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     One day, an old man was selling a big elephant. A young man came up to the elephant
and began to look at it slowly. The old man went up to him and said in his ear, "Don't say
anything about the elephant before I sell it. Then I will give you some meat. "All right." said
the young man. After the old man had sold the elephant, he gave the young man some meat
and said, "Now, can you tell how you saw the bad ears of the elephant?" "I didn't find the bad
ear." said the young man."Then why do you look at it slowly?" asked the old man. The young
man said, "I've never seen an elephant before, and I want to know what it looks like."
1. _____ the elephant.
[     ]
A. The young man bought
B. The old man sold
C. The two men sold
D. The young man sold
2. The young man looked at the elephant and wanted to find _____.
[     ]
A. its bad ears
B. some meat
C. a good elephant
D. what it looked like
3. The young man ______.
[     ]
A. knew the elephant wasn't good
B. found the bad ears but didn't tell it
C. looked after the elephant
D. got some meat
4. We know that _____.
[     ]
A. the old man was not honest (诚实的) |
B. the young man bought the elephant
C. the old man was a good man
D. the elephant was a very good one
5. The young man looked at it slowly because he _____.
[     ]
A. liked the elephant
B. wanted to buy it
C. hadn't seen any elephant before
D. wanted to help the old man

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   A farmer was selling a large elephant. A man came up to the elephant and began to look at it very carefully. Being afraid that the man would find out the elephant was not worth(值)much, the farmer went up to him and said in a low voice, Don't say anything about that elephant till I have sold it, and I'll give you a present.”“All right, said the man.

   After the elephant was sold, the man gave him fifty yuan, Then the farmer asked Now, will you tell me how you found out the elephant had a defect (缺陷)in its left leg?

   “I've never found any defect. said the man.

 “Then why did you look so carefully at every part of it?

 “Because I had never seen an elephant before, and wanted to know what it was like.

(1)  The farmer came up to the man ________.

[  ]

A to ask him to buy the elephant

B to tell him not to say a word about the elephant

C to ask him if he found any defect

D to tell him to look carefully

(2)  The man looked at the elephant very carefully because ________.   

[  ]

A he wanted to buy it

B he tried to find something wrong

C he had never seen an elephant before

D he decided to find out where the defect was

(3) From the story we know the man ________.

[  ]

A should tell the buyer the truth

Bmight feel lucky when the farmer gave him a lot of money for nothing

C really found something wrong with the elephant

D wasn't given any money by the farmer

(4)  The farmer might________.

[  ]

A feel angry when he heard the man's words

B feel pleased that the man didn't find anything wrong with the elephant

C feel surprised that the man looked at the elephant so carefully

D feel sorry for having given the man the money

(5) We know the elephant________.

[  ]

A was not worth the price it was sold at

Bwas wroth more than the price

C was wroth a lot of money

D. was worth nothing

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     An Indian farmer took his old elephant to the market. When he arrived, he saw a stranger walking
around the animal. The stranger watched it carefully and did not say anything. The man was afraid that
the stranger and found that the elephant didn't cost so much, so he took the stranger a side and said, "If
someone comes to buy the elephant, say nothing till I sell it, and I will give you fifty rupees (卢比)."The
stranger looked at the farmer and didn't say anything.
     A few minutes later, a rich man came, he bought the poor elephant and took it away. The farmer gave
the stranger fifty rupees, and asked him how he found out the defect (缺陷) in the left leg of the elephant.
The stranger said he found nothing. He just want to know which was the head and which was the tail, for
he had never seen an elephant before.
1. Why did the farmer want to sell the elephant?
A. Because the elephant didn't have its left leg.
B. Because there was something wrong with its head.
C. Because he wanted to be a business.
D. Because of the defect in the left leg of the elephant.
2. Why did the stranger watch the elephant carefully?
A. Because he couldn't find its leg.
B. Because he had never seen an elephant before.
C. Because he wanted to find out the defect.
D. Because he wanted to buy it.
3. How much did the stranger thought the elephant cost?
A. Fifty rupees.
B. Not very much.
C. Less than fifty rupees.
D. He had no idea about it.
4. What did the Indian farmer ask the stranger to do?
A. Not to stand there.
B. To go away.
C. To stop watching the elephant.
D. To say nothing until he sold the elephant.
5. Who is cleverer, the Indian farmer or the stranger?
A. The Indian farmer.
B. The stranger.
C. Both of them.
D. Neither of them.

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