Question

    Once there was a farmer who lived on a farm in Africa. One day, a wise man visited him and told him about the value of diamonds (钻石). He said, “If you had a diamond as big as your thumb (大拇指), you could have your own city. If you had a diamond as big as your fist (拳头), you could probably have your own county.”

That night the farmer couldn’t sleep well. He was very unhappy because he was not satisfied with what he had. He wanted to become rich. The next morning he sold his farm to a man and went to look-for diamonds. He travelled all over Africa, Europe and America, but couldn’t find any diamonds. He became so sad that he threw himself into a river and died.

Two years later, the man who had bought the farmer’s farm found a stone on the farm. He put the stone on a shelf in the living room. One day the wise man visited him and saw the stone. He checked the stone carefully and said that it was a diamond. The man was happy and excited because there were many “stones” on the farm.

So you see that sometimes what you want is always by your side, but you don’t realize its value.

1.Why couldn’t the farmer sleep well?

A.Because the wise man left. B.Because his farm was sold.

C.Because he couldn’t find any diamond. D.Because he wanted to be rich.

2.The diamonds were found by the man in ________.

A.Africa B.Europe C.America D.Asia

3.What’s the right order of the story?

①The farmer couldn’t find any diamonds and killed himself.

②A wise man told the farmer that diamonds are valuable.

③The man sold his farm and went out for diamonds.

④The man who had bought the farm found lots of diamonds on the farm.

A.②③④① B.②③①④ C.③①④② D.③④②①

4.The writer wants to tell us that ________.

A.we must try our best if we want to succeed B.life is valuable

C.we should realize the value of what we have D.we can be rich by accident

Answer

1.D

2.A

3.C

4.C

【解析】

这是一记叙文。文章主要讲述一位农民想致富，卖掉农场出去找钻石没有找到就自杀了。而买了农场的人在农场了找到了值钱的钻石的故事，启发读者应该发现自己所拥有的东西的价值。

1.细节理解题。根据第二段“That night the farmer couldn’t sleep well .He was very unhappy because he was not satisfied with what he had. He wanted to become rich”因为他想变得富有。故选D。

2.细节理解题。根据第一段“lived on a farm in Africa”和第三段“the man who had bought the farmer’s farm found a stone on the farm”可知钻石在非洲的农场被发现了。故选A。

3.推理判断题。“The man sold his farm and went out for diamonds”男人卖掉农场出去找钻石；“The farmer couldn’t find any diamonds and killed himself”找不到钻石就自杀了；“The man who had bought the farm found lots of diamonds on the farm”买了农场的那个人在农场发现了很多钻石；“A wise man told the farmer that diamonds are valuable”智者告诉他这些钻石很值钱。正确的顺序是③①④②。故选C。

4.主旨大意题。根据最后一段“sometimes what you want is always by your side, but you don’t realize its value”作者想要告诉读者你想要的东西有时就在你身边，只是你没有发现它的价值。以此启发读者应该发现自己所拥有的东西的价值。故选C。