Question

A bag is useful and the word “bag” is useful too. It gives us some interesting phrases(短语). One is “ to let the cat out of the bag.” It is the same as “to tell a secret”. There’s an old interesting story about it.
Long ago, when people sold things in big cloth bags, a woman asked a man for a pig. The man held up his cloth bag. There seemed to be a little pig in it. The woman asked to see it. When the man opened the cloth bag, a big black cat ran out. Not a pig! The man’s secret was out and everyone knew it.
Now when someone lets out a secret, he “ lets the cat out of the bag”. And that is the story where the interesting phrase came from.
根据短文内容判断正误。（正确写A，错误写B, 每小题1分，满分5分）
小题1:The phrase “to let the cat out of the bag” came from an old interesting story .
小题2:The woman wanted to buy a pig .
小题3:The man knew there was nothing in his cloth bag .
小题4:At the end of the second passage（短文） “--- everyone knew it”, “it” refers to the man’s secret .
小题5:John “let the cat out of the bag” means he puts the cat away from the bag .

Answer 1

小题1:A
小题2:A
小题3:B
小题4:A
小题5:B

试题分析：这篇短文中作者主要讲述了“ to let the cat out of the bag.”这句短语的含义和来历。
小题1:细节理解题。根据短文第一段，There’s an old interesting story about it.关于这个短语由一个古老而有趣的故事和短文最后一句And that is the story where the interesting phrase came from.这个故事就是有趣的短语的出处可知选A
故选D。
小题2:细节理解题。根据第二段Long ago, when people sold things in big cloth bags, a woman asked a man for a pig描述，可知这个妇女想买一只猪。故选A。
小题3:细节理解题。根据第二段The man held up his cloth bag. There seemed to be a little pig in it.可知，那个男人拎起口袋，里面似乎有一只小猪。故选B
小题4:细节理解题。根据短文第二段The man’s secret was out and everyone knew it.男人的秘密曝光了然后大家都知道了。可知it指代上句出现的秘密。故选A。
小题5:推理判断题解题。根据短文第三段Now when someone lets out a secret, he “ lets the cat out of the bag”.描述，可知lets the cat out of the bag是讲述秘密故选B。