Question

I was telling my boy Sonny the story of the hare ( 兔子) and the tortoise ( 乌龟 ). At the end I said, “ Son, remember: Be slow and steady ( 镇定的), and that will win the race. Don’t you think there’s something to learn from the tortoise?”

Sonny opened his eyes wide, “ Do you mean next time when I’m entering for the 60-metre race I should wish that Billy, Tony and Sandy would all fall asleep halfway?”

I was shocked, “But the tortoise didn’t wish that the hare would fall asleep!”

“He must have wished that,” Sonny said, “Otherwise how could he be so foolish as to race with the hare? He knew very well the hare ran a hundred times faster than he himself did.”

“He didn’t have such a wish,” I insisted. “He won the race by perseverance ( 坚忍不拔的 ), by pushing on steadily.”

Sonny thought a while. “That’s a lie,” he said. “ He won it because he was lucky. If the hare hadn’t happened to fall asleep, the tortoise would never have won the race. He could be as steady as you like, or a hundred times steadier, but he’d never have won the race. That’s for sure.” I gave up. Today’s children are not like what we used to be.

1.The writer argued ( 辩论 )with his son because ______________.

A. he liked tortoises while his son liked hares

B. they disagreed about whether the tortoise was foolish

C. he tried to teach his son a moral ( 品德 )lesson but the son had totally different opinion

D. he liked the story of the hare and the tortoise while his son didn’t.

2.Sonny believed that the tortoise ______________.

A. won the race by his own hard working

B. took a risk ( 冒险 )by agreeing to run a race

C. was not given a fair chance in the race

D. in fact did win the race luckily

3.Billy, Tony and Sandy must be_______________.

A. boys who were unknown to Sonny’s father

B. boys who Sonny has run races with before

C. boys who Sonny has never raced with before

D. boys who Sonny did not expect to race with again

4.The writer thinks that his generation ( 一代人 )______________.

A. are cleverer than Sonny’s generation

B. have the same ideas about life as Sonny’s generation

C. are more hopeful than Sonny’s generation

D. have different ideas about life from Sonny’s generation

Answer

1.C

2.D

3.B

4.D

【解析】本文是一位父亲和儿子关于龟兔赛跑的辩论，儿子的观点和父亲的完全不一样了，说明两代人在思想上有了代沟。

1.C

推理判断题。根据第5段““He didn’t have such a wish,” I insisted. “He won the race by perseverance ( 坚忍不拔的 ), by pushing on steadily.”第6段第一句“Sonny thought a while. “That’s a lie,” he said. “ He won it because he was lucky. If the hare hadn’t happened to fall asleep, the tortoise would never have won the race.”说明我是想通过这个故事告诉儿子毅力的重要性，但是儿子有完全不同的观点，认为这个故事是假的。说明现在的孩子和以前的不一样了。故C是正确的。

2.D

细节理解题。根据倒数第二段第2行“He won it because he was lucky. If the hare hadn’t happened to fall asleep, the tortoise would never have won the race.”说明他认为乌龟赢得比赛是幸运，是运气好，故D是正确的。

3.B

推理判断题。根据第二段“Do you mean next time when I’m entering for the 60-metre race I should wish that Billy, Tony and Sandy would all fall asleep halfway?”说明这几个孩子一定是以前和他一起跑步的孩子，故B是正确。

4.D

推理判断题。根据文章最后一段“I gave up. Today’s children are not like what we used to be.”说明作者已经认识到现在的孩子和以前的孩子已经不一样了，故D项是正确。