Question

    Once there was a boy and his little sister living in a small village. The boy was good-looking but his sister was not. One day they found a mirror(镜子)and they saw what they looked like for the first time. The boy was very pleased and he said to his sister, "How handsome I am! I look nicer than you!" The girl didn't like what her brother said and gave him a hard push. "Go away!" she said angrily.

Their father saw what was happening, He went up to them and said to the boy, "You must always be good as well as look good. " Then the father said to the girl, "My dear, if you help everyone and do your best to please(使愉快)them, everyone will love you. It doesn't matter that you are not as good- looking as your brother. "

1.Once a boy and his little sister lived in a small ___________________.

A. city B. town C. village

2.The boy and his sister saw what they looked like in the mirror for the _________ time

A. first B. second C. third

3.The girl didn't like what her _____________ said.

A. aunt B. brother C. mother

4.Father told the boy to be good as well as look ________________.

A. good B. young C. ugly

5.The underlined word "matter " in Paragraph 2 means ________________in Chinese

A. 麻烦 B. 问题 C. 要紧

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.B

4.A

5.C

【解析】

文章大意：短文讲了从前有一个男孩和他的妹妹住在一个小村庄里，这个男孩长得很好看，但他的妹妹不是。详细的讲述了父亲是如何教诲他们的。

1.细节理解题。根据原文Once there was a boy and his little sister living in a small village. 从前有一个男孩和他的妹妹住在一个小村庄里。可知男孩和他妹妹住在小村庄里，故答案选C。

2.细节理解题。根据原文 One day they found a mirror(镜子)and they saw what they looked like for the first time. 有一天他们发现了一面镜子，第一次看到了他们的样子。可知男孩和他的妹妹第一次看到他们在镜子里的样子，故答案选A。

3.细节理解题。根据原文The girl didn't like what her brother said. 那女孩不喜欢她哥哥说的话。可知那女孩不喜欢她哥哥说的话，故答案选B。

4.细节理解题。根据原文You must always be good as well as look good. 你不仅要看起来漂亮，而且要一直表现得很好。可知父亲告诉这个男孩不仅要看起来漂亮，而且要表现得好。故答案选A。

5.词义猜测题。根据上文everyone will love you.每个人都会爱你，结合下文that you are not as good- looking as your brother.可知应该是说你没有你的哥哥长得那么好并不重要，所以matter意为要紧、重要，故答案选C。