A man was selling medicine at a fair. At first he sold bottles of a curefor colds for just a dollar a bottle. Many people wanted to buy it and the man's young assistant moved quickly through the crowd 题目和参考答案——青夏教育精英家教网—

题目内容

　　A man was selling medicine at a fair（集市）. At first he sold bottles of a cure（药剂）for colds for just a dollar a bottle.

　　Many people wanted to buy it and the man's young assistant moved quickly through the crowd（人群）collecting money and handing out bottles of cure. Then when he had a big crowd, the man held up a very small bottle, “And now, ladies and gentlemen,”he shouted.“Here is the medicine you have been waiting for. The cure for old age. Drink just one bottle of this and you will live forever（永远）.”

　　“And ladies and gentlemen,” the man continued（继续）.“I am not going to charge（向……要价）you a hundred dollars a bottle for this wonderful medicine. I am not going to charge you fifty dollars a bottle. I am not going to charge twenty-five dollars a bottle. Now, ladies and gentlemen, I am going to charge you just ten dollars and you can live forever.”

　　Most of the people in the crowd did not believe this. One person shouted, “If it can make you live forever, why don't you drink it?” Then another man cried, “Yes, you look as if you are at least sixty years old.” “Thank you, sir, thank you,” the man answered. “I am so glad you said that. My real age is three hundred and twenty-nine.”

　　The crowd laughed at this but there were still some people who wanted to believe the man. One of them spoke to the man's assistant as she passed by. “Is that true?” he asked. “Is he three hundred and twenty-nine?”

　　“Don't ask me,” the assistant said. “I have only worked for him for a hundred and fifty years.”

(1) At the fair the man sold ________ at first.

[　　]

A．a cure for colds

B．bottles

C．a cure for old age

D．a medicine that people live forever

(2) The people didn't believe his cure for old age because ________.

[　　]

A．the medicine was too cheap

B．the medicine was too expensive

C．he looked quite old himself

D．he looked young

(3) The man charged ________ for the cure for old age.

[　　]

A．one dollar a bottle

B．twenty-five dollars a bottle

C．ten dollars a bottle

D．fifty dollars a bottle

(4) In the passage the word “assistant” means ________.

[　　]

A．waiter

B．pupil

C．friend

D．helper

(5) What does the passage really mean?

[　　]

A．The cure for old age is very useful and not so expensive．

B．The man is not honest, and so is his assistant．

C．The cheaper the medicine is, the more people will buy.

D．The two men are very honest, and they would like to help people live forever．

答案：A;C;C;D;B

练习册系列答案

相关题目

在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使短文通顺。每空格限填一词，首字母已给出。

　　Once a man was travelling in England. He did not know m______ English. One day when he was sitting by the window of a restaurant, having lunch, he h______ a voice " Look out". He put his head out of the window to find out what happened outside . Just then a basin of dirty water pour（倒）over his head. Then a______ basin of dirty water came. He was very a_____. He did not know that " Look out" in English m______ " Be careful".

A man was looking for things of the old times. One day he came to a village and found a blue bowl which looked very _31_. The bowl was on the ground and a cat was drinking milk from it. A farmer, the _32_ of the cat, was lying_33_ the bowl. The man did not want the farmer to know that he was interested in the_34_. So he said to him, “What a nice cat you have! Will you _35_ it to me?”
The farmer asked, “_36_ will you give me for the cat?”
“Twenty dollars. Would that be enough?”
The farmer thought for a few minutes, then he _37_. After he paid the farmer, the man said, “My cat will certainly feel _38_. May I take the bowl _39_the cat can drink with it?” But the farmer said, “I’m _40_ I can’t give you the bowl. Thanks to the bowl, I have sold twenty cats already.”

