Question

    In one town,there was a wise man who would listen to people's problems and try to offer advice.The problem was that it seemed like people always complained about the same problems over and over again.

The wise man gave good advice to these people in order to help them solve their problems.But it seemed that they never actually took his advice.In fact,it almost seemed like the people simply enjoyed complaining and didn't want to listen to the wise man.

He came up with an interesting solution to this problem.Every time someone came to him with their complaint,he would tell them a joke.The joke was funny the first time they heard it.But as they came back over time with the same old complaints,the man would tell the same old joke.It got less and less funny as time went by.

Finally,one person asked," Wise man,why do you always tell the same joke over and over ?It isn't funny anymore."

The wise man replied with a question of his own. “If you can't laugh at the same joke again and again,then why do you always complain about the same things over and over again?”

1.The wise man's problem was that ______.

A.people wouldn't take his advice B.he didn't understand people's complaints

C.he couldn't give people good advice D.people didn't complain to him anymore

2.The wise man dealt with this problem by ______.

A.refusing to give anybody any advice B.telling people the same joke again and again

C.forcing people to take his advice D.telling people quite lot of jokes

3.The story mainly wants to tell us that ______.

A.taking action is better than just complaining B.complaining is a part of life

C.jokes can help us understand life D.wise people have no worries

Answer

1.A

2.B

3.A

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文，文章讲述智者发现人们总是问相同的问题一遍又一遍，他们不采取他的建议，只是享受抱怨的过程；后来他想到一个好办法，给那些抱怨相同问题的人讲相同的笑话，最后让那些人觉得不再好笑。由此启发读者行动比总是抱怨更好。

1.

细节理解题。根据第一段“The problem was that it seemed like people always complained about the same problems over and over again”以及第二段“it seemed that they never actually took his advice. In fact, it almost seemed like the people simply enjoyed complaining and didn't want to listen to the wise man”可知问题是人们总是问相同的问题一遍又一遍，他们不采取他的建议，只是享受抱怨，但是不听智者所讲的。故选A。

2.

细节理解题。根据第三段“Every time someone came to him with their complaint, he would tell them a joke …as they came back over time with the same old complaints, the man would tell the same old joke”可知智者将相同的笑话一遍又一遍。故选B。

3.

主旨大意题。根据最后一段“If you can't laugh at the same joke again and again, then why do you always complain about the same things over and over again”可知人们不能忍受相同的笑话一遍又一遍就像不能忍受相同的抱怨一遍又一遍，智者想要人们采取他的建议，去行动，而不是总在抱怨。故选A。