Question

【題目】What have we done today?

Nixon Waterman

We shall do much in the years to come,

But what have we done today?

We shall give out gold in a princely sum(金額),

But what did we give today?

We shall lift the heart and dry the tear,

We shall plant a hope in the place of fear,

We shall speak the words of love and cheer,

But what did we speak today?

We shall be so kind in the after while,

But what have done today?

We shall bring to each lonely life a smile,

But what have we brought today?

We shall give to truth a grander birth,

And to steadfast faith(堅(jiān)定信念) a deeper worth,

We shall feed the hungering souls(靈魂) of earth,

But whom have we fed today?

We shall harvest such joys in the by and by,

But what have we sown today?

We shall build us buildings in the sky,

But what have we built today?

“Lost ourselves in the daydreams;

But here and now, do we our task?

Yet, this is the thing our souls must ask,

What have we done today?

【1】Who should we bring a smile to?

A.The truth．B.The faith．C.Each lonely life．D.Nobody．

【2】What does the underlined word “sown” mean in the last paragraph?

A.演講B.播種C.捐贈(zèng)D.建造

【3】Which of the following is NOT the writer’s purpose?

A.To lift the heartB.To dry the tearC.To harvest joysD.To daydream．

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】B

【3】D

【解析】

本文是沃特曼的詩(shī)歌《今天做了什么》，描述了未來(lái)的歲月想做的事情很多，可否問問今天做了什么？

【1】細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)本詩(shī)的第12句“We shall bring to each lonely life a smile,”可知“我們應(yīng)該為每一個(gè)孤獨(dú)的生命帶去微笑�！惫蔬xC。

【2】詞義猜測(cè)題。根據(jù)上文“We shall harvest such joys in the by and by,（期待以后收獲歡樂）”可知此句“But what have we sown today?”句意是：可否問問今天播種了什么？可知“sown”意思是“播種”，故選B。

【3】細(xì)節(jié)判斷題。根據(jù)第6行“We shall lift the heart and dry the tear,”和第18行“We shall harvest such joys in the by and by,”可知作者的目的是“振作精神，擦干眼淚，收獲歡樂”，可知“做白日夢(mèng)”不是作者的目的；故選D。