Question

A young man went to a town and worked there. He did not have a wife and a servant did the work in his house.

The young man liked laughing a lot. He nailed the servant’s shoes to the floor on Monday, and then laughed, because he put his feet in them and fell down.

The servant was not angry, but smiled. Then the young man put brushes in his bed on Tuesday. The servant got into bed and hit the brushes with his feet. He was afraid. The young man laughed loudly again. Again the servant was not angry, but smiled.

Then on Wednesday the young man said to his servant, “You’re a nice, kind man. I am not going to be unkind to you again.”

The servant smiled and said, “And I’m not going to put any more mud from the street in your coffee.”

1.The young man went to a town ___.

A. to study

B. to work

C. to see his relative

D. to spend his holiday

2.He played a joke on the servant because ___.

A. he hated him

B. he was not satisfied with the food the servant prepared for him

C. he wanted to get pleasure

D. he liked to show off himself

3.When the young man played a joke on him, the servant was not angry but smiled because ___.

A. he liked the young man’ s action

B. making the young man laugh is his job

C. he was afraid to be fired

D. he thought he shouldn’t be angry with a child

4.What did the servant do in return to the young man?

A. He stole something from the house.

B. He gave a smile to the young man.

C. He had a fight with him.

D. He put mud into the young man’s coffee.

5.Why did the young man stop playing jokes on the servant?

A. Because the servant showed kind and nice behaviour to him

B. Because the servant told him the truth

C. Because he wanted to be a good man

D. Because his father told him to do so

Answer 1

1.B

2.C

3.C

4.D

5.A

【解析】

试题分析：本文主要讲了一个年轻人几次捉弄仆人的故事，但是因为仆人的善良，年轻人决定不再捉弄他。

1. young man went to a town and worked there.一个年轻人去那个地方说是去工作的，故选B。

2. young man liked laughing a lot.说明他喜欢笑。推测和仆人开玩笑是为了好玩。故选C。

3.

4. And I’m not going to put any more mud from the street in your coffee.可以得出答案。意为我不会再从街上弄泥巴然后放进你的咖啡里了。故选D。

5. a nice, kind man. I am not going to be unkind to you again.意为你是一个善良的好人，我不会再对你不友善了。可知是因为仆人的友好行为导致的。故选A。

考点：考查故事类短文阅读。