Question

    During the summer holiday, some students might have been busy with traveling, summer camps and all kinds of courses. But a special group of Chinese middle school students decided to taste the hardship of life outside school.

Twelve students in a big city sold vegetables at a local market together. Within 12 days, they made more than 1, 500 yuan.

Among them, the oldest is 21 years old, while the youngest is just 10. They are all cousins in a big family and eight of them are from rural areas.

“Compared to traveling, such social practice connects us and makes us learn how tough our parents are.” said Dalin, 18, to the City Morning Post. Dalin, a senior high graduate, and her 12­year­old brother Xiaolin came up with the idea.

They learned to work hard to sell their veggies. Every morning they had to wake up at 3 o'clock. Some of them went to the farmer's market to buy vegetables. Some of them went to the local market to take up a temporary stall(临时摊位). To lower the cost, they learned to bargain(讲价) with the sellers.

At about 6：30 am, they began to sell vegetables. They peddled(吆喝) loudly to attract customers. After several days, they got some experience, too.

For example, it was better to put vegetables in order and bigger ones on top. When the vegetables are too heavy, they should give customers an extra plastic bag.

When they finally packed up and went home, they had a small meeting. Everyone took notes and shared their feelings.

“We are tired，” said Dalin, “but we gained a lot.”

1.In the writer's opinion, the 12 students' action was________．

A.popular B.encouraging C.strange D.embarrassing

2.The cousins decided to sell vegetables at a market to________．

A.show how able they were

B.have less hardship of life

C.learn how hard their parents work

D.prepare for their future traveling

3.They bargained with the sellers to________．

A.cut down the cost

B.share their feelings

C.get bigger vegetables

D.attract more customers

4.From the passage, we know that ________．

A.they took up the temporary stall in turn

B.they gave each customer an extra plastic bag

C.Dalin and Xiaolin got the idea of selling vegetables

D.the elder sold vegetables when the younger took notes

5.The best title of the passage should be________．

A.Summer Courses

B.Family Business

C.Students Learn from Bargains

D.Cousins Work with Vegetables

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.C

5.D

【解析】

本文是一篇记叙文。主要讲述了暑假里一组由12个中国学生组成的特殊团队，选择在当地的菜市场卖菜，体验校外生活的艰辛的故事。

12.推理判断题。题干意为：在作者看来，这十二个学生的行动是________。根据第四段第一句中的“‘Compared to traveling, such social practice connects us and makes us learn how tough our parents are.’”和文章的末尾可知应是具有鼓励性的。故选B。

16.标题归纳题。题干意为：这篇文章最佳的标题应该是________。通读全文可知本文是一个关于一伙表兄妹在一起卖菜、自力更生的故事。故选D。