One day, a farmer was walking along a road with his son Thomas. The father said, “Look! There’s a horseshoe. Pick it up and put it in your bag.” Thomas said, “It isn’t worth the trouble.” His father said nothing but picked it up himself. When they got to a nearby town, they had a rest. There the farmer sold the horseshoe and with the few pennies he bought some cherries.
The father and the son continued their way. The sun was well up in the sky, and there wasn’t a house or even a tree where they could have a rest. Thomas felt too thirsty to walk on. At this time, his father dropped a cherry on the ground and Thomas picked it up quickly and ate it. After a while, his father dropped another cherry and once again, his son lost some time in picking it up and putting it in his mouth.
And so they went on. The old farmer dropped the cherries and the son picked them up. When Thomas had eaten up all the cherries, his father said to him, My dear son, if you had bent down earlier to pick up that horseshoe. it would not have been necessary for you to bend so many times for the cherries. Always remember the lesson that anyone who does not worry about the little things will find that he cannot do the great things.
【小题1】Who picked up the horseshoe at last?A．Thomas.B．The old father.C．Both the father and the son.D．Neither the father nor the son.【小题2】The farmer bought with the money after he sold the horseshoe.A．some foodB．some waterC．some cherriesD．some pennies【小题3】When the son refused to pick up the horseshoe, the father .A．felt very happyB．didn’t say anythingC．beat the sonD．became a little angry【小题4】 The father dropped the cherries one by one, because .A．he wanted his son to eat them allB．he wanted his son to do more exerciseC．he wanted to teach his son a lessonD．he wanted his son to pick them up【小题5】From the story, we can learn that .A．cherries are so delicious that most of us like to eat themB．a horseshoe is so expensive that it can bring us a lot of moneyC．if the boy wants to eat cherries, he must pick up the horseshoeD．if we want to do some great things, we should start with some small onesB
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(答案→)B
解析：【小题1】细节理解题。根据第一段中“His father said nothing but picked it up himself.”可得知选B。
【小题1】细节理解题。根据第一段最后一句话“here the farmer sold the horseshoe and with the few pennies he bought some cherries.”可得知选C。
【小题1】细节理解题。根据第一段中“ His father said nothing but picked it up himself.”可得知选B。
【小题1】细节理解题。根据最后一段可得知答案选C。
【小题1】细节理解题。根据最后一段最后一句话“ Always remember the lesson that anyone who does not worry about the little things will find that he cannot do the great things.”可得知选D。