Question

【题目】阅读下列短文, 从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D)中, 选出最佳选项。
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 (空白处) 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】本文属于记叙文阅读，作者通过这篇文章向我们介绍了"to let the cat out of the bag"这个短语的出处。
（1）推理判断题，根据第一段Here is an interesting phrase, "to let the cat out of the bag". In meaning it is the same as "to tell the secret".可知这里的it指的是前文的"to let the cat out of the bag"这个短语，故选B。
（2）细节理解题，根据第二段 But cats were cheaper than chickens at that time, so many farmers would put cats into the cloth bags but not chickens.可知当时的猫比鸡便宜，因此他们放猫是为了挣更多的钱，故选C。
（3）推理判断题，根据后文When the man opened the cloth bag, a big black cat ran out.Not a chicken! 可知当那个人打开布袋时，一只大黑猫跑了出来。不是鸡，可知这个女人想要看见鸡，故选D。
（4）细节理解题，根据第一段 And there is an old interesting story about it.可知作者通过一个故事告诉我们这个短语的出处，故选D。