Question

[1]Once, when there was a famine（饥荒）, a rich baker sent for twenty of the poorest children in the town, and said to them, “In this basket there is a loaf（面包）for each of you. Take it, and come back to me every day at this hour for more.”

[2]The hungry children gathered eagerly about the basket, and fought over the bread because each wanted the largest loaf. At last they went away without even (77)______ the good baker.

[3]Gretchen, a poorly dressed little girl, did not fight or struggle with the other children, but stood quietly in the distance（远处）, When the badly behaved children had left. Gretchen took the smallest loaf, which was all that was left in the basket. She kissed the baker’s hand and went home.

[4](78)第二天，孩子们表现得像以前一样糟糕。Gretchen got a loaf almost half the size of the one she got the first day. When she came home, her mother cut the loaf open. Many new shining pieces of silver fell out of it.

[5]Her mother was very worried and said, “Take the money back to the baker at once. The silver must have fallen into the dough by accident. By quick, Gretchen!”

[6]When the little girl gave the rich man her mother’s message, he said, “(79) It was no mistake, I had the silver pieces put into the smallest loaf to reward（奖赏）you. Always be as content（满足）,peaceable, and thankful as you now are. Go home now, and tell your mother that the money is yours to keep.”

1.What did Gretchen do while the others fought over the bread?（no more than 6 words）

2.Fill in the blank in the second paragraph with proper words（no more than 3 words）.

3. Translate the Chinese sentence in the fourth paragraph into English.

4.Translate the underlined sentences in the sixth paragraph into Chinese.

5.What do you think of Gretchen and her mother?

Answer

1.She stood quietly in the distance.

2.thanking / saying thanks (goodbye) to /expressing thanks to

3.The next day the children were as badly behaved as before. / The next day the children behaved as badly as before.

4.这不是失误/错误，我（让人）把这些银币放进最小的面包里是为了奖赏你。

5.Gretchen was content, peaceable and thankful. Her mother was honest./ They were content, honest, peaceful and thankful.

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要讲述了一个懂得谦让、感恩的小女孩，最后受到好心人奖励的故事。

1.根据Gretchen, a poorly dressed little girl, did not fight or struggle with the other children, but stood quietly in the distance（远处）, 可知她在其他孩子抢面包时，静静地站着，故填She stood quietly in the distance.

2.根据后文小女孩的行为，可知那些没有礼貌的孩子们没有对好心的面包师说句谢谢就离开了。故填thanking / saying thanks (goodbye) to /expressing thanks to

3.as…as像……一样，badly behaved表现糟糕，举止差，故填The next day the children were as badly behaved as before. / The next day the children behaved as badly as before.

4.have sth done使某事被做，put into放入……，故填这不是失误/错误，我（让人）把这些银币放进最小的面包里是为了奖赏你。

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考点：故事类短文阅读。