Question

There once lived a rich businessman who had a lazy son. The businessman wanted his son to realize the value of labour and said: “Today, I want you to go out and earn something, failing which you won’t have your meals tonight.”
He went crying straight to his mother. Her heart melted at her son’s eyes. She gave him a gold coin. When the father asked his son what he had earned, the son presented him the gold coin. The father asked him to throw it into a well.
The next day, he asked his son to earn something. This time he went crying to his sister who gave him a coin. When he showed it to his father he again asked him to throw it in a well. Then the father asked him to earn more money.
This time since there was no one to help him, the son was forced to go to the market. One shopkeeper told him he would pay him two coins if he carried his trunk to his house. He did so and sweated plenty. As he returned home he was asked to do the same. The son almost cried out. He could not imagine throwing his hard-earned money like this. He cried, “My entire body is aching. You are asking me to throw the money into the well.”
At this moment, the businessman told him one feels the pain only when the fruits of hard labour are wasted. On the earlier two occasions he was helped and therefore had no pain in throwing the coins into the well. The son had now realized the value of hard work. He promised never to be lazy and to safely keep the father’s wealth. The father handed over the keys of his shop to the son and promised to guide him through the rest of the life.

1. 1.
   Which of the following is TRUE?
   1. A.
      At first the son was hard-working and responsible.
   2. B.
      The father taught his son a lesson in a good way.
   3. C.
      The father didn’t like his son at all.
   4. D.
      The businessman was a little lazy.
2. 2.
   According to the passage, the father wanted his son to realize ______.
   1. A.
      the importance of helping others
   2. B.
      the importance of money
   3. C.
      the value of hard labour
   4. D.
      the value of money
3. 3.
   It can be inferred from the passage that ______.
   1. A.
      the mother was very generous
   2. B.
      the sister was very warm-hearted
   3. C.
      the father was very strict
   4. D.
      the shopkeeper was very cruel
4. 4.
   According to the last paragraph, we can guess the boy was likely to ______.
   1. A.
      look for a good job
   2. B.
      use up his father’s wealth
   3. C.
      become a successful guide
   4. D.
      follow his father’s career

Answer 1

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文章講述的一個父親為了教育他懶惰的兒子，讓兒子去賺錢，把得到的錢仍到井里面，通過這件事情，兒子意識到通過辛苦賺來的錢是很珍貴的，從而改變了這個懶惰的毛病。
1.根據(jù)文章大意可知，父親讓他的兒子通過賺錢，得到了一個教訓。
2.事實細節(jié)題，根據(jù)第一段The businessman wanted his son to realize the value of labour可知。
3.推理判斷題，因為父親每次都讓兒子把金幣扔到井里，嚴格要求他要通過自己的努力賺取，可知，他父親很嚴格。
4.根據(jù)最后一段的The father handed over the keys of his shop to the son and promised to guide him through the rest of the life可知，父親把他的生意交給了兒子，所以兒子會繼承父親的生意。