Question

A bag is useful and the word “bag” is useful, too．It gives us some interesting phrases．One is “to let the cat out of the bag”．It is the same as “to tell a secret”．There is an old interesting story about it．Long long ago when people sold things in big cloth bags, a woman asked a man for a pig．The man helped up his cloth bag．There seemed to be a little pig in it．The woman asked to see it．When the man opened the cloth bag, a big black cat ran out．Not a pig!The man’s secret was out and everyone knew it． 　　Now when someone lets out a secret, he “let the cat out of the bag”．And that is the story of where the interesting phrase came from． (1) The woman wanted to buy ________． [　　] A． a cloth bag B． a little pig C． a black cat D． a bag and a pig (2) At the end of the first paragraph, the underlined word “it” means ________ [　　] A． There was a pig in the man’s bag． B． The woman bought a cat． C． the cloth bag． D． the man’s secret． (3) John “lets the cat out of the bag” means he ________． [　　] A． makes everybody know a secret B． puts the cat away from the bag C． buys a cat in the bag D． sells the cat in the bag

Answer 1

答案：1．B;2．D;3．A;