Question

A woodcutter(伐木工) was working in the forest one day when he found a box full of gold coins. Unfortunately, his wife was the kind of woman who could not keep a secret. Somehow, he knew, he had to prevent(阻止) her from talking about the gold.

He thought about this for a long time, then had an idea.

“ I found something in the forest”, he told his wife, “come with me and I’ll show you.”.His wife followed him into the forest and soon they came to a tree.“ Look at that!” the woodcutter said to his wife, and pointed to the tree. “There’s a fish growing on that branch!” His wife was surprised ,especially when he climbed up the tree and brought down the fish for her to see.They walked on and soon came to the river. “I’ll just pull in my net and see what I’ve caught”, the woodcutter said.

He pulled in his net and inside there were several hares(野兔). “How interesting!” he said “there are now hares in the river.” After that, they came to where the woodcutter had found the box of gold. “Look, wife”, he said “this is what I have found. A box of gold coins.”

The next day, his wife could not stop herself from telling her friends about all the wonderful things she had seen.Of course, nobody believe her!

1.Where did the woodcutter find the box of gold?______

A．When he was working

B．In his garden

C．In the forest where he was working

D．On his farm fields, where he was farming

2.Where do you usually see hares?______

A．In the street.       B．In the forest.       C．In the river.        D．In the sea.

3.Why did his wife tell her friends what happened? Because ______

A．she was very surprised.

B．she wondered why the hares were in the river and fish was in the tree

C．she could not stop herself from talking about anything

D．she was very happy

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.C

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要描述了一个聪明的丈夫为了保护自己的秘密，而编制了一个美丽的骗局，从而守住了自己的秘密的故事。

1.根据第一段A woodcutter(伐木工) was working in the forest one day when he found a box full of gold coins.描述，可知选C。

2.联系常识，可知我们通常是在森林里面看到野兔，故选B。

3.根据最后一段The next day, his wife could not stop herself from telling her friends about all the wonderful things she had seen.及前文描述，可知选C。

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