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An old man went to India. When he got th...

    An old man went to India. When he got there, he saw a lot of fruit for sale, but much of it was very expensive. Only a big basket of red fruit was cheap.

“How much per kilo?” the old man asked.

“Two rupees (卢比),” the shopkeeper answered. Two rupees in India is almost nothing. So the old man bought a kilogram and started eating them.

However, as soon as he started eating, his mouth began to burn, his eyes began to water and his whole face became as red as the fruit. As he coughed and struggled to breathe, he jumped up and down, screaming (尖叫), “Ah! Ah! Ah!”

And then he continued to eat the “fruit”!

Some people saw him and said, “Those are chili peppers (红辣椒)! You can’t just eat them by the handful (一大把)!”

The old man said, “I paid for them, so I must eat them.”

This old man must seem pretty stupid. But are we a lot smarter? In our life, all of us have put money, time and effort into something—maybe a relationship or a job—and sometimes, even if we know there’s no hope that things will get better, we still continue with it. Why? Because we’ve put in all that money, time and effort.

What we can learn from the old man is this: if you’ve lost a lot for something that doesn’t work, let it go and move on. It’s better than continuing losing.

根据短文内容判断对错,对的为“T”,错的为“F”。

1.The old man bought a kilogram of chili peppers because of the beautiful color.

2.Two rupees doesn’t mean a lot of money in India.

3.The old man continued eating because he was too hungry to stop.

4.The writer compares something in our life like a relationship or a job to the chili peppers in the story.

5.The story wants to tell us that sometimes we need to give up wisely.

 

1.F 2.T 3.F 4.T 5.T 【解析】 本篇文章难度适中,主要讲述一个人花了2卢比买了一公斤辣椒,他开始吃辣椒,人们见到他很难受,劝他不要吃了,而这个男人却说,我已经花了钱了,我必须吃它们。通过这个故事作者引申到现实生活中,我们已经在某件事上投入了时间精力,即使我们知道没有希望变得更好,然而我们还是继续,因为我们投入了时间、金钱等。最后作者告诉我们一个道理:有时候我们需要明智地放弃。 1.细节理解题。根据When he got there, he saw a lot of fruit for sale, but much of it was very expensive. Only a big basket of red fruit was cheap可知,当他到达那里时,他看到有许多水果在出售,但是大部分都很贵,只有一篮子红色的水果比较便宜,所以他买辣椒不是因为它们有漂亮的颜色,而是因为他们很便宜,故填F。 2.细节理解题。根据Two rupees in India is almost nothing可知,两卢比在印度几乎一文不值,所以在印度两卢比并不意味这那是许多钱,故填T。 3.细节理解题。根据The old man said, “I paid for them, so I must eat them.”可知,这个老人说我花钱买他们所以必须要吃光,所以并不是因为他很饿,故填F。 4.细节理解题。根据In our life, all of us have put money, time and effort into something—maybe a relationship or a job—and sometimes, even if we know there’s no hope that things will get better, we still continue with it. Why? Because we’ve put in all that money, time and effort可知,在我们的日常生活中,我们所有人都将钱、时间和努力放到一些东西上,可能是关系或者工作,尽管我们知道没有希望将事情变得更好,但是我们仍然继续,为什么?我们已经将钱、时间和努力投入到里面了,所以作者把我们生活中的一些事情,比如一段感情或一份工作,比作故事中的辣椒。故填T。 5.主旨大意题。根据if you’ve lost a lot for something that doesn’t work, let it go and move on. It’s better than continuing losing可知,如果你为一件不成功的事情失去了很多,那就让它过去,继续前进,总比继续输好。所以作者告诉我们要明智地放弃,故填T。
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