理解题。根据短文中的句子Narcissus was very proud of his good-looking face.“Oh! You are so handsome, there’s nobody more handsome in the whole world!可知，Narcissus对自己的相貌太过于自信，太傲慢。故答案为C。

3.C细节判断题。从短文内容可知，Narcissus在一个水池边欣赏自己的美貌，自言自语，自我陶醉，最后不小心掉进池塘淹死了。故答案为C。

4.主旨大意题。短文主要介绍了希腊一位英俊的男子Narcissus，他为自己英俊的面貌感到自豪。有一天，他在一个水池边欣赏自己的美貌，自言自语，自我陶醉，最后不小心掉进池塘淹死了。故B答案最切题a man who thought himself to be better than he really was. 一个自以为比实际更好的人。

考点：故事类短文阅读。