Question

One day Mr. Smith went to a dinner party. He was wearing very old clothes. He came into the room, but people in the room didn’t look at him. They didn’t ask him to sit at the table. He wasn’t happy. But he said nothing. Mr. Smith went home quickly and put on his best clothes. He went back to the party. Everyone in the room stood up and looked at him. They gave him good food to eat. Mr. Smith took off his coat, and put it on the food and said, “eat, coat!”

The other people were surprised and asked, “What are you doing? Why do you do that?”

Mr. Smith answered, “I am asking my coat to eat food. When I wore old clothes, you didn’t look at me. You didn’t ask me to sit down. Now I am wearing these nice clothes. And you give me good food. Now I see, you give the food to my coat, not to me.”

1.When Mr. Smith came into the room, the people didn’t look at him. Why?

A.Because the people didn’t ask him to come.

B.Because Mr. Smith wore old clothes.

C.Because Mr. Smith didn’t say hello to them first.

D.Because it was night and they didn’t see him.

2.Mr. Smith went to___________ one day.

A.a birthday party B.a dinner party C.an English party D.a movie

3.What does the underlined word “it” refer to?

A.The party B.The food C.The coat D.The table

4.Which of the following is TRUE, according to the passage?

A.A person in good clothes should eat good food.

B.A good coat should eat good food.

C.We can’t judge(判斷) a man by his clothes.

D.Mr. Smith is stupid(愚蠢的).

Answer 1