His name was Fleming, and he was a poor Sc

题目内容：

His name was Fleming, and he was a poor Scottish farmer. One day, while trying to eke（补充） out a living for his family, he heard a cry for help coming from a nearby bog (沼泽地). He dropped his tools and ran to the bog. There, mired（陷于泥坑）to his waist in black muck（淤泥） was a terrified boy, screaming and struggling to free himself. Farmer Fleming saved the lad from what could have been a slow and terrifying death.

The next day, a fancy carriage pulled up to the Scotsman's sparse(稀疏的) surroundings. An elegantly dressed nobleman stepped out and introduced himself as the father of the boy Farmer Fleming had saved.

"I want to repay you," said the nobleman. "You saved my son's life."

"No, " the Scottish farmer replied, waving off the offer. At that moment, the farmer's own son came to the door of the family hovel（茅舍）.

"Is that your son?" the nobleman asked. "Yes," the farmer replied proudly.

"I'll make you a deal. Let me take him and give him a good education. If the lad is anything like his father, he'll grow to a man you can be proud of."

And that he did. In time, Farmer Fleming's son graduated from St. Mary's Hospital Medical School in London, and went on to become known throughout the world as the noted Sir Alexander Fleming, the discoverer of Penicillin.

Years afterward, the nobleman's son was stricken with pneumonia(肺炎).

What saved him? Penicillin.

The name of the nobleman? Lord Randolph Churchill.

His son's name? Sir Winston Churchill.

小题1:Whose life did the Scottish farmer save?

A．Lord Randolph Churchill's.

B．Sir Winston Churchill's.

C．Sir Alexander Fleming's

D．Penicillin's.小题2:Why did the nobleman take the farmer's son and give him a good education?

A．The nobleman wanted to bring him up to be a man like his father.

B．The farmer was too poor to afford his son's education.

C．The nobleman wanted to pay back the farmer for saving his son.

D．The farmer wanted to make his son become a proud man.小题3:What kind of person could the farmer Fleming probably be?

A．Kind, brave and generous.

B．Kind, shy and merciful.

C．Kind, innocent and passive.

D．Kind, brave and honest.小题4:Which of the following might be NOT TRUE according to the text?

A．The farmer saved the nobleman's son twice.

B．The nobleman's son later became a great person.

C．The farmer's son later became a great person.

D．Penicillin is a powerful kind of medicine.

最佳答案：

小题1:B

小题2:C

小题3:D

小题4:A

答案解析：

小题1:细节理解题。结合There, mired（陷于泥坑）to his waist in black muck（淤泥） was a terrified boy, screaming and struggling to free himself. Farmer Fleming saved the lad可知答案。

小题2:推理判断题。由 “I want to repay you,” said the nobleman.“You saved my son’s life.”可知答案。

小题3:推理判断题。由“农夫救人、 拒收报酬”可知D项正确。

小题4:细节理解题。 结合文章可知Penicillin the discoverer of Penicillin是农夫的儿子，再结合Years afterward, the nobleman's son was stricken with pneumonia(肺炎) What saved him? Penicillin可知A项错误。

考点核心：

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