Question

Once upon a time, there lived a rich man. He had a servant (仆人). He and the servant both 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 care 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 onto the ground. When the rich man came back, he couldn’t find his food or 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 man 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. hard--working    C. clever    D. kind

Answer

1. C

2. D

3. B

4. A

5. C

【解析】

本文讲述了一个富人和他的仆人喜欢美食和美酒，他的仆人酒偷吃他的食物和美酒。虽然这个富人知道这件事但是没有证据。有一次富人拿着两瓶酒，对仆人说是毒药。仆人知道他在骗他。于是他偷吃了食物和美酒。当富人回来时，仆人说是猫吃了食物，他怕惩罚，喝了毒药。

1.C

细节理解题。根据第一段的Once upon a time, there lived a rich man. He had a servant (仆人). He and the servant(仆人) 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.可知这个富人和他的仆人都喜欢酒和美食，故选C。

2.D

细节理解题。根据第一段的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. 可知这个富人知道他的仆人喝了他的酒，吃光了他的食物，故选D。

3.B

推理判断题。根据第二段的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 care of them.”和第三段的But the servant knew that the rich man had said was untrue.可知这个富人说的那两瓶子酒是毒药，是不想让他的仆人喝他的酒，故选B。

4.A

细节理解题。根据第三段的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.可知事实上，那个仆人吃光了所有的美食，还喝了酒，故选A。

5.C

推理判断题。根据最后一段可知，这个仆人偷吃了富人的酒和美食，却说是猫吃了美食，他怕被惩罚而喝了富人所说的“毒药”，从这个故事中可以推断这个仆人是一个聪明的人。故选C。