Question

B 

      Foolish Freddie lived in a small village. The people of the village laughed at him. They liked to show visitors how silly Freddie was. They thought this was a funny thing to do.

      One day,a visitor came to the village.

     “Watch this”，a villager said,and called to Freddie. “Come and play a game,Freddie ,” he shouted. Freddie walked slowly towards him,a silly smile on his face.

     “Look!Freddie ,” the villager said ,“I have something for you. ” He showed Freddie a dollar coin and a much larger 50-cent coin. “Which would you like?” he asked Freddie.

      Freddie took the 50-cent coin at once.

      The villager laughed. “See how foolish he is”’ he said. “He always does that. He's too silly to learn anything. He walked away,leaving Freddie with the visitor.

      The visitor felt sorry for Freddie and said to him, "Although the 50-cent coin is bigger than the $ 1 coin,the $ 1 coin is worth much more. Two times as much. ”

“I know that ,” Freddie said. “But once I take the $ 1 coin,they’ll stop playing the game. ”

() 1. People laughed at Freddie because .

   A. he often made up jokes   B. he didn't like money

   C. he looked very funny   D. they thought he was a fool

() 2. The villagers wanted to show the visitors .

   A. how silly Freddie was   B. how clever Freddie was

   C. How kind people were to Freddie   D. that Freddie had much money

() 3. The visitor felt sorry for Freddie because he thought .

   A. Freddie did not know money was useful

   B. the villager was not kind enough to the boy

   C. Freddie did not get along well with the villagers

   D. Freddie did not know the dollar coin was worth more

() 4. From the story we know that Freddie was .

   A. poor   B. kind   C. clever   D. silly I

() 5. The best title for the passage should be .

   A. Clever Villagers   B. “Foolish” Freddie

   C. Freddie and a Visitor   D. A Visitor and the Villagers

Answer 1

B

阅读提示：弗雷迪是一个村民们嘲笑的对象，他们常常让他做同样的游戏来证明弗雷迪多么愚蠢：弗雷迪往往从1美元和一个50美分的硬币中挑选看上去较大的50美分，弗雷迪真的很愚蠢吗？本文通过这个故事告诉我们，大智若愚往往是聪明之举。

1. D细节理解题。根据第一段的第三句话可知，村民取笑他的原因是因为他看上去很愚蠢。

2. A细节理解题。根据第一段的第三句话“They liked to show visitors how silly Freddie was. ”可判断选 A.

3. D细节理解题。根据倒数第二段可知，游客认为弗雷迪可能不知道1美元和50美分哪一个面值大。

4. C推理判断题。根据最后一段弗雷迪的话可知，他并不是不知道1美元和50美分哪一个面值大，而是如果他不那样做，人们会停止 给他钱，说明他并不傻，而且很聪明。

5. B主旨大意题。通读全文，弗雷迪为了继续让人们拿他做这样的游戏，表面上装傻，实际上他很聪明，故选   B.