周建林

Leading：

生活常常就像打一場撲克牌，你不能控制你的手氣，但你能選擇怎樣出牌。不經(jīng)思考就做出一些事情很容易傷害他人，尤其是散布謠言，以訛傳訛，將覆水難收，但是謠言止于智者。

Life is often like a game of cards—you cant help the hand youre dealt，but you can help the way you play it. It is easy for us to do something without careful thinking，but its hard for us to take back what we have done.

There was once a woman who repeated a rumor① about a neighbor. Within a few days，the whole community knew the story. The victim it concerned was deeply hurt and annoyed. Later， the woman who was responsible for spreading the rumor learned that it was completely untrue. She was very sorry and went to a wise old man to find out what she could do to repair the damage.

“Go to the marketplace，”he said，“and buy a chicken，and have it killed. Then on your way home，pluck its feathers and drop them one by one along the road.”Although surprised by this advice，the woman did what she was told.

The next day，the wise man said，“Now，go and collect all those feathers you dropped yesterday and bring them back to me.”

The woman followed the same road，but to her disappointment，the wind had blown all the feathers away. After searching for hours，she returned with only three in her hand. “You see，”said the old man. “Its easy to drop them，but its impossible to get them back. So it is with rumor. It doesnt take much to spread a rumor， but once you do，you can never completely make up for the wrong behavior.”

Notes：

①rumor n. 謠言

1. The text mainly tells us _____.

A. an unwise woman spread a rumor

B. why a wise old man helped the woman

C. its difficult for us to take back what we have done

D. the neighbor in her community was deeply hurt

2. What did the wise old man advise her to do？

A. To stop spreading the rumor.

B. To ask other people for advice.

C. To pay him some money in advance.

D. To buy a chicken at first.

3. The underlined word “pluck” in the third paragraph refers to “ _____”.

A. have killed B. be collected

C. make up D. pull out

4. Why did the woman turn to the wise old man for help？

A. Because she wanted to laugh at him for how silly he was.

B. Because she wanted to get his suggestions.

C. Because she wanted to play cards with him.

D. Because she thought he was a good fortune-teller.

5. Which of the following statements is TRUE？

A. Someone else had collected the remaining feathers.

B. By working hard， you can make up for any wrong behavior.

C. The woman looked for the feathers for a few days.

D. It is impossible to get all feathers back.

參考答案與解析

1. 答案為C。主旨大意題。從文章第一段的最后一句，可以看出全文告訴我們一個道理，“不經(jīng)思考做出一些事情容易，但是要收回很難”，因此答案選C。A和D項是文中的細節(jié)，不是文章的主旨，B項文中并未提及。

2. 答案為D。細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中第三段的第一句可知，這位智者建議她先去市場買只雞。

3. 答案為D。詞義猜測題。根據(jù)文中第三段的第一句可知，要先把雞殺掉，再根據(jù)該段倒數(shù)第二句可知，把雞殺掉以后應(yīng)該是拔掉雞毛，再把雞毛沿路扔掉。

4. 答案為B。推理判斷題。根據(jù)第二段的最后一句可知，她是去找智者征求意見的。A項指嘲笑智者愚蠢，C項說與智者打牌，D項說智者是算命先生，文中都沒有提到。

5. 答案為D。細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)最后一段，其余的雞毛不是其他人拿走的，而是風(fēng)刮走的，因此A項錯誤；B項與最后一段的最后一句話相矛盾；根據(jù)最后一段的searching for hours，說明只找了幾個小時，而不是幾天，因此排除C項；根據(jù)最后一段的倒數(shù)第三句可知，選D。

【長難句分析】

1. ... but you can help the way you play it.

分析：本句是一個復(fù)合句，主句為you can help the way，從句為you play it。當先行詞為the way時，定語從句的關(guān)系詞可用in which或用that或省略。

句意：但是你能決定怎么出牌。

2. Later，the woman who was responsible for spreading the rumor learned that it was completely untrue.

分析：本句是復(fù)合句，主句為the woman learned that...，從句可分為兩部分，從句（1）who was responsible for spreading the rumor為who引導(dǎo)的定語從句，先行詞the woman在從句中作主語；從句（2）that it was completely untrue 是由that 引導(dǎo)的賓語從句，作learned的賓語。

句意：后來，這個傳謠的婦人意識到自己說過的話完全是不真實的。

3. After searching for hours，she returned with only three in her hand.

分析：本句含有with的復(fù)合結(jié)構(gòu)“with+賓語+賓語補足語”。

句意：找了幾個小時之后，她只帶了三根雞毛回來。

【語法點撥】

So it is with rumor.

句意：謠言也是一樣。

分析：本句是一個倒裝句。當前面既有肯定又有否定或有兩個不同謂語動詞時，就要用so it is/was with sb./sth.（也可以用it is/was the same with sb./sth.）。

類似的還有：

so+be/助動詞/情態(tài)動詞+主語，表示前面的一種肯定的情況也適用于另外一個主語。neither/nor+be/助動詞/情態(tài)動詞+主語，表示前面的一種否定的情況也適用于另外一個主語。（責任編校/彭益）