Question

One day an old man sells(出售) a big elephant. A young man comes to the elephant and begins(开始) to look at it slowly(慢慢地). The old man goes up to him and says near(在……附近) his ear.“Don’t say anything about the elephant before I sell it, then you can get some meat.”“All right.”says the young man. After the old man sells the elephant, he gives the young man some meat and asks,“How can you see the bad ears of the elephant?”“I don’t see the bad ears,”says the young man.“Then why do you look at the elephant slowly?”asks the old man. The young man answers(回答),“Because(因为) I want to see what an elephant looks like.”

根据短文内容, 回答下列问题。

1.What does the old man sell?

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2.Does the young man want to buy the elephant?

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3.What does the young man get at last (最后)？

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4.Does the elephant have two bad ears?

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5.Why does the young man look at the elephant slowly?

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Answer

1.He sells a big elephant.

2.No, he doesn’t.

3.He gets some meat at last.

4.Yes, it does.

5.Because he wants to see what an elephant looks like.

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文中主要介绍了一位老人在卖一头耳朵有问题的大象，有一个年轻人想看看大象什么样，但老人以为年轻人发现了这个秘密，就承诺年轻人在卖大象时不说出秘密，就给年轻人肉的故事。

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考点：故事类阅读。