Question

【題目】閱讀理解

One day an old man is selling(賣) a big elephant. A young man comes to the elephant and begins to look at it slowly. The old man goes up to him and says in his ear, “Don’t say anything about the elephant before I sell it. Then I will give you twenty dollars.” “All right,” says the young man. After the old man sells the elephant, he gives the young man twenty dollars and says, “Now, can you tell me how you found the elephant’s bad ears?” “I didn’t find the bad ears,” says the young man. “Then why are you looking at the elephant slowly?” asked the old man. The young man answers, “Because I have never seen an elephant before, and I want to know what it looks like.”

根據(jù)短文選擇正確的答案

（1）________ the elephant.

A. The young man sells

B. The old man sells

C. The two men sell

D. The old man buys

（2）The young man is looking at the elephant slowly. He wants to find out ___________.

A. which foot of the elephant is bad

B. how heavy it is

C. which ear of the elephant is bad

D. what it looks like

（3）The young man ______________.

A. knows the elephant has bad ears

B. wants to buy the elephant

C. looks after the elephant

D. gets some money from the old man

（4）The young man ______________.

A. is not interested in elephants

B. knows what an elephant looks like

C. has seen some elephants before

D. has never seen an elephant before

（5）Hearing what the young man said, the old man will probably(很可能)be ____________.

A. angry

B. happy

C. dangerous

D. hungry

Answer 1

【答案】

（1）D （2）D （3）D （4）A （5）A

【解析】

（1）句意：年輕人賣大象。根據(jù)One day an old man is selling(賣）a big elephant. 一天一個老人在賣大象， 可知答案選D

（2）句意：年輕人正在慢慢地看大象，因為他想發(fā)現(xiàn)大象長什么樣子。根據(jù)Because I have never seen an elephant before, and I want to know what it looks like.因為我以前從未見過大象，我想知道他長什么樣子，可知答案選D

（3）句意：年輕人從老人那兒得到了一些錢。根據(jù) he gives the young man twenty dollars他給年輕人二十美元，可知答案選D

（4）句意：年輕人以前從未見過大象。根據(jù)Because I have never seen an elephant before因為我以前從未見過大象，可知答案選A

（5）句意：聽到年輕人說的話，老人可能會生氣。老人以為年輕人發(fā)現(xiàn)了大象的耳朵壞了，給他20元是為了讓他不說，能賣出去，但實際上并非如此 ，可知答案選A