Question

There once was a very honest shopkeeper whose business was to provide goods to the local people. He would open his shop at 8:00 a.m. after having his breakfast and at 1:00 p.m. he would go for lunch. In the evening at 8:30 p.m. he closed his shop to complete his daily routine.

However, to get time for lunch was really difficult because he didn’t have anybody to help him at that time. Therefore, it was his daily practice that whichever customer was shopping at 1:00 p.m. would be asked to oversee (看管) the shop until the shopkeeper returned from lunch.

One day, a group of four thieves planned to steal from his shop while he was gone for lunch. One of the thieves went at 1:00 p.m. to be the customer that would be asked to oversee the shop.

The thief, pretending to be a customer, went in at 1:00 p.m. and started buying several items. As planned, the shop-keeper asked the thief to sit on his chair for thirty minutes until he returned from lunch.

Then, the other three thieves quickly came and told the pretended customer to help, but something had changed within him and he knew deeply in his heart that if he was given responsibility for the shop, he should not perform any dishonest acts during that time. His friends did not agree. As the now honest man tried to stop them, they resisted (抵抗) and a fight started. And at the same time the shopkeeper returned and asked why there was a fighting. The now honest man explained the entire plan.

The shopkeeper had been searching for an honest man who could take ownership of the shop and run it. The shop-keeper felt that he had found the right man.

1.What is the problem for the shopkeeper?

A. Nobody could prepare lunch for him every day.

B. He had nobody to keep the shop when he went for lunch.

C. He was too busy to have lunch every day.

D. He couldn’t find a person to work at the shop.

2.Why did the thief go to the shop at 1:00 p.m.?

A. Because he thought he would be asked to keep the shop.

B. Because the shopkeeper invited him to lunch then.

C. Because the shop was closed at that time.

D. Because he thought he could buy cheap things then.

3. When the shopkeeper returned from lunch, he found _______.

A. everything in his shop was stolen

B. the thief became the new owner of the shop

C. there was a fighting in his shop

D. the thief helped his fellows steal things from his shop

4. From the passage, we can infer that _______.

A. once a thief, he will always be a thief

B. an honest man will be responsible for his action

C. you can’t believe in a dishonest man forever

D. trust can change a thief into an honest man

Answer 1

1.B

2.A

3.C

4.D

【解析】

试题分析：本文讲的是四个贼计划着去偷东西，一个贼装作买东西先去那个店，店主叫他帮忙看店直到他吃午饭回来，由于店主的信任让他意识到自己应该负责任把店看好，于是，当他的同伴到来准备偷东西的时候，他努力地阻止他们。最后，店主把店交给这个人来管理。

1. to get time for lunch was really difficult because he didn’t have anybody to help him at that time.”这个店主要腾出时间去吃午饭很困难，因为没有人在这个时候帮他看店。因此可知，店主的问题就是在他去吃午饭的时候没有帮他看店。故选B。

2. Therefore, it was his daily practice that whichever customer was shopping at 1:00 p.m. would be asked to oversee (看管) the shop until the shopkeeper returned from lunch. ”不管哪个顾客在下午1点钟的时候在购物，店主就会叫他帮忙看店，直到他吃午饭回来，这是店主每天的习惯。因此，这个贼选择在1点去这个店，因为这个时候店主会叫他帮忙看店。故选A。

3. at the same time the shopkeeper returned and asked why there was a fighting.”在那个时候，店主回来了，然后问为什么这里会有一场打架。因此可知，店主吃午饭回来，在他的店里有人在打架。故选C。

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