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 he 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(櫻桃).
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 no 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(彎腰) down early 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 he who does not worry about the little things will find that he cannot do the great things.”
小題1:Who picked up the horseshoe at last?
A．The son.
B．The father.
C．Both the father and the son.
D．Neither the father nor the son.
小題2:The farmer bought ______ with the money after he sold the horseshoe.
A．some breadB．some water
C．some cherriesD．some pennies
小題3:The father dropped the cherries one by one, because ______.
A．he wanted to teach his son a lesson
B．he wanted his son to do more exercise
C．he wanted his son to eat them all
D．he wanted to laugh at his son
小題4:From the story, we can learn that ______.
A．cherries are so delicious that most of us like to eat them
B．a(chǎn) horseshoe is so expensive that it can bring us a lot of money
C．if we want to eat cherries, we must pick up a horseshoe
D．if we don’t worry about the little things we cannot do the great things

小題1:B
小題2:C
小題3:A
小題4:D

小題1:細節(jié)理解題，由文中語句“His father said nothing but he picked it up himself.”可知。
小題2:細節(jié)理解題，由文中語句“There the farmer sold the horseshoe and with the few pennies he bought some cherries(櫻桃).”可知。
小題3:理解推斷題。由文中第二段理解可知。
小題4:理解推斷題。由文中第三段理解可知。
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