Question

【题目】 Once upon a time, there lived a rich man. He had a servant (仆人). He and the servant loved wine and good food very much. Each time the rich man left his home, the servant would drink the wine and eat up all the nice food in the house. The rich man knew what his servant did, but he had never caught his servant doing that.

One morning, when he left home, he said to the servant, “Here are two bottles of poison (毒药) and some nice food in the house. You must take care of them.” With these words, he went out.

But the servant knew that the rich man had said was untrue. After the rich man was away from his home, he enjoyed a nice meal. Because he drank too much, he was drunk and fell to the ground. When the rich man came back, he couldn’t find his food and his wine. He became very angry. He woke the servant up. But the servant told his story very well. He said a cat had eaten up everything. He was afraid to be punished(惩罚), so he drank the poison to kill himself.

【1】In the story, _______ liked wine and good food very much.

A.the rich manB.the servant

C.both A and BD.neither A and B

【2】The rich told the servant that there was poison in the two bottles, because ________.

A.he wanted to kill the cat

B.he wanted to kill the servant

C.there was in fact poison in the bottles

D.did not want the servant to drink his wine

【3】In fact, _______ ate all the nice food and drank the wine.

A.nobodyB.the servantC.the rich manD.cat

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】D

【3】B

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文。讲述了一位仆人在富人家偷喝红酒和偷吃美食，但却没有被抓到现行的故事。

【1】

细节理解题。根据第一段“He and the servant loved wine and good food very much.”（他和这个仆人都十分喜爱红酒和美食。）可知，富人和仆人都喜爱红酒和美食。故选C。

【2】

推理判断题。根据“Each time the rich man left his home, the servant would drink the wine and eat up all the nice food in the house. The rich man knew what his servant did, but he had never caught his servant doing that.”（每次富人离开家，这个仆人就会喝红酒，并吃光房子里所有的美食。富人知道仆人做了什么，但从来没有抓到仆人正在偷吃偷喝。）故推测，富人说瓶子里有毒药是为了不让仆人喝自己的红酒。故选D。

【3】

细节理解题。根据“After the rich man was away from his home, he enjoyed a nice meal.”（富人离家之后，他享用了一顿美味的饭。）可知，是仆人吃光了美食，喝光了所有酒。故选B。