Question

The Poison

  Once upon a time,there lived a rich man. He had a servant (仆人). He and the servant loved wine and good food very much. Each time the rich man left his home,the servant would drink the wine and eat up all the nice food in the house. The rich man knew what his servant did,but he had never caught his servant doing that.

  One morning,when the rich man left home,he said to the servant, ^“There are two bottles of poison

(毒药) and some nice food in the house. You must take care of them. ” With these words,he went out.

  But the servant knew what the rich man said was untrue. After the rich man was away from his home,he enjoyed a nice meal. Because he drank too much,he was drunk and fell to the ground. When the rich man came back,he couldn't find his food and his wine. He became very angry. He woke the servant up. But the servant told his story very well. He said a cat had eaten up everything. He was afraid to be punished,so he drank the poison to kill himself.

() 1. In the story,   liked wine and good food very much.

   A. the rich man   B. the servant   C. both A and B   D. neither A and B

() 2. The rich man knew that it was that drank the wine and ate up all the nice food.

   A. the cat   B. himself   C. nobody   D. the servant

() 3. The rich man told the servant that there was poison in the two bottles,because .

   A. there was in fact poison in the bottles

   B. he did not want the servant to drink his wine

   C. he wanted to kill the cat

   D. he wanted to kill the servant

() 4. In fact,   ate all the nice food and drank the wine.

   A. the servant   B. cat   C. the rich man   D. nobody

() 5. From the story,we know that the servant is very .

   A. lazy   B. clever   C. friendly   D. kind

A good way to pass an exam is to work hard every day in a year. You may fail in an exam if you are lazy for most of the year and then work hard only a few days before the exam.

Answer 1

2. D 3. B 5. B

WEEK THIRTEEN Tuesday 星期二

本文讲述了一位富人和他聪明的仆人之间发生的 故事。

1. C细节理解题。根据文章第一段第三句“He and the

servant loved wine and good food very much. ” 可知

选C

2. D细节理解题。根据文章第一段第中的“Each time the

rich man left his home, the servant would drink the wine and eat up all the nice food in the house. The rich man knew what his servant did,but he had never caught his servant doing that. ”可知选 D

3. B推理判断题。根据文章内容推断，富人这样说的目的是不想让仆人享用这些东西。

4. A细节理解题。根据第三段中第二旬“After the rich man was away from his home,he enjoyed a nice meal.可知选A。

5. B细节理解题。根据文章最后两句“He said a cat had eaten up everything. He was afraid to be punished,so he drank the poison to kill himself. ”可知仆人编造了故事来掩饰自己的所作所为，说明他很聪明。