Question

Once an old villager was reading the Ramayana(羅摩傳) while sitting in a railway station waiting for the train to come.

A young man with his was standing nearby and said to the old man, “You old fashioned people read only the Ramayana all the time. Do you not have any other book to ? What is so great in the Ramayana?”

The old man continued to read and smiled without any to the young man. Soon, the train . Everyone, in a hurry, rushed in to get a seat. It that the old man and the young man were next to each other in the train. And the old man to read the Ramayana.

Suddenly the young man that his wife was missing! He shouted anxiously, “My wife! is she? I think she has been left behind on the platform!”

The old man said to him , “If you had read the Ramayana, you would never have made this .”

“What?” said the young man.

The old man :

“It is said in the Ramayana that when Ram Chandra, Sita and Lakshmana were standing on the of the Ganga（恒河）and the boat man came with the , Ram Chandra asked Sita to get in the boat first and only after that did he the boat himself!

“So why are you me what is good about the Ramayana when you do not even know enough to your own wife and see that she gets onto the train first?

“You see, the Ramayana tells you even this!”

True enough, any time you are and cannot decide what your duty is, just read the Ramayana and you will find the to all your doubts!

Treat with respect all the things held sacred（神圣的）to others, you understand these things or not.

1.A. wife B. son C. friend D. mother

2.A. read B. see C. hear D. write

3.A. key B. reply C. attention D. feeling

4.A. reached B. arrived C. got D. entered

5.A. turned on B. turned up C. turned out D. turned off

6.A. visited B. divided C. waken D. seated

7.A. continued B. decided C. wanted D. refused

8.A. felt B. experienced C. understood D. realized

9.A. How B. When C. Where D. Why

10.A. luckily B. sadly C. happily D. calmly

11.A. mistake B. plan C. face D. progress

12.A. answered B. explained C. introduced D. showed

13.A. middle B. bank C. coast D. land

14.A. fish B. ropes C. boat D. goods

15.A. get up B. get off C. get on D. get in

16.A. advising B. asking C. telling D. begging

17.A. take charge of B. take hold of C. take care of D. take advantage of

18.A. confused B. surprised C. satisfied D. delighted

19.A. reasons B. stories C. answers D. aims

20.A. unless B. once C. though D. whether

Answer 1

1.A

2.A

3.B

4.B

5.C

6.D

7.A

8.D

9.C

10.D

11.A

12.B

13.B

14.C

15.D

16.B

17.C

18.A

19.C

20.D

【解析】

試題分析：文章講述了一個發生在火車上的故事。一位老人在看《羅摩傳》，旁邊的年輕人認為老人在看沒有用的書。當男子發現妻子未能和他一起上車時，老人建議年輕人看一看《羅摩傳》。在生活中，無論我們對他人正在做的事情是否了解，我們都應該尊重他們的選擇。

1.that his wife was missing”可知，年輕人是和妻子一起在候車，故選A。

2.any other book to 其它可以看的書，不定式作定語修飾book，故選A。

3.continued to read and smiled”可知，老人只是笑了笑又繼續看書，老人沒有回答年輕人的問題，故選B。

4.Soon, the train .火車很快就到了，reach后需跟賓語，排除A；enter是及物動詞，后需跟賓語，排除D；get的意思較多，用arrived最合適，故選B。

5.It that the old man and the young man were next to each other in the train.結果，老人和那個年輕人的座位是挨著的，故選C。

6. A參觀，拜訪；B劃分；C叫醒；D就坐。the old man and the young man were next to each other老人和年輕人的座位是挨著的，be seated表示“坐著”的狀態，故選D。

7.And the old man to read the Ramayana.在座位上坐下之后，老人繼續看《羅摩傳》，continue to do sth繼續做某事，故選A。

8.Suddenly the young man that his wife was missing!年輕人突然意識到(發現)妻子不見了，故選D。

9.his wife was missing”可知，年輕人的妻子不見了，年輕人是在找她，因此，年輕人問的是“我的妻子在哪里”，故選C。

10.The old man said to him , “If you had read the Ramayana,...老人心平氣和地對年輕人說：“如果你看過《羅摩傳》，......”，其它三項與語境不符，故選D。

11.If you had read the Ramayana, you would never have made this .老人說那個年輕人如果看過《羅摩傳》的話，他就不會犯這個錯誤了，make a mistake犯錯誤，故選A。

12.“What?” said the young man.”可知，年輕人很不解地問老人，根據“It is said in the Ramayana that...”可知，老人是在向年輕人解釋，故選B。

13.on the of the Ganga在恒河岸邊，故選B。

14.Ram Chandra asked Sita to get in the boat”可知，船夫把船劃了過來，Ram Chandra讓Sita先上船，故選C。

15.and only after that did he the boat himself等Sita上了船之后，Ram Chandra也上了船，get in the boat登上船，故選D。

16.Do you not have any other book to ?”可知，這里指的是年輕人在候車時問老人為什么一直在看《羅摩傳》，故選B。

17.when you do not even know enough to your own wife...這里指男子不知道照顧妻子并讓妻子先上車，故選C。

18.cannot decide what your duty is”可知，在無法確定自己的職責時，說明前面說的是感到困惑時，故選A。

19.just read the Ramayana and you will find the to all your doubts看一看《羅摩傳》，你就會找到所有疑問的答案，故選C。

20. you understand these things or not無論你是否理解，都應該尊重他人所做的事情，whether...or not無論......，故選D。

考點：故事類短文閱讀