Question

An old scientist recently made several tests with different animals to find out which was cleverer than other animals.

In one test the old scientist put a monkey in a room where there were several boxes. Some boxes were inside other boxes. One small box had some food in it. The scientist wanted to watch the monkey and to find out how long it would take the monkey to find the food. The scientist left the room. He waited a few minutes outside the door. Then he got down on his knees and put his eyes to the keyhole(锁孔). What did he see? To his surprise, he found himself looking into the eye of the monkey. The monkey was on the other side of the door and looked at the scientist through the keyhole.

1.The scientist did the test to see ____________.

A. if the monkey would steal (偷) the food

B. if the monkey would look for the food

C. if the monkey was cleverer than other animals

D. if some boxes were inside other boxes

2. In one test the scientist put a monkey __________.

A. into a small box

B. into several small boxes

C. into a box where there was some food

D. in a room

3.After the scientist left the room, the monkey_________.

A. began to eat food

B. began to look for food

C. looked at the scientist through the keyhole

D. came into the boxes one after another

4. The scientist_______________.

A. got down on his knees and waited outside the door

B. got down on his knees and heard with his ears

C. left the room for a long time

D. looked at the monkey through the keyhole with his eyes

5.To the scientist’s surprise ______________.

A. the monkey got down on its knees

B. the monkey came out of the room

C. the monkey looked at the scientist through the window

D. the monkey put its eye to the keyhole

Answer

1.C

2.D

3.C

4.D

5.D

【解析】

试题分析：本文讲述的是一个老科学家用猴子作动物实验，把猴子关在一个房间里以观察猴子找食物的速度，结果猴子与科学家在锁眼上互相观察的有趣故事。

1.C 细节理解题。题意：科学家作这个实验的目的是什么？根据原文，老科学家作实验的目的是想看看哪种动物更聪明。A.儿子是否偷食物，错；B.猴子是否要找食物，错；C.猴子是否比其它动物聪明；D.一些盒子是否在另一些盒子里面。因此正确答案先C。

2.D 细节理解题。题意：在一个试验中，科学家把一只猴子放在哪儿？A.一个小盒子里；B.几个小盒子里；C.放时一个有食物的盒子里；D.放进一个房间里。根据题意，老科学家是把一只猴子关进了一个房间里。因此选D。

3.C 细节理解题。题意：科学家离开房间后，猴子干什么？A.开始吃食物；B.开始找食物；C.通过锁孔观察科学家；D.开始从一个盒子跳到另一个盒子里。根据原文，科学家与猴子在锁也里对视，说明猴子也在观察科学家的一举一动，因些正确答案是C。

4.D 细节理解题。题意：A.科学家跪在外面等；B.科学家跪着用耳朵听；C.科学家离开房间很长时间；D，科学家通过锁孔用眼睛观察猴子。根据原文，D正确。

5.细节理解题。题意：令科学家吃惊的是，A.猴子跪下了，错；B.猴子从房间里出来了，错；C.猴子通过窗户观察科学家，错；D.猴子把它的眼睛对着锁孔，正确。选D。

考点：故事类阅读。