Question

There  was once a boy called Jim in a village .Whenever Jim asked people to do things,no one would listen to him.He was sad.So Jim asked a wizard to solve the problem by using magic.The old wizard tried a lot of spells,but didn’t work..

A young man heard about the problem .He went to Jim and said that he knew the solution .He gave Jim two small pieces of paper.“These are two spells ,my boy.Use the first before you ask others to do something,and use the second when they have done it.A smile is also necessary,”the young man said.Jim was happy and tried to use the spells.When he asked people to do something.he said “Please”before his words and “Thank you”after they had done it.People were very surprised that Jim could be polite .Soon ,they became happy to do what Jim asked them to do.The wizard was surprised ,and asked the young man about the spells.”It’s not magic.When I was a child,my teacher told me that with good manners you could get anything you want.And he was right.Jim only needed good mannersto get what he wanted.”

1.Jim was sad because_____.

A.he lived in a poor village

B.nobody would like to listen to him

C.the spells didn’t work

D.he had a lot of things to do

2.The underlined part “wizard”in the passage probably means”____”.

A.巫师    B.医生    C.演员    D.学者

3.The young man went to Jim and ____.

A.gave him no advice      B.told him how to smile

C.lent him some paper     D.helped him to sove the problem

4.People did what Jim asked them to do because Jim_____.

A.had magic     B.became an officer

C.was polite     D.was a happyboy

5.We can learn from the passage that____.

A.smile is good for health

B.good manners are very important

C.hard working can make us successful

D.we shouldn’t believe in others

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.D

4.C

5.B

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要讲述的是从前有一个男孩，当他请人帮他做事情的时候，没有人会听他的，所以他很伤心，巫师用魔法也解决不了问题。一个年轻人给了这个男孩两个小纸条，第一个在请别人做事前使用，第二个在他们做完了后使用。男孩非常开心的用了这两个纸条，人们惊奇这个男孩变得如此有礼貌，都很乐意为这个男孩子做事。这个故事告诉人们，良好的举止可以得到任何你想要的，只有以礼待人才能得到同等的回报。

1.B细节理解题。根据第一段的句子“Whenever Jim asked people to do things,no one would listen to him.He was sad.”的描述可知，当他请人帮他做事情的时候，没有人会听他的，所以他很伤心。结合选项可知应选B。

2.A词义猜测解题。根据下文“solve the problem by using magic”的描述可知，使用魔法解决问题的应该是巫师。结合选项可知应选A。

3.D细节理解题。根据短文“People were very surprised that Jim could be polite .Soon ,they became happy to do what Jim asked them to do.”的描述可知，一个年轻人帮助男孩解决了问题。结合选项可知应选D。

4.C细节理解题。根据短文“When he asked people to do something.he said “Please”before his words and “Thank you”after they had done it.People were very surprised that Jim could be polite .Soon ,they became happy to do what Jim asked them to do.”的描述可知，因为男孩变得有礼貌了，所以人们都很乐意为这个男孩子做事。结合选项可知应选C。

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考点：故事类短文阅读。