Two traveling angels (天使) stopped to spend the night in the home of a wealthy family. The family was rude and refused to let the angels stay in the guest room. Instead the angels were given a space in the cold basement. As they made their bed on the hard floor，the older angel saw a hole in the wall and repaired it. When the younger angel asked why, the older angel replied: “Things aren’t always what they seem.”
The next night the pair came to rest at the house of a very poor, but very hospitable(好客的)farmer and his wife. After sharing what little food they had，the couple let the angels sleep in their bed where they could have a good night’s rest. When the sun came up the next morning，the angels found the farmer and his wife in tears. Their only cow, whose milk had been their only ine, lay dead in the field.
The younger angel was very angry and asked the older angel, “How could this happen?” “Why did you not watch out for the cow? The first man had everything, yet you watched over his house,” she accused. “The second family had little but was willing to share everything, and you did not help.”
“Things aren’t always what they seem,” the older angel replied. “When we stayed in the basement，I noticed there was gold stored in that hole in the wall. Since the owner was so greedy and unwilling to share his good fortune，I asked God if I could seal(封口) the wall so he wouldn’t find it. Then last night as we slept in the farmer’s bed，the angel of death(死神) came for his wife. I asked God if the angel could take the cow instead. Things aren’t always what they seem.”
【小题1】The underlined part “the pair” in the second paragraph two refers to .A．the poor coupleB．the rich coupleC．the angelsD．the guests【小题2】The younger angel was very angry because .A．the older angel killed the farmer’s cowB．the older angel treated the two families unfairlyC．the wealthy man gave them a bad place to liveD．the angel of death took the cow away【小题3】Why did the older angel let the farmer’s cow die?A．Because God wanted the older angel to take the cow.B．Because she wanted to teach the younger angel a lesson.C．Because she was sympathetic to the rich.D．Because she wanted to save the farmer’s wife.【小题4】The story tries to tell the reader that .A．sometimes things are not what they seemB．angels are always ready to help the poorC．angels are always ready to help the richD．the young should always learn from the oldC
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(答案→)C
解析：本文通过天使对两户人间的不同态度告诉我们，很多时候事情并不是像他们的表面的那样。
【小题1】C 推理题。根据文章第一段第1行Two traveling angels (天使) stopped to spend the night in the home of a wealthy family可知来到是两个天使。故C正确。
【小题2】B 推理题。根据文章第三段The younger angel was very angry and asked the older angel, “How could this happen?” “Why did you not watch out for the cow? The first man had everything, yet you watched over his house,” she accused. “The second family had little but was willing to share everything, and you did not help.”可知年轻的天使认为年长的天使不公平。故B正确。
【小题3】D 细节题。根据文章最后2行Then last night as we slept in the farmer’s bed，the angel of death(死神) came for his wife. I asked God if the angel could take the cow instead. Things aren’t always what they seem.可知他这样做是为了挽救农民的妻子。故D正确。
【小题4】A 主旨大意题。根据文章中多次出现的Things aren’t always what they seem.”文章告诉我们很多事情不能只看表面。故A正确。