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 sold the elephant , he gave the young man some meat and said :”Now, can you tell me how you see the bad ears of the elephant ?””I didn’t find the bad ears .”said the young man .”Then why do you look at it slowly ?”asked the old man . The young man said :”I never see an elephant before, and I want to know what it looks like. “
【小題1】_________________ the elephant.

A．The young man bought B．The old man sold
C．The two men sold D．The young man sold
【小題2】The young man looked at the elephant . He wanted to find _____.
A．its bad ears B．some meat
C．a(chǎn) good elephant D．what it looks like
【小題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
【小題4】We know that ________.
A．the two men were not honest B．the young man wasn't a bad man
C．the old man was a good man D．the elephant was a very good one
【小題5】The young man looked at the elephant slowly because he _______.
A．liked elephant B．wanted to buy it
C．didn’t see any elephant before D．wanted to help the old man


【小題1】B
【小題2】A
【小題3】D
【小題4】B
【小題5】C

解析試題分析：這篇文章是一個(gè)小笑話，賣象人以為年輕人看出了他的大象有毛病，其實(shí)是年輕人從未見過大象而好奇，從而發(fā)生了的可笑故事。
【小題1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中原句an old man was selling a big elephant 可知此題答案是B。
【小題2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中最后一句and I want to know what it looks like.可知此題答案是A。
【小題3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中原句After the old man sold the elephant , he gave the young man some meat 可知此題答案是D。
【小題4】推理判斷題。從全文來分析這個(gè)賣象的老人不誠實(shí)，年輕人并沒有什么壞的想法，故選B。
【小題5】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)原文I never see an elephant before, and I want to know what it looks like.可知此題答案是C。
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