四、阅读短文，完成下列任务。
Long ago, there was a kind man. His name was Li Mian. One day, he met a sick young man on his way. The young man had lots of gold. Before he died, he gave all his gold to Li Mian. He asked Li Mian to bury(埋葬) him. Li Mian did as he said. He buried the young man carefully. But he did not take any of the gold. He put all the gold beside the grave(坟墓).
Many years later, the young man's family came. They looked for the gold. They found all the gold still there. Everyone said Li Mian was a truly honest man.
任务一:根据短文内容,完成表格。
任务二:根据短文内容,回答问题。
1. Did Li Mian take the gold for himself?
No, he didn't.
2. What can we learn from Li Mian?
We should be honest.
答案：任务一：1. honesty
2. sick
3. gold
4. beside
5. family
6. still
任务二：1. No, he didn't.
2. We should be honest.
解析：
【分析】
首先通读短文，理解文章内容：短文讲述了李绵遇到一位生病的年轻人，年轻人临终前将金子赠予他并请求埋葬自己，李绵照做却未私吞金子，将其放在坟墓旁；多年后年轻人的家人前来，金子仍在，众人称赞李绵诚实。解题时，需结合短文原文，对应每个空格的语境：第1空需提炼故事主题，对应文中对李绵的评价；第2空修饰年轻人，找描述年轻人状态的词；第3空是年轻人赠予的物品；第4空是放置金子的位置；第5空是多年后前来的人；第6空是金子的状态。任务二的问题需结合原文细节和主旨作答。
【解析】
任务一：1. 文章结尾提到“Everyone said Li Mian was a truly honest man”，说明故事主题是“诚实”，故填honesty；2. 原文明确表述“he met a sick young man on his way”，故填sick；3. 原文“Before he died, he gave all his gold to Li Mian”，故填gold；4. 原文“He put all the gold beside the grave”，故填beside；5. 原文“Many years later, the young man's family came”，故填family；6. 原文“They found all the gold still there”，故填still。
任务二：1. 原文“But he did not take any of the gold”，可知李绵没有私吞金子，故回答No, he didn't.；2. 李绵诚实不贪财的行为，告诉我们要保持诚实，故回答We should be honest.
【答案】
任务一：1. honesty；2. sick；3. gold；4. beside；5. family；6. still
任务二：1. No, he didn't.；2. We should be honest.
【知识点】
阅读理解、细节理解、主旨大意
【点评】
本题为基础英语阅读理解题，通过填空和问答形式考查学生对短文细节的提取能力及主旨的把握能力，贴近学生学习实际，难度较低。
【难度系数】
0.7
