Question

During the summer holiday, some students might have been busy with traveling, summer camps and a1l kinds of courses, but a specia1 group of Chinese middle schoo1 students decided to taste the hardship of life outside school.

Twelve students in a big city sold vegetables at a1oca1 market together With in12 days, they

made more than 1,500 yuan.

Among them, the oldest is21 years old, while the youngest is just 10. They are a11 cousins in

a big family and eight of them are from rura1 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 12-yeal-old 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'c1ock. Some of them went to the farmer' s market to buy vegetables. Some of them went to the 1oca1 market lo lake up a temporary stall (临时摊位) To 1ower the cost, they learned to bargain

(讲价) with the sellers.

At abou16:30 am, they began to sell vegetables. They peddled(吆喝) 1oudly to attract(吸引)

customers. After severa1 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 a1ot.

1.In the writer's opinion, the12 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 se11ers to__________

A. cut down the cost    B. share their feelings

C. get bigger vegetables    D. attract more customers

4.It’s clear 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 se11ing vegetables

D. the elder sold vegetables when the younger took notes

5.The best title of the story 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】

本文讲述了学生暑期卖菜，参加社会实践活动，以体会父母生活的艰辛，从而提升自我的价值的故事。

1.原文：在作者看来，12名学生的行动是令人鼓舞的。A.流行的B.令人鼓舞的C.奇怪的D.尴尬的。原文“a specia1 group of Chinese middle schoo1 students decided to taste the hardship of life outside school.”（一群特殊的中国中学生决定品尝校外生活的艰辛。），后文讲了两兄弟卖菜的故事，这说明作者对这种行为是赞同的，认为这种行为是令人鼓舞的，故选B。

2.原文：表兄弟决定在市场上出售蔬菜为了了解父母的工作有多困难。A.展示他们的能力B.有更少的生活困难C.了解父母的工作有多困难D.为将来的旅行做准备。原文“Compared to traveling, such social practice connects us and makes us learn how tough our parents are”（与旅行相比，这种社会实践将我们联系起来，让我们了解父母的艰辛），这是他们出售蔬菜的动机，故选C。

3.原文：他们与卖家讨价还价以降低成本。A.降低成本B.分享他们的感受C.获得更大的蔬菜D.吸引更多的顾客。原文“To1owerthe cost, they learned to bargain

(讲价) with the sellers.”（为了降低成本，他们学会了与卖家讨价还价），故选A。

4.原文：很明显大林和小林有了销售蔬菜的想法。A.他们依次占用临时摊位B.他们给每个顾客一个额外的塑料袋C.大林和小林有了销售蔬菜的想法D. 哥哥卖了蔬菜，弟弟做记录。原文“When the vegetables are too heavy, they should give customers an extra plastic bag.”说明只有蔬菜太重的时候他们才会给顾客塑料袋，B错误。原文“. Everyone took notes

and shared their feelings.” 说明每个人都会做记录，D错误，选项A无依据，原文“They learned to work hard to sell their veggies.”（他们学着努力卖掉他们的蔬菜。），所以他们是有卖蔬菜的想法的，故选C。

5.原文：这个故事的最佳标题应该是表兄弟与蔬菜一起工作。A. 夏季课程 B.家族企业C.学生从讨价还价中学习D.表兄弟与蔬菜一起工作。这篇文章讲了两兄弟销售蔬菜的故事，讲了他们一天的简单的工作流程，讲了他们销售蔬菜的方法和一些细节，所以D是最贴近这个主题的，故选D。