18．One day at the end of the class，a wise teacher told each of her students to bring a plastic bag and a bag of potatoes to school．
The next day she told her students，"From today on，for every person you don't like in your lives，you can choose a potato，write the person's name and the date on it and then put it in the plastic bag．"Day after day，some of the students'bags were very heavy．Then the teacher told them to carry this bag with them everywhere they went for a week．They would put it inside their quilts at night，on the seats when sitting in a car or on a bus，and next to their desks at school．The day carrying the bag around with them made students get to know what weight they were carrying in their minds．They had to pay attention to it all the time so that they wouldn't forget it．As time passed by，the potatoes went bad and smelt nasty（惡心的）．They all tried to get rid of them．
Too often we think of tolerance（寬容） as a gift to other people，and clearly it is for ourselves!If we choose to keep our sadness and hatred in our hearts，we will have to carry them around all our lives．
Do you think you have got anything from the wise teacher and what she asked her students to do？
38．What did the teacher ask her students to write on the potatoes？A
A．The names of the persons they didn't like and the date．
B．The names of the persons they liked and the date．
C．Their own names and the date．
D．The names of their family members and the date．
39．How did the students try to deal with the potatoes when they went bad？D
A．Ate them up． B．Kept them．
C．Give them away． D．Threw them away．
40．The students would put the bags in the following places exceptD．
A．inside their quilts B．next to their desks at school
C．on the seats in a car or on a bus D．in their friends'houses
41．Which is the best title of the passage？D
A．Carrying potatoes B．A bag of potatoes
C．Keeping sadness and hatred D．Less hatred，happier life．
分析 本篇短文通過講述一個有智慧的老師叫學(xué)生把生活中不喜歡的人名寫在馬鈴薯上，日積月累，馬鈴薯變多了，且變壞了，從而讓學(xué)生明白不要把別人的仇恨放在心上，在生活中要學(xué)會寬容．
解答 38．A．細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)you can choose a potato，write the person's name and the date on it and then put it in the plastic bag．可知你可以選擇一個土豆，在上面寫上不喜歡的人的名字和日期，然后放到塑料袋里，故選A．
39．D．細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)They all tried to get rid of them．可知他們都想把他們?nèi)拥簦蔬xD．
40．D．細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)They would put it inside their quilts at night，on the seats when sitting in a car or on a bus，and next to their desks at school．可知他們會在晚上把它放在被子里，當(dāng)坐在汽車?yán)锘蚬财嚿系臅r候放在座位上，在學(xué)校放在課桌旁．而沒有放在朋友的家里．故選D．
41．D．主旨大意題．通讀全文及根據(jù)If we choose to keep our sadness and hatred in our hearts，we will have to carry them around all our lives．可知在生活中少些仇恨，更加快樂的生活，故選D．
點評 在通讀全文的基礎(chǔ)上，根據(jù)全文大意，展開邏輯思維，瞻前顧后，認(rèn)真觀察選項，仔細(xì)推敲，確定最佳答案．
