Question

【題目】A nobleman and a merchant once met in an inn. For their lunch they both ordered soup. When it was brought, the nobleman took a spoonful, but the soup was so hot that he burned his mouth and tears came to his eyes. The merchant asked him why he was weeping. The nobleman was ashamed to admit that he had burned his mouth and answered, “Sir, I once had a brother who committed a great crime, for which he was hanged. I was thinking of his death, and that made me weep.” The merchant believed this story and began to eat his soup. He too burned his mouth, so that he had tears in his eyes. The nobleman noticed it and asked the merchant, “Sir, why do you weep?” The merchant, who now saw that the nobleman had deceived (欺騙) him, answered, “My lord(=master), I am weeping because you were not hanged together with your brother.”

【1】This story teaches us ______.

A. not to believe everything you hear

B. not to eat soup that is too hot

C. not to eat in inns

D. to cry when we burn our mouth

【2】The nobleman did not tell the truth because he ______.

A. felt ashamed B. was in an inn

C. was angry D. was a nobleman

【3】It is probable that the nobleman ______.

A. had never eaten soup

B. knew the soup was too hot

C. had no brother who was hanged

D. had a very good brother

【4】The merchant’s answer showed that he ______.

A. had kind heart

B. was angry with the nobleman

C. believed the nobleman

D. was very happy

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】A

【3】C

【4】B

【解析】

試題分析:本文是一篇寓言故事，一位貴族和一位商人在旅店一起吃午飯，貴族著急喝湯結(jié)果被燙的眼淚流出來了，為了面子，他編造是想念被絞死的哥哥。結(jié)果商人也被燙的眼淚流了出來。貴族取笑的問為什么，商人說：“我在哭泣為什么你沒有一起被絞死”。

【1】A推理判斷題。根據(jù)全文，商人因?yàn)檩p信了貴族的話而被湯燙著，所以不能輕信被人的話。故選A。

【2】A推理判斷題。根據(jù)句子The nobleman was ashamed to admit that,可知他羞于承認(rèn)。故選A。

【3】C 推理判斷題。通讀全文，我們知道，這個(gè)貴族為了掩蓋窘態(tài)而編造了一個(gè)故事，所以他的哥哥沒有被絞死是可能的。選C。

【4】B推理判斷題。商人說：“我在哭泣為什么你沒有一起被絞死”。可知，商人當(dāng)時(shí)很生氣。選B。