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【題目】 When I was about 15, I had a chance to perform in a play. How excited I was! So were my parents.

A few days before the show, some of my friends decided to have a picnic at a nearby lake. It was still rather cold. Mother wanted me to stay home so that I might not catch a cold, but I really wanted to go there. After making me promise not to go swimming, she nodded.

But when the others went into the water I couldn’t stand being left behind. I put on my swimsuit, too, and went out in a boat. When at last I went back to shore (岸), some of the boys began to shake my boat for fun. Just as I was about to reach the shore, it went over. Trying to stay out of the water, I jumped to the shore. I made it-but I landed on a broken bottle. My heel was cut right to the bone.

I didn’t perform in the play, but had to lie in hospital. “But I kept my promise not to go swimming,” I said to Dad. “Mary, you got only half of what your mother said. What she really made you promise was to try not to catch a cold. Going swimming was only part of it. You let yourself hear only part of the truth.”

I made a final excuse, “All my friends thought it would be all right if I stayed in the boat.”

“And they were all wrong, weren’t they?” he said. “You’ll find the world is full of people who think they know better than you. Don’t shut your ears to them. Hear them out, but listen only for the truth and do what you know is the right thing to do.”

It was a painful lesson. But Dad’s advice has returned to me at many important moments in my life. Since that day I’ve never had a better piece of advice.

【1】What can we know from the second paragraph?

A.Mary couldn’t swim.B.Mary organized the trip.

C.Mary’s mother thought the lake was dangerous.D.Mary’s mother agreed with her request.

【2】What did Mary learn from this experience?

A.One should listen for the right thing.B.One should listen to others’ advice.

C.Think twice before speaking.D.Truth belongs to a small number of people.

【3】What’s the best title for this passage?

A.A big promiseB.The chance I missedC.An awful picnicD.The best advice I’ve gotten

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】A

【3】D

【解析】

本文講述了作者受傷住院時(shí)，父親給她上了一課，告訴她要聽真理，做正確的事情。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)After making me promise not to go swimming, she nodded，可知，在答應(yīng)了媽媽不下水游泳后，媽媽同意了作者的請(qǐng)求，帶著她一起去野餐。故選D。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)but listen only for the truth and do what you know is the right thing to do，可知，作者從這個(gè)經(jīng)歷中明白，只聽真理，并且去做自己認(rèn)為對(duì)的事情。故選A。

【3】最佳標(biāo)題。根據(jù)最后一段It was a painful lesson. But Dad’s advice has returned to me at many important moments in my life. Since that day I’ve never had a better piece of advice“那是一個(gè)痛苦的教訓(xùn)。但是在我人生中許多重要的時(shí)刻爸爸的建議又回到我的腦海中。自從那天起，我再也沒有比這個(gè)更好的建議了”，可知，本文主要講述了因?yàn)橐淮我馔馐鹿�，�?dǎo)致作者受傷住院，作者的爸爸給她提供了一個(gè)很重要的建議，那就是只聽真理，去做自己認(rèn)為對(duì)的事情，所以最適合本文的標(biāo)題“我得到的最好的建議”。故選D。