Question

One day an old man is selling(卖) a big elephant(大象). A young man comes to the elephant and begins to look at it slowly. The old man goes up to him and says in his ear, “Don’t say anything about the elephant before I sell it. Then I will give you twenty dollars.” “All right,” says the young man. After the old man sells the elephant, he gives the young man twenty dollars and says, “Now, can you tell me how you found（发现） the elephant’s bad ears（耳朵）?”“I didn’t find the bad ears,” says the young man. “Then why are you looking at the elephant slowly?” asks the old man. The young man answers, “Because I didn’t see an elephant before, and I want to know what it looks like.”

1.______ the elephant.

A. The young man sells               B. The old man sells

C. The two men sell                  D. The old man buys

2.The young man is looking at the elephant slowly. He wants to find out ___.

A. which foot of the elephant is bad  B. how heavy it is

C. which ear of the elephant is bad  D. what it looks like

3.The young man ______.

A. knows the elephant has bad ears

B. wants to buy the elephant

C. looks after the elephant

D. gets some money from the old man

4.The young man ______.

A. is not interested in elephants

B. knows what an elephant looks like

C. saw（看见）some elephants before

D. didn’t see an elephant before

5. Hearing the young man’s words, the old man will probably(可能) be ____.

A. angry   B. happy     C. glad    D. Hungry

Answer

1.B

2.D

3.D

4.D

5.A

【解析】

试题分析：本文讲述了一位老人卖大象的故事。一位年轻人走过来慢慢地看这头大象，这位老人以为这位年轻人看出他的大象耳朵有毛病，让他什么也不要说，就给他20美元。但是，这个年轻人之所以看这头大象，不是因为他知道这头大象耳朵有毛病，而是因为他没见过大象，想看看大象长什么样。

1.B细节理解题。根据One day an old man is selling(卖) a big elephant(大象)可知一位老人在卖大象，故选B。

2.

故选D。

3.D推理判断题。根据After the old man sells the elephant, he gives the young man twenty dollars可知这位老人买了大象后，给了这个年轻人二十美元，因此推断这个年轻人从那位老人那儿得到了一些钱。故选D。

4.D细节理解题。根据The young man answers, “Because I didn’t see an elephant before,可知这个年轻人以前没有见过一头大象。故选D。

5.A推理判断题。结合文章意思，这位老人怕这个年轻人把他的大象耳朵有毛病这件事告诉别人，答应给这个年轻人20美元，结果这个年轻人不知道他的大象耳朵有毛病，推断老人白给这个年轻人20美元，他会生气。故选A。

考点：故事类短文阅读。