趣味阅读
Talk to a wall
（苏州太仓改编）
主题: 人与社会/人际交往
难度星级: ★★★☆☆
用时: /6分钟
KEY→D13

Gongming Yi is a famous musician. He can play the guqin very well. People all like his music very much.
It is a warm spring afternoon. Gongming Yi takes a walk with his guqin on the back in the fields. He sees a cow eating grass there.


He is happy and wants to play a song for the cow. Then he starts to play the guqin. The music is very beautiful, but the cow ignores it.
Gongming Yi is very angry. He plays the song again and again, but the cow is still eating the grass.

词汇积累
famous /'feɪməs/ adj. 著名的;出名的
musician /mju'zɪʃn/ n. 音乐家
Read and choose. 根据绘本内容,选择最佳答案。
() 1. One day, a cow is in the fields.
A. playing the guqin
B. eating grass
C. walking
() 2. The underlined word “ignores” means “”.
A. 欣赏
B. 忽视
C. 在意
() 3. The title “Talk to a wall” means “” in Chinese.
A. 余音绕梁
B. 隔墙有耳
C. 对牛弹琴
() 4. Which of the following sentences is TRUE?
A. The musician is not good at guqin.
B. The cow can understand the music.
C. The music is beautiful, but the cow can't understand it.

1. B 2. B 解析 琴声很美，但是牛没有理会。这里ignores意为“忽视，不理睬”。
3. C 解析 本篇故事围绕着公明仪对着牛弹琴而写，对应成语是“对牛弹琴”。 4. C

【分析】
本题为趣味英语阅读理解题，包含细节理解、词义猜测、主旨大意类题目。解题思路：先通读全文理解故事内容，再针对各小题定位原文信息，结合上下文语境、词汇知识及主旨分析逐一作答。第1题定位原文找牛的行为；第2题通过转折关系和上下文猜测词义；第3题结合故事主旨理解标题；第4题逐一核对选项与原文的匹配度。
【解析】
1. 细节理解题：根据原文第二段“He sees a cow eating grass there.”可知，牛在田野里吃草，故选B。
2. 词义猜测题：由转折连词but可知，琴声很美但牛没有理会，故“ignores”意为“忽视”，选B。
3. 主旨大意题：故事围绕公明仪给牛弹琴却不被理会展开，对应成语“对牛弹琴”，故选C。
4. 细节理解题：A选项与原文“He can play the guqin very well.”矛盾；B选项与原文“the cow ignores it”矛盾；C选项符合原文“The music is very beautiful, but the cow ignores it.”，故选C。
【答案】
1.B 2.B 3.C 4.C
【知识点】
英语阅读理解、词义猜测、细节理解
【点评】
本题结合趣味成语故事考查英语阅读理解能力，题型常规，贴近学生认知，能帮助学生理解词汇和文化常识，难度适中。
【难度系数】
0.7