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 stay in a restaurant. It was a quarter past three in the afternoon. The old man got to a small restaurant. There were a lot of people in it. The old man couldn't come near the fire.

  He thought and thought. At last 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 do 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 fish except the old man. Now the old man sat beside the fire. After a while 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 cloudy and windy day

   B. it snowed

   C. he was travelling in the heavy rain

   D. he was hungry

(   ) 2. The people in the restaurant all ran out because         ,

   A. they wanted to see the old man

   B. they wanted to see the horse eat fish

   C. they wanted to meet the old man and his horse

   D. there was no fire over the stove

(   ) 3. Indeed,the horse could not or       or         .

   A. walk;speak;eat fish

   B. sing;dance;sleep

   C. sing;dance;eat fish

   D. speak;walk;sit

(   ) 4. The old man ask the waiter to take some fish to his horse because         .

   A. his horse liked eating fish

   B. he wanted other people to know his horse

   C. he wanted to sit by the fire,but wasn't able to do so at first

   D. he himself also liked to eat fish

Answer 1

内容简介：本文叙述了一位老人在大雨中走路感到非常冷，于是来到一家饭店。因为人多，他无法靠近火炉，于是他告诉侍者给自己的马喂鱼，人们很奇怪，都去观看。这样老人就能坐在火炉旁取暖了。

1. C从第一段第三句"The old man was cold because he was walking in the rain."可知，老人是在大雨中前行，所以感到很冷。

2. B根据第三段第一句"All the people in the restaurant ran out to see the horse eat fish..."可知饭店里的人们都出去看马吃鱼。

3. C根据文章可知，事实上这匹马既不会唱歌，也不会跳舞，更不会吃鱼。

4. C由短文第一段最后两句和第二段前两句可知，屋子里人很多，老人很冷却不能靠近火炉，所以他想出这个主意让别人出去看马吃鱼，然后自己就可以靠近火炉取暖了。