Question

    There were many plants in a forest. When spring came, a big tree saw a red rose（玫瑰）nearby and said, “ What a beautiful flower! I wish I were that lovely.”

The rose proudly（骄傲地）said, “It seems that I am the most beautiful flower in the forest.” Then the rose looked at a cactus（仙人掌）and said, “Look at that ugly（丑的）plant full of thorns（刺）!”

“What a proud flower!” thought the tree.

As the days passed, the red rose often looked at cactus and said bad words about it, like “This plant is useless. I’m sorry to be his neighbour（邻居）!” The cactus never got angry and even tried to advise the rose, saying, “Everything has its use.”

Spring passed, and the weather became very hot. As there was no rain, the red rose began to wilt（枯萎）.

One day the rose saw birds put their beaks（喙）into the cactus and then fly away. The red rose asked the big tree what the birds were doing. The big tree said that the birds were getting water from the cactus. “The cactus has water?” asked the rose. “Yes, you can also drink some from it. The birds water to you if you ask the cactus for help.”

The rose felt too ashamed（惭愧） to ask for water from the cactus. But finally it asked for help. The cactus was friendly to agree.

The rose learned a lesson that we should never judged anyone by their looking again.

根据短文内容，选出最佳选项。

1.At first, ______ thought the cactus was ugly.

A.the rose B.the big tree C.the birds D.the thorns

2.The red rose began to wilt because _______.

A.the birds could B.spring came

C.there was no rain D.the cactus got angry

3.The birds put their beaks into the cactus to_________.

A.get water B.eat food C.offer (提供) help D.tell something

4.From the passage, we know the cactus was _______.

A.good looking B.friendly C.sad D.helpless

5.From the story, we know _______.

A.the big tree didn’t think the red rose was beautiful B.the red rose never said bad words about others

C.the cactus refused to help the birds D.the red rose knew she was wrong at last

Answer

1.A

2.C

3.A

4.B

5.D

【解析】

本文通过讲述红玫瑰和仙人掌之间的故事教育我们：不能以貌取人，要善待他人。

1.细节理解题。根据文中Then the rose looked at a cactus（仙人掌）and said, “Look at that ugly（丑的）plant full of thorns（刺）!”然后玫瑰看着一棵仙人掌说：“看那棵长满荆棘的丑陋的植物！”可知，玫瑰说仙人掌很丑，故选A。

2.细节理解题。根据文中Spring passed, and the weather became very hot. As there was no rain, the red rose began to wilt（枯萎）. 春天过去了，天气变得很热。由于没有下雨，红玫瑰开始枯萎，可知是因为没有雨水，故选C。

3.细节理解题。根据文中One day the rose saw birds put their beaks（喙）into the cactus and then fly away. The red rose asked the big tree what the birds were doing. The big tree said that the birds were getting water from the cactus. 有一天，玫瑰看到鸟儿把喙伸进仙人掌里，然后飞走了。红玫瑰问大树鸟儿在干什么。大树说鸟儿们正在从仙人掌中取水。可知鸟是在喝水，故选A。

4.细节理解题。根据文中The cactus was friendly to agree. 仙人掌很友好地同意了。可知仙人掌是友好的，故选B。

5.推理判断题。根据文中The rose learned a lesson that we should never judged anyone by their looking again. 玫瑰吸取了一个教训，我们再也不应该用别人的眼光来评判别人。可知玫瑰最后知道自己做错了，故选D。