Question

This happened about one thousand and seven hundred years ago．One day somebody sent Cao Cao，the king of Wei an elephant．Cao Cao wanted to know its weight(重量)．“Who can think of a way to weigh it?”he asked．But nobody knew what to do.because there was nothing big enough to weigh it．

    Then Cao Chong，one of the king’s young sons，came up and said，“Father，I’ve got an idea．Let me have a big boat and a lot of heavy stones，and I’ll be able to find out the weight of the elephant．’’

    Cao Cao was surprised，but he told his men to do as the boy asked．When the boat was ready，the boy told a man to lead the elephant down into it．The elephant was very heavy，and the water came up very high along the boat’s side．Cao Chong made a mark along the water line．

    After that the man drove the elephant onto the bank．Cao Chong then told the men to put heavy stones into the boat until the water again came up to the line．

    Cao Chong then told the men to take the stones off the boat and weigh them one by one．He wrote down the weight of each stone and then added up all the weights．In this way he got the weight of the elephant．

1.From the passage．we know Cao Cao was      of Wei country．

A. the father    B. the king    C. a farmer    D. an elephant keeper

2.        found out the way to weigh the elephant．

A. Cao Cao    B. A man    C. Cao Chong    D. Nobody

3.The underlined word“mark”in the passage means       .

A. 成绩    B. 分数    C. 标准    D. 记号

4.According to the passage，which of the following is NOT true?

A. Cao Chong was the son of the king．

B. Cao Chong weighed the elephant with a boat and some heavy stones．

C. Cao Cao knew his son could weigh the elephant．

D. Cao Chong got the weight of the elephant by weighing the weight of the

5.Which is the best title of this article?

A. Cao Chong Weighs the Elephant

B. The King and His Son

C. Cao Cao and the Elephant

D. The Clever Cao Chong

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.D

4.C

5.A

【解析】有人给魏国的皇帝曹操送了一只大象，大家都想知道大象有多重，但是都想不出办法来称出大象的体重。曹操的小儿子曹冲聪明伶俐，他想到了称大象重量的方法。

1.细节理解题。根据短文中One day somebody sent Cao Cao，the king of Wei an elephant可知，曹操是魏国的皇帝，句中the king of Wei是Cao Cao的同位语。故应选B。

2.细节理解题。根据短文第二段中Then Cao Chong，one of the king’s young sons，came up and said，“Father，I’ve got an idea以及短文的最后In this way he got the weight of the elephant可知，最后是曹操的小儿子曹冲找到了称大象体重的方法。故应选C。

3.词义猜测题。根据划线单词所在的句子Cao Chong made a mark along the water line以及上下文意可知，曹冲在水漫过船的地方做了一个标记。mark名词，记号，也有分数的意思，但是在这里不是。故选D。

4.推理判断题。根据文意可知，曹冲是自己告诉他的父亲他知道如何称出大象的重量，并不是曹操一开始就知道他的儿子可以做到，故C选项不对。根据Then Cao Chong，one of the king’s young sons可知A正确；根据Let me have a big boat and a lot of heavy stones，and I’ll be able to find out the weight of the elephant可知B正确；根据He wrote down the weight of each stone and then added up all the weights可知D正确。

5.主旨大意题。这篇短文给我们介绍了曹操的小儿子曹操如何想出办法来称出了大象的重量的故事，故A选项曹冲称象能概括文章的主要内容，选A。

点睛：这篇短文给我们讲述了曹冲称象的故事，这个故事可能很多学生都是知道的，因此在读这篇文章的时候，就会变得容易一些。后面的题目设置包括细节理解、词义猜测、推理判断和主旨大意，阅读理解的常见题型都包含在了里面。对于细节理解题，学生们是可以在原文相对应的地方找到答案，属于比较简单的题目；词义猜测要结合文意，尤其是这个单词所在的句子去猜，有的单词有很多意思，但我们要猜的是符合文意的一个，像第3小题mark这个单词，意思是分数，记号，在文章里面是做记号的意思。推理判断题需要学生综合文章的多处信息，对每一个选项逐一做出判断，用排除法做题。这个题目需要花费的精力多一些，而且正确理解选项的意思也是解题的关键。