Mr. Brown was going away for a week. Before he left, he said to his son, “If anyone asks for me, you can tell him that your father has been out for doing something, and will be back in a week, then be sure to ask him to sit down for a cup of tea.”
　 “OK, Dad,” said his son. But he was afraid his son couldn't remember this, he wrote these words down on a piece of paper and gave it to him. His son put it into his small pocket, took it out and looked at it every now and then.
　 Four days passed, but no one came to see his father. The boy thought that there was no man to come and that the piece of paper was of no more use for him, so he burnt it that evening.
　　The next afternoon, someone knocked at the door. The boy opened it. A man was standing at the door and said, “Where is your father?” The boy put his hand into his pocket at once and looked for the piece of paper. He could not find it. He suddenly remembered he had burnt it, so he shouted, “No more.”
　　The man was very surprised. He asked, “No more? I met your father last week. When did it happen?”
　　"Burnt yesterday evening."
【小题1】Mr. Brown told his son that _____.

A．he would be away from home for four days

B．he would be back in seven days

C．he would be back in a month

D．he liked a cup of tea

【小题2】Mr. Brown wrote the words down on ________.

A．the wall	B．the door
C．a piece of paper	D．his son's pocket

【小题3】A man came to visit the boy's father on ________.

【小题4】The man was very surprised because _________.

A．he thought the child's father was dead	B．the child didn't ask him to sit down
C．the child gave him a cup of tea	D．he couldn't find that piece of paper

【小题5】What was burnt? ___________.

With a hat by his feet，a blind boy sat on the steps of a building. He held up a sign which said，" I ' m blind, please help. "

Only a few people put 1 in the hat. A man was walking by. He 2 some coins into the hat. He then turned the sign 3 . wrote some words, put the sign back and left.

Soon the hat began to fill up. A lot more people 4 to give money to the blind boy.　　That afternoon the man came to see 5 things were. The boy recognized his footsteps (脚步声) and asked, "Were you the one who 6 my sign this morning? What did you write?"

The man said, "I only wrote the truth. I said what you said but in a 7 way. "What he had written was," Today is a beautiful day, 8 I cannot see it. "

Both the 9 told people that the boy was blind. But the first sign simply 　10　people to help by throwing some money into the 11 . The second one, however, told people that they were able to enjoy the 12 of the day, but the boy couldn't 13 he was blind.

There are at least two lessons we can learn 14 this story. First, be thankful for what

you have. Someone else has less. Help them if you can. 15 , be creative. Think differently.

　There is always a better way !

1. A．eggs B．coins C．toys D．pencils

2. A．got B．lost C．took D．dropped

3. A．on B．off C．back D．around

4. A．asked B．began C．hoped D．continued

5. A．how B．what C．whose D．which

6. A．put B．found C．changed D．cleaned

7. A．usual B．simple C．different D．dangerous

8. A．as B．so C．for D．but

9. A．signs B．men C．boys D．lessons

10. A．told B．took C．helped D．ordered

11. A．bag B．hat C．pocket D．basket

12. A．food B．songs C．beauty D．pictures

13. A．because B．unless C．before D．though

14. A．about B．with C．from D．except

15. A．First B．Second C．Third D．Fourth

　 “OK, Dad,” said his son. But he was afraid his son couldn't remember this, he wrote these words down on a piece of paper and gave it to him. His son put it into his small pocket, took it out and looked at it every now and then.

　 Four days passed, but no one came to see his father. The boy thought that there was no man to come and that the piece of paper was of no more use for him, so he burnt it that evening.

　　The next afternoon, someone knocked at the door. The boy opened it. A man was standing at the door and said, “Where is your father?” The boy put his hand into his pocket at once and looked for the piece of paper. He could not find it. He suddenly remembered he had burnt it, so he shouted, “No more.”

　　The man was very surprised. He asked, “No more? I met your father last week. When did it happen?”

　　"Burnt yesterday evening."

1.Mr. Brown told his son that _____.

A．he would be away from home for four days

B．he would be back in seven days

C．he would be back in a month

D．he liked a cup of tea

2.Mr. Brown wrote the words down on ________.

A．the wall	B．the door
C．a piece of paper	D．his son's pocket

3.A man came to visit the boy's father on ________.

A．the second day

B．the third day

C．the fourth day

D．the fifth day

4.The man was very surprised because _________.

A．he thought the child's father was dead	B．the child didn't ask him to sit down
C．the child gave him a cup of tea	D．he couldn't find that piece of paper

5.What was burnt? ___________.

A．The piece of paper

B．Mr. Smith

C．The visitor

D．The boy

试题分类