Question

A young man went to a town and worked there. He did not have a wife and a servant did the work in his house.

The young man liked laughing a lot. He nailed the servant’s shoes to the floor on Monday, and then laughed, because he put his feet in them and fell down.

The servant was not angry, but smiled. Then the young man put brushes in his bed on Tuesday. The servant got into bed and hit the brushes with his feet. He was afraid. The young man laughed loudly again. Again the servant was not angry, but smiled.

Then on Wednesday the young man said to his servant, “You’re a nice, kind man. I am not going to be unkind to you again.”

The servant smiled and said, “And I’m not going to put any more mud from the street in your coffee.”

1.The young man went to a town ___.

A. to study

B. to work

C. to see his relative

D. to spend his holiday

2.He played a joke on the servant because ___.

A. he hated him

B. he was not satisfied with the food the servant prepared for him

C. he wanted to get pleasure

D. he liked to show off himself

3.When the young man played a joke on him, the servant was not angry but smiled because ___.

A. he liked the young man’ s action

B. making the young man laugh is his job

C. he was afraid to be fired

D. he thought he shouldn’t be angry with a child

4.What did the servant do in return to the young man?

A. He stole something from the house.

B. He gave a smile to the young man.

C. He had a fight with him.

D. He put mud into the young man’s coffee.

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.C

4.D

【解析】这是一篇小故事，讲述了一个年轻人和他的仆人互相捉弄的事情。

1.细节理解题。根据文章第一句A young man went to a town and worked there.可知，这个年轻人到这个城镇是为了工作，故选B。

2.推理判断题。根据第二段的The young man liked laughing a lot.可知，他捉弄仆人是为了好玩，故选C。

3.推理判断题。根据文章可知，这个仆人是在为他打工，所以不敢和自己的老板生气，怕因此而被解雇，故选C。

4.细节理解题。根据最后一段The servant smiled and said, “And I’m not going to put any more mud from the street in your coffee.”可知，这个仆人把泥放进了他的咖啡里，故选D。