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【題目】Two traveling angels(天使) stop to spend the night in the home of a wealthy family. The family was rude and refused to let the angels stay in the guest room. Instead the angels were given a space in the cold basement. As they made their bed on the hard floor, the older angel saw a hole in the wall and repaired it. When the younger angel asked why, the older angel replied, “Things aren’t always what they seem.”

The next night the pair came to rest at the house of a very poor but very hospitable(好客的) farmer and his wife. After sharing what little food they had, the couple let the angels sleep in their bed where they could have a good night’s rest. When the sun came up the next morning, the angels found the farmer and his wife in tears. Their only cow, whose milk had been their only income, lay dead in the field.

The younger angel was very angry and asked the older angel, “How could this happen? Why didn’t you watch out for the cow? The first man had everything, yet you watched over his house,” she accused. “The second family had little but was willing to share everything, and you didn’t help.”

“Things aren’t always what they seem,” the older angel replied. “When we stayed in the basement, I noticed there was gold stored in that hole in the wall. Since the owner was so greedy and unwilling to share his good fortune, I asked God if I could seal(封口) the wall so he couldn’t find it. Then last night as we slept in the farmer’s bed, the angel of death came for his wife. I asked God if the angel could take the cow instead. Things aren’t always what they seem.”

【1】Why did the old angel repair the hole for the rich family?

A. Because the basement was too cold to stay in.

B. Because she wanted to save the gold for the poor.

C. Because she wanted to punish the greedy owner.

D. Because she believed that one should always be ready to offer help.

【2】In Paragraph Two, “the pair” refers to ________.

A. the poor couple B. the rich couple

C. the guests D. the angels

【3】The story tries to tell the readers that_________.

A. sometimes things are not what they seem

B. angels are always ready to help the poor

C. angels are always ready to help the rich

D. the young should always learn from the old

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】D

【3】A

【解析】本文為寓言故事。文章講述的是兩個天使來到人間，他們先到了一個富人的家里，富人待他們很不好，讓他們睡在地下室里。其中一個天使看到墻上有個洞，他幫這個富人把洞補好。第二天兩個天使又來到了一個窮人的家里，窮人夫婦對他們很熱情，第二天窮人家的牛死了，天使沒有幫忙。更年輕一點的天使覺得很不可理解。老一點的天使說，事情并不是像你看到的那樣的。我?guī)椭�富人補洞是因為在那個地下室里有金子，這樣富人就發(fā)現(xiàn)不了了；而昨天晚上死神天使來拿窮人妻子的性命，我讓他用牛的命替換了他妻子的命。這則寓言故事想要告訴我們，有時候事情并不總是表面看起來的那個樣子的。

【1】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章的最后一段when we stayed in the basement, I noticed there was gold stored in that hole in the wall. Since the owner was so greedy and unwilling to share his good fortune, I asked God if I could seal the wall so he wouldn't find it.可知，這個天使給富人補洞是因為，他在地下室里發(fā)現(xiàn)了金子，因為富人很貪婪，所以他把洞補上是為了不讓富人發(fā)現(xiàn)里面的金子，給那個富人以懲罰。故選C。

【2】詞義猜測題。根據(jù)文章第一段Two traveling angels(天使) stop to spend the night in the home of a wealthy family.可知，這對天使在第二天晚上來到了一個窮人的家里。此處的the pair應(yīng)指的這兩個天使。故選D。

【3】主旨大意題。這篇文章通過這樣一個寓言故事想要告訴我們，有時候事情并不總是表面看起來的那個樣子的，即So things aren't always what they seem。故選A。