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阅读专题二 词义猜测题
阅读理解A
There was once a painter who had two daughters. One was beautiful, and the other was ugly. The painter liked his beautiful daughter very much and asked her to be the model for his paintings
The ugly daughter didn’t get much attention from her father. She was sad and often wept(哭泣) in her room. The girl’s mother was sad for her ugly daughter. One day, she entered the ugly daughter’s room and took a tear from the girl.She then planted it in the garden
The the tear soon grew into a beautiful flower.The flower was so beautiful that the painter started to paint it.The ugly daughter was happy about that.
However, the beautiful daughter was unhappy,because his father stopped painting her.
At night, when everyone fell asleep, the beautiful daughter went to the garden.She picked up the flower and threw it into the fireplace(壁炉).
The next morning, the ugly daughter went to the garden and found the flower was missing. She was sad and began to weep.The beautiful daughter went to her room and said,“Do you think that one day you can wear the flower and become as beautiful as me?That’s impossible! So don't cry.”
The ugly daughter stopped crying and said,“I’m not crying for myself.I took care of the flower because I wanted to let you wear it.It would make you much more beautiful.But now, it has gone.”
Hearing the words, the beautiful daughter burst into tears and knew she was wrong. Later, she didn’t care much about her face, because she knew that being kind was more important.
( )1. What does the underlined word“it”in Paragraph 2 refer to?
A. The ugly daughter's tear. B.The beautiful daughter's tear.
C.The mother's tear. D. The painter's tear.
【答案】A【解析】本题考查it指代谁,是词义猜测题。联系上下文可知,it指代the ugly daughter’s tear.
阅读理解B
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