Question

    During the summer holiday, some students might have been busy with traveling, summer camps and all kinds of courses, but a special group of Chinese middle school students decided to taste the hardship of life outside school.

Twelve students in a big city sold vegetables at a local market together. Within 12 days, they made more than 1,500 yuan. Among them, the oldest is 21 years old, while the youngest is just 10. They are all cousins in a big family and eight of them are from rural areas. "Compared to traveling, such social practice connects us and makes us learn how tough our parents are," said Dalin, 18, to the City Morning Post. Dalin, a senior high graduate, and her 12-year old brother Xiaolin came up with the idea.

They learned to work hard to sell their veggies. Every morning they had to wake up at 3 o'clock. Some of them went to the farmer's market to buy vegetables. Some of them went to the local market to take up a temporary stall (临时摊位). To lower the cost, they learned to bargain (讲价) with the sellers. At about 16:30, they began to sell vegetables. They peddled (吆喝) loudly to attract (吸引) customers. After several days, they got some experience, too. For example, it was better to put vegetables in order and bigger ones on top. When the vegetables are too heavy, they should give customers an extra plastic bag.

When they finally packed up and went home, they had a small meeting. Everyone took notes and shared their feelings. "We are tired," said Dalin, "but we gained a lot."

1.In the writer's opinion, the 12 students action was _______.

A.popular B.encouraging C.strange D.embarrassing

2.The cousins decided to sell vegetables at a market to _______.

A.show how able they were B.have less hardship of life

C.learn how hard their parents work D.prepare for their future traveling

3.They bargained with the sellers to _______.

A.cut down the cost B.share their feelings

C.get bigger vegetables D.attract more customers

4.It's clear that _______.

A.they took up the temporary stall in turn

B.they gave each customer an extra plastic bag

C.Dalin and Xiaolin got the idea of selling vegetables

D.the elder sold vegetables when the younger took notes

5.The best title of the story should be _______.

A.Summer Courses B.Family Business

C.Students Learn from Bargains D.Cousins Work with Vegetables

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.C

5.D

【解析】

本文讲述了两个表兄弟暑期卖菜，参加社会实践活动，以体会父母生活的艰辛，从而提升自我的价值的故事。

1.推理判断题。根据“a specia1 group of Chinese middle schoo1 students decided to taste the hardship of life outside school.”可知，这群特殊的中国中学生决定品尝校外生活的艰辛。后文讲了两兄弟卖菜的故事，这说明作者对这种行为是赞同的，认为这种行为是令人鼓舞的，故选B。

2.细节理解题。根据“Compared to traveling, such social practice connects us and makes us learn how tough our parents are”可知，这对表兄弟决定在市场卖菜是为了解父母的艰辛，故选C。

3.细节理解题。根据“To lower the cost, they learned to bargain (讲价) with the sellers.”可知，他们与卖家讨价还价是为了降低成本，故选A。

4.推理判断题。根据原文的“Some of them went to the local market to take up a temporary stall (临时摊位).”可知，他们中的一些人去当地市场占据一个临时摊位，不是轮流占据一个临时摊位，因此A项错误。根据原文“When the vegetables are too heavy, they should give customers an extra plastic bag.”可知，只有蔬菜太重的时候他们才会给顾客塑料袋，因此B项错误。根据原文“They learned to work hard to sell their veggies.”可知，他们学着努力卖掉他们的蔬菜。所以他们是有卖蔬菜的主意的，因此C项正确。根据原文“Everyone took notes and shared their feelings.”可知，每个人都会做记录，D错误，故选C。

5.标题归纳题。这篇文章讲了两个表兄弟销售蔬菜的故事，讲了他们一天的简单的工作流程，讲了他们销售蔬菜的方法和一些细节，故选D。