A
On the very first day, God created the cow and said to him, “As a cow, you must go to the field, working under the sun all day long! And I will give you 40 years to live.” The cow bjected, “What? You want me to live such a tough life for 40 years? Let me have 20 years, and I’ll give the rest back to you.” So God agreed.
On the second day, God created the dog and said, “You’ll be man’s best friend, guarding his house and eating his leftovers. I’ll give you a life span of 30 years.” The dog shook his head. “Eating leftovers for 30 years? No way! I’ll give half back to you!” So God agreed.
Then, God created the monkey, saying, “Your job is to entertain people. You’ve got to do monkey tricks and make them laugh. And you’ll live 20 years.”“ Do monkey tricks to make them laugh? 10 years will do.” the monkey said. So God agreed.
Finally, God created the man. “You will be the man. All you need to do is to sleep, eat, and play, simply enjoying your life. And I’ll give you 20 years to live.” Thinking for a while, the man replied, “I can be the man, but I want to take all the years that the cow, the dog and the monkey didn’t want.” So God agreed.
Since then, man eats, sleeps and plays in the first 2 decades, marries and spends the next 2 decades like a cow, working very hard to support his family. Then when he has children, he lives 15 years like a dog, taking care of the house and eating whatever is given to him. And when he is old, he retires and lives 10 years like a monkey, doing tricks to amuse his grandchildren.
21. The cow refused God because he .
A. wanted to take the monkey’s job
B. thought 40 years was too much
C. hoped God could rethink about his offer
D. disliked the life God arranged for him
22. We can know from the dog’s words that .
A. he was very lazy B. he liked leftovers
C. he could live for 15 years D. he hated to be man’s friend
23. How long would the man live according to the passage?
A. 20 years. B. 65 years. C. 27 years. D. 90 years.
24. The tone of the passage is .
A. light B. objective C. serious D. critical
【答案】21. D 22. C 23. B 24. A
【解析】
这是一篇记叙文。通过一则寓言故事，讲述了上帝创造的人和动物寿命的由来。
【21题详解】
细节理解题。根据第一段倒数第二句What? You want me to live such a tough life for 40 years? Let me have 20 years, and I’ll give the rest back to you.可知牛不喜欢上帝为他安排的生活，因此拒绝了上帝四十年的寿命，故选D。
【22题详解】
细节理解题。第二段倒数第二句Eating leftovers for 30 years? No way! I’ll give half back to you!可知狗要求归还上帝一半的寿命，因此狗的寿命为15年，故选C。
【23题详解】
推理判断题。根据倒数第二段倒数第二句I can be the man, but I want to take all the years that the cow, the dog and the monkey didn’t want.可知人有了牛、狗和猴子不想要的寿命，以及上帝给予人类的20年寿命，即人的寿命为20+15+10+20=65年寿命，故选B。
【24题详解】
推理判断题。根据文章内容为通过上帝和动物们、人之间的对话来叙说一则寓言故事，整个文章的语气是轻松的，故选A。
