Question

  When her five daughters were young,Helene An always told them that there was strength in unity (團(tuán)結(jié)) .To show this,she held up one chopstick,representing one per?son. Then she easily broke it into two pieces. Next,she tied several chopsticks together,representing a family. She showed the girls it was hard to break the tied chop?sticks. This lesson about family unity stayed with the daughters as they grew up.

  Helene An and her family own a large restaurant bus?iness in California. However,when Helene and her hus?band Danny left their home in Vietnam in 1975,they didn't have much money. They moved their family to San Francisco. There they joined Danny's mother,Diana,who owned a small Italian sandwich shop. Soon after?wards,Helene and Diana changed the sandwich shop into a small Vietnamese restaurant. The five daughters helped in the restaurant when they were young. However,Helene did not want her daughters to always work in the family business because she thought it was too hard.

  Eventually the girls all graduated from college and went away to work for themselves,but one by one,the daughters returned to work in the family business. They opened new restaurants in San Francisco and Los Angeles. Even though family members sometimes disagreed with each other,they worked together to make the business successful. Daughter Elizabeth explains , " Our mother taught us that to succeed we must have unity,and to have unity we must have peace. Without the strength of the family,there is no business."

  Their expanding business became a large corporation in 1996,with three generations of Ans working together. Now the Ans' corporation makes more than $20 million each year. Although they began with a smaJJ restaurant,they had big dreams,and they worked together. Now they are a big success.

15. Helene tied several chopsticks together to show      

   A. the strength of family unity

   B. the difficulty of growing up

   C. the advantage of chopsticks

   D. the best way of giving a lesson

16. We can learn from Paragraph 2 that the An family      

   A. started a business in 1975

   B. left Vietnam without much money

   C. bought a restaurant in San Francisco

   D. opened a sandwich shop in Los Angeles

17. What can we infer about the An daughters?

   A. They did not finish their college education.

   B. They could not bear to work in the family business.

   C. They were influenced by what Helene taught them.

   D. They were troubled by disagreement among family members.

18. Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?

   A. How to run a corporation

   B. Strength comes from peace

   C. How to achieve a big dream

   D. Family unity builds success

Answer 1

[文章大意]"一根筷子易折斷，一捆筷子抱成團(tuán)"，這就是團(tuán)結(jié)的力量。來自越南的An家族正是靠著團(tuán)結(jié)一心，在美國成就了一番大事業(yè)。

15. A細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段的內(nèi)容，特別是"This lesson about family unity..."可知，媽媽這樣做是要告訴孩子們團(tuán)結(jié)的力量。故選A.

16. B細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由第二段中的"…they didn't have much money."可知他們離開越南時，沒有多少錢。故答案為B.

17. C推理判斷題。由第三段中的"Even though family mem?bers sometimes disagreed with each other,they worked to?gether to make the business successful."和Daughter Elizabeth說的話可知，這五個女兒沒有忘記媽媽的教誨，團(tuán)結(jié)一心，把生意越做越大。

18. D主旨大意題。文章通過講述來自越南的An家族靠著三代人團(tuán)結(jié)一心，在美國成就了一番大事業(yè)的故事告訴我們：團(tuán)結(jié)就是力量。D項(xiàng)最能概括文章大意。