Question

    One day a visitor came to Nasreddin's house. “I am your cousin and I come from a far place”’ he said , “and I have brought you a duck. ” Nasreddin was (A) delighted. He asked his wife to cook the duck,and gave the visitor a fine dinner.

    The next day another visitor arrived. “(B) I am the friend of the man who brought you the duck”’ he said. Nasreddin invited him in and gave him a good meal. The next day another visitor arrived,and said he was the friend of the friend of the man who had brought the duck. Again Nasreddin gave him a meal. However,he was getting annoyed. Visitors seemed to be using his house as a restaurant.

    Then another visitor came,and said he was the friend of the friend of the friend of the man who had brought the duck. Nasreddin invited him in but gave him some soup with nothing. “ What kind of soup is this?” asked the visitor. “Ah!” said Nasreddin, “That is the soup of the soup of the soup of the duck. ”

根据短文内容，完成下列任务。

任务一:为(A) 处画线的单词选择一个与其意思相近 的选项。

() 1. A. angry   B. glad

   C. busy   D. tired

任务二:把(B) 处画线句子翻译成汉语。

() 2.

任务三:判断下列句子的正(T) 误(F) 。

() 3. Nasreddin got angry because the other visitors

didn't bring anything.

() 4. He served soup which tasted of nothing,so

that no more visitors would want to come to his house.

任务四：回答问题。

5. How many visitors came to see Nasreddin?

Answer 1

纳斯尔丁的表弟带来了一只鸭子，得到了很好的招待，后来又来的几位，都说是纳斯尔丁的表弟的朋友，可是他们

什么也没带来，只想白吃，这使得纳斯尔丁很不高兴，后来他 想出了一个对付这种人的办法。

详析

1. B由于这位表弟从远处来看望他并带来了一只鸭子，所 以纳斯尔丁应当很高兴。

2. 我是那位给你送鸭子的那个人的朋友。

3. T读第二、三段可知，后面来的客人什么也没带，他们有 骗吃骗喝的嫌疑，所以纳斯尔丁很生气。

4. T纳斯尔丁厌烦了那些客人不停地来蹭饭，所以他给他

们一些没有味道的鸭子汤，以便能阻止他们再来岛吃 白喝。

5. Four. 第一位客人带来了鸭子；由第二段可知，又来了 两位;在第三段中又来了一位，所以来拜访纳斯尔丁的一 共有四人