A woodcutter(伐木工) was working in the forest one day when he found a box full of gold coins. Unfortunately, his wife was the kind of woman who could not keep a secret. Somehow, he knew, he had to prevent(阻止) her from talking about the gold.
He thought about this for a long time, then had an idea.
“ I found something in the forest”, he told his wife, “come with me and I’ll show you.”.His wife followed him into the forest and soon they came to a tree.“ Look at that!” the woodcutter said to his wife, and pointed to the tree. “There’s a fish growing on that branch!” His wife was surprised ,especially when he climbed up the tree and brought down the fish for her to see.They walked on and soon came to the river. “I’ll just pull in my net and see what I’ve caught”, the woodcutter said.
He pulled in his net and inside there were several hares(野兔). “How interesting!” he said “there are now hares in the river.” After that, they came to where the woodcutter had found the box of gold. “Look, wife”, he said “this is what I have found. A box of gold coins.”
The next day, his wife could not stop herself from telling her friends about all the wonderful things she had seen.Of course, nobody believe her!
小題1:Where did the woodcutter find the box of gold?______
A.When he was working
B.In his garden
C.In the forest where he was working
D.On his farm fields, where he was farming
小題2:Where do you usually see hares?______
A.In the street.B.In the forest.C.In the river.D.In the sea.
小題3:Why did his wife tell her friends what happened? Because ______
A.she was very surprised.
B.she wondered why the hares were in the river and fish was in the tree
C.she could not stop herself from talking about anything
D.she was very happy

小題1:C
小題2:B
小題3:C

試題分析:這篇短文主要描述了一個聰明的丈夫為了保護自己的秘密,而編制了一個美麗的騙局,從而守住了自己的秘密的故事。
小題1:根據(jù)第一段A woodcutter(伐木工) was working in the forest one day when he found a box full of gold coins.描述,可知選C。
小題2:聯(lián)系常識,可知我們通常是在森林里面看到野兔,故選B。
小題3:根據(jù)最后一段The next day, his wife could not stop herself from telling her friends about all the wonderful things she had seen.及前文描述,可知選C。
點評:本文淺顯易懂,層次分明,學生很容易把握文章中心內(nèi)容。答題中注意帶著問題閱讀短文,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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