Question

Once upon a time there lived an old man. He had three sons. One day, he called them together and said, "Sons, I will die soon. To my oldest son I give half my camels, to my second, one-third(三分之一), and to my youngest, one-ninth (九分之一)." Soon after that he died.
Now, the old man had seventeen camels, and the three brothers didn’t know how to do as their father said. They thought a long time about the problem, and it seemed that they must either kill some of the camels and cut them into pieces, or disobey their father. At last they went to their father’s old friend and asked for his advice. As soon as he heard their story, he said, "I will help you. I was a good friend of your father’s. I am old. I have only one camel, but take it-it is yours."
The three sons thanked the old man and took his camel. Now they found it was easy to do as their father wished, The oldest took half- that was nine camels; the second took one-third, that was six; and the youngest took one-ninth, that was two.
After each had got his camels, they found that there was still a camel there. So, to show their thanks to their father’s friend, they gave the camel back to him.
(   )11. "Once upon a time" means " ________".
A. long long ago B. not very long ago
C. at once D. sometimes
(   )12. The meaning of "disobey" in the second paragraph is" ________".
A. 服从 B. 违背 C. 听从 D. 嘲笑
(   )13. The meaning of "asked for his advice" in the second paragraph is " ________".
A. 向他请教 B. 问他数量 C. 批评他 D. 劝告他
(   )14. The second old man ________the three brothers.
A. was good to B. was not good to C. didn’t like D. cheated(哄骗)
(   )15. Both the two old men in the story were ________.
foolish B. clever C. poor D. rich

Answer 1

小题1:A
小题1:B
小题1:A
小题1:A
小题1:B

小题1:Once upon a time意为从前，故选A。
小题1:disobey意为不听从，不服从，故选B。
小题1:asked for his advice意为向他寻求建议，故选A。
小题1:通过文中第二段的最后一句话“I have only one camel, but take it-it is yours.”可知这位老人对三兄弟非常好。
小题1:通过第一段中父亲临终前的话，以及父亲的朋友对三兄弟的帮助可知，可知这两位老人非常的聪明。故选B。