Question

【題目】閱讀短文，從每題所給的四個選項（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項。
One day, a poor man, who had only one piece of bread to eat, was walking past a restaurant. There was a large pot of soup on the table. The poor man held his bread over the soup, so the steam from the soup went into the bread, and gave it a good smell. Then he ate the bread.
The restaurant owner was very angry at this, and he asked the man for money, in exchange for the steam from the soup. The poor man had no money, so the restaurant owner took him to Nasreddin, who was a judge at that time. Nasreddin thought about the case for a little while.
Then he took some money from his pocket. He held the coins next to the restaurant owner's ear, and shook them, so that they made a dingling (叮當聲) noise.
“What was that?” asked the restaurant owner.
“That was payment for you,” answered Nasreddin.
“What do you mean? That was just the sound of coins!” said angrily the restaurant owner.
“The sound of the coin is payment for the smell of the soup,” answered Nasreddin. “Now go back to your restaurant.”
（1）The poor man held his bread over the soup to _______.
A.make it heated
B.warm his cold hands
C.avoid paying the restaurant owner
D.make it smell and taste a little better
（2）Why did Nasreddin make a noise with the coins?
A.To make the poor man relaxed.
B.To pay for the smell of the soup.
C.To make the restaurant owner happy.
D.To show that he was a rich person.
（3）Nasreddin thought that the smell of the soup ________.
A.was worthless
B.should be paid
C.was pleasant
D.could be sold
（4）The writer's purpose in telling the story is mainly to _________.
A.show the bad restaurant owner
B.describe the poor's unhappy life
C.show Nasreddin's cleverness and humor
D.prove the value of the sound of coins

Answer 1

【答案】
（1）D
（2）B
（3）A
（4）C
【解析】本文是一篇記敘文，講述了窮人用了餐館熱湯的蒸汽加熱面包，貪婪的餐館老板向他要錢。窮人沒錢，餐館老板就把窮人帶到了法官面前，法官巧妙地為窮人化解了困境。
（1）考查細節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第一段中的“The poor man held his bread over the soup, so the steam from the soup went into the bread, and gave it a good smell. ”可知，熱湯的蒸汽進到面包里，面包的味道變好一點。故選D。
（2）考查細節(jié)理解。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第三段可知，法官弄出硬幣“叮鈴叮鈴”的聲音，目的是要把聲音當錢付給餐館老板。故選B。
（3）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)法官給餐館老板聽硬幣的聲音，可知法官覺得湯的味道是不值錢的。故選A。
（4）考查主旨大意。根據(jù)文中的敘述，餐館老板的要求是無理的，而窮人又無法反駁，可知法官的做法很聰明，巧妙地化解了窮人的煩惱。故選C。