Martin Lynch, an American businessman, had been going on vacation to a small Mexican fishing village for a number of ears. One morning while going for a walk along the beach, he saw his friend Pablo Perez, a local fisherman. Martin watched Pablo unload his boat and pack the fish in a box.
Martin noticed Pablo was smiling and looked very happy. He could also see several large fish in the boat. Martin greeted Pablo and asked how long it took to catch the fish. “Just a few hours,” replied Pablo. Martin asked, “Why didn’t you stay longer and catch more fish?” “I have enough for my family,” Pablo said. “And what do you do with the rest of your day?” asked Martin. “I take a nap, play with my children, spend time with my wife, and go into the village to see my friends and play cards, I have a full and busy life.” Martin explained that if Pablo worked longer hours and caught more fish, he could make more money. With the extra money, Pablo could buy more boats and catch money more fish. By selling the fish, Pablo could open his own factory and sell direct to supermarkets.
“Then what?” asked Pablo. “Well you would probably have to move to Mexico City to run the business. Finally, you would be able to sell your business and make millions of dollars,” replied Martin. “How long will that take?” asked Pablo.
Martin thought for a while and said it would probably take at least 15 years.
“And then what” asked Pablo.
“Well, that’s the best part,” Martin said. “You will be able to retire, buy a house near the ocean, sleep longer, play with your children, spend more time with your wife, see your friends, and play cards.”
小題1:What is the story mainly about?
A．A businessman and a fisherman have become friends.
B．A businessman learns how to fish from a fisherman.
C．A businessman wants to become a businessman.
D．A businessman gives advice to a fisherman.
小題2:What makes the Mexican fisherman happy is ______________.
A．many friends to visit him
B．a(chǎn) full and busy life
C．more boats and more fish
D．the house near the ocean
小題3:How can the fisherman make more money in the businessman’s view?
A．By buying a supermarket.
B．To move to Mexico City.
C．By selling his own business.
D．To work longer and catch more fish.
小題4:The underlined word “unload” in the passage means ____________.
A．put … intoB．take … away from
C．break downD．set off
小題5:We can infer from the passage that ____________.
A．the fisherman will stay the same with his life
B．the fisherman will leave the village for Mexico City
C．the business man will buy the fisherman’s boat
D．it takes all day for the fisherman to catch large fish

小題1:D
小題2:B
小題3:D
小題4:B
小題5:A

試題分析：短文大意：本文講述了一個美國的生意人到墨西哥渡假，他以生意人的角度給當?shù)匾粋�漁民一些建議，讓他如何可以賺更多的錢，早點退休過上輕松的生活。
小題1:主旨題，本題采用排除法可以在文中直接找出答案。A選項讀完第一句就可以排除，這個商人和漁民已經(jīng)是朋友了。B和C在文中沒有任何提及，直接可以排除答案。
小題2:細節(jié)題，本題采用排除法可以很快找到答案。文章沒有談及到很多朋友來拜訪這個漁夫，所以排除A，C和D選項中提到的內(nèi)容不是漁民所提到的，而是這個生意人給漁夫出的建議，生意人用自己的眼光覺得更多的船以及海邊的大房子會讓漁民很開心，但這些知識生意人自己單方面的想法。
小題3:細節(jié)題，本題抓住題干的關鍵詞in the businessman’s view，也就是說正確答案是生意人的觀點。D選項在文中可以直接找到，生意人建議漁夫多工作一會，抓到更多的魚，然后賣更多的魚，賺更多的錢才能到B搬到大城市，最后才能到C賣掉公司提早退休。 A選項是對文意的曲解，生意人的意思是直接把魚賣到超市，而不是買下超市。
小題4:猜詞題，讓學生猜測的單詞是unload, load的意思是裝載，負擔。對于學生來說不是很難，加上否定前綴再結(jié)合下文中將魚打包說明是要把船收好，所以正確選項是B。
小題5:主旨題，本文是個很有寓意的小故事，生意人以自己的眼光覺得人應該盡力工作，盡力賺更多的錢，過上更加輕松的日子。但是漁夫覺得過著忙碌充實的生活，和朋友交流，和家人聚會就覺得很滿足。兩人的看法不一樣，所以最后漁夫還是會堅守自己的看法。
點評：本文中長句較多，一時很難讀懂句子含義，注意多讀幾遍，不要強求非得理解一詞一句的含義，能把握文章大意就行。然后帶著問題閱讀短文，一般就能順利找出答題依據(jù)。對于不能直接找到根據(jù)的問題注意聯(lián)系上下文，根據(jù)短文中心總結(jié)出正確答案。
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