Question

【題目】閱讀下列短文, 從每題所給的四個選項（A、B、C和D)中, 選出最佳選項。
B
A bag is useful and the word "bag" is useful, too. Here is an interesting phrase, "to let the cat out of the bag". In meaning it is the same as "to tell the secret". And there is an old interesting story about it.
Long ago, when farmers wanted to sell chickens at the market, they would usually just throw the chickens in cloth (布) bags. But cats were cheaper than chickens at that time, so many farmers would put cats into the cloth bags but not chickens. One day, a woman asked a man for a chicken. The man gave her a cloth bag in which there was a cat. ________. When the man opened the cloth bag, a big black cat ran out. Not a chicken! The man's secret was out and everyone knew it.
Now when we say someone gives away a secret, we say "He lets the cat out of the bag". And that is the story where the interesting phrase came from.
（1）The underlined word "it" in the passage refers to (指的是) _______.
A.the useful bag
B.the phrase
C.the cat
D.the chicken
（2）The farmers put cats but not chickens in the bags to _______ when they sold chickens.
A.tell the secret
B.sell the cats
C.get more money
D.keep the cats quiet
（3）Which of the following sentences is the best for the blank (空白處) in the passage?
A.The woman was angry to see a cat.
B.The man put a cat in the bag.
C.The man asked her to see the chicken.
D.The woman wanted to see the chicken.
（4）The writer wrote the story to tell us _______.
A.the woman was smart
B.how farmers sold their cats
C.the phrase is useful
D.where the phrase came from

Answer 1

【答案】
（1）B
（2）C
（3）D
（4）D
【解析】本文屬于記敘文閱讀，作者通過這篇文章向我們介紹了"to let the cat out of the bag"這個短語的出處。
（1）推理判斷題，根據(jù)第一段Here is an interesting phrase, "to let the cat out of the bag". In meaning it is the same as "to tell the secret".可知這里的it指的是前文的"to let the cat out of the bag"這個短語，故選B。
（2）細節(jié)理解題，根據(jù)第二段 But cats were cheaper than chickens at that time, so many farmers would put cats into the cloth bags but not chickens.可知當時的貓比雞便宜，因此他們放貓是為了掙更多的錢，故選C。
（3）推理判斷題，根據(jù)后文When the man opened the cloth bag, a big black cat ran out.Not a chicken! 可知當那個人打開布袋時，一只大黑貓跑了出來。不是雞，可知這個女人想要看見雞，故選D。
（4）細節(jié)理解題，根據(jù)第一段 And there is an old interesting story about it.可知作者通過一個故事告訴我們這個短語的出處，故選D。