Question

One day an old man is selling a big elephant. 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 the elephant’s bad ears?” “ 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 have never seen 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. is not interested in elephants

B. knows what an elephant looks like

C. has seen some elephants before

D. has never seen an elephant before

4.Hearing what the young man said, the old man will probably be ______

A. angry   B. happy   C. dangerous   D. hungry

Answer

1.B

2.D

3.D

4.A

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文给我们讲述了一个故事，一个老人在卖大象，有个年轻人走过来看。这个老人卖的大象耳朵有点问题，他以为那个年轻人看出来了，答应他卖了大象给他20美元。然后卖完大象给了这个年轻人钱之后，他问年轻人是怎么看出大象耳朵有问题的，结果年轻人说他没有看出大象耳朵有毛病，他只是没见过大象，想看看大象什么样的而已。

1.B细节理解题。根据短文的开头One day an old man is selling a big elephant可知，卖大象的是一个老人，因此应选B。

2.D细节理解题。根据短文的最后The young man answers, “Because I have never seen an elephant before, and I want to know what it looks like.”可知，一个老人在卖大象的时候，有一个年轻人走过来看，文章的最后他告诉我们他以前没见过大象，所以想知道大象是什么样的，由此可知，这个年轻人只是来看大象的，故选D。

3.D细节理解题。根据短文的最后The young man answers, “Because I have never seen an elephant before, and I want to know what it looks like.”可知，这个年轻人以前没见过大象，所以想知道大象是什么样的。由此可知应选D。

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考点：故事类短文阅读。