阅读理解(二) 哲理故事
A [2019·本溪]
A river was running happily in the hill, the valley(山谷) and the field. Soon it was stopped by a huge rock and the river was a little afraid and worried what it could do.
The rock said, “Hi, baby!Where are you going?”
The river answered, “I’m going to the seA.My mother is waiting for me.”
The rock made fun of the river and said, “You’re too young. Go back to the hill at once. You can’t get there. Don’t come back here again!”
The river was surprised to hear that and said, “I can only go forwards(向前).There’s no river that goes backwards(向后)!”
The rock became angry and warned the river, “Don’t speak! If you don’t go back, you will have to change your direction. Don’t want to run over my body!”
The river asked helplessly, “Where should I go?”
“You can go anywhere you like. Just don’t come close to me!”
While they are talking, more and more water came here. Then it began to get out of control. The river ran quickly over the rock and the rock was washed pitifully.
The river said proudly, “A weak person will change his goal and direction. A person who has strong will only goes ahead and nothing can stop him!”
1.The final goal of the river was to go to the .( )
A.field B.valley
C.sea D.hill
2.The rock wanted the river to .( )
A.get out of control
B.come close to him
C.make fun of him
D.go back to the hill
3.The river ran over the rock .( )
A.slowly B.softly
C.quickly D.carelessly
4.After meeting the rock, the river became at last instead of being afraid.( )
A.proud B.helpless
C.pitiful D.worried
5.The passage tells us that we should when facing difficulties.( )
A.avoid solving the problem
B.become strong and go ahead
C.change our dream directly
D.be used to giving up silently
B [2019·淮安]
There were many plants in a forest. When spring came, a pine tree saw a red rose nearby and said,“What a beautiful flower! I wish I were that lovely.”
The rose proudly said, “It seems that I am the most beautiful flower in this forest.” Then the rose looked at a cactus(仙人掌) and said, “Look at that ugly plant full of thorns(刺)!”
“What a proud flower!” thought the trees.
As the days passed, the red rose often looked at the cactus and said bad words about it, like “This plant is useless. How sorry I am to be his neighbor!”
The cactus never got angry and even tried to advise the rose, saying,“God did not create any form of life without a purpose.”
Spring passed, and the weather became very hot. As there was no rain, the red rose began to wilt(枯萎).
One day the rose saw birds put their beaks(喙) into the cactus and then fly away. The red rose asked the pine tree what the birds were doing. The pine tree explained that the birds were getting water from the cactus.
“The cactus has water?” asked the rose.
“Yes, you can also drink some from it. The birds can bring water to
