Question

There was a boy called Jack. He loved to play with a big apple tree. But when he grew up, he didn’t play around the tree any more.

One day, the boy came back to the tree and said, “I need a house. Can you help me?”

“You can cut off my branches (树枝) to build a house.”

Then the boy cut off all the branches of the tree ans left happily. The tree was sad.

Some years later, the boy came back again and said sadly, “I want to go sailing. But I don’t have a boat. ”

“Oh, my dear. You can use my trunk(树干) to make a boat.”

So the boy made a boat with the trunk and left happily without a word of thanks to the trees.

This is a story of everyone. The tree is like our parents. When we were young, we loved to play with them. But when we grow up, we leave them, and only come to visit them when we are in trouble. You may think the boy is bad to the tree but that’s how many of us are treating(对待) our parents.

1.Who did the boy love to play with when he was a little boy?

A. His father    B. His mother    C. His brother    D. A big tree

2.When the boy wanted a house, how did the tree help him?

A. The tree asked the boy to sell all its apples for money.

B. The tree asked the boy to cut off its branches

C. The tree told the boy to ask his parents for help

D. The tree asked the boy to cut down its trunk

3.How did the tree feel when the boy left?

A. Sad    B. Happy    C. Tired    D. Afraid

4.How many times did the boy ask the tree for help according to the passage?

A. Once    B. Twice    C. Three times    D. Four times

5.What can we learn from the article?

A. We should spend time with our parents and shouldn’t only ask them for help.

B. Parents should always give everything to their kids

C. We should protect trees and take good care of them.

D. We can use trees to make many things

Answer

1. D

2. B

3. A

4. B

5. A

【解析】

本篇文章难度适中，主要讲述一个人小时候经常和一棵大树玩耍，后来长大了，离开了大树，只有遇到困难了才返回来向大树求助。用这个故事来说出我们与父母的关系就像大树，告诉我们不要仅仅是需要帮助才来到父母的身边，平时要多花时间和父母在一起。

1.细节理解题。根据He loved to play with a big apple tree可知，他喜欢和大树玩，故选D。

2.细节理解题。根据“You can cut off my branches (树枝) to build a house.”可知，大树让他砍掉树枝来建造房子，故选B。

3.细节理解题。根据Then the boy cut off all the branches of the tree ans left happily. The tree was sad可知，小男孩离开，大树很悲伤，故选A。

4.细节理解题。根据文章可知，小男孩向大树求助过两次，一次盖房子，一次造船，故选B。

5.主旨大意题。本文主要讲述一个人小时候经常和一棵大树玩耍，后来长大了，离开了大树，只有遇到困难了才返回来向大树求助。用这个故事来说出我们与父母的关系就像大树，告诉我们不要仅仅是需要帮助才来到父母的身边，平时要多花时间和父母在一起。故选A。