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【题目】There was a very rich man named John. He gave a great puzzle (迷语)to the people in the town.

In his house, he had a very large room. “If anyone of you can fill my room within one day, I will give you 100,000 dollars.” Everyone in the town wanted to try.

The first man tried to fill the room with stones. At the end of the day, he was very tired, but the room was still empty.

The second man tried to fill the room with wood. He worked all day, but the room was not full. “That room is too big,’’ he said. “No one can do this.”

The third man said, “I can do it. It’s easy.” Everyone laughed. They thought he could not do it. Then, the man went to the park and played all day. His friend said, “Why are you playing? You should be working.’’ The man said, “I can do it. Don’t worry.’’ At 8 o’clock at night，the man came to the room with a small bag. The rich man said, “Haha...that bag is too small. It cannot fill the room.’’The man reached into the bag and took out a candle. He lit(点亮）the candle and said, “You see，the whole room is filled with light!”

【1】How much would John give to the man who worked out the puzzle?(根据短文内容回答问题）

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【2】Did the second man fill the room within one day?(根据短文内容回答问题）

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【3】How did the third man fill the room?(根据短文内容回答问题）

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【4】从短文中找出与下面句子画线部分意思最相近的单词。

He worked all day, but the room was not full. _____________________

【5】In the passage, the underlined word “It’’ refers to ______________.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】100,000 dollars.

【2】No,he didn’t.

【3】He lit the candle

【4】empty

【5】the bag

【解析】这篇短文主要讲述了有一个叫John的富人，他给人们出了一个问题，谁能把他的房间填满，他就给谁10万，许多人们都想试试但是，前两个都失败，第三个人最后成功了，他只用了一根蜡烛，就将房间充满了光。

【1】根据文中“If anyone of you can fill my room within one day, I will give you 100,000 dollars.”可知答案，故填100,000 dollars。

【2】根据文中The second man tried to fill the room with wood. He worked all day, but the room was not full.可知，这里做否定回答。故填No,he didn’t.

【3】根据文中The man reached into the bag and took out a candle. He lit(点亮）the candle and said, “You see，the whole room is filled with light!”可知答案，故填He lit the candle。

【4】not full.的意思是没有满，意思是就是“空的”empty 的意思是空的。根据题意，故填empty。

【5】根据上文Haha...that bag is too small.可知这里的it指的是the bag。根据题意，故填the bag。