One day, a baby snail(蜗牛) found that he had to carry a big and heavy shell at any time. He was confused, so he went up to his mother and asked, “Why was I born with a shell that grew so hard and heavy?” His mother said, “Because we don’t have bones to hold us up. We can only move slowly, so we need a shell to protect us.”
The baby snail asked again, “The caterpillar(毛毛虫) has no bones either, and she can’t move quickly. Why can she live without a shell?” The mother snail answered, “That’s because a caterpillar will become a butterfly. She can fly high into the sky. The sky can protect her.”
The baby snail had one more question. “But the earthworm(蚯蚓) moves like us. He has no bones and he won’t turn into a butterfly. Why doesn’t he carry a hard and heavy shell?” His mother said, “He can dig a hole and hide in the ground, and then the earth can protect him.” The baby snail then cried, “We are so poor. We have no protection from the sky or from the ground.” His mother smiled at him, “That’s why we have a shell. My dear, imagine that if we don’t have the shells, what will happen to us? The hot sun will dry out our bodies and we’ll have nowhere to sleep. What’s more, we’ll die in heavy rain. How terrible it is! We don’t depend on the sky or the ground for protection. We should depend on ourselves.”
回答下面5个问题,每题答案不超过5个词。
1. Whom did the baby snail talk with?
2. What did the baby snail think of his shell?
3. What will the caterpillar become when she grows up?
4. How many questions did the baby snail ask?
5. What can we learn from the passage?
The baby snail asked again, “The caterpillar(毛毛虫) has no bones either, and she can’t move quickly. Why can she live without a shell?” The mother snail answered, “That’s because a caterpillar will become a butterfly. She can fly high into the sky. The sky can protect her.”
The baby snail had one more question. “But the earthworm(蚯蚓) moves like us. He has no bones and he won’t turn into a butterfly. Why doesn’t he carry a hard and heavy shell?” His mother said, “He can dig a hole and hide in the ground, and then the earth can protect him.” The baby snail then cried, “We are so poor. We have no protection from the sky or from the ground.” His mother smiled at him, “That’s why we have a shell. My dear, imagine that if we don’t have the shells, what will happen to us? The hot sun will dry out our bodies and we’ll have nowhere to sleep. What’s more, we’ll die in heavy rain. How terrible it is! We don’t depend on the sky or the ground for protection. We should depend on ourselves.”
回答下面5个问题,每题答案不超过5个词。
1. Whom did the baby snail talk with?
2. What did the baby snail think of his shell?
3. What will the caterpillar become when she grows up?
4. How many questions did the baby snail ask?
5. What can we learn from the passage?
答案：1. His mother
2. Hard and heavy
3. A butterfly
4. Three
5. Depend on ourselves
2. Hard and heavy
3. A butterfly
4. Three
5. Depend on ourselves
解析：
1. 定位原文第一段“He was confused, so he went up to his mother and asked”，可知小蜗牛的交谈对象是自己的妈妈。2. 从小蜗牛的提问“Why was I born with a shell that grew so hard and heavy?”能看出它觉得壳又硬又重。3. 定位第二段蜗牛妈妈的回答，可知毛毛虫长大后会变成蝴蝶。4. 通读全文统计小蜗牛提出的疑问，总共有3个。5. 文章最后点明主旨，告诉我们要依靠自己。