五、(徐州期末)阅读短文,完成下面的表格。
情境导入:年老的富商想从工人、歌手和渔民三人中选一位继承人。一粒小小的煮熟的种子能否验证他们是否诚实呢?
A rich old businessman in a small town meets a factory worker, a singer and a fisherman. He gives them three seeds and says, “Bring me flowers in three months. The man with the most beautiful flower can have my money.”
Three months later, the factory worker brings a big red flower. The singer brings a small yellow flower. But the poor fisherman brings nothing. He is very sad.
“I don’t know why!” he says. “I watered it every day.”
“You are honest!” the businessman says. “The seeds are bad and flowers will never come out. The money is yours.”
The fisherman is very happy. The other two men feel ashamed(羞愧的) and sad.

Where | in a small 1.
Who | a rich businessman, a factory worker, a 2. , a fisherman
What happens | The businessman: has lots of money; gives the three men seeds; asks them to bring back flowers
| The factory worker: brings a big red flower
| The singer: brings a small yellow flower
| The 3. : brings nothing; can have the money because he is 4.
How they feel | The fisherman: happy
| The factory worker and the singer: ashamed and 5.

1. town 2. singer 3. fisherman 4. honest 5. sad

【分析】
要完成表格填空，需根据短文内容定位对应信息：1. Where对应的地点，从原文第一句找到相关表述；2. Who列的人物，需从原文提及的人物中找出缺失的；3. 带nothing的人物，原文明确指向特定角色；4. 渔民能拿到钱的原因，原文有直接描述；5. 工人和歌手的感受，原文有对应情绪的表述。
【解析】
1. 由原文“A rich old businessman in a small town meets...”可知，地点是small town，故填town；
2. 原文提到的人物有a rich businessman, a factory worker, a singer, a fisherman，缺失的是singer，故填singer；
3. 原文“But the poor fisherman brings nothing.”可知，带nothing的是fisherman，故填fisherman；
4. 原文“You are honest!”说明渔民因诚实能拿到钱，故填honest；
5. 原文“The other two men feel ashamed(羞愧的) and sad.”可知，感受是sad，故填sad。
【答案】
1. town 2. singer 3. fisherman 4. honest 5. sad
【知识点】
阅读理解；信息定位；词汇运用
【点评】
本题是根据短文内容完成表格的阅读题，考查学生快速定位原文信息的能力，难度较低，仔细阅读原文即可准确作答。
【难度系数】
0.8