19、From the time he was a little boy，P．T．Barnum loved to look at strange things．So when he grew up，he opened a museum in New York．In his museum，he put all the strange things he could find．There was a white elephant and a me mermaid（美人鱼）．There were magicians（魔术师）and actors．People came from all around to see the things in the museum．Some things were real，but some were not．Barnum was so clever，no one knew what was real and what was fake．

The museum was a huge Success．But P．T．Barnum was unhappy．He wished that even more people could see the show（展示）．One day he had and idea．Why not take the show to the people? So he loaded（装载）everything onto a train．It took 70 cars and three engines（机车）to move it all．The circus（马戏团）would travel to different cities，get up a big tent，and put on the show．In the show there were three rings（圈）with something different going on in each one．It was a three-ring circus．Barnum called it，“The Greatest Show on Earth”．And it really was．

1．What does fake mean in the first paragraph of this story?

A．Not real．            B．Strange．            C．Clever．                 D．Beautiful．

2．Why did Barnum take the show to different cities?

A．He liked to travel．                                  B．The circus was a huge success．

C．He wanted more people to see it．                D．tie could make more money．

3．What was“The Greatest Show on Each”?

A．The museum in New York．

B．Tile train with animals．

C．The three-ring circus．

D．The museum with a white elephant and a mermaid．

4．What is the main idea of the story?

A．P．T．Barnum liked animals．

B．P．T．Barnum started a circus．

C．P．T．Barnum liked strange stories．

D．P．T．Barnum became the greatest magician．