Question

【题目】阅读短文，根据短文选择正确的答案。

One day an old man is selling(卖) a big elephant. A young man comes to the elephant and begins to look at it slowly. The old man goes up to him and says in his ear, “Don’t say anything about the elephant before I sell it. Then I will give you twenty dollars.” “All right,” says the young man. After the old man sells the elephant, he gives the young man twenty dollars and says, “Now, can you tell me how you found the elephant’s bad ears?” “I didn’t find the bad ears,” says the young man. “Then why are you looking at the elephant slowly?” asked the old man. The young man answers, “Because I have never seen an elephant before, and I want to know what it looks like.”

（ ）（1） ________ the elephant.

A. The young man sells B. The old man sells

C. The two men sell D. The old man buys

（ ）（2） The young man is looking at the elephant slowly. He wants to find out ___________.

A. which foot of the elephant is bad

B. how heavy it is

C. which ear of the elephant is bad

D. what it looks like

（ ）（3） The young man ______________.

A. knows the elephant has bad ears

B. wants to buy the elephant

C. looks after the elephant

D. gets some money from the old man

（ ）（4） The young man ______________.

A. is not interested in elephants.

B. knows what an elephant looks like

C. has seen some elephants before

D. has never seen an elephant before

Answer 1

【答案】（1）D （2） D （3）D （4）A

【解析】

（1）句意：年轻人卖大象。根据One day an old man is selling(卖) a big elephant. 一天一个老人在卖大象， 可知答案选D。

（2）句意：年轻人正在慢慢地看大象，因为他想发现大象长什么样子。根据Because I have never seen an elephant before, and I want to know what it looks like.因为我以前从未见过大象，我想知道他长什么样子，可知答案选D。

（3）句意：年轻人从老人那儿得到了一些钱。根据 he gives the young man twenty dollars他给年轻人二十美元，可知答案选D。

（4）句意：年轻人以前从未见过大象。根据Because I have never seen an elephant before因为我以前从未见过大象，可知答案选A。