Once there was a huge apple tree. A little boy loved to come and play around it every day. He loved the tree and the tree loved to play with him.
Time went by --- the little boy had grown up and he no longer played around the tree every day. One day, the boy came back to the tree and he looked sad. “Come and play with me,” the tree asked the boy. “I’m no longer a kid. I wouldn’t play around the tree any more.” the boy replied. “I want toys. I need money to buy them.” “Sorry, I don’t have money. But you can pick all my apples and sell them. So, you will have money.” The boy picked all the apples on the tree and left happily. The boy never came back after he picked the apples.
One day, the boy returned and the tree was so excited, “Come and play with me,” the tree said. “I don’t have time to play. I have to work for my family. We need a house for shelter. Can you help?” “Sorry, I don’t have a house. But you can cut off my branches to build your house.” So the boy cut all the branches off the tree and left happily. The tree was glad to see him happy but the boy never came back since then. The tree was again lonely and sad.
One hot summer day, the boy returned and the tree was pleased. “Come and play with me!” the tree said. “I am sad and getting old. I want to go sailing to relax myself. Can you give me a boat?” “Use my trunk to build your boat. You can sail far away and be happy.” So the boy cut the tree trunk to make a boat. He went sailing and never showed up for a long time.
     
Finally, the boy returned after he left for so many years. “Sorry, my boy. But I don’t have anything for you any more. The only thing left is my dying root,” the tree said with tears ①
“Good! Old tree root is the best place to lean on and rest. Come and sit down with me and rest.” The boy sat down and the tree was glad and smiled with tears ② ----
小題1:---Why did the boy pick all the apples on the tree?
----Because __________.
A．he wanted to eat themB．he needed money to buy toys
C．he liked the tree without applesD．he wanted to share them with friends.
小題2:----When did the boy come back to the apple tree?
----He came back _________.
A．whenever he was happyB．if he missed the apple tree
C．when he was in times of difficultyD．a(chǎn)s soon as he was free
小題3:----What did the boy want at last?
----He wanted ___________.
A．to have a house to live inB．nothing except a place to rest
C．the root of the apple treeD．a(chǎn)nything that the apple tree had
小題4:----What can we learn from the story?
----We should _________.
A．plant more apple treesB．learn from the boy
C．a(chǎn)lways stay at homeD．be thankful to our parents
小題5:According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT true?
A．The phrase “with tears ①” means that the apple tree was sad because the boy asked for too much.
B．The phrase “with tears ②” means that the apple tree was still happy because she could help the boy for the last time.
C．Each time the boy asked the apple tree for help, the tree tried her best to satisfy him.
D．After reading the passage, we can easily think of the old Chinese saying “Parents’ love is universal!”

小題1:B
小題2:C
小題3:B
小題4:D
小題5:A

文章主旨大意：文章介紹了男孩一次次向大樹索取來滿足自己不同的愿望，而最后才悟出大樹才是自己最后的歸宿。
小題1:根據(jù)“I want toys. I need money to buy them.” “Sorry, I don’t have money. But you can pick all my apples and sell them. So, you will have money.”可知。
小題2:根據(jù)“I don’t have time to play. I have to work for my family. We need a house for shelter. Can you help?”可以推斷出是小男孩遇到困難了。
小題3:根據(jù)最后兩自然段小男孩和樹的對話可知。樹說我對你沒有任何更多的東西。我只剩下垂死的根。而小男孩說老樹根是最好的依靠和休息的地方�？赏茢喑觥�
小題4:根據(jù)整篇文章可看出樹總是在默默奉獻自己，而小男孩遇到困難就找樹幫忙。而最后又回到書樹的身邊。寓意為我們要感恩我們的父母。
小題5:選項A并不是因男孩所要太多而難過，而是因為自己不能更多的幫男孩而難過。
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