Reading questions and answers to "Peaking Beans"

Read the following article and answer questions 1-6.

Shelling beans

One day, my son and I were sitting opposite each other peeling peas. When the green beans were almost covering the bottom of the white porcelain basin, my son suddenly left his seat and picked up a new porcelain basin. He placed the bowl in front of him and pushed the porcelain basin towards me.

Looking at the countless beans in his bowl, I asked: "Want to compete?"

"Yes". The son responded quickly with his eyes peeled.

"But that's not fair. I already have a lot in my basin, and you've just started." I said, grabbing a handful of beans and trying to put them in his bowl.

"No," he held my hand: "Just like this, I can try my own speed."

Some joy quietly spread in my heart.

For a moment, the originally casual housework took on a rhythm, with hands rising and falling, and both mother and son muttering.

"Let your son win, so that he will have more confidence in himself in the future." With this thought, his hand slowed down unconsciously, and he paused for a moment before picking up the beans.

"Competing outside relies on strength. Who will let you? Let him know that failure and success are normal." The speed of peeling beans is obviously faster.

The child’s hands kept moving, but his eyes were constantly looking into the two containers. Seeing how devoted he was, I felt pity for him: the school's exam ranking was enough to make him tired... The movement of peeling beans slowed down again unconsciously.

"Don't give your children a false victory." The rhythm is naturally much tighter.

A big bag of peas was quickly peeled. It is difficult to compare pots and bowls, large and small containers. Based on common sense, I knew that my son must have lost. Just when I wanted to downplay the result, he brought a new bowl very seriously and poured his beans into it first. A full bowl, and then I used the same bowl to measure my beans, which was also the same bowl, but bulged out, like a raised mound.

"You win." He smiled at me, very relaxed, without the seriousness and persistence when peeling beans.

"It's a draw. I have the foundation." I corrected him.

"I am young, so I lose." There is no anger or frustration. My son competes with me seriously. There is still a smile as clear as a mountain spring on his face.

When I think about it carefully, it is superfluous to be cautious and cautious.

1． The underlined sentence in the article says "Some joy quietly spreads in my heart." What the author is "happy" about is: __________________.

Answer: I admire my son’s confidence and magnanimity (2 points each for confidence and magnanimity).

2． In the article, the mother peels the beans quickly and sometimes slowly. Please use your own words to explain the reasons why the mother peels the beans quickly and slowly (no more than 18 words each).

Answer: ①The reason for slowing down is: __________________________________________________.

②The reason for getting up quickly is: __________________________________________________.

Answer: ① I love my son and want to enhance my son’s self-confidence. ② Let your son know that competition relies on strength and do not give him false victory.

3. The main descriptive techniques used in this article to depict characters are ________, ________ and ________.

Answer: Action description, psychological description and language description.

4. The son's character traits are very distinct, the two most prominent ones are: ____________________________________________________________.

Answer: Competition and seriousness.

5. Can the word "looking forward and looking forward" that is highlighted at the end of the article be replaced by "indecisive"? Why?

Answer: __________________________________________________

Answer: No. Because using "look forward and backward" just means that the mother is thoughtful and cautious in doing things, if you use "indecisive" instead, it will mean that the mother is hesitant and undecided, which is inconsistent with the meaning of the text.

6． The main idea of ??this article can be understood from many angles. Please summarize the point that you feel most deeply in your own words (no more than 20 words).

Answer: This article tells us: _________________________________________.

Answer: Children’s self-confidence should be cultivated from an early age (or: children’s sense of competition should be cultivated from an early age. Life will not be smooth sailing, and they must be trained from an early age. There is no need to artificially create a false living space. Life is To be real, life must go through hardships to become real.