Question

Long, long ago there were a lot of donkeys. The donkeys worked hard every day. They had no time to play or to relax, but they never felt appreciated (得到赏识的)  for the work they did.

One day two donkeys got bored. They wanted to live a comfortable life, so the donkeys went to see a wise old man. They told him their problem. The wise old man agreed they worked too hard, and he wanted to help the donkeys. “I have an idea,” he said.

“What is your idea?” asked the donkeys.

“I will paint you and no one will know you are donkeys,” said the man.

The man went off to find some paint and he returned in just a matter of minutes. He had two pots of paints. One pot was filled with white paint, and the other black paint.

The old man first painted them white, and then painted stripes(斑纹 ) over the white paint. When he finished, the donkeys did not look like donkeys at all. “You no longer look like donkeys,” the old man said. “Everyone will be fooled (欺骗). I will call you something else, zebras( 斑马).”

The zebras went to a field to eat grass. Now they did not have to work.

Soon, other donkeys saw the zebras. They asked the zebras where they came from. When the zebras told the donkeys their secret, the donkeys all rushed to see the old man.

“Please make us into zebras, too,” they pleaded.  So the wise old man painted more donkeys. As he did, more and more donkeys came.

The old man could not paint fast enough. Soon the donkeys became impatient（不耐烦的）. They began to kick about, and they knocked over the paint pots.

There was no more paint. The painted donkeys ran off to become zebras. The unpainted donkeys, because of their impatience, had to return to work.

1.The two donkeys went to see a wise old man in order to _____.

A. become patient    B. ask him for help

C. change into zebras    D. have a rest

2.What does the underlined word “pleaded” (in Paragraph9) mean?

A. relaxed    B. knocked

C. agreed    D. begged

3.What finally happened to the impatient donkeys?

A. They looked for another wise man to paint them

B. They were still donkeys working hard all the time.

C. They won praise for the work they did.

D. They hated the zebras and fought with them

4.What can we infer from the passage?

A. Being patient is very important

B. Both donkeys and zebras had to work hard

C. The wise old man was killed by these impatient donkeys.

D. There is always a good way not to work hard

Answer

1.B

2.D

3.B

4.A

【解析】本文主要讲的是有很多驴子想变成斑马，但没有耐心的驴子最终都没有成功的故事，通过它作者想告诉我们做事要有耐心。

1.B

细节理解题。根据第二段They wanted to live a comfortable life, so the donkeys went to see a wise old man.可知，

这两头驴去找老人是想向他求助。故选B.

2.D

词意猜测题。根据第九段“Please make us into zebras, too,” they pleaded.可知，这些驴是在祈求老人让它们也变成斑马，所以可以猜测出划线词pleaded是D. begged（祈求）的意思。故选D.

3.B

细节理解题。根据最后一段The unpainted donkeys, because of their impatience, had to return to work.可知，没有耐心的驴子还是驴子的样子，不得不回去工作。故选B.

4.A

推理判断题。本文主要讲的是有很多驴子想变成斑马，但没有耐心的驴子最终都没有成功的故事，通过它作者想告诉我们做事要有耐心。故选A.