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. knows the elephant has bad ears   B. wants to buy the elephant
C. looks after the elephant   D. gets some money from the old man
(   )4. 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
(  )5. Hearing what the young man said, the old man will probably(可能) be ______
A. angry      B. happy      C. dangerous     D. hungry

Answer 1

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解析【小题1】根据One day an old man is selling a big elephant.描述，可知选B。
【小题2】根据The young man answers, “Because I have never seen an elephant before, and I want to know what it looks like.”描述，可知这个年轻人想查明这头大象像什么。故选D。
【小题3】根据After the old man sells the elephant, he gives the young man twenty dollars描述，可知选D。
【小题4】根据The young man answers, “Because I have never seen an elephant before,可知选D。
【小题5】结合上文描述，可知这个老人以为年轻人看出了大象的眼睛问题，结果不是，所以这个老人会生气。故选A。