The sun went down
when an old man came to a small mountain village with a heavy bag. He found an
inn(小旅馆) and wanted to
stay there for the night.
After he had gone to
his room, the owner of the inn said to his wife, “Look at his heavy bag, dear!
I’m sure there’re a lot of valuable(贵重的) things. I want to steal it when he’s asleep tonight.” “No, no,”
said his wife. “He must look for his bag tomorrow morning. Then he’ll take you
to the police station.”
They thought hard
and at last the woman had an idea. “We have forgetful grass,” said the woman.
“Why not put some into his food? If he has the food, he’ll forget to take his
bag away tomorrow morning.” “How clever you are!” said the owner, “don’t forget
it when you cook supper for him.”
The old man had the
food with forgetful grass and went to bed. The next morning, when the owner got
up, he found the door was open and the old man had left. He looked for the bag
for a long time, but he didn’t find it. He hurried to wake his wife up and said
angrily, “What a fool! Your forgetful grass isn’t useful at all!”
“No, no,” said the
woman. “I don’t think so. He must forget something.”
“Oh, I’ve
remembered!” the owner called out suddenly, “He forgot to pay us the bill!”
1. The old man
carried __________ when he got into the inn.
A. a large
camera
B. a heavy bag
C.
an
umbrella
D. a heavy basket
2. What did the
owner want to do? _________________
A. He wanted to call the police.
B. He wanted
to kill the old man.
C. He wanted to steal the old man’s bag.
D. He
wanted to invite the old man to dinner.
3. The old woman put
_____________ into the old man’s food.
A. some sleeping
pills B. some
pepper
C. some
beef
D. forgetful grass
4. The next morning
the owner found ____________.
A. the old man left his bag in the inn B. the bag was still there
C. the old man had died D. the
old man had gone with his bag
5. The old man
forgot to __________________.
A. pay the owner the
bill
B. take his bag
C. look at the
time
D. say goodbye to the owner