Question

Once upon a time, there was 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 (瓶)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 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 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：本篇文章介绍了一位富人和他的仆人都喜欢喝酒，但是每次富人外出，仆人都偷着喝酒吃好吃的。有一次，富人外出前告诉仆人说这有两瓶毒药，让仆人照看好那食物。仆人偷着喝了酒，吃了食物，然后说是猫偷吃了，他害怕被惩罚，因此自己喝了毒药想自杀。

1.1】C细节理解题。根据Once upon a time, there was a rich man. He had a servant (仆人). He and the servant loved wine （酒）and good food very much.可知这个富人和他的仆人都非常喜欢酒和好的食物。故选C。

2.2】D细节理解题。根据The rich man knew what his servant did, but he had never caught his servant doing that.可知这个富人知道仆人所做的这些事情，但是他从来没有抓住仆人这样做，所以选D。

3.3】B细节理解题。根据But the servant knew that the rich man had said was untrue.可知这位仆人知道那位富人说的不是真的，所以选B。

4.4】A综合理解题。通读全文可知，本篇文章介绍了一位富人和他的仆人都喜欢喝酒，但是每次富人外出，仆人都偷着喝酒吃好吃的。有一次，富人外出前告诉仆人说这有两瓶毒药，让仆人照看好那食物。仆人偷着喝了酒，吃了食物，然后说是猫偷吃了，他害怕被惩罚，因此自己喝了毒药想自杀。所以选A。

5.C综合理解题。通读全文可知，那位仆人很聪明。故选C。

考点：考查故事类短文阅读。