单选题
I was telling my boy Sonny the story of the hare and the tortoise. At the end I said, "Son, remember: slow and steady wins the race. Don't you think there is something to learn from the tortoise?" He opened his eyes wide. "Do you mean next time when I'm entering for the 60 meter race I should wish that Billy and Tony and Sandy would all fall asleep half way?" I was shocked. "But the tortoise didn't wish the hare would fall asleep!" "He must have wished that," Sonny said. "Otherwise how could he be so stupid as to race with the hare? He knew quite well that the hare ran a hundred times faster than he himself did." "He didn't have such a wish," I insisted. "He won the race by perseverance(毅力), by pushing on steadily." Sonny thought for a while. "That's a lie," he said. "He won because he was lucky. If the hare didn't fall asleep, the tortoise would never have won the race. That' s for sure." I gave up. Today' s children are not like what we used to be. They are just hopeless.
单选题
The writer argued (争论) with his son because ______. A. he liked tortoises while his son liked hares B. they disagreed about whether the tortoise was stupid C. he tried to teach his son the moral lesson of the story but the son refused to accept it
单选题
Sonny believed that the tortoise ______. A. won the race by chance B. won the race by his own efforts(努力) C. took a risk by agreeing to race
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[详细解答] 从文中最后一段看,儿子认为乌龟的成功只是侥幸取胜。
单选题
Billy, Tony and Sandy must be ______. A. the boys who were unknown to Sonny' s father B. the boys who Sonny had run races with before C. the boys who Sonny did not expect to race with again
单选题
When the writer says "I gave up" at the end,he means ______. A.he gave up his belief in the moral idea of the hare and tortoise story B.he gave up arguing with Sonny C.he gave up Sonny as a hopeless child
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[详细解答] 从文中最后一句说“他们真的没希望了”可知,答案应为C。
单选题
According to the passage,who do you think learnt a lesson? A.Sonny B.Sonny's father C.Neither