【答案】26. B    27. C    28. D    29. C    30. B

　　【解析】

　　短文講述了秦朝的商鞅變法。商鞅為了取得國(guó)人的信任使變法得以有效實(shí)施，想出了一個(gè)“立木取信”的辦法，贏得了眾人的信任與支持，商鞅變法使秦朝強(qiáng)大起來(lái)，統(tǒng)一了全國(guó)。同時(shí)故事也告訴我們只有信守諾言才能贏得人們的信任。

　　【26題詳解】

　　細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文最后一段的句子“Under the great reforms, Qin grew strong and united all the states, becoming the first empire of China.”可知，商鞅變法使秦朝變得強(qiáng)大起來(lái)，故答案為B。

　　【27題詳解】

　　細(xì)節(jié)理解題。為了取得眾人的信任與支持，商鞅采取了“立木取信”的方法，表明他可以信守諾言，故答案為C。

　　【28題詳解】

　　詞義猜測(cè)題。根據(jù)上一段中的句子“It was a simple task and the reward was big. Some time passed and no one stepped forward. They all thought that Shang was joking.”可知，人們都不相信商鞅說(shuō)的話，認(rèn)為他不會(huì)兌現(xiàn)自己的承諾，當(dāng)賞金達(dá)到50金幣的時(shí)候，更加令人難以置信。故答案為D。

　　【29題詳解】

　　判斷正誤題。根據(jù)短文最后一段的句子Under the great reforms, Qin grew strong and united all the states, becoming the first empire of China. Later, people drew the Chinese idiom “立木取信” from this story.可知，立木取信源于這個(gè)故事，商鞅變法使秦統(tǒng)一了全國(guó)，A,B答案正確；根據(jù)“True to his word, Shang paid the man 50 gold pieces.”可知，那個(gè)扛桿子到北門(mén)的男子得到了50金幣的賞金，C答案錯(cuò)誤；根據(jù)第二段中的句子“But at the beginning, these reforms were not easily carried out. Only a few people in the state understood Shang's talent and the advantages of his plans.”可知，起初只有少數(shù)人支持商鞅變法。D答案正確。

　　【30題詳解】

　　主旨大意題。根據(jù)短文倒數(shù)第二段中的句子“Soon, the people were saying that Shang was a man of his word. When he began promoting(推行) his reforms, the people followed and did not question him.”可知，只有信守諾言才能贏得人們的信任。故答案為B。

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