Question

One day an old man sells(出售) a big elephant. A young man comes to the elephant and begins to look at it slowly(慢慢地). The old man goes up to him and says near(在……附近) his ear. "Don't say anything about the elephant before I sell it, then you can get some meat." "All right." says the young man.

After the old man sells the elephant, he gives the young man some meat and asks, "How can you see the bad ears of the elephant?" "I don't see the bad ears，"says the young man. "Then why do you look at the elephant slowly?" asks the old man. The young man answers, "Because(因为) I want to see what an elephant looks like."

根据短文内容，回答下列问题。

1. What does the old man sell?

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2. Does the young man want to buy the elephant?

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3.What does the young man get at last(最后)?

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4. Does the elephant have two bad ears?

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5. Why does the young man look at the elephant slowly? ____________________________________________

Answer

1.An elephant

2.No,he doesn’t.

3.Some meat.

4.Yes,it does.

5.Because he wanted to see what an elephant looks like.

【解析】

试题分析：这是一篇小故事，讲述一位老人卖大象，有个年轻人走上前慢慢看大象，老人以为他看出了大象的坏耳朵，老人告诉他，在卖大象之前别说话，然后给他一些肉，其实年轻人只是看看大象长得什么样子。

1.细节理解题。从文中这句话“One day an old man sells a big elephant.”可知老人卖大象，所以答案为An elephant

2.2】细节理解题。从文中这句话“Because I want to see what an elephant looks like.”可知年轻人不想买，只是想看看大象的长相，所以是否定回答No,he doesn’t.

3.3】细节理解题。从文中这句话“After the old man sells the elephant, he gives the young man some meat .”可知年轻人得到了一些肉，所以答案为Some meat.

4.4】细节理解题。从文中这句话“How can you see the bad ears of the elephant?”可知大象的耳朵是坏的，所以是肯定回答Yes,it does.

5.5】细节理解题。从文中这句话“Because I want to see what an elephant looks like.”可知年青人慢慢看的原因是想看看大象的长相，所以答案为Because he wanted to see what an elephant looks like.

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