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    A poor traveller stopped under the tree to eat the boiled rice and vegetables which he had brought with him. A few metres away , there was a small shop by the side of the road where a woman was frying (油炸) fish and selling it to travellers. The woman watched the poor traveller carefully, and when he finished his food and began to go, she shouted rudely, “You haven't paid me for the fried fish!”

  “But I have not had any fried fish!” he said.

  “But everyone can see that you enjoyed the smell of my fried fish with your rice and vegetables ,” said the woman , “If you had not smelled the fish , your meal would not have been so pleasant!”

  Soon a crowd collected, and although they supported the poor traveller, they had to admit that wind was blowing from the shop to the place where he had eaten, and that it had carried the smell of the fried fish to him.

  Finally, the woman took the poor traveller to a judge , who said , “The woman says that the traveller ate his meal with the smell of her fried fish. The traveller agrees that the wind was blowing from the woman's shop to the place where he ate his rice and vegetables and that it carried the smell of her fried fish to his nose while he was eating, so he must pay for it. What does your fried fish cost” he asked the woman.

  “Twenty-five cents a plate ,” she answered , delighted.

  “Then go outside together,” said the judge. “There the traveller must hold up a twenty-five cent piece so that its shadow (影子) falls on the woman's hand. The price of the smell of a plate of fried fish is the shadow of twenty-five cents.”

1.Why did the traveller refuse to pay the woman for the fried fish? Because ________.

[  ]

A.he was poor

B.he was rude

C.he was supported by a crowd

D.he hadn't eaten her fried fish at all

2.When the judge asked the woman a question, she felt ________.

[  ]

A.excited
B.anxious
C.glad
D.angry

3.Which of the followng statements is true?

[  ]

A.The traveller bought the boiled rice and vegetables and ate them by the side of the road.

B.The judge had no idea what the woman meant.

C.In the fifth paragraph , the first “it” has the same meaning as the second “it” .

D.The woman got nothing but the shadow of twenty-five cents in the end.

4.What do you think of the judge after reading the passage?

[  ]

A.He was foolish.

B.He was clever.

C.He was neither foolish nor clever.

D.He was kind enough to give the woman twenty-five cents.

5.What is the best title for the passage?

[  ]

A.The Smell and the Shadow

B.A Poor Traveller

C.A Rude Woman

D.A Woman and a Traveller

答案:D;C;D;B;A
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  The worker saw everything. “What should I do?” he thought.“Thornhill is at the very edge of the platform. If I cry out, he will take another step, fall off it and surely be killed.” So the worker quickly took some paint and threw it at the pictures.

  “What are you doing?” cried the painter, running quickly forward to his pictures.

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[  ]

A.writer
B.king
C.worker
D.artist

2.He was asked to ________.

[  ]

A.paint a picture for the king

B.paint some pictures on the walls of the king's palace

C.have his pictures painted in the king's palace

D.paint for a worker

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[  ]

A.over a year
B.half a year
C.one year
D.a year and a half

4.The worker threw some paint at the pictures because ________.

[  ]

A.he didn't like the pictures

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C.he was angry with the painter

D.he didn't think the pictures were beautiful

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[  ]

A.not to be frightened and to use your head in danger

B.a painter should pay full attention to his job

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[  ]

A.

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their car broke when they got to a small village

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they had stayed in the garage too long

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[  ]

A.

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[  ]

A.

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B.

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C.

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[  ]

A.

He didn’t like Spaniards.

B.

He thought their names were too long.

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[  ]

A.

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[  ]

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[  ]

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[  ]

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[  ]

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[  ]

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120 years

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[  ]

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Chinese women are not allowed to display beauty

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[  ]

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a Mr.World Contest should be held instead of a Miss World Contest

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[  ]

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