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（值得） the trouble.” His father said nothing but 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.
The father and the son walked on. 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 some 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 (彎身)down earlier 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 anyone 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．Thomas.B．The old father.
C．Both the father and the son.D．Nobody
小題2:When the son refused to pick up the horseshoe, the father _______.
A．felt very happyB．didn't say anything
C．beat the sonD．became a little angry
小題3:The farmer bought _______ with the money after he sold the horseshoe.
A．some foodB．some water
C．some cherriesD．some pennies
小題4:The father dropped the cherries one by one, because _______.
A．he wanted his son to eat them all
B．he wanted his son to do more exercise
C．he wanted to teach his son a lesson
D．he wanted his son to pick them up
小題5: 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 the boy wants to eat cherries, he must pick up the horseshoe
D．if we want to do some great things, we should start with some small ones

小題1:B
小題2:B
小題3:C
小題4:C
小題5:D

小題1:根據(jù)His father said nothing but picked it up himself.可知是他父親自己拾起了馬蹄鐵，故選B。
小題2:根據(jù)His father said nothing but picked it up himself.可知他父親什么都沒說，故選B。
小題3:There the farmer sold the horseshoe and with the few pennies he bought some cherries.可知他父親賣了馬蹄鐵用這些錢買了些櫻桃，故選C。
小題4:根據(jù)When Thomas had eaten up all the cherries, his father said to him,可知他父親這樣做的目的就是為了給兒子講一個人生道理，故選C
小題5:通過文中 父親的談話可知，選D，如果我們想做大事，就要從小事開始。故選D。
點評：本文中父親通過一件撿馬蹄鐵賣錢買櫻桃的事情,給他的孩子上了一堂人生教育課.閱讀中注意這位父親從開始的撿馬蹄鐵到后來的丟櫻桃的行為表現(xiàn),體會這些行為和他后來講述的做人道理之間的關(guān)系,可以反復(fù)多讀幾遍.然后帶著問題,再讀短文,找出答題依據(jù),完成短文.
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