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   A farmer was selling a large elephant. A man came up to the elephant and began to look at it very carefully. Being afraid that the man would find out the elephant was not worth(值)much, the farmer went up to him and said in a low voice, Don't say anything about that elephant till I have sold it, and I'll give you a present.”“All right, said the man.

   After the elephant was sold, the man gave him fifty yuan, Then the farmer asked Now, will you tell me how you found out the elephant had a defect (缺陷)in its left leg?

   “I've never found any defect. said the man.

 “Then why did you look so carefully at every part of it?

 “Because I had never seen an elephant before, and wanted to know what it was like.

(1)  The farmer came up to the man ________.

[  ]

A to ask him to buy the elephant

B to tell him not to say a word about the elephant

C to ask him if he found any defect

D to tell him to look carefully

(2)  The man looked at the elephant very carefully because ________.   

[  ]

A he wanted to buy it

B he tried to find something wrong

C he had never seen an elephant before

D he decided to find out where the defect was

(3) From the story we know the man ________.

[  ]

A should tell the buyer the truth

Bmight feel lucky when the farmer gave him a lot of money for nothing

C really found something wrong with the elephant

D wasn't given any money by the farmer

(4)  The farmer might________.

[  ]

A feel angry when he heard the man's words

B feel pleased that the man didn't find anything wrong with the elephant

C feel surprised that the man looked at the elephant so carefully

D feel sorry for having given the man the money

(5) We know the elephant________.

[  ]

A was not worth the price it was sold at

Bwas wroth more than the price

C was wroth a lot of money

D. was worth nothing

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