One day, a poor man, who had only one piece of bread to eat, was walking past a restaurant. There was a large pot of soup on the table. The poor man held his bread over the soup, so the steam from the soup went into the bread, and gave it a good smell. Then he ate the bread.

The restaurant owner was very angry at this, and he asked the man for money, in exchange for the steam from the soup. The poor man had no money, so the restaurant owner took him to Nasreddin, who was a judge at that time. Nasreddin thought about the case for a little while.

Then he took some money from his pocket. He held the coins next to the restaurant owner’s ear, and shook them, so that they made a jingling(叮当响的) noise.

“What was that?” asked the restaurant owner.

“That was payment for you,” answered Nasreddin.

“What do you mean? That was just the sound of coins!” protested the restaurant owner.

“The sound of the coins is payment for the smell of the soup.” answered Nasreddin. “Now go back to your restaurant.”

1. The poor man held his bread over the soup to ______.

  A. make it heated

B. warm his cold hands

  C. avoid paying the restaurant owner

D. make it smell and taste a little better

2. Why did the restaurant owner take the poor man to Nasreddin?

  A. Because Nasreddin was a judge.

  B. Because Nasreddin always helped the poor.

  C. Because Nasreddin could pay for the soup.

  D. Because Nasreddin was the poor man’s relative.

3. Why did Nasreddin make a noise with the coins?

  A. To make the poor man relaxed.

B. To pay for the smell of the soup.

  C. To make the restaurant owner happy.

D. To show that he was a rich person.

4. Nasreddin thought that the smell of the soup ______.

A. was worthless B. should be paid

C. was pleasant  D. could be sold

5. The writer’s purpose in telling the story is mainly to ______.

  A. show the restaurant owner’s greed (贪婪)

  B. describe the poor’s unhappy life

  C. show Nasreddin’s cleverness and humour

D. prove the value of the sound of coins

 

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