Question

    Two men were sitting together in an airplane. They were on a long journey. One of the men was a teacher. The other was a cook.

They sat without talking for a while, then the cook said, “Let’s do something to pass the time.”

“What do you want to do?” the teacher asked. “We can ask each other riddles (谜语),” the cook said, “You start.”

“Let’s make the rules first,” the teacher said. “To make the game more interesting, we play it for money. If we don’t know the answer to a riddle, we have to pay a dollar.”

The cook thought about it and said, “That’s not fair (公平的). You are a teacher, an educated man. You know more things than I do. I am just a cook.”

“That’s true,” the teacher said, “What’s your suggestion?” “If you don’t know the answer to a riddle, you need to pay me $100. If I don’t know the answer to a riddle, I’ll pay you $50.” the cook said.

Thinking for a while, the teacher said, “OK. That’s fair. Who’ll go first?”

“I will,” the cook said. “Here is my riddle. What has three legs when it walks, but only two legs when it flies?”

The teacher repeated the riddle, “What has three legs when it walks, but only two legs when it flies? Mm, that’s a good one. I’m afraid I don’t know the answer.”

He gave the cook $100, then he said, “What’s the answer?”, “I don’t know,” the cook said and gave him $50.

1.Why did they play the riddle game?

A.To earn money. B.To kill the time.

C.To have a long journey. D.To know each other well.

2.Who can get the answer to the riddle?

A.The teacher. B.The cook.

C.Neither of them. D.Both of them.

3.How much money did the cook get at last?

A.$1. B.$50. C.$100. D.$150.

4.What is the correct order of the following statements?

a. The cook showed his riddle.

b. The cook made the rules fair.

c. The teacher paid the cook money.

d. The teacher made the rules for the game.

A.d-b-a-c B.b-d-a-c C.d-c-a-b D.b-c-a-d

5.What do you think of the cook?

A.Brave. B.Wise. C.Educated. D.Polite.

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.B

4.A

5.B

【解析】

文主要讲的是飞机上的两个乘客闲来无事玩起了互猜谜语的游戏，厨师出了一个连他自己也不知道答案的谜语，结果教师给了他100元，他给了教师50元，最终还赢了50元。

1.细节理解题。根据上文the cook said, “Let’s do something to pass the time.” “We can ask each other riddles (谜语),” the cook said, 厨师说：“让我们做点什么来打发时间吧”。 “我们可以互相猜谜语。”厨师说。可知他们玩猜谜语是为了打发时间，故选B。

2.细节理解题。根据上文“What’s the answer?”, “I don’t know,”老师问厨师谜语的答案，厨师说不知道，可知两个人都不知道，故选C。

3.细节理解题。根据上文He gave the cook $100, then he said, “What’s the answer?”, “I don’t know,” the cook said and gave him $50.可知老师给了厨师100美元，厨师又给了他50美元，所以厨师最终得到50美元，故选B。

4.细节理解题。根据故事的发展顺序“Let’s make the rules first,” the teacher said.（教师定游戏规则） ——“If you don’t know the answer …, I’ll pay you $50.” the cook said.（厨师修改规则，使其公平）——Who’ll go first?”“I will,” the cook said. “Here is my riddle.——（厨师先出谜语）——He gave the cook $100, then he said, “What’s the answer?”（老师付给厨师100美元），故选A。

5.推理判断题。通读全文可知，厨师出了一个连他自己也不知道答案的谜语，结果教师给了他100元，他给了教师50元，最终还赢了50元。可见厨师很智慧，故选B。