Question

【題目】The Farmer, His wife, and the Open Door

Once upon a time, there lived a poor farmer and his wife. One day, having finished their day’s labor and eaten their simple supper, they were sitting by the fire. 【1】 It was blown open by wind.

“Darling, shut the door!” said the man.

“No way, shut it yourself!” said the woman.

“I will not shut it, and you shall not shut it,” said the man, “but let the one who speaks the first word shut it.”

【2】

In the middle of the night they heard a noise, and looking around, they found that a wild dog had entered the room, and that he was busy eating their food. Not a word, however, would either of these silly people say, and the dog, having eaten as much as he wanted, went out of the house.

【3】

When she was out, a barber entered, and said to the husband, “Why are you sitting here all alone?” 【4】 The barber then shaved his head, but still he did not speak; then he shaved off half his beard, but even then the man kept silent. “The man is crazy!” cried the barber, and he quickly escaped out of the house.

At the moment, the wife returned from the shop. 【5】 .

“You spoke the first word,” said the farmer, “so please shut the door.”

A． His words pleased the wife, and so the old couple, well satisfied, went in silence to bed.

B． And then they had a quarrel over who should shut the door.

C． The next morning the woman went shopping by herself.

D． The old couple fell asleep happily at night.

E．The farmer didn’t answer a word.

F．She, seeing her husband in such a strange condition, cried, “Ah! What have you been doing?”

G．The farmer and his wife were stupid.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】C

【4】E

【5】F

【解析】

【1】由空格后面的一句是it開頭，再根據后面講的是“它被風吹開了”可知it指代的東西應該是門窗之類的，再結合各個選項，可知本空格填B正確，因為B最后一個單詞就是涉及到door（門）。

【2】根據本文故事情節(jié)的發(fā)展，可知這對農民夫婦一起開始打賭了，根據意思應選A。

【3】根據空格后的一句：When she was out，可知老婦人是已經出去了，結合各個選項的意思，可知C為正確答案。

【4】由于農民正在與他的妻子打賭，因此理發(fā)師問他的問題他都一概不理，結合各個選項的意思，可知E為正確答案。

【5】根據下文寫到農民的反應，可知道是他的妻子首先講話了，故可知F為正確選項。