Question

A rich man was ill in hospital, and the doctor feared that his life was ending soon. He called together his three sons and gave them the challenge, ‘One of you will get all my money. To decide which of you can get the money, I am going to give each of you a dollar. Go today and buy something that can fill this room.”
In the evening, they all came back. Child number one went to his friend’s farm and bought two bales of hay (兩捆干草) with the dollar. He brought the hay and threw it up into the air. But it couldn’t fill the room.
Child number two went to a shop and bought two pillows made with feathers(羽毛). He then opened them and threw the feathers all over the room. All the feathers settled down on the floor and the room was still not filled.
The third son took out a candle and said, “I bought a box of matches and a candle then I gave the rest to a charity.” He lit the candle and turned off the lights, and the room was filled.
“ Well done, my son. You will get all my money because you understand a very important lesson about life. You understand how to let your light shine. That is good.” said the father.
小題1:The rich man wanted to give all his money to one of his sons because _______.

A．he was dying

B．he was too old to work

C．he wanted to know which son was the cleverest

D．he want something special

小題2:Child number two ________.

A．asked his father for help	B．bought nothing
C．gave the money to charity	D．got feathers in a shop

小題3:From the passage we can know _______.

A．the third son is honest and friendly

B．the father is satisfied with the third son

C．child number one is the cleverest

D．candle is a good gift for family

小題4:What’s the best title of the passage?

A．Let Your Light Shine	B．A Rich Man and His Three Sons
C．How to Get Money	D．The Cleverest Son

Answer 1

小題1:C
小題2:D
小題3:B
小題4:A

試題分析：本文是篇小故事，主要介紹了一位老人即將離世，但他想知道究竟哪個孩子是最聰明的。于是他給每一個孩子一美元,讓他們買一樣東西能裝滿一個房子,他們買來了不同答案東西,最小的兒子買來了蠟燭,點燃它,于是整個房子都亮了,認為他是最聰明的,決定把所有的錢都給他。
小題1:C 細節推斷題。根據文章的第一句話判斷老人即將離世，但他想知道究竟哪個孩子是最聰明的。
小題2:D 細節理解題。根據第三段的第一句話說明第二個孩子去商店買了兩個羽毛的枕頭，他想用羽毛充滿整個房間。
小題3:B 細節推斷題。根據這位富人看到老三點亮蠟燭所說的話判斷答案：Well done, my son. You will get all my money because you understand a very important lesson about life. You understand how to let your light shine.做得好，兒子。你將得到我所有的金錢，因為你理解關于生活的一個重要的功課。你理解你如何讓你的燈照亮世界。
小題4:A 綜合判斷題。根據富人的最后一句話是點明了本文的主題。故選A。