Once upon a time, there lived a rich man. He had a
servant (仆人). He and the servant loved wine and good
food very much. Each time the rich man left his home, the servant would drink
the wine and eat up all the nice food in the house. The rich man knew what his
servant did, but he had never caught his servant doing that.
One morning, when he left home, he said to the
servant, “Here are two bottles of poison (毒药) and some
nice food in the house. You must take good care of them.” With these words, he
went out.
But the servant knew that the rich man had said was
untrue. After the rich man was away from his home, he enjoyed a nice meal.
Because he drank too much, he was drunk and fell to the ground. When the rich
man came back, he couldn’t find his food and his wine. He became very angry. He
woke the servant up. But the servant told his story very well. He said a cat
had eaten up everything. He was afraid to be punished（惩罚）, so he drank the poison to kill himself.
1.In the story, _______ liked wine and good food very
much.
A．the rich man B．the servant C．both A and B D．neither A and
B
2.The rich man knew that it was _______ that drank the
wine and ate up all the nice food.
A．the cat B．himself C．nobody D．the servant
3.The rich told the servant that there was poison in
the two bottles, because ________.
A．there was in
fact poison in the bottles
B．he did not
want the servant to drink his wine
C．he wanted to
kill the cat
D．he wanted to
kill the servant
4.In fact, _______ ate all the nice food and drank the
wine.
A．the servant B．cat C．the rich man D．nobody
5.From the story, we know that the servant is very
_______.
A．lazy B．bad C．clever D．kind
