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　　　A farmer was selling a large elephant. A man came up to the elephant and began to look at it very carefully. Being afraid that the man would find out the elephant was not worth（值）much, the farmer went up to him and said in a low voice, “Don't say anything about that elephant till I have sold it, and I'll give you a present.”“All right,” said the man.

　　　After the elephant was sold, the man gave him fifty yuan, Then the farmer asked “Now, will you tell me how you found out the elephant had a defect （缺陷）in its left leg?”

　　　“I've never found any defect.” said the man.

　“Then why did you look so carefully at every part of it?”

　“Because I had never seen an elephant before, and wanted to know what it was like.”

(1) The farmer came up to the man ________.

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A． to ask him to buy the elephant

B． to tell him not to say a word about the elephant

C． to ask him if he found any defect

D． to tell him to look carefully

(2) The man looked at the elephant very carefully because ________.　　　

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A． he wanted to buy it

B． he tried to find something wrong

C． he had never seen an elephant before

D． he decided to find out where the defect was

(3) From the story we know the man ________.

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A． should tell the buyer the truth

B．might feel lucky when the farmer gave him a lot of money for nothing

C． really found something wrong with the elephant

D． wasn't given any money by the farmer

(4) The farmer might________.

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A． feel angry when he heard the man's words

B． feel pleased that the man didn't find anything wrong with the elephant

C． feel surprised that the man looked at the elephant so carefully

D． feel sorry for having given the man the money

(5) We know the elephant________.

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A． was not worth the price it was sold at

B．was wroth more than the price

C． was wroth a lot of money

D． was worth nothing

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An Indian farmer took his old elephant to the market. When he arrived, he saw a stranger walking
around the animal. The stranger watched it carefully and did not say anything. The man was afraid that
the stranger and found that the elephant didn't cost so much, so he took the stranger a side and said, "If
someone comes to buy the elephant, say nothing till I sell it, and I will give you fifty rupees (卢比)."The
stranger looked at the farmer and didn't say anything.
A few minutes later, a rich man came, he bought the poor elephant and took it away. The farmer gave
the stranger fifty rupees, and asked him how he found out the defect (缺陷) in the left leg of the elephant.
The stranger said he found nothing. He just want to know which was the head and which was the tail, for
he had never seen an elephant before.
1. Why did the farmer want to sell the elephant?
A. Because the elephant didn't have its left leg.
B. Because there was something wrong with its head.
C. Because he wanted to be a business.
D. Because of the defect in the left leg of the elephant.
2. Why did the stranger watch the elephant carefully?
A. Because he couldn't find its leg.
B. Because he had never seen an elephant before.
C. Because he wanted to find out the defect.
D. Because he wanted to buy it.
3. How much did the stranger thought the elephant cost?
A. Fifty rupees.
B. Not very much.
C. Less than fifty rupees.
D. He had no idea about it.
4. What did the Indian farmer ask the stranger to do?
A. Not to stand there.
B. To go away.
C. To stop watching the elephant.
D. To say nothing until he sold the elephant.
5. Who is cleverer, the Indian farmer or the stranger?
A. The Indian farmer.
B. The stranger.
C. Both of them.
D. Neither of them.

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