Question

Joe Brown has a shop. He sells(卖) meat in his shop. One Thursday a woman comes into his shop at five to one. "I'm sorry I'm late," she says. "I need some more meat for my dinner tonight." Joe has only one piece of meat in his shop. He takes it out of the fridge and says, "This is $6.50." "That piece is too small," the woman says, "Don’t you have anything bigger?" Joe goes into the room behind his shop, puts the piece of meat into the fridge, takes it out of the fridge again and closes the door with lots of noise. Then he brings the piece of meat to the woman and says, "This piece of meat is bigger and more expensive. It's $8.75." "Good," the woman says with a smile, "give me both(两个都) of them, please."

1.Joe Brown was _______.

A. a waiter (侍者) B. a runner

C. a player D. a shopkeeper

2.Why doesn’t the woman want that piece of meat?

A. Because she has no money.

B. Because it is bad.

C. Because it isn’t big enough(够).

D. Because it is too big.

3.How many pieces of meat does Joe have in the fridge?

A. Only one piece of meat.

B. Two pieces of meat.

C. Several pieces of meat.

D. Many pieces of meat.

4.Can Joe give the woman both pieces of meat?

A. Of course not.

B. Sorry, I don’t know.

C. He will try his best.

D. Yes, he can.

 

Answer 1

1.D

2.C

3.A

4.A

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要叙述了一位妇女到乔布朗的肉店里买肉，妇女想买一大块肉，可是乔布朗的肉店里只剩下了一小块肉了。乔布朗骗这位妇女妇女买下他的那一小块肉，结果他的骗局被那位买肉的妇女识破了的故事。

1. Brown has a shop. He sells(卖) meat in his shop.“可知他是商店的持有者，即店主、老板，故选D。

2. piece is too small,"可知这个女人嫌它太小。故选C。

3. has only one piece of meat in his shop.”可知答案，故选A。

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考点：故事类短文