Question

Once an old man was walking in a street with his horse. It was raining hard. The old man was cold because he was walking in the rain. He wanted to go a restaurant. It was a quarter past three in the afternoon. The old man got to a small restaurant. There were lots of people in it. The old man couldn’t come near the fire. He thought and thought. At last he got an idea. He said to the waiter, “ Take some fish to my horse.” The waiter and the people were very surprised. The waiter said, “ A horse doesn’t eat fish.” The old man told the waiter, “This horse is very interesting. It can sing, dance and does all kinds of things. It can eat fish, too.” So the waiter brought the horse some fish.

All the people in the restaurant ran out to see the horse eat except(除…之外) the old man. So the old man sat beside the fire. After a moment the waiter came back and said, “ Your horse didn’t eat any fish.” The old man said, “ All right. Take the fish back and put it on the table. I’ll eat it.”

1.The old man felt very cold because ___________.

A. it was a windy day

B. it was snowing heavily

C. he was walking in the heavy rain

D. he was hungry

2. All the people in the restaurant ran out except the old man because ________.

A. they wanted to see the old man

B. they wanted to see the horse eat the fish

C. they wanted to see the horse

D. there was no fire over the stove

3.In fact, the horse couldn’t _________.

A. walk or eat B. sing or sleep

C. sing or eat fish D. talk or drink

4.Why did the old man ask the waiter to take some fish to his horse?

A. Because he was cold.

B. Because his horse liked eating fish.

C. Because he wanted to sit by the fire.

D. Because he also liked eating fish.

5.What’ s the best title of the passage?

A. A horse that can eat fish B. A good idea

C. An old man and a horse D. An old man

Answer 1