题文
An old farmer lived on a farm in the mountains with his young grandson. Each morning Grandpawas up early sitting at the kitchen table 1 his book. His grandson wanted to be just like him and
tried to 2 him in every way he could.
One day the grandson asked, "Grandpa! I try to read that book just like you do, 3 I don't
understand it, and what I do understand I 4 as soon as I close the book. What 5 does reading
the book do?"
The grandfather quietly turned from putting coal in the stove and replied, "Take this coal basket
down to the river and bring me back a basket of 6 ."
The boy did as he was told, but all the water 7 before he got back to the house.
The grandfather laughed and said, "You'll have to move a little more 8 next time." Then he sent
the boy back to the river with the basket to try 9 . This time the boy ran faster, but again the basket
was 10 before he returned home.
11 , he told his grandfather that it was 12 to carry water in a basket, and he went to get a
bucket 13 .
The old man said, "I don't want a 14 of water; I want a basket of water. You're just not trying
hard enough." 15 he went out of the door to watch the boy try a
gain.
The boy again dipped the basket into the river and ran as hard as he could, but when he 16 his
grandfather the basket was again empty. Out of breath, he said, "See, Grandpa, it's useless!"
"So you think it is useless?" the old man said, "Look at the basket."
The boy looked at t
he basket and for the first time realized that the basket was 17 . Instead
of a
dirty old coal basket, it was 18 , inside and out.
"Son, that's what 19 when you read th
e book. You might not understand or remember everything,
but when you read it, you will be 20 , inside and out."( )1. A. glaring
( )2. A. train
( )3. A. but
( )4. A. remember
( )5. A. task
( )6. A. water
( )7. A. ran away
( )8. A. quietly
( )9. A. once
( )10. A. empty
( )11. A. In a hurry
( )12. A. impossible
( )13. A. anyhow
( )14. A. bottle
( )15. A. This time
( )16. A. reached
( )17. A. wet
( )18. A. light
( )19. A. means
( )20. A. changed B. staring
B. accept
B. and
B. forget
B. harm
B. fire
B. got off
B. quickly
B. also
B. full
B. To his surprise
B. important
B. indeed
B. bucket
B. Before long
B. left
B. different
B. popular
B. matters
B. combinedC. writing
C. copy
C. because
C. ignore
C. good
C. earth
C. set out
C. slowly
C. again
C. heavy
C. Out of breath
C. boring
C. therefore
C. bowl
C. In a way
C. followed
C. broken
C. clean
C. takes
C. consulted D. reading
D. understand
D. although
D. recognize
D. importance
D. coal
D. leaked out
D. carefully
D. still
D. dirty
D. In his turn
D. unnecessary
D. instead
D. pot
D. In time
D. asked
D. new
D. complete
D. happens
D. /confirm/ied 题型：未知难度：其他题型
答案
1-5: DCABC 6-10: ADBCA 11-15: CADBA 16-20: ABCDA解析
该题暂无解析
考点
据考高分专家说，试题“ An old farmer.....”主要考查你对 [故事类阅读 ]考点的理解。故事类阅读
故事类阅读概念：
这类文章一般描述的是某一件具体事情的发生发展或结局，有人物、时间、地点和事件。命题往往从故事的情节、人物或事件的之间的关系、作者的态度及意图、故事前因和后果的推测等方面着手，考查学生对细节的辨认能力以及推理判断能力。
故事类阅读应试技巧：
1、抓住文章的6个要素：
阅读时要学会从事情本身的发展去理解故事情节而不要只看事件在文中出现的先后顺序。因此，无论是顺叙还是倒叙，阅读此类文章时，必须要找到它结构中的5个W（when, where, who, why, what）和1个H（how），不过不是每篇都会完整地交待六个要素。毫无疑问，寻出这些元素是能够正确快速解题的一个先决条件。
2、注意作者的议论和抒情：
高考英语阅读理解故事类文章常伴随着作者思想情感的流露和表达，因此议论和抒情往往夹杂其中。行文时或按事情发生发展的先后时间进行或按事情发生发展的地点来转换，也可能按事情发展的阶段来布局。在引出话题，讲完一件事情后，作者往往会表达个人感悟或提出建议等。这些体现作者观点或思想的语句在阅读时可以划线，它们往往体现文章中心或者写作意图，属于必考点，所以要仔细体会。
3、结合前两点归纳文章中心，把握作者态度：
故事类文章是通过记叙一件事来表达中心思想的，它是文章的灵魂。归纳文章中心思想时，尤其要分析文章的结尾，因为很多文章卒章显志，用简短的议论、抒情揭示文章中心；文章中议论抒情的句子往往与中心密切相关；也有的文章需要在结合概括各段大意的基础上归纳中心。另外，叙述一件事必有其目的，或阐明某一观点，或赞美某种品德，或抨击某种陋习，这就要求我们在阅读时，通过对细节（第1点中的六要素）的理解，把握作者的态度。
4、有章有据进行解题判断：
分析文章，归纳主题，属于分析、概括、综合的表述能力的考查。切忌脱离文章，架空分析，一定让分析在文章中有依据。
