Question

One day, a farmer was walking along a road with his son Thomas. The father said, "Look! There's a horseshoe. Pick it up and put it in your bag." Thomas said, "It isn't worth the trouble." His father said nothing but he picked it up himself. When they got to a nearby town, they had a rest. There the farmer sold the horseshoe and with the few pennies he bought some cherries (樱桃).

The father and the son continued their way. The sun was well up in the sky, and there wasn't a house or even a tree where they could have a rest. Thomas felt too thirsty to walk on. At this time, his father dropped a cherry on the ground and Thomas picked it up quickly and ate it. After a while, his father dropped another cherry and once again, his son lost on time in picking it up and putting it in his mouth.

And so they went on. The old farmer dropped the cherries and the son picked them up. When Thomas had eaten up all the cherries, his father said to him, "My dear son, if you had bent (弯腰) down early to pick up that horseshoe, it would not have been necessary for you to bend so many times for the cherries. Always remember the lesson that he who does not worry about the little things will find that he cannot do the great things."

1.Who picked up the horseshoe at last?

A. The son

B. The father

C. Both the father and the son

D. Neither the father nor the son

2.The farmer bought_______ with the money after he sold the horseshoe.

A. some bread                  B. some water

C. come cherries               D. some pennies

3.When the son refused to pick up the horseshoe, the father_______.

A. beat the son                  B. said nothing

C. felt very happy               D. became very angry

4.The father dropped the cherries one by one, because _______.

A. he wanted to teach his son a lesson

B. he wanted his son to do more exercise

C. he wanted his son to eat them all

D. he wanted to laugh at his son

5.From the story, we can learn that _______.

A.cherries are so delicious that most of us like to eat them

B. a horseshoe is so expensive that it can bring us a lot of money

C. if we want to eat cherries, we must pick up a horseshoe

D. if we don’t worry about the little things, we cannot do the great things

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.B

4.A

5.D

【解析】

试题分析：这篇文章介绍了一位父亲让儿子捡起掉在地上的马蹄，儿子不捡，后来父亲捡了起来。用卖蹄子的钱买了一些樱桃，后来父亲把樱桃放在地上，让儿子一个一个地捡起来吃，给儿子上了一堂生动的课，教育儿子要想做成大事，要从小事做起的故事。

1.1】细节理解题。根据文章His father said nothing but he picked it up himself.可知爸爸什么都没话说，但是他自己捡起来了。故选B。

2.There the farmer sold the horseshoe and with the few pennies he bought some cherries (樱桃).可知他卖了马蹄子用钱买了一些樱桃。故选C。

3.细节理解题。根据His father said nothing but he picked it up himself.可知儿子拒绝了父亲之后，这位父亲什么都没有说。故选B。

4.文章内容可知这位父亲想要教训一下儿子。故选A。

5.这篇文章介绍了一位父亲让儿子捡起掉在地上的马蹄，儿子不捡，后来父亲捡了起来。用卖蹄子的钱买了一些樱桃，后来父亲把樱桃放在地上，让儿子一个一个地捡起来吃，给儿子上了一堂生动的课，教育儿子要想做成大事，要从小事做起的故事。故选D。

考点：考查故事类阅读。