Question

    One day two workers were fixing electrical wires(电线) in the house. While they were working they met a problem: they couldn’t put a thin wire through a long narrow pipe. Because this pipe was long, thin and not straight. After thinking for some time, one of them, Frank, had an idea. He told his partner, Harry, what he needed.

Naturally, Harry was a little surprised. Thirty minutes later, Frank returned with two small white mice. He told Harry to hold one carefully then run away to that end of the pipe. Harry did so. Frank held the other mouse, at the other end of the pipe. Then Frank tied the wire around the mouse ‘s neck, and spoke to Harry, “Now , very lightly press the mouse.” Harry did as he was told. The mouse made a soft sound.

When the male mouse heard the sound, he began to run out of Frank’s hand into the pipe toward the sound. Of course, the male mouse was carrying the wire. Frank held the other end of the wire in his hand. After a few seconds the male mouse came out of the end of the pipe where the female mouse was. The problem had been solved. The wire was passed through the long pipe.

Everyone may come across difficulties when dealing with something, don’t give up immediately. Maybe you can get better methods to solve them if you consider it in another way.

1.One day, one of the two workers met a problem while fixing electrical wires.

2.After thinking for a minute, Frank had an idea and asked Harry to get two white mice.

3.The male mouse ran out of the man’s hand to look for the female one after hearing her sound.

4.Each of the two workers stayed at two different sides of the pipe with a mouse when they were ready to fix the electric wires.

5.Perhaps the writer wants to tell us one will seldom be hopeless if he usually changes a point of view.

Answer

1.F

2.F

3.T

4.T

5.T

【解析】

本文讲述了两个工人在家里修理电线时遇到了一个棘手的问题，但是其中一个工人没有放弃，用了一个巧妙的方法把问题解决了的故事。

1.句意：一天，两个工人中的一个在修理电线时遇到了一个问题。

细节理解题。根据第一段“One day two workers were fixing electrical wires(电线) in the house. While they were working they met a problem”，可知两个工人在家里修理电线时遇到了一个问题，不是其中一个遇到了问题，所以题中句子是错误的，故答案是F。

2.句意：经过一分钟的思考，弗兰克想出了一个主意，让哈利弄两只白老鼠。

细节理解题。根据第二段“Thirty minutes later, Frank returned with two small white mice.”，可知是弗兰克拿来两只白鼠，而不是哈利拿的，所以题中句子是错误的，故答案是F。

3.句意：雄鼠听到雌鼠的声音后，从雄鼠的手里跑出来寻找雌鼠。

细节理解题。根据第三段“When the male mouse heard the sound, he began to run out of Frank’s hand into the pipe toward the sound.”，可知雄老鼠听到声音后，就开始从弗兰克的手里跑到管子里，朝声音跑去，所以题中句子是正确的，故答案是T。

4.句意：当两个工人准备好修理电线时，他们每个人都拿着老鼠待在管子的两边。

细节理解题。根据第二段“He told Harry to hold one carefully then run away to that end of the pipe. Harry did so. Frank held the other mouse, at the other end of the pipe.”，可知哈利小心地拿着一个在管子一端，弗兰克拿着另一只老鼠在管子的另一端，所以题中句子是正确的，故答案是T。

5.句意：也许作者想告诉我们，如果他经常改变观点，人们很少会绝望。

细节理解题。根据最后一段“Everyone may come across difficulties when dealing with something, don’t give up immediately. Maybe you can get better methods to solve them if you consider it in another way.”，可知作者是想告诉我们每个人在处理事情时都可能遇到困难，不要马上放弃。如果你换个角度考虑，也许你能找到更好的方法来解决这些问题，所以题中句子是正确的，故答案是T。