六、核心素养 中华优秀传统文化 阅读理解。
主题群:做人与做事 子主题:敢于创新 语篇类型:记叙文 难度:★★
A ruler in China gets an elephant as a present. People are very happy to see this big animal. Everyone carefully watches it and has a question: How heavy is it? But they don't know how to weigh(称重）it. No scales in China are big enough to weigh such a big animal.
The ruler has a six-year-old son. He says, “Father, I know the way to weigh it.” No one believes the boy. But after he tells people his idea, they all think it is a good one.
“Here's what you do,” says the boy. “Let the elephant stand in a big boat on the water. Draw a line on the side of the boat at the water level(水位). Then bring it to the bank(河岸）and let the elephant off. Bring a lot of big stones. Put the stones on the boat until the boat goes down to the same water level. Then take the stones out of the boat and weigh all the stones. Now you know how much the elephant weighs.”
“Wonderful! Wonderful!” shout the people. Soon everyone in the country knows that the ruler has a clever son.
1. （创新考法·图片理解）Which of the following pictures can be a “scale”?

2. What is Paragraph 4 about?
A. How to weigh the elephant.
B. When to put the stones on the boat.
C. Where to find lots of stones.
D. What to do to help the elephant.
3. What does the story want to tell us?
A. It's difficult to go boating.
B. One must work hard for his dream.
C. Children can do great things.
D. Never use an elephant for easy things.

1. B 图片理解题。根据“But they don't know how to weigh it. No scales in China are big enough to weigh such a big animal. ”可知,人们不知道如何给大象称重,因为没有这么大的秤,所以 scale 意为“秤”,选项 B 的图片符合题意。
2. A 段落大意题。根据第四段内容可知,这一段主要介绍了给大象称重的步骤。
3. C 主旨大意题。分析全文可知,统治者得到了一头大象,但是没有人能想出办法给大象称重,而他6岁的儿子想出了办法。由此可知,儿童也可以做出伟大的事情。