My Name Is Stone Breaker
Stone was an officer in charge of training soldiers. The officer was very strict with his soldiers in everything. Once he was talking to some soldiers whom he had to train. He had never seen them before, so he introduced (介绍), “My name is Stone, and I'm even harder than stone, so do what I tell you, or there will be trouble. Don't try any tricks with me, and then we'll get on well together.”
Then he went to the soldiers one after another and asked him his name, “speak loudly so that everyone can hear clearly,”he said, “and don't forget to call me ‘sir’”.
Each soldier told him his name, until he came to the last one. This man remained(保持) silent, and so Captain Stone shouted at him, “When I ask you any question, answer it. I will ask you again. What's your name, soldier?”
This time the soldier had to answer the question. He was very much afraid, but at last he replied in a low voice, “My name is Stone Breaker, sir. ”
1．Why did the soldier keep silent at first?
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A．He was afraid of the officer.
B．He was ashamed.
C．He wouldn't tell the officer his name.
D．Because his name was Stone Breaker.
2．Who was Stone?
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A．An old soldier.
B．An officer whose work was to train soldiers.
C．A new soldier.
D．A man who looks after a kind of hard stone.
3．“I'm even harder than stone” means“ ________ ”.
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A．His body was harder than stone
B．His temper(脾气) is bad
C．He would punish the soldier
D．He was very strict with the soldiers
4．Which of the following statements is TRUE?
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A．The officer did not allow the soldiers to call him “sir”.
B．Not all the soldiers told their names.
C．At last, the soldier told Stone his name.
D．The soldier refused to tell Stone his name.
