A bag is useful and the word “bag” is useful, too. Here is an interesting phrase（短語）, “to let the cat out of the bag”. In meaning it is the same as “to tell the secret（秘密）”. And there is an old interesting story about it.
　　Long ago, when farmers wanted to sell chickens at the market, they would usually just throw the chickens in cloth (布) bags. But cats were cheaper than chickens at that time, so many farmers would put cats into the cloth bags but not chickens. One day, a woman asked a man for a chicken. The man gave her a cloth bag in which there was a cat.      When the man opened the cloth bag, a big black cat ran out. Not a chicken! The man’s secret was out and everyone knew it.
　　Now when we say someone gives away a secret, we say “he lets the cat out of the bag”. And that is the story where the interesting phrase came from.
小題1:The underlined word “it” in the passage refers to (指的是)     .
A．the useful bagB．the phraseC．the catD．the chicken
小題2:The farmers put cats but not chickens in the bags to      when they sold chickens.
A．tell the secretB．sell the cats
C．get more moneyD．keep the cats quiet
小題3:Which is the best for the blank (空白處) in the passage?
A．The woman was angry to see a cat. B．The man put a cat in the bag.
C．The man asked her to see the chicken.D．The woman wanted to see the chicken.
小題4:The writer wrote the story to tell us     .
A．the woman was smartB．how farmers sold their cats
C．the phrase is usefulD．where the phrase came from

小題1:B
小題2:C
小題3:D
小題4:D

試題分析：這篇短文重點(diǎn)介紹了英語中一個(gè)短語的由來.
小題1:聯(lián)系前文Here is an interesting phrase（短語）, “to let the cat out of the bag”.描述，可知it指的是這個(gè)短語，故選B。
小題2:根據(jù)第二段But cats were cheaper than chickens at that time, so many farmers would put cats into the cloth bags but not chickens. 描述,人們把貓當(dāng)做雞是為了多賣錢,故選C.
小題3:聯(lián)系上下文,可知此處指的是,這個(gè)女人想看看這些雞.故選D.
小題4:這篇短文重點(diǎn)介紹了英語中一個(gè)短語的由來,故選D.
點(diǎn)評：本文淺顯易懂，層次分明，學(xué)生很容易把握文章中心內(nèi)容。答題中注意帶著問題閱讀短文，一般就能順利找出答題依據(jù)。對于不能直接找到根據(jù)的問題注意聯(lián)系上下文，根據(jù)短文中心總結(jié)出正確答案。
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