Question

One day an old man is selling(卖) a big elephant(大象). A young man comes to the elephant and begins to look at it slowly. The old man goes up to him and says in his ear, “Don’t say anything about the elephant before I sell it. Then I will give you twenty dollars.” “All right,” says the young man. After the old man sells the elephant, he gives the young man twenty dollars and says, “Now, can you tell me how you found（发现） the elephant’s bad ears（耳朵）?”“I didn’t find the bad ears,” says the young man. “Then why are you looking at the elephant slowly?” asks the old man. The young man answers, “Because I didn’t see an elephant before, and I want to know what it looks like.”

1. the elephant.

A. The young man sells B. The old man sells

C. The two men sell D. The old man buys

2.The young man is looking at the elephant slowly. He wants to find out--------- ___.

A. which foot of the elephant is bad

B. how heavy it is

C. which ear of the elephant is bad

D. what it looks like

3.The young man ______.

A. knows the elephant has bad ears

B. wants to buy the elephant

C. looks after the elephant

D. gets some money from the old man

4.The young man -----______.

A. is not interested in elephants

B. knows what an elephant looks like

C. saw（看见）some elephants before

D. didn’t see an elephant before

5.Hearing the young man’s words, the old man will probably(可能) be ____.

A. angry B. happy C. glad D. hungry

 

Answer 1

1.B

2.D

3.D

4.D

5.A

【解析】

试题分析：一天，一个老人正在卖一头大象。一个年轻人来到大象前开始慢慢看着它。老人走到他跟前，在他耳边说，“在我出卖之前不要乱说，我卖了它。我会给你二十美元。”“好的，”年轻人说。老人卖了大象后，他给了年轻人二十美元，说，“现在，你能告诉我你是怎么发现大象的耳朵不好？“我没有找到坏的耳朵，”年轻人说。“那你为什么非常仔细的看大象？”老人问。这个年轻的男人回答，“因为我没有看到过大象，我想知道它长什么样。”

1. day an old man is selling(卖) a big elephant(大象).”理解可知，一个老头在卖大象，故选B。

2. young man answers, “Because I didn’t see an elephant before, and I want to know what it looks like.””理解可知，这个年轻人仔细看大象的原因就是他想知道大象到底是什么样子，故选D。

3. the old man sells the elephant, he gives the young man twenty dollars”理解可知，这个年轻人从老头那里得到了20yuan，故选D。

4. I didn’t see an elephant before, and I want to know what it looks like.””理解可知,这个年轻人以前没有见过大象，故选D。

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