Question

【題目】Once an old man was walking in a street with his horse. It was raining hard. The old man was cold because he was walking in the rain. He wanted to stay in a restaurant. It was a quarter past three in the afternoon. The old man got to a small restaurant. There were a lot of people in it， so the old man couldn’t come near the fire. He thought and thought. At last he said to the waiters， “Take some fish to my horse.” The waiter and the people were very surprised. The waiter said， “A horse doesn’t eat fish.” The old man told the waiter， “This horse is very interesting. It can sing， dance and does all kinds of things. It can eat fish， too.” So the waiter brought the horse some fish.

All the people in the restaurant ran out to see the horse eat fish except the old man. Now the old man sat beside the fire. After a while the waiter came back and said， “Your horse didn’t eat any fish.” The old man said， “All right， take the fish back and put it on the table. I’ll eat it.”

【1】The people in the restaurant all ran out because___________.

A．they wanted to see the old man

B．they wanted to see the horse eat fish

C．the waiter said there came the horse

D．there was no fire over the stove

【2】All the people in the restaurant rushed out ________but _________ didn’t.

A．to see the horse sing… the old man

B．to watch the horse play games… the waiter

C．to look for the horse… the old man

D．to see the horse eat fish… the old man

【3】Why did the old man ask the waiter to take some fish to his horse? Because ________.

A．his horse liked eating fish

B．he was cold

C．he wanted to sit by the fire， but wasn’t able to do so at first

D．he himself also liked to eat fish

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】D

【3】C

【解析】

試題分析：短文大意：一位老人有一次與他的馬走在街上，雨下的很大.在雨中行走的老人感覺(jué)很冷，他想要在一家餐廳停留，那時(shí)是下午三點(diǎn)十五分，老人到了一家小餐館，那里有許多人，使得老人無(wú)法靠近火爐。他想了想，之后他對(duì)服務(wù)員說(shuō)："給我的馬拿些魚(yú)。"在場(chǎng)的人與服務(wù)員都感到奇怪。服務(wù)員回答說(shuō)："馬不吃魚(yú)肉。"老人回答說(shuō)："這匹馬很有意思，它可以唱歌，跳舞，還可以做很多事，它也能吃魚(yú)。"服務(wù)員便拿了些魚(yú)給馬吃。在場(chǎng)的所有人都跑去看老人的馬是如何吃魚(yú)，唯獨(dú)老人留在這里，并靠著火爐取暖。一段時(shí)間后服務(wù)員走了過(guò)來(lái)并對(duì)老人說(shuō)："你的馬不吃魚(yú)。"於是老人回答道："那好吧，把魚(yú)拿回來(lái)放到桌上，我吃。"

【1】B 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。題意：餐館里的人們跑出去是因?yàn)槭裁矗緼．they wanted to see the old man他們想去看那位老人；B．they wanted to see the horse eat fish他們想去看馬吃魚(yú)；C．the waiter said there came the horse 服務(wù)員說(shuō)來(lái)了一匹馬；D．there was no fire over the stove火爐上沒(méi)有火了。根據(jù)短文，人們跑出去是想看馬吃魚(yú)。故選B。

【2】D 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。題意：餐館里所有的人都沖出去干什么？但是誰(shuí)沒(méi)有？ A．to see the horse sing… the old man 沖出去看馬唱歌，但是老人沒(méi)去；B．to watch the horse play games… the waiter 沖出去看馬做游戲，但是服務(wù)員沒(méi)去；C．to look for the horse… the old man沖出去找馬，但是老人沒(méi)去；D．to see the horse eat fish… the old man沖出去看馬吃魚(yú)，但是是老人沒(méi)去。根據(jù)短文，人們是聽(tīng)說(shuō)老人的馬會(huì)吃魚(yú)，所以跑出去看，但是老人沒(méi)去。故選D。

【3】C 判斷推理題。題意：老人為什么叫服務(wù)員給他的馬拿些魚(yú)？A．his horse liked eating fish因?yàn)樗�的馬喜歡吃魚(yú)；B．he was cold他冷；C．he wanted to sit by the fire， but wasn’t able to do so at first他想坐到火爐旁，但是開(kāi)始時(shí)他坐不攏；D．he himself also liked to eat fish他自己也喜歡吃魚(yú)。老人撒謊把人們從火爐旁騙走。故選C。