Question

    There was once an old and deep well (井). People got water by dropping a bucket（木桶）tied to a rope. The rope passed over a wheel just above the well. On the other side of the rope was another bucket.

A strong pull brought one bucket to the top while the other down to the water. They always passed each of her on the way up and down, but never had time to speak.

At last, the rope became worn. So a new rope had to be put in its place. While this was being done, the two buckets were left standing together near the well.

"What a boring life we have!" said one bucket to the other. "I am quite tired of it. No matter how full we come up, we are always sent down empty. "

But the other bucket laughed and said, "What a funny way you have of looking at things! Don't you see that whenever we are sent down empty, we always come up full?

Boys and girls sometimes talk like these two buckets. You may hear one of them say, "Just as we are having a good game, we are made to stop and go to work again. Yes, "the other will reply, "but as soon as work is over, we always get to go out and have fun again.

There are two ways of looking at things. If you want to be happy, look at the bright side.

1.What were the buckets tied to?(no more than 6 words)

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2.Where did the two buckets talk with each other?(no more than 10 words)

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3.What does the story tell us?(no more than 15words)

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4.请将文中画线的句子翻译成汉语。

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5.请给短文拟一个适当的英文题目。

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Answer

1.A rope. / They were tied to a rope.

2.Near the well. /They talked with each other near the well.

3.If we want to be happy, we should look at the bright side of things.

4.你看事情是多么可笑！难道你没看见无论何时我们都是空着下去，满着上来吗？

5.Ways of Looking at Things.

【解析】

本篇讲述2只桶对同一种经历的不同看法：一只桶充满悲观，觉得不管上来多满，总是空荡荡下去；另一只桶包含积极的态度，觉得空的下去但满载而归；告诉人们，看待事物有两种方式。如果你想快乐，就看光明的一面。

1.

根据第一段“People got water by dropping a bucket tied to a rope. The rope passed over a wheel just above the well. On the other side of the rope was another bucket ”可知桶用绳子拴着，故答案为A rope. / They were tied to a rope.

2.

根据第三段“While this was being done, the two buckets were left standing together near the well”可知他们在井边互相交谈，故答案为Near the well. /They talked with each other near the well.

3.

本篇讲述2只桶对同一种经历的不同看法：一只桶充满悲观，觉得不管上来多满，总是空荡荡下去；另一只桶包含积极的态度，觉得空的下去但满载而归；告诉人们，看待事物有两种方式。如果你想快乐，就看光明的一面；故答案为If we want to be happy, we should look at the bright side of things.

4.

a funny way可笑的方式；look at things看待事情；what+不定冠词+形容词+单数可数名词”是感叹句；be sent down empty被送下去；come up上来；Don't…？意为难道……？是否定疑问句；故答案为你看事情是多么可笑！难道你没看见无论何时我们都是空着下去，满着上来吗？

5.

本篇通过2只桶对同一种经历的不同看法，一只桶充满悲观，另一只桶包含积极的态度，告诉人们看待事物有两种方式，一种是快乐积极的，一种是悲观失望的；故答案为Ways of Looking at Things.