Question

King Midas used to love gold. One day he met a fairy who allowed him to make a wish for something. The king replied at once, ‘‘I love gold. I want everything I touch to change into gold”. ‘‘Very well, tomorrow morning, everything you touch will turn into gold.” Saying this, the fairy disappeared.

The king waited excitedly till the next morning. To his joy, everything he touched changed immediately into gold. ‘‘I’m the richest man in the world now.” He shouted.

Soon Midas became hungry. He sat down at his table. All the foods and drinks turned into gold in his hand. ‘‘I’m dying of hunger.” He cried.

Just then his daughter came running in. ‘‘Why are you so sad, dad?” she asked, putting her arms around him. There and then she became a golden statue. The king loved his daughter very much. Seeing this, he began to cry. He looked up and suddenly saw the fairy before him. ‘‘Don’t you like the golden touch?” asked the fairy. ‘‘Please take it away.” begged the king, ‘‘Give me back my daughter.” ‘‘Well, you have learned your lesson. Go and wash in the river. Then the golden touch will be gone.”

The king ran quickly to the nearby river.

1.The fairy allowed the king to make a wish because _____.

A．she hoped to make the king the richest in the world.

B．she loved gold too.

C．she wanted to teach the king a lesson.

D．she wanted to turn the king’s daughter into gold.

2.The king’s daughter became a golden statue when _____

A．she saw her father                      B．the king went to meet her

C．she put her arms around her father         D．the king loved her very much

3.Which of the following might have happened afterwards?

A．The king’s daughter changed back from gold to a lovely girl.

B．The king died in the river.

C．All the things the king had touched changed back into real ones.

D．Both A and C

4.What do you think the story tries to tell us?

A．Gold makes people unhappy.

B．More gold, more happiness.

C．Gold is not the thing that makes life happy.

D．People feel happy if they have not gold.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.C

2.C

3.D

4.C

【解析】

試題分析：本文講述一個仙女給國王的一個教訓，告訴我們訴我們在這個世界上有很多比黃金還有重要的東西。黃金也不是唯一能夠讓人開心的東西。

1.C 推理題。根據文章最后兩段Well, you have learned your lesson. Go and wash in the river. Then the golden touch will be gone.”可知仙女是想給這個國王一個教訓，在世界上有比黃金更珍貴的東西。故C正確。

2.C 細節題。根據第4段1,2喊Just then his daughter came running in. ‘‘Why are you so sad, dad?” she asked, putting her arms around him. There and then she became a golden statue.可知正是因為么人碰到了他，所以才會變成黃金。故C正確。

3.D 推理題。根據文章最后3行‘‘Well, you have learned your lesson. Go and wash in the river. Then the golden touch will be gone.”和 The king ran quickly to the nearby river.可知國王去了合理洗手，解除了咒語，一切都恢復了。故D正確。

4.C 推理題。本文利用這個故事告訴我們在這個世界上有很多比黃金還有重要的東西。黃金也不是唯一能夠讓人開心的東西。故C正確。

考點：考察人生哲理類短文閱讀

點評：本文講述一個仙女給國王的一個教訓，告訴我們訴我們在這個世界上有很多比黃金還有重要的東西。黃金也不是唯一能夠讓人開心的東西。本文考查細節題為主，細節題可以在文章中直接找到與答案有關的信息?或是其變體。搜查信息在閱讀中非常重要它包括理解作者在敘述某事時使用的具體事實、數據、圖表等細節信息。在一篇短文里大部分篇幅都屬于這類圍繞主體展開的細節。做這類題一般采用尋讀法?即先讀題，然后帶著問題快速閱讀短文，找出與問題有關的詞語或句子，再對相關部分進行分析對比，找出答案。