Question

Two traveling angels 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 guestroom. Instead the angels were given some 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 a little food they had, the farmer and his wife 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 family had everything, yet you watched over his house," she accused (譴責). "The second family had little but was willing to share everything, you didn't help."
"Things aren't always what they seem," the 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 the wall so he wouldn'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. So things aren't always what they seem."
小題1: The older angel repaired the hole for the rich family because _____________________.

A．she wanted to punish the greedy owner

B．the basement was too cold to stay in

C．she wanted to save the gold for the poor.

D．she believed that one should always be ready to offer help

小題2: The younger angel was very angry because _______________________________.

A．the older angel killed the farmer's cow

B．the wealthy man gave them a bad place to live in

C．the older angel treated the two families unfairly

D．the angel of death took the cow away instead of the farmer’s wife

小題3: Why did the older angel let the farmer's cow die?______________________.

A．Because she was sympathetic to the rich

B．Because she wanted to save the farmer's wife.

C．Because God wanted the older angel to take the cow.

D．Because she wanted to teach the younger angel a lesson.

小題4:The first “they” in line 7 refers to ________while the second “they” in line 8 refers to _______in the second paragraph.

A．two travelling angels; the couple

B．two travelling angels; the wealthy family

C．the couple; two travelling angels

D．the couple; the angel of death and the God

小題5:The story tries to tell the readers that _________________________.

A．angels are always ready to help the poor

B．angels are always ready to help the rich

C．the young should always learn from the cold

D．sometimes things are not always what they seem

Answer 1

小題1:A
小題2:C
小題3:B
小題4:C
小題5:D

試題分析：這篇短文講述的是兩個天使來到人間，他們先到了一個富人的家里，富人待他們很不好，讓他們睡在地下室里。其中一個天使看到墻上有個洞，他幫這個富人把洞補好。第二天兩個天使又來到了一個窮人的家里，窮人夫婦對他們很熱情，第二天窮人家的牛死了，天使沒有幫忙。更年輕一點的天使覺得很不可理解。老一點的天使說，事情并不是像你看到的那樣的。我幫助窮人補洞是因為在那個地下室里有金子，這樣富人就發現不了了；而昨天晚上死神天使來拿窮人妻子的性命，我讓他用牛的命替換了他妻子的命。
小題1:細節理解題。根據文章的最后一段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 the wall so he wouldn't find it.可知，這個天使給富人補洞是因為，他在地下室里發現了金子，因為富人很貪婪，所以他把洞補上是為了不讓富人發現里面的金子，給那個富人以懲罰。故選A。
小題2:細節理解題。根據文章的第三段可知，年輕的天使對老天使的做法很生氣，是因為富人對他們不好，他反而幫富人修補墻上的洞，而窮人對他們很好，在他們的牛生病時，天使卻不幫忙。所以他覺得老天使對待這兩個家庭不公平。故選C。
小題3:細節理解題。根據文章最后一段中 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可知，原本死神天使是來去窮人妻子的命的，但是天使幫忙請求上帝用牛的性命來代替，故而救了窮人妻子的命。故選B。
小題4:詞義猜測題。根據文章第二段After sharing a little food they had, the farmer and his wife let the angels sleep in their bed where they could have a good night's rest.，在分享了他們所有的食物之后，農夫和他的妻子讓天使睡在他們的床上，這樣他們能睡個好覺。第一個他們指的是農夫和妻子，第二個他們指的是兩個天使，故選C。
小題5:主旨大意題。這篇短文通過這樣一個故事想要告訴我們，有時候事情并不總是表面看起來的那個樣子的，即So things aren't always what they seem。故選D。