Question

  Once an old man was walking in a street with his horse. It was raining hard. The old man was cold because he was walking in the rain. He wanted to stay in a restaurant. It was a quarter past three in the afternoon. The old man got to a small restaurant. There were a lot of people in it. The old man couldn't come near the fire.

  He thought and thought. At last he said to the waiter, "Take some fish to my horse. " The waiter and the people were very surprised. The waiter said, "A horse doesn't eat fish." The old man told the waiter, " This horse is very interesting. It can sing,dance and do all kinds of things. It can eat fish,too. " So the waiter brought the horse some fish.

  All the people in the restaurant ran out to see the horse eat fish except the old man. Now the old man sat beside the fire. After a while the waiter came back and said, " Your horse didn't eat any fish. " The old man said, "All right,take the fish back and put it on the table. I'll eat it."

(   ) 1. The old man felt very cold because        .

   A. it was a cloudy and windy day

   B. it snowed

   C. he was travelling in the heavy rain

   D. he was hungry

(   ) 2. The people in the restaurant all ran out because         ,

   A. they wanted to see the old man

   B. they wanted to see the horse eat fish

   C. they wanted to meet the old man and his horse

   D. there was no fire over the stove

(   ) 3. Indeed,the horse could not or       or         .

   A. walk;speak;eat fish

   B. sing;dance;sleep

   C. sing;dance;eat fish

   D. speak;walk;sit

(   ) 4. The old man ask the waiter to take some fish to his horse because         .

   A. his horse liked eating fish

   B. he wanted other people to know his horse

   C. he wanted to sit by the fire,but wasn't able to do so at first

   D. he himself also liked to eat fish

Answer 1

內容簡介：本文敘述了一位老人在大雨中走路感到非常冷，于是來到一家飯店。因為人多，他無法靠近火爐，于是他告訴侍者給自己的馬喂魚，人們很奇怪，都去觀看。這樣老人就能坐在火爐旁取暖了。

1. C從第一段第三句"The old man was cold because he was walking in the rain."可知，老人是在大雨中前行，所以感到很冷。

2. B根據第三段第一句"All the people in the restaurant ran out to see the horse eat fish..."可知飯店里的人們都出去看馬吃魚。

3. C根據文章可知，事實上這匹馬既不會唱歌，也不會跳舞，更不會吃魚。

4. C由短文第一段最后兩句和第二段前兩句可知，屋子里人很多，老人很冷卻不能靠近火爐，所以他想出這個主意讓別人出去看馬吃魚，然后自己就可以靠近火爐取暖了。