Question

Uncle Li and Uncle Wang are good friends. They live next to each other and their farms are both at the foot of the mountain. So they can help each other. But neither of them likes to use his head. They’re both poor though they work hard. Most villagers have built new houses, but they still live in the low and broken houses.They never find out why.

  Once Uncle Li went to town to buy some medicine for his wife. In the town he heard the apples in a city were expensive. He told Uncle Wang about it as soon as he went back. They decided to carry some apples to the city. They borrowed some money from their friends and bought nearly 1,000 kilograms of apples in the villages and carried them to the city on a tractor. Bad luck! A lot of apples had already been carried there when they arrived. A few days later they had to sell them at a low price .They felt unhappy and returned to their village.

  “I can’t understand why we sustain(蒙受) losses in business while others always profit ,” Uncle Li asked one day.

  The tractor was too small,” Uncle Wang said without thinking. “We’ll carry more apples on a truck next time!”

  “I agree!”said Uncle Li. “How foolish (傻的) we were!” 

1.The two farmers carried the apples to the city to ________.

A.make a journey         B.visit some places of interest     

C.meet their friends       D.make a profit

2.What does the underlined word “profit” probably mean in Chinese?

A .利益                       B.    盈利        C.送礼                   D.亏损

3.Uncle Li and Uncle Wang were unhappy because ________.

A.they had sustained losses in business

B.they had lost some money in the city

C.something was wrong with the tractor

D.other people profited in the city

4.Which of the following is TRUE?

A.The two farmers found out why they were poor.

B.The two farmers will soon get rich.

C.Neither of the farmers is clever.

D.The two farmers decided to buy a truck.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.D

2.B

3.A

4.C

【解析】

试题分析：本文是篇小故事，主要介绍了王叔叔和李叔叔生活中所做的“蠢事”，这就是导致他们生活不济的主要原因。

1.D 细节推断题。根据文章的第二段Uncle Li发现城里的苹果很贵，所以他就和Uncle Wang一起拉了许多苹果去买，当然是想挣钱，make a profit挣钱，赚取利润。故选D。

2.B 词义推断题。这句话的意思是：我不明白为什么我们做生意总是赔钱而其他的人总是挣钱。故选B。

3.A 细节推断题。根据该句话前的这几句话Bad luck! A lot of apples had already been carried there when they arrived. A few days later they had to sell them at a low price 倒霉！当他们到达时许多苹果都运到那里。几天后他们不得不以很低的价格将苹果卖出去。故选A。

4.C 综合判断题。根据两个人最后的对话：赔钱的原因竟然是拖拉机太小了，还要拉更多的苹果。说明两个人都傻。故选C。

考点：故事类短文阅读。