Question

of the two brothers,john ⅰs the more outing

Once there were two brothers John and Tom whose father died. They divided the land in half. Over time the older brother John married and had six children while the younger brother Tom never married. One night Tom lay awake. "It's not fair that each of us has half the land to farm " he thought. "My brother has six children to feed and I have none. He should have more grain than I do." So that night Tom went to his silo gathered a large bag of wheat and climbed the hill that separated the two farms and over to his brother's farm. Leaving the wheat in John's silo he re?turned home pleased. Earlier that very same night John was also thinking " In my old age my wife and I will have our grown children to take care of us while my brother will probably have none. He should at least sell more grain from the fields now so he can provide for himself with dignity in his old age." So that night too he did the same as Tom.. The next morning Tom was surprised to see the amount of grain in his silo unchanged. "I can not have taken as much wheat as I thought " he said confused. "Tonight I'll be sure to take more."So it was the same with John. After night fell each brother did the same thing as last night. The next morning the brothers were again puzzled at the unchanged silo. But they decided to do it again. The third night each brother gathered a large pile of wheat and went to his brother's silo. At the top of the hill under the shadow of the moon each brother noticed a figure in the dis?tance. Who could it be? (   ) 5. Why did Tom think it's unfair for him to have half the land?    A. Because his brother had a big family to support on half the land.    B. Because he wanted to get more land for he was younger.    C. Because his parents loved his brother more than him.    D. Because his brother had six children to help farm the land. (   ) 6. What call we learn from the passage?    A. Tom stole a large bag of wheat from John's.    B. Both of the two brothers did the same thing that night.    C. Tom was disappointed to see the grain stolen.    D. The brothers decided to sell their grains in their own way. (   ) 7. When the two brothers found the unchanged grain they felt         .    A. disappointed   B. frightened    C. confused   D. pleased (   ) 8. The author writes this passage in order to         .    A. tell us a story about the two brothers    B. introduce the two brothers' wisdom    C. bring out an interesting topic    D. present the brotherhood between them

Answer 1

5-8 ABCDB篇：兄弟俩约翰和汤姆各自继承了父亲的一半土地耕种。但是他们都认为这对对方不公平，于是都把自己的粮食愉偷地送到对方的粮仓里，体现了兄弟之情。5. A细节理解题。依据在第二段的第二和第三句话可知。6. B细节理解题。兄弟俩想法一致，做法相同。7. C细节理解题。从第六段confused以及第七段puzzled可知选C。8. D写作意图题。作者通过描写兄弟两人偷偷地给对方的粮仓送粮食的故事说明兄弟之间情谊至真至深，D符合意图。