Question

A man and his wife worked for Mr. Smith. There was a big box in Mr. Smith’s living room. He pointed at the box and said, “There is only one thing you mustn’t do. Don’t open the box.” After saying this, he left the living room.

The woman said to her husband, “There must be something expensive in the box. Let’s open it, shall we?” Her husband said nothing. The woman didn’t give up her idea. One day, she made up her mind to find out what was in it. Her husband didn’t stop her this time. She opened the box and looked inside. She found ___________ in the box and tried hard to close it, but she failed.

That evening Mr. Smith came home and found the box was open. He was very angry and decided to ask the woman and her husband to leave his home.

“But there was nothing in the box.” The woman said. “We didn’t take anything at all.” Mr. Smith shouted at them, “The box is not important. I can’t believe you. That’s important.”

按要求完成下列各題。

1.Where is the big box?（根據短文內容回答問題）

 

2.What did Mr. Smith tell the man and his wife not to do?（根據短文內容回答問題）

 

3. Was the box very important to Mr. Smith? （根據短文內容回答問題）

 

4.從短文中找出與下面句子畫線部分意思最相近的單詞。

She made up her mind to find out what was in it. _________________

5.根據短文內容，將下面句子所缺的單詞補充完整。

She found ___________ in the box and tried hard to close it, but she failed.

 

Answer 1

1.It’s in Mr. Smith’s living room.

2.He told them not to open the box.

3.No, it wasn’t.

4.decided

5.nothing

【解析】

試題分析：這篇短文中作者主要通過一個故事告訴人們：要想人不知，除非己莫為。做人要誠實守信。

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考點：教育類短文閱讀。