Question

An old farmer lived with his little grandson. Every day the farmer got up early to read books.
One day the grandson asked, “Grandpa! I want to read books just like you, but I don’t understand them. What are the advantages of reading?” The grandfather said, “Take this litter basket to the river and bring me back a basket of water.” he boy did, but all the water leaked out before he got back to the house. The grandfather laughed and said, “ You’ll have to walk faster next time.”
This time the boy ran faster, but again the basket was empty before he returned home. The boy said, “ See Grandpa, it’s useless!”
So you think it is useless?” the old man said. “Look at the basket.”
The boy looked at the basket and for the first time he realized that the basket was different. It was clean, inside and out.
“That’s what happens when you read books. You might not understand or remember everything, but when you read them, you will be changed, inside and out.”
小題1:The grandfather got up early to __________.

A．repair a basket

B．do farm work

C．wake up his grandson

D．read books

小題2:The underlined phrase “leaked out” means “______” in Chinese.

A．出現

B．保留

C．漏出

D．爆發

小題3:The passage might be written for ___________ to read.

A．children who like asking questions

B．children who like playing with water

C．children who dislike farming

D．children who dislike reading

小題4: The basket was ________ in the end.

A．light

B．clean

C．useless

D．dirty

小題5: What can we know from the passage?

A．The old farmer might be changed by reading.

B．The old farmer played tricks on his grandson.

C．The little boy got a full basket of water at last.

D．The old farmer was angry when he saw the empty basket.

Answer 1

小題1:D
小題2:C
小題3:D
小題4:B
小題5:A

試題分析：
小題1:.通過 the farmer got up early to read books.可知，農民起早是為了讀書。所以本題選D。
小題2:我們通過閱讀可知，小孩的爺爺讓他用籃子打水，當然水會漏出來。所以本處的laked out應該是“漏出”的意思。所以本題選C。
小題3:通過閱讀全文，我們可知，A說是為喜歡問問題的孩子寫的，但文中并沒有體現，這個孩子好問問題，所以A是不正確的；B說是為喜歡玩水的孩子寫的，顯然是錯誤的；C說是為不喜歡農業的孩子寫的，很明顯也是不對的；通過 I don’t understand them. What are the advantages of reading?可知，D是正確的。
小題4:通過It was clean, inside and out.可知，經過兩次的打水，籃子以及干凈了。所以本題選B。
小題5:B說老農與孫子開玩笑，很明顯是錯誤的；C說小孩最后打滿了一籃子水，通過again the basket was empty可知，是不對的；D說老農看到孩子拿著空籃子，很生氣，通過文章可知是錯誤的。A說老農可能通過閱讀改變了，應該是對的。所以本題選A。
點評：本文講述了一位老農，讓孫子兩次去打水，通過打水來講述讀書好處的故事。閱讀故事時，應該體會老農讓孫子用籃子打水的意圖，特別是注意老農最后的話，對文章起到畫龍點睛的作用。