Once upon a time, there was an island. All the feelings lived there: Happiness, Sadness, and all of the others including Love.
One day the feelings heard that the island would sink. All repaired their boats and left except Love. Love wanted to stay until the last possible moment. Just as the island began to sink, Love decided to ask for help.
Richness was passing by Love in a big boat. Love said,” Richness, can you take me with you? “ Richness answered: “ No, I can’t. There is a lot of gold and silver in my boat. There is no room for you here. ”
Love decided to ask Vanity(虚荣) who was also passing by in a beautiful boat. “ Vanity, please help me!” “I can’t help you, Love. You are all wet. You will make my boat dirty,” Vanity answered.
Sadness was close by, so Love asked him for help,“Sadness, let me go with you.”“Oh, Love, amso sad that I need to be by myself!”Sadness passed by Love too, bit she was so happy hat she did not even hear Love call her.
Suddenly, there was a voice, “Come Love, I will take you. ”It was an old woman. Love felt so lucky that he even forgot to ask for her name.
When they got to dry land, the old woman went her own way. Love realized how much he owed her. He asked Knowledge, another old woman. “Who helped me?”
“It was Time.” Knowledge answered.
“Time?”asked Love,“But why did Time help me?”
Knowledge smiled with deep wisdom and answered,“Because only Time can understand how great Love is.”
【1】Why did the feelings want to leave the island?
A. Because they didn’t like the island
B. Because the island was sinking
C. Because they wanted to visit
D. Because they wanted to travel
【2】When did love ask for help?
A. When the other feelings began leaving
B. After it repaired the boat
C. When the island began sinking
D. It was going to be dark
【3】Richness wouldn’t help love because ________.
A. there were some gold and silver in the boat
B. there were too many people in the boat
C. he didn’t want to help love
D. he didn’t know love at all
【4】Vanity didn’t want to make her boat _______, so it wouldn’t help love.
A. full B. clean C. dirty D. empty
【5】Who helped love at last?
A. Knowledge B. Time C. Happiness D. Sadness
【答案】【1】B
【2】C
【3】A
【4】C
【5】B
【解析】本文是一篇语言故事。从前有一个岛，所有的情感都住在那里：幸福、悲伤、知识和所有其它的，爱也不例外。一天，所有的情感听说小岛即将沉没，因此建造小船，纷纷离开，除了爱。爱是唯一留下来的，因为它希望能坚持到最后一刻。小岛即将沉没了，爱决定请求帮助。财富、虚荣、幸福、悲伤等都不愿意带爱走，最后时间把爱带走了。爱想知道时间为什么帮助他？知识睿智地微笑道：“因为只有时间了解爱的价值。
【1】题意：为什么情感要离开这个岛？考查细节理解题。A. Because they didn’t like the island因为他们不喜欢这个岛；B. Because the island was sinking因为小岛将要（正在）下沉；C. Because they wanted to visit因为他们想参观；D. Because they wanted to travel因为他们想旅行。根据第一段第一二句One day the feelings heard that the island would sink. All repaired their boats and left except Love.（有一天，情感听说到小岛将要下沉。除了爱所有的人都修好了船，离开了。）结合题意和语境可知选B。
【2】题意：爱什么时候会寻求帮助？考查细节理解题。A. When the other feelings began leaving当其他的情感开始离开；B. After it repaired the boat修好小船后；C. When the island began sinking当岛开始下沉；D. It was going to be dark天快黑了。根据第二段最后一句Just as the island began to sink, Love decided to ask for help.（正当小岛开始下沉时，爱决定寻求帮助。）
结合题意和语境可知选C。
【3】题意：财富不会帮助爱情，因为________________。考查细节理解题。A. there were some gold and silver in the boat船上有一些金银。B. there were too many people in the boat船上的人太多了。C. he didn’t want to help love他不想帮助爱。D. he didn’t know love at all他根本不懂爱。根据第三段中Love said,” Richness, can you take me with you? “ Richness answered: “ No, I can’t. There is a lot of gold and silver in my boat. There is no room for you here. ”（爱说：“财富，你能带我一起走吗？”财富回答说：“不，我不能。船上有很多金银。这里没有你的地方。“）结合题意和语境可知选A。
【4】题意：虚荣不想让她的船_______，所以这不会有助于爱情。考查细节理解题。A. full满的，忙的；B. clean干净的；C. dirty脏的；D. empty空的。根据第四段第三句“I can’t help you, Love. You are all wet. You will make my boat dirty,” Vanity answered.（“我帮不了你，爱。你全身都湿透了。“你会弄脏我的船的，”虚荣回答。）结合题意和语境可知选C。
【5】题意：谁最后帮助了爱？考查细节理解题。A. Knowledge知识；B. Time时间； C. Happiness幸福；D. Sadness伤心，难过。根据第六段中He asked Knowledge, another old woman. “Who helped me?”“It was Time.” Knowledge answered.（他问知识，另一个老太婆。“谁帮了我？“是时间。”知识回答道。）结合题意和语境可知选B。