Question

2．One day，a poor man，who had only one piece of bread to eat，was walking past a restaurant．There was a large pot of soup on the table．The poor man held his bread over the soup，so the steam from the soup went into the bread，and gave it a good smell．Then he ate the bread．
    The restaurant owner was very angry at this，and he asked the man for money，in exchange for the steam from the soup．The poor man had no money，so the restaurant owner took him to Nasreddin，who was a judge at that time．Nasreddin thought about the case for a little while．
    Then he took some money from his pocket．He held the coins next to the restaurant owner's ear，and shook them，so that they made a dingling（叮當聲）noise．
"What was that？"asked the restaurant owner．
"That was payment for you，"answered Nasreddin．
"What do you mean？That was just the sound of coins!"protested the restaurant owner．
"The sound of the coin is payment for the smell of the soup，"answered Nasreddin．"Now go back to your restaurant．"
25．The poor man held his bread over the soup toD．
A．make it heated                            
B．warm his cold hands
C．a(chǎn)void paying the restaurant owner             
D．make it smell and taste a little better
26．Why did Nasreddin make a noise with the coins？B
A．To make the poor man relaxed．
B．To pay for the smell of the soup．
C．To make the restaurant owner happy．
D．To show that he was a rich person．
27．Nasreddin thought that the smell of the soupA．
A．was worthless    B．should be paid    C．was pleasant    D．could be sold
28．The writer's purpose in telling the story is mainly toC．
A．show the restaurant owner's greed
B．describe the poor's unhappy life
C．show Nasreddi n's cleverness and humour
D．prove the value of the sound of coins．

Answer 1

分析 文章講述了窮人因用了餐館湯的蒸汽而餐館老板向他要錢，窮人沒有錢，餐館老板把窮人帶到法官面前，法官巧妙地為窮人化解了煩惱的故事．

解答 25．D  細節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)第一段倒數(shù)第二句 so the steam from the soup went into the bread，and gave it a good smell 可知，窮人把面包放在熱湯上，是想讓湯的蒸汽進到面包中，讓面包味道好一些．故正確答案為D．
26．B 細節(jié)理解題 根據(jù)倒數(shù)第三段"That was payment for you，"answered Nasreddin．可知Nasreddin說這是給你支付的費用，故答案為B．
27．A 推理判斷題 根據(jù)法官給餐館老板聽硬幣的聲音，可知法官覺得湯的味道是不值錢的，故選A．
28．C 主旨大意題．本文主要描述 Nasreddin 斷案的故事，表現(xiàn)這位法官的足智多謀，C項最符合題意．A項意為"展現(xiàn)餐館老板的貪婪"，B項意為"描寫窮人的不幸生活"，D項意為"證明銅錢聲音的價值"，均不符合題意．故正確答案為C．

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