A poor traveler arrived at a small village. He had no food or money. He only had a cooking pot. He
made a small cooking fire, placed his pot on it, and poured in some water. When a few villagers asked 
what he was doing, he said that he was making stone soup which was a recipe passed down from his 
father. He then dropped (扔) a round stone into the pot.
Then the traveler told the villagers stories of his travels and the exciting things he’d seen. He tasted 
(品嘗) his soup and said it was nice, but a bit of salt would be better. One villager went home and came
back with some salt for the soup.
A few more villagers stopped to see what was going on when they heard the traveler speaking. The 
traveler told more stories and said that some carrots or onions would be nice to the delicious soup. So 
another villager said he could give a few carrots and brought them from his home.
This continued with the traveler asking for onions, a bit of meat, celery (芹菜), potatoes to the soup.
Finally, the soup was OK and everyone enjoyed the tasty meal.
小題1:What did the traveler have?
A．Some money.B．Some food.
C．A cooking pot.D．Some salt.
小題2:What did the traveler put into the pot at first?
A．Some relish.B．Some vegetables.
C．A stone.D．Some salt.
小題3:What did the traveler want to do when he said the soup was nice?
A．To let the villagers taste the soup.B．To have his meal.
C．To let people know his recipe.D．To get some saltfor his soup.
小題4:Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A．The traveler put tomatoes, potatoes and carrots into the soup.
B．The villagers were happy to taste the soup.
C．The traveler said the recipe was from his father.
D．The traveler got the soup and paid for nothing.
小題5:What can we learn from the passage?
A．The villagers were clever.
B．The villagers didn’t like listening to stories.
C．The traveler was slow.
D．The traveler was very clever.

小題1:C
小題2:C
小題3:D
小題4:A
小題5:D

試題分析：本文敘述了一位聰明的旅行者，在身無分文的情況下，只憑身上攜帶的一口鍋，利用自己的聰明的才智弄到了可口的飯吃的故事。
小題1:細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)He only had a cooking pot 可知這個旅行者僅僅有一口做飯的鍋，故選C。
小題2:細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)He then dropped (扔) a round stone into the pot.這個旅行者先在鍋里放了石頭，故選C。
小題3:細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)He tasted (品嘗) his soup and said it was nice, but a bit of salt would be better.他想為他的湯加點鹽，故選D。
小題4:細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)This continued with the traveler asking for onions, a bit of meat, celery (芹菜), potatoes to the soup.這里沒有提到西紅柿，故選A。
小題5:推理判斷題。根據(jù)從真?zhèn)�故事里可以看出這個旅行者沒有花一分錢就能弄到了吃，他是很聰明的，故選D。
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