Question

Once there lived a very clever man whose name was Aesop (伊索). One day as he was taking a walk, he came across a traveler. The traveler stopped him and asked, “Excuse me,, can you tell me how
soon I’ll get to town?”
“Go.” Aesop answered.
“I know I must go.” said the traveler, “but I want to know how soon I’ll get to town.”
“Go!~ ”Aesop said again angrily.
“This man must be mad(瘋的),” the traveler thought and went on.
After the traveler had gone some distance(一段距離), Aesop shouted after him, “You’ll get to town in two hours.”
The traveler was greatly surprised. He turned back and asked, “Why didn’t you tell me that before?”
“How could I tell you that before?” Aesop answered, “I didn’t know how fast you could walk.”
小題1:One day Aesop ____________ a traveler while he was walking.

A．stopped

B．found

C．met

D．saved

小題2:The traveler asked Aesop______________.

A．to show him the way to town

B．how long it would take him to get to town

C．to give him some money

D．to tell him where the town was:

小題3:Why didn’t Aesop give the traveler the answer at first? Because he__________.

A．thought the traveler a was rude man

B．didn’t know the distance

C．wanted to tell him later

D．didn’t know how fast the man could walk

小題4:When did Aesop give the traveler the answer?

A．After the traveler got to town

B．After the traveler had walked some distance.

C．when he wasn’t angry.

D．When the traveler asked him a third time.

Answer 1

小題1:C      小題2:B      小題3:D       小題4:B

小題1: come across是“碰到”的意思，相當于meet。故選C。
小題2:根據“can you tell me how soon I’ll get to town?”可知，問的是多久才能到達鎮上。故選B。
小題3:根據最后一句可知，Aesop是想通過那個人的步行速度來判斷用時。故選D。
小題4:根據“After the traveler had gone some distance”可知，當路人走了一段距離后，Aesop告訴了他所用的時間。故選B。