A ship was damaged during a storm at sea and only two of the men aboard were able to swim to a small island. Not knowing what else to do, the two survivors decided that they should pray to God.
However, to find out whose prayers were more powerful, they agreed to divide（分割开）the land between them and stay on opposite sides of the island.
The first thing they prayed for was food. The next morning, the first man saw a tree on his side of the island, and he was able to eat its fruit. But the other man’s side of land remained barren.
After a week, the first man became lonely and decided to pray for a wife. The next day, another ship was damaged and the only survivor was a woman who swam to his side of the island. But on the other side of the island, there was nothing.
Soon the first man prayed for a house, clothes and more food. The next day, like magic, all of these things were given to him. However, the second man still had nothing.
Finally, the first man prayed for a ship so that he and his wife could leave the island, and in the morning he found a ship stopped at his side of the island.
The first man boarded the ship with his wife and decided to leave the second man on the island. As the ship was about to leave, the first man heard a voice from Heaven, “Why are you leaving your partner on the island?”
“My blessings are mine alone since I was the one who prayed for them.” The first man answered. “ His prayers were all unanswered so he doesn’t deserve anything.”
“You are mistaken!” the voice said. “He had only one prayer, which I answered. He prayed that all your prayers would be answered.”
【小题1】Why didn’t the two men stay together on the island?A．Because they both wanted to live a quiet lifeB．Because they couldn’t get along well with each otherC．Because they wanted to test the power of their prayersD．Because they wanted to keep their own life secret from others【小题2】The underlined word “barren” is closest in meaning to .A．noisy B．emptyC．dangerousD．calm【小题3】Which of the following words can best describe the first man?A．Hard-workingB．LuckyC．SelfishD．Dishonest【小题4】What does the author try to express through the story?A．God helps those who help themselvesB．A life without a friend is a life without a sunC．A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weedsD．What we do for others is more important than what we do for ourselvesC
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(答案→)C
解析：文章讲述两个人被困在孤岛上，为了检验祈祷的力量，他们各自呆在岛上的不同地方，第一个人的祈祷都应验了，他准备离开，这时上帝告诉他：第二个人一直在为他祈祷。
【小题1】细节题：从文章第二段的句子; However, to find out whose prayers were more powerful, they agreed to divide（分割开）the land between them and stay on opposite sides of the island.可知这两个人没有一起呆在岛上，因为他们想检验祈祷的力量，选C
【小题2】猜词题：从文章第三段的句子：The next morning, the first man saw a tree on his side of the island, and he was able to eat its fruit.第一个人可以吃水果，而第二个人的那边仍然是空的，可知“barren”是“空”的意思，选B
【小题3】细节题：从文章倒数第三段的句子：The first man boarded the ship with his wife and decided to leave the second man on the island. As the ship was about to leave, the first man heard a voice from Heaven,可知第一个人是自私的，选C
【小题4】推理题：从文章最后一段的句子：“He had only one prayer, which I answered. He prayed that all your prayers would be answered.”第二个人是为对方祈祷的，可知作者通过故事想表达的是我们为别人做的事情比为自己做的事情更重要，选D