Question

Once upon a time, there lived a rich man. He had a servant (仆人). He and the servant loved wine and good food very much. Each time the rich man left his home, the servant would drink the wine and eat up all the nice food in the house. The rich man knew what his servant did, but he had never caught his servant doing that.

One morning, when he left home, he said to the servant, “Here are two bottles of poison (毒药) and some nice food in the house. You must take of them.” With these words, he went out.

But the servant knew that the rich man had said was untrue. After the rich man was away from his home, he enjoyed a nice meal. Because he drank too much, he was drunk and fell to the ground. When the rich man came back, he couldn’t find his food and his wine. He became very angry. He woke the servant up. But the servant told his story very well. He said a cat had eaten up everything. He was afraid to be punished（惩罚）, so he drank the poison to kill himself.

1.In the story, _______ liked wine and good food very much.

A. the rich man   B. the servant

C. both A and B   D. neither A and B

2.The rich man knew that it was _______ that drank the wine and ate up all the nice food.

A. the cat      B. himself     C. nobody     D. the servant

3.The rich told the servant that there was poison in the two bottles, because ________.

A. there was in fact poison in the bottles

B. did not want the servant to drink his wine

C. he wanted to kill the cat

D. he wanted to kill the servant

4.In fact, _______ ate all the nice food and drank the wine.

A. the servant     B. cat     C. the rich man   D. nobody

5.From the story, we know that the servant is very _______.

A. lazy      B. bad     C. clever     D. kind

Answer

1.C

2.D

3.B

4.A

5.C

【解析】

试题分析：短文大意：从前，有一个富有的人。他有一个仆人。他和仆人非常爱酒和美食。每次富人离开他的家，仆人就喝酒，吃光家里所有好吃的食物。富人知道他的仆人所做的，但是他仆人那样做他从来没抓住过。

1.C细节理解题。根据He and the servant(仆人） loved wine可知他和仆人都非常爱酒，所以选 C。

2.D细节理解题。根据Each time the rich man left his home, the servant would drink the wine and eat up all the nice food in the house. The rich man knew what his servant did, but he had never caught his servant doing that. 描述可知每次富人离开他的家，仆人就喝酒，吃光家里所有好吃的食物。富人知道他的仆人所做的，但是他仆人那样做他从来没抓住过。所以选D

3.B细节理解题。联系上文可知这个主人不想让这个仆人再喝他的酒,故选B

4.A细节理解题。根据But the servant knew that the rich man had said was untrue. After the rich man was away from his home, he enjoyed a nice meal.可知但人知道富人说是不真实的。在富人离开他的家后，他享用了一顿美餐。所以选A。

5.细节理解题。根据He said a cat had eaten up everything. He was afraid to be punished, so he drank the poison to kill himself. 可知这个仆人应该是很聪明的,故选C

考点：故事类阅读。