Question

【題目】 Once upon a time, there was a kingdom which was ruled by a king who loved riddles (謎語). Once a year the king made a new riddle. He gave a prize to the person who could solve the riddle.

There was a baker who also lived in this kingdom. Everyone agreed that he baked the finest bread. The baker had almost everything he needed except for a horse. If the baker had a horse, he could sell his fine bread from one end of the kingdom to the other.

One year the king made a new riddle that puzzled everyone. “I will give a prize to the person who can solve my riddle," the king said, "Whoever wins will have the pick of one of my strongest horses." He then drew a line down the middle of the courtyard. “Make this line shorter without erasing(清除）any part of it,” the king challenged.

People came from far and wide. They looked at the line and even put their noses to the ground.

“ How can you make a line shorter without erasing any part of it ?” the people in the crowd asked each other. Some of them tried. The dressmaker kicked dirt (泥土) over the line to hide it. The farmer poured water over the line to make it disappear. None of these worked, and the people went home unhappily. Everyone was puzzled about how to solve this new riddle.

A week passed, and nobody had any new ideas. Then one day the baker came into the courtyard with a bag of flour (面粉）. “Your Majesty,” the baker said to the king, “ I can make your line shorter with erasing any part of it.” Then the baker opened his bag of flour. He poured out a line of flour right next to the king’s line. The line the baker made was longer than the king’s line.

“Now, good king,” the baker smiled, “your line is shorter.”

The people were very surprised. The king laughed and clapped his hands." You have won the prize. I will give you a horse of your choice."

The baker was excited. Now he could sell his bread from one end of the kingdom to the other.

【1】What was the baker's problem at the beginning of the story?

A.He couldn't make fine bread.

B.He needed money to open more stores.

C.He didn’t have enough flour to make more bread.

D.He had difficulty selling bread all over the kingdom.

【2】The dressmaker and the farmer failed because they both _______.

A.tried to erase the lineB.poured water over the line

C.kicked dirt over the lineD.put their noses to the ground

【3】The baker smiled because _______.

A.he was glad to see the kingB.he wanted to make the king happy

C.he felt sure that he solved the riddleD.he sold a lot of bread to the villagers

【4】This story shows that the king liked _______.

A.to be richB.to sell horses

C.to eat breadD.to have fun

【5】Which of the following might be the best title for the text?

A.The King's riddleB.Training the horse

C.The baker's horseD.Selling the bread

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】A

【3】C

【4】D

【5】A

【解析】

文章大意：本文主要講述了一個小故事。國王喜歡出迷題，有一天出了一個迷題，難倒了所有人，最后被烘焙坊的師傅解決了。

【1】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)If the baker had a horse, he could sell his fine bread from one end of the kingdom to the other. 如果面包師有一匹馬，他可以把他的好面包從王國的一端賣到另一端�？芍�，面包師因為沒有馬不能把他的面包在全國范圍內(nèi)銷售，故答案選D。

【2】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)The dressmaker kicked dirt (泥土) over the line to hide it. The farmer poured water over the line to make it disappear. 裁縫把泥土踢過線來掩蓋它。農(nóng)夫把水倒在繩子上，讓它消失�？芍�他們兩個人的錯誤就是都試圖擦掉那條線，故答案選A。

【3】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)the baker smiled, “your line is shorter.” 可知，面包師之所以笑，是因為他確信他解開了那個謎，使國王的線變短了，解決了問題，故答案選C。

【4】推理判斷題。根據(jù)Once upon a time, there was a kingdom which was ruled by a king who loved riddles從前，有一個王國由一個喜歡猜謎語的國王統(tǒng)治�？芍獓�王喜歡出謎題，再通過下文描述可知國王這樣做就是為了取樂，故答案選D。

【5】標題歸納題。通讀全文可知，本文講述的是一個國王喜歡出謎題，有一天出了一個謎題，難倒了所有人，最后被一個烤面包的師傅解決了。所以全文都是在圍繞國王的謎題來寫作，結(jié)合選項The King's riddle國王的謎題；Training the horse訓練那匹馬；The baker's horse面包師的馬；Selling the bread賣面包；可知A選項符合題意，故答案選A。