Nasreddin put two big baskets of grapes on his donkey and went to market．At midday it was very hot, so he stopped in the shade of a big tree．There were several other men there, and all of them had donkeys of grapes too．After their lunch they went to sleep．After some time, Nasreddin began to take grapes out of the other men's baskets and to put them in his．
Suddenly one of the men woke up and saw him．”What are you doing?” He said angrily．
Oh,” said Nasreddin, “don't worry about me．I am half mad, and I do a lot of strange things．”
Oh, really?” Said the other man．”Then why don’t you sometimes take grapes out of your baskets and put them in somebody else's baskets?”
You did not understand me,” said Nasreddin．”I said that I was half mad, not quite mad．”
(1)
Nasreddin went to market ________．
[ ]
A．
to sell his donkey
B．
to buy something
C．
to sell his grapes
D．
to find a job
(2)
Nasreddin stopped ________．
[ ]
A．
under a big tree
B．
near a big tree
C．
around a big tree
D．
in a big tree
(3)
As Nasreddin was taking away the other men’s grapes one of the men ________．
[ ]
A．
pretended not to see him
B．
saw him and got angry
C．
woke his fellows up
D．
came at him
(4)
Nasreddin said that he did a lot of strange things because ________．
One day Nasreddin borrowed a pot(罐)from his neighbour Ali．The next day he brought it back with another little pot inside．“That’s not mine,”said Ali．“Yes, it is．”said Nasreddin．“While your pot was staying with me, it had a baby．”
Some time later Nasreddin asked Ali to lend him a pot again．Ali agreed, hoping that he would once again receive two pots in return．However, days passed and Nasreddin had still not returned the pot．Finally Ali lost patience and went to ask for it．“I am sorry,”said Nasreddin．“I can’t give you back your pot, since it has died．”“Died!”cried Ali,“How can a pot die?”“Well,”said Nasreddin,“you believed me when I told you that your pot had had a baby．”
(1)
Who was the owner of the pot?
[ ]
A．
Nasreddin．
B．
Ali．
C．
The baby．
D．
Nobody．
(2)
How many times did Nasreddin borrow the pot?
[ ]
A．
Once．
B．
Twice．
C．
Three time．
D．
Never．
(3)
Why was the neighbour happy to lend his pot a second time?
[ ]
A．
He wanted to get more．
B．
He was a good neighbour
C．
He had lots of spare pots．
D．
He was ready to help others．
(4)
How many pots did Nasreddin return the second time?
Ali, who was working a long way from home wanted to send a letter to his wife, but he could neither read nor write, and he had to work all day, so he could only look for somebody to write his letter late at night．At last he found the house of a letter writer whose name was Nasreddin．
Nasreddin was already in bed．”It is late”, he said．”What do you want?” “I want you to write a letter to my wife,” said Ali, Nasreddin was not pleased．He thought for a few seconds and then said, “Has the letter got to go far?” “What does that matter?” Answered Ali．” Well, my writing is so strange that only I can read it, and if I have to travel a long way to read your letter to your wife, it will cost you a lot of money．” Ali went away quickly．
(1)
Ali wanted to ________ to his wife．
[ ]
A．
get something
B．
have a letter written
C．
bring a flower
D．
say good-bye
(2)
At last he found the house of ________．
[ ]
A．
a writer
B．
a seller
C．
an old man
D．
a letter-writer
(3)
When Ali told what he wanted to do Nasreddin was ________．
