题目内容
阅读下列短文,从所给的四个选项中,选出最佳答案
A famous writer who was visiting Japan was invited to give a lecture at a university to a large group of students. As most of the students couldn't understand spoken English, he had to have an interpreter(口语翻译).
During his lecture he told an interesting story which went on for rather a long time. At last he stopped to allow the interpreter to translate it into Japanese, and was very surprised when the man did this in a few seconds, after which all the students laughed loudly.
After the lecture, the writer thanked the interpreter for his good work and then said to him, “Now, please tell me how you translated that long story of mine into a short Japanese one.”
“I didn't tell the story at all,” the interpreter answered with a smile, I just said, “The honourable lecturer has just told a funny story. You will all laugh, please.”
1. The man was invited to give a lecture ________.
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A. to some university students
B. to some writers
C. on English idioms
D. on translation
2. The lecturer had to have an interpreter because________.
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A. the students were Japanese
B. the students could hardly understand English
C. only a few of the students could understand spoken English
D. he was poor at Japanese
3. What surprised the lecturer?
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A. The students' laughter.
B. The interpreter's good work.
C. The speed of the interpreter's translation.
D. The slowness of the interpreter's translation
4. The lecturer's story was about _______.
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A. something interesting
B. nothing
C. English learning
D. his stay in Japan
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