Question

One day an old man is selling(卖) an elephant. A young man comes to the elephant and begins to look at it slowly(慢慢地). 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’ll give you some meat.” “All right,” says the young man. After the old man sells the elephant, he gives the young man some meat and says, “ Now, can you tell me how you find the bad ears of the elephant?” “ I didn’ t find the bad ears,” says the young man. “Then why do you look at the elephant slowly?” asks the old man. The young man answers, “Because I never see an elephant before(以前), and I want to know what it looks like.”

1.______ the elephant.

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

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

2.The young man looks at the elephant. He wants to find _________.

A. bad ears           B. some meat

C. a good elephant     D. what it looks like

3.We know that the _______.

A. two men are not good

B. young man is not a bad man

C. old man is a good man

D. elephant is a very good animal

4.The young man ________.

A. knows the elephant isn’t good

B. finds the bad ears but does not say it

C. looks after the elephant

D. gets some meat

5.The young man looks at the elephant slowly, because he _________.

A. likes the elephants          B. wants to find something

C. helps the old man             D. never sees an elephant before

Answer

1.B

2.D

3.B

4.D

5.D

【解析】

试题分析：短文大意：一天，一个老人正在卖一头大象。一个年轻人来到大象前慢慢地看。老人走到他面前，告诉年轻人在他卖掉大象前不要说任何话。老人卖了大象后，他给了年轻人一些肉。问“你能告诉我你怎么发现大象的坏耳朵吗？”年轻人回答说不知道。他仔细看大象只是因为以前从未见过大象。

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考点：故事类阅读。