Paul and Jason were brothers who lived and worked on neighbouring farms．For 35 years they farmed side by side，sharing machinery and goods as needed，without a single problem．
However，one autumn，things changed．It began with a tiny disagreement about a horse，which grew into a major difference．The difference led to angry words，followed by weeks of silence between the two brothers．
One morning there was a knock on Paul’s door．He opened it and saw a builder holding his toolbox．“I’m looking for a few days’work，”the builder said．“Are there any jobs here I could help with?”
“Yes，”answered Paul，extremely pleased to see the builder．“I do have a job for you．Look at that farm across the creek(小溪)．That’s my brother’s farm.That creek used to be a grass field，but last week my brother dug a path from the fiver and made the creek．But I’ll go him one better．See that pile of wood?1 want you to build me a fence，two metres tall，so 1 won’t need to see him anymore．”
The builder said thoughtfully．“I think I understand the situation and I'll be able to do a job that pleases you．”
Paul had business in town that day and left the builder to his work．When he returned，the builder had just finished his job．Paul was shocked．Instead of a fence there was a bridge，stretching from one side of the creek to the other．
As Paul stood on the bridge，staring in amazement，his younger brother Jason，came across，and took Paul’s hand．“You are a good man to have built this bridge after a11 I've done，”said Jason．
Then，Paul，with tears in his eyes，said to the builder who was packing his bag to go，“Thank you so much。Please stay．I have much more for you to do．”
“I’d love to．”the builder said quietly，“but，I have many more bridges to build.”
小題1:What was the cause of the disagreement between the two brothers?
A．The digging of the creek．
B．A problem about a farm animal．
C．Who owned the field between the farms．
D．Who would pay for building the fence．
小題2:The underlined expression“go him one better”in paragraph 4 means         ·
A．do something even worseB．improve the situation
C．point out his mistakeD．help him out
小題3:What do we know about the brothers?
A．They had been fighting for many years．
B．Their farms were not very successful．
C．They finally realized their mistakes．
D．They liked building bridges．
小題4:Why did the builder build the bridge?
A．He needed a way to get across the river．
B．There was not enough wood for the fence．
C．He misunderstood Paul’s instructions．
D．He wanted to bring the brothers together．
小題5:In what order did the following take place in the story?
a．The brothers stood on the bridge．
b．Jason dug the creek．
C．The brothers became angry with each other,
d．The builder asked for work．
e．Paul went into town．
A．b，c，e，d，a    B．c，b，d，e，a
C．b，e，c，a，d    D．c，d，b，a，e

小題1:B
小題2:A
小題3:C
小題4:D
小題5:B
短文屬于記敘文。講述了兩個(gè)兄弟吵架了，其中Jason在他們的農(nóng)場(chǎng)之間挖了條小溪，Paul就打算讓建筑工做個(gè)柵欄，結(jié)果建筑工卻修了橋，讓兩兄弟和好了。
小題1:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。從第二段第二句“It began with a tiny disagreement about a horse，”可知是因?yàn)椤榜R”。
小題2:詞義猜測(cè)題。根據(jù)語境，因?yàn)閮扇擞懈糸u，Jason挖小溪，Paul想做柵欄，可推測(cè)出“我比他干得更絕”。
小題3:主旨大意題。通讀全文可知，兩兄弟關(guān)系一致很好，只是因?yàn)橐稽c(diǎn)兒小矛盾“冷戰(zhàn)”了幾星期。不過，通過建筑工的“橋梁”，兩兄弟意識(shí)到了他們的過錯(cuò)。
小題4:推理判斷題。前三項(xiàng)均不符合文意。Paul要求建筑工做柵欄，可他卻建了橋，目的就是讓兩兄弟和好。
小題5:綜合理解題。先確定The brothers became angry with each other,這事在前，之后是Jason dug the creek．然后才有建筑工修橋的故事。
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