20．Two traveling angels （天使） stopped to spend the night in the home of a wealthy family．The family was rude and refused to let the angels stay in the guest room．Instead the angels were given a space in the cold basement．As they made their bed on the hard floor，the older angel saw a hole in the wall and repaired it．When the younger angel asked why，the older angel replied"Things aren't always what they seem．"
The next night the pair came to rest at the house of a very poor but very hospitable （好客的） farmer．After sharing what little food they had，the couple let the angels sleep in their bed where they could have a good night's rest． When the sun came up the next morning，the angels found the farmer and his wife in tears．Their only cow，whose milk had been their only income，lay dead in the field．
The younger angel was very angry and asked the older angel，"How could this happen？""Why didn't you watch out for the cow？The first man had everything，yet you watched over his house，"she accused（指責）．"The second family had little but was willing to share everything，and you did not help．"
"Things aren't always what they seem，"the older angel replied．"When we stayed in the basement，I noticed there was gold stored in that hole in the wall．Since the owner was so greedy and unwilling to share his good fortune，I asked God if I could seal（封口）the wall so he couldn't find it．Then last night as we slept in the farmer's bed，the angel of death came for his wife．I asked God if the angel could take the cow instead．Things aren't always what they seem．"
1．Why did the older angel repair the hole for the rich family？A
A．Because she didn't like the greedy owner．
B．Because she wanted to save the gold for the poor．
C．Because the basement was too cold to stay in．
D．Because she believed that one should always be ready to offer help．
2．In paragraph two，the"pair"refers toB．
A．the rich couple
B．the angels
C．the guests
D．the poor couple
3．The younger angel was very angry becauseD
A．the older angel killed the farmer's cow
B．the angel of death took the cow away
C．the wealthy man gave them a bad place to live in
D．the older angel treated the two families unfairly．
4．The story tries to tell the reader thatB
A．angels are always ready to help the poor
B．sometimes things are not what they seem
C．angels are always ready to help the rich
D．the young should always learn from the old．
分析 文章介紹了有兩個旅行的天使第一個晚上住在了一個富人的家里，富人讓他們住在地窯里，這兩個天使在休息的時候發現地窯的墻上有個洞，就把它堵上了．第二天住在了一個窮人的家里，雖然窮，但他們拿出了他們很有限的食物和天使一起吃，讓他們好好的休息．不幸的是，這個窮人家里唯一的收入，一頭奶牛去死了，一個天使就問為什么不幫助這個窮人．另一個天使說，那個富人太貪婪，我就把那個儲藏金子的洞堵上了，而死神是要把窮人的一妻子帶走的，而我就給上帝說，讓那頭奶牛代替了那個妻子的命，所以人看到的都是表面現象．
解答 1-4 ABDB
1．A． 推理判斷題．從后文As they made their bed on the hard floor，the older angel saw a hole in the wall and repaired it．可知，老的天使將墻上的縫隙修好，是為了讓這個貪婪的富人找不到金子，故可以推斷她不喜歡這個人才這么做的．故答案選A．
2．B 細節理解題．Two traveling angels stopped to spend the night in the home of a wealthy family．The next night the pair came to rest at the house of a very poor，but very hospitable（好客的）farmer and his wife．句意為：兩個旅行的天使在一個富人的家里住了一個晚上．第二個晚上，這兩個天使就去一個窮人的家里，他們窮，但他們很好客．pair意為"兩個；一雙"，這里指那兩個天使．所以答案應為B．
3．D 細節理解題．Why did you not watch out for the cow？The first man had everything，yet you watched over his house，"那個年輕的天使說：你為什么不警惕那頭奶牛呢？第一個人擁有一切，但是你卻查看了他的房子．所以他生氣的原因是對窮人和對富人不公平，故答案應為D．
4．B 主旨大意題 最后一自然段的意思是上帝在富人的地窯里發現了有個儲藏黃金的洞，上帝把它堵上了，富人發現不了，而第二個是天使要帶走妻子的命，上帝就救了她．文中兩次提到上帝說的一句話，Things aren't always what they seem．意思是說事情并不是他們的表面現象．故答案應為B．
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