阅读下面短文, 掌握其大意, 然后从各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。Once there was a poor boy who lived with his mother in India.
One day, Mother asked the boy, “Would you like something from the market?” “More than anything else, I want a _________!” the boy said.
Mother sold some grain at the market, but there was _________ not enough money for a drum. Instead, Mother gave the boy a strong stick she had found.
The boy decided not to be disappointed (失望的). “Thank you,” he said. He tapped, slapped, and banged on everything with his new stick.
As he went tapping along, he saw his neighbor trying to light _________ stove. “Use my stick to heat your stove,” he said. The woman _________ the boy. When the stove got _________, she baked him a soft cake.
The boy was about to eat his cake when he heard a _________ baby crying. The baby’s mother had no food. “You need this cake more than I do,” the boy said. The woman fed the cake to her baby. “Take this as thanks,” she said, _________ the boy a large metal jug (罐子).
What a gift! The boy tapped, slapped and banged the jug as if it were a drum. He almost didn’t hear the old man groaning from a nearby ditch. “_________!” the man cried. The boy ran to the well and _________ his jug with water. The man drank. “I am a trader, but robbers stole (偷) my goods,” the man said. Two frightened __________ stood by the trees. The boy held out the jug for them. They drank and became calm. “You can have my jug to __________,” the boy offered. “For your kindness, take one of my horses,” said the trader.
“What a rich gift!” the boy said. He climbed on the horse and rode down the street. He passed a group of men __________ under a big tree. They looked unhappy. “What’s the matter?” asked the boy. One young man said, “I’m going to my wedding (婚礼), where this band will play. __________ if I show up on foot, my bride will laugh at me.” The boy hopped off the horse and handed him the reins. “You need this horse more than I do!” he said. The musicians leaped up and sang. “Thank you so much,” said one of the musicians. He handed the boy a beautiful drum. The boy shouted with __________. He trapped, slapped and banged his new drum.
When he got home, the boy told his mother the whole story. “When you are __________, your good deeds come back to you,” Mother said.
It was a lesson the boy never forgot.
【小题1】【小题2】A.again | B.always | C.still | D.even |
【小题3】【小题4】A.helped | B.thanked | C.refused | D.warned |
【小题5】【小题6】A.thirsty | B.shy | C.hungry | D.friendly |
【小题7】A.lending | B.feeding | C.handing | D.making |
【小题8】A.Water | B.Rain | C.Fire | D.Wind |
【小题9】A.picked | B.filled | C.threw | D.caught |
【小题10】A.horses | B.sheep | C.dogs | D.cows |
【小题11】A.ride | B.drink | C.grow | D.trade |
【小题12】A.laughing | B.sleeping | C.dancing | D.sitting |
【小题13】【小题14】A.noise | B.anger | C.joy | D.sadness |
【小题15】A.honest | B.happy | C.quiet | D.kind |