Question

Two traveling angels stopped to spend the night in the home of a wealthy family. The family was rude and refused to let the angels stay in the guest room. Instead the angels were given a space in the cold basement. As they made their bed on the hard floor, the older angel saw a hole in the wall and repaired it. When the younger angel asked why, the older angel replied: Things aren’t always what they seem.

The next night the pair came to rest at the house of a very poor, but very hospitable(好客的)farmer and his wife. After sharing what little food they had，the couple let the angels sleep in their bed where they could have a good night’s rest. When the sun came up the next morning，the angels found the farmer and his wife in tears. Their only cow, whose milk had been their only income, lay dead in the field.

The younger angel was very angry and asked the older angel, “How could this happen?” “Why did you not watch out for the cow? The first man had everything, yet you watched over his house,” she accused. “The second family had little but was willing to share everything, and you did not help.”

“Things aren’t always what they seem,” the older angel replied. “When we stayed in the basement，I noticed there was gold stored in that hole in the wall. Since the owner was so greedy and unwilling to share his good fortune，I asked God if I could seal(封口) the wall so he wouldn’t find it. Then last night as we slept in the farmer’s bed，the angel of death(死神) came for his wife. I asked God if the angel could take the cow instead. Things aren’t always what they seem.”

1.The underlined part “the pair” in the second paragraph two refers to　　　  .

A. the poor couple         B. the rich couple           C. the angels           D. the guests

2.The younger angel was very angry because 　　　　.

A. the older angel killed the farmer’s cow           

B. the older angel treated the two families unfairly

C. the wealthy man gave them a bad place to live 

D. the angel of death took the cow away

3.Why did the older angel let the farmer’s cow die?

A. Because God wanted the older angel to take the cow.

B. Because she wanted to teach the younger angel a lesson.

C. Because she was sympathetic to the rich.

D. Because she wanted to save the farmer’s wife. 

4.The story tries to tell the reader that 　　　　.

A. sometimes things are not what they seem    

B. angels are always ready to help the poor

C. angels are always ready to help the rich 

D. the young should always learn from the old

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.C

2.B

3.D

4.A

【解析】

試題分析：文章介紹了有兩個(gè)旅行的天使第一個(gè)晚上住在了一個(gè)富人的家里，富人讓他們住在地窯里，這兩個(gè)天使在休息的時(shí)候發(fā)現(xiàn)地窯的墻上有個(gè)洞，就把它堵上了。第二天住在了一個(gè)窮人的家里，雖然窮，但他們拿出了他們很有限的食物和天使一起吃，讓他們好好的休息。不幸的是，這個(gè)窮人家里唯一的收入，一頭奶牛去死了，一個(gè)天使就問(wèn)為什么不忙這個(gè)窮人。另一個(gè)天使說(shuō)，那個(gè)富人太貪婪，我就把那個(gè)儲(chǔ)藏金子的洞堵上了，而死神是要把窮人的一妻子帶走的，而我就給上帝說(shuō)，讓那頭奶牛代替了那個(gè)妻子的命，所以人看到的都是表面現(xiàn)象。

1.C細(xì)節(jié)理解題。Two traveling angels stopped to spend the night in the home of a wealthy family.

The next night the pair came to rest at the house of a very poor, but very hospitable(好客的)farmer and his wife. 句意為：兩個(gè)旅行的天使在一個(gè)富人的家里住了一個(gè)晚上。第二個(gè)晚上，這兩個(gè)天使就去一個(gè)窮人的家里，他們窮，但他們很好客。所以答案應(yīng)為C。

2.B細(xì)節(jié)理解題。Why did you not watch out for the cow? The first man had everything, yet you watched over his house,”那個(gè)年輕的天使說(shuō)：你為什么不警惕那頭奶牛呢？第一個(gè)人擁有一切，但是你卻查看了他的房子。所以他生氣的原因是對(duì)窮人和對(duì)富人不公平，故答案應(yīng)為B。

3.D細(xì)節(jié)理解題。Then last night as we slept in the farmer’s bed，the angel of death(死神) came for his wife. I asked God if the angel could take the cow instead.句意為：昨天晚上，當(dāng)我們?cè)诟F人家里睡覺(jué)的時(shí)候，死神是為他的妻子而來(lái)的，我就問(wèn)上帝，天使是否可以把那頭母牛拉走代替他的妻子。故答案應(yīng)為D，他想拯救他的妻子。

4.A細(xì)節(jié)理解題。最后一自然段的意思是上帝在富人的地窯里發(fā)現(xiàn)了有個(gè)儲(chǔ)藏黃金的洞，上帝把它堵上了，富人發(fā)現(xiàn)不了，而第二個(gè)是天使要帶走妻子的命，上帝就救了她。文中兩次提到上帝說(shuō)的一句話，Things aren’t always what they seem。意思是說(shuō)事情并不是他們的表面現(xiàn)象。故答案應(yīng)為A。

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