Question

A lawyer，an artist and a musician got lost in the woods．At last they came to a farmer’s house and asked if he could let them stay for the night．

“Sure，”the farmer said．“But I’ve got room for only two of you in the house．The other one will have to sleep in the barn（牲畜棚）with the animals，and the smell is very bad there．”“I’ll sleep in the barn，”the artist said．

Half an hour later，a knock was heard on the farmer’s house door，and there stood the artist，saying，“I can’t take the smell．”“All right，”said the lawyer．“I’ll sleep in the barn．”And he went off．

In a while them was another knock on the door．“I felt terrible with the smell from the animals，”the lawyer said in an angry way．

“You are two sissies（女人气的男人）．”said the musician．“I’ll sleep in the barn．”Thirty minutes later，came another knock．

When they opened the door，there stood all the animals from the barns．

1．The lawyer，the artist and the musician came to a farmer’s house because they ________．

A．couldn’t find their way in the woods            B．wanted to visit the farm

C．were very hungry and thirsty                             D．preferred to stay in the farmer’s house

2．One of them had to sleep in the barn for the reason that ________．

A．the farmer didn’t have enough room for the three of them

B．the farmer wanted one of them to look after the animals

C．one of them liked to sleep in the barn

D．the farmer wanted to make fun of them

3．The artist wanted to sleep in the barn as he ________．

A．liked to be quiet and sleep alone

B．didn’t like to sleep with the other two

C．didn’t think that the smell was so terrible

D．loved animals and wanted to sleep with them

4．From the story we see that the musician was ________．

A．stupid                     B．foolish                    C．clever                    D．selfish

Answer 1

AACC