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There was a gardener who looked after his garden with great care. To water his flowers, he used two buckers. One was a shiny and new bucket. The other was a very old and dilapidated one, which had been many years of service, but was now past its best.

Every morning, the gardener would fill up the two buckets. Then he would carry them along the path, one on each side, to the flowerbeds. The new bucket was spilled (溢出). The old bucket felt very ashamed because of its holes: before it reached the flowerbeds, much water had leaked along the path.

Sometimes the new bucket would say, “See how capable I am! How good it is that the gardener has me to water the flowers every day! I don't know why he still bothers with you. What a waste of space you are!”

And all that the old bucket could say was, “I know I’m not very useful, but I can only do my best. I’m happy that the gardener still finds a little bit of use in me, at least.”

One day, the gardener heard that kind or conversation. After watering the flowers as usual, he said, “You both have done your work very well. Now I am going to carry you back. I want you to look carefully along the path.”

Then the two buckets did so. All along the path, they noticed, on the side where the new bucket was carried, there was just bare (光禿禿的) earth; On the other side where the old bucket was carried, there was a joyous row of wild flowers, leading all the way to the garden.

1. What does the underlined word “dilapidated” probably mean?

A. Dirty B. Dark C. Worn-out D. Plain-looking.

2. What was the old bucket ashamed of?

A. His past. B. His aging.

C. His manner. D. His leaking.

3. The new bucket made conversations with the old one mainly to _____.

A. laugh at the old one

B. take pity on the old one

C. show off its beautiful looks

D. praise the gardener’s kindness

4. Why was the old bucket still kept by the gardener?

A. Because it was used to keep a balance

B. Because it stayed in its best condition

C. Because it was taken as a treasure

D. Because it had its own function

【語(yǔ)篇解讀】

本文是一篇社會(huì)文化類的記敘文。文章講述了有一個(gè)園丁，他有兩個(gè)水桶，一個(gè)新水桶閃閃發(fā)亮，還有一個(gè)水桶，破舊不堪。所以每天園丁帶它去澆水的途中都會(huì)灑掉很多的水，而新水桶則正好相反，澆水的途中，新水桶很少漏水，所以新水桶就自以為是自己很能干，就故意奚落舊水桶，認(rèn)為舊水桶不如它。當(dāng)園丁聽(tīng)到它們的對(duì)話以后，就讓它們回頭看看它們走過(guò)的路，結(jié)果發(fā)現(xiàn)，舊水桶走過(guò)的路鮮花盛開(kāi)，美麗極了，而新水桶走過(guò)的路則是荒涼不堪，這篇文章就教育我們每個(gè)人都有長(zhǎng)處，要能看到別人的長(zhǎng)處，從而取長(zhǎng)補(bǔ)短。

1. C 【解析】本題屬于詞義猜測(cè)題中的根據(jù)上下文猜測(cè)詞義題�？疾閷�(duì)原文內(nèi)容理解基礎(chǔ)上能夠根據(jù)上下文猜測(cè)詞義題，屬于較易難度的題。根據(jù)原文內(nèi)容，有一個(gè)園丁，他有兩個(gè)水桶，一個(gè)新水桶閃閃發(fā)亮，還有一個(gè)水桶，破舊不堪。根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容“dilapidated”和“old”是近義詞，意識(shí)是破舊的。所以答案為C。

2. D 【解析】本題屬于細(xì)節(jié)理解題中的事實(shí)細(xì)節(jié)題�？疾閷�(duì)文章細(xì)節(jié)的尋找和理解，屬于較易難度的題。根據(jù)原文內(nèi)容，可以定位題目出自于原文第二段的倒數(shù)第二句話：The old bucket felt very ashamed because of its holes.由此可知，舊水桶因?yàn)樽约簻喩硎嵌�，破舊不堪而覺(jué)的很丟人。所以答案為D。

3. A 【解析】本題屬于推理判斷題中的深層推理題�？疾閷�(duì)文章內(nèi)容理解的基礎(chǔ)上進(jìn)行推理判斷，屬于較易難度的題。根據(jù)原文內(nèi)容，舊水桶渾身是洞，破舊不堪，所以每天園丁帶它去澆水的途中都會(huì)灑掉很多的水，而新水桶則正好相反，澆水的途中，新水桶很少漏水，所以新水桶就自以為是自己很能干，就故意奚落舊水桶。由此可知，新水桶是為了嘲笑舊水桶才有了文中的對(duì)話。所以答案為A。

4. D 【解析】本題屬于推理判斷題中的深層推理題�？疾閷�(duì)文章內(nèi)容理解的基礎(chǔ)上能做出一定的推理判斷，屬于較易難度的題。根據(jù)原文內(nèi)容，當(dāng)園丁聽(tīng)到它們的對(duì)話以后，就讓它們回頭看看它們走過(guò)的路，結(jié)果發(fā)現(xiàn)，舊水桶走過(guò)的路鮮花盛開(kāi)，美麗極了，而新水桶走過(guò)的路則是荒涼不堪，由此可知，它們各自有各自的優(yōu)點(diǎn)，所以園丁依然保留的舊水桶。答案為D。