Question

It was already dark when an old man came to a small town. He found an inn and wanted to stay there for the night. After he had gone to his room, the owner said to his wife, “Look at his bag, dear. I’m sure there are lots of valuable things in it. I want to steal it when he is asleep.”

“No, no,” said the woman. “He must look for his bag tomorrow morning. Then he’ll take you before the judge.” They thought and at last the woman had an idea. “We have forgetful grass,” said the woman, “Why not put some into his food? If he has the food, he will forget to take his bag away.” “How clever you are!” said the owner, “Don’t forget it when you prepare supper for him.”

The old man had the food with the forgetful grass and went to bed. The next morning, when the owner got up, he found the door was open and the old man had left with his bag. He woke his wife up and said angrily, “What a fool! Your forgetful grass isn’t useful at all.”

“No, no,” said the woman. “I don’t think so. He must forget something.”

“Oh, I’ve remembered!” The owner cried out suddenly, “He forgot…”

1.The old man came to the inn _______.

A. in the morning B. in the afternoon C. in the evening D. at night

2.The owner and his wife wanted to _______.

A. get the man’s bag B. steal the man’s money

C. make the man pay them more D. hide the man’s bag

3.The owner and his wife put the forgetful grass into the food because _______.

A. the old man always forgot something

B. they wanted to make the food better

C. they hoped the old man would leave the bag in the inn

D. they wanted to know if the grass was useful

4.According to the passage the old man forgot _______.

A. to take his bag away

B. to tell the owner when he left

C. to close the door when he went to sleep

D. to pay them the inn money

Answer 1

1.C

2.A

3.C

4.D

【解析】

試題分析：一個老人到一個小鎮(zhèn)時天色已晚，他找到了一個旅館，決定在那里過夜。旅館老板想把老人的包據(jù)為己有，他在老人的飯里放了一種能讓人遺忘事情的草。結(jié)果，老人忘記支付住宿費就離開了。

1.小題1】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段“It was already dark when an old man came to a small town. He found an inn...”可知，當老人來到一個小鎮(zhèn)時天色已晚，老人找了一家旅館，準備在那里過夜；根據(jù)第二段最后“Don’t forget it when you prepare supper for him.”可知，老人還沒有吃晚飯，說明老人是在傍晚來到旅館的，故選C。

2.2】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段“I’m sure there are lots of valuable things in it. I want to steal it when he is asleep.”可知，旅館老板認為老人的包里有貴重物品，他想把老人的包偷走，文中并未提到他們想偷老人的錢，故選A。

3.題3】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段“If he has the food, he will forget to take his bag away.”可知，旅館老板的妻子認為，如果老人食用了能讓人忘掉事情的草，他就會忘記把他的包帶走，故選C。

4.4】推理判斷題。根據(jù)第三段“the old man had left with his bag”可知，老人走時把包帶走了，排除A；根據(jù)“he found the door was open”可知，老板第二天早上發(fā)現(xiàn)門是開著的，老人已經(jīng)離開，排除C；根據(jù)第三段“when the owner got up, he found the door was open and the old man had left with his bag”可知，老人第二天早上沒有跟老板打招呼就直接離開了旅館，更讓老板夫妻倆驚訝的是，老人竟然忘記支付住宿的費用了，故選D。

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