Question

Once upon a time, there lived a rich man. He had a servant (仆人). He and the servant loved wine （酒）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 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（醉了） 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 man 　　B. the servant 　　C. both A and B 　　D. neither A and B

2.The rich man knew that it was _____ that drank the wine and ate up all the nice food.

A. the cat 　　 　　B. himself 　　　C. nobody 　　　　D. the servant

3.The rich told the servant that there was poison(毒药) in the two bottles, because ________.

A. there was in fact poison in the bottles 

B. did not want the servant to drink his wine

C. he wanted to kill the cat

D. he wanted to kill the servant

4.In fact, _______ ate all the nice food and drank the wine.

A. the servant 　　B. cat 　　C. the rich man 　D. nobody

5.From the story, we know that the servant is very _______.

A. lazy 　　B. bad 　　C. clever 　　D. kind

Answer

1.C

2.D

3.B

4.A

5.C

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要介绍了一个仆人经常偷富人的酒和食物吃，富人知道仆人喝了他的酒，但是从没有抓住过仆人，为了防止仆人偷酒，所以他出门前故意说是毒药。在他走后仆人吃多了酒，醉了。当富人问他时，他说一只猫吃了食物，他害怕受到惩罚，所以他喝毒药自杀

1.He and the servant loved wine （酒）and good food very much.描述他和仆人喜欢喝酒和吃好吃的食物。故选C

2.推理判断题。根据第三段When the rich man came back, he couldn’t find his food and his wine. He became very angry.他找不到他的酒和食物，很生气，于是叫醒仆人，由此可推测，他认为仆人吃了。故选D。

3.一段The rich man knew what his servant did, but he had never caught his servant doing that.描述，富人知道仆人喝了他的酒，但是从没有抓住过仆人，为了防止仆人偷酒，所以他故意说是毒药。故选B

4.推理判断题。根据第三段仆人的话，可知他为了掩盖他的行为，就编造了一个故事。来欺骗富人为什么喝了他的酒。故可知是仆人喝了他的酒，故选A

5.这个故事的发展可知仆人很聪明。

考点：故事类短文阅读