Question

A beautiful woman took a plane on business. She found her seat and sat down next to a young man. The man was just thinking of making a few dollars on the plane. When he saw the woman, he got an idea.

“Hey! Would you like to play a game?” he asked the woman. “No, thank you. I just want to take a nap (打盹),” the woman answered.

“It’s really easy. All you have to do is to answer the questions that I ask you. If you don’t know the answer, you give me five dollars. If I don’t know the answer to your question, then I’ll give you five dollars.”

“No,” the woman still refused.

“OK. If I don’t know the answer to your question, I’ll give you five hundred dollars. How about that?” the man said. Then the woman became interested and decided to join in the game.

“OK. How many moons does Jupiter (木星) have?” asked the young man. The woman reached into her purse and took out a five-dollar bill.

“What goes up the mountain with three legs and comes back with four?” the woman asked. Then the young man took out his computer and searched the Internet for an answer. Minutes later, the young man handed five hundred dollars to the woman.

After a few hours, the young man really wanted to know the answer to the question. So he asked the woman, “What is the answer to your question?” The woman reached into her purse and handed the young man a five-dollar bill.

1.Why did the man ask the woman to play a game?

A. He wanted to show his kindness.

B. He wanted to have a pleasant journey.

C. He wanted to earn some money from it.

D. He wanted to make friends with the woman.

2.How much did the woman get at the end of the story?

A. $ 500.        B. $ 5.       C. $ 10.          D. $ 490.

3.What can we learn from the last paragraph?

A. The woman told the man the answer to her question.

B. The woman gave the man’s money back to him.

C. The woman asked the man another question.

D. The woman didn’t know the answer, either.

4.We can learn from the story that the woman is ______.

A. clever         B. friendly

C. polite        D. honest

Answer

1.C

2.D

3.D

4.A

【解析】

试题分析：一位漂亮的女士乘飞机出差，她旁边的男子想在飞机上赚一些钱。经过商量，男子和女士互相问问题，如果男子不知道问题的答案，他将不得不给女士500美元，而女士若回答不上来，她只需要给男子5美元。

1.The man was just thinking of making a few dollars on the plane.”可知，那个男子想赚一些钱，故选C。

2.The woman reached into her purse and took out a five-dollar bill...the young man handed five hundred dollars to the woman...The woman reached into her purse and handed the young man a five-dollar bill.”可知，那位女士一共给了男子10美元，男子给了女士500美元，女士最后得到了490美元，故选D。

3.So he asked the woman, “What is the answer to your question?” The woman reached into her purse and handed the young man a five-dollar bill.”可知，当男子问女士那个问题的答案是什么时，女士直接给了他5美元，说明她回答不上来男子的问题，也就是说，她自己也不知道问题的答案，故选D。

4.OK. If I don’t know the answer to your question, I’ll give you five hundred dollars.”可知，男子回答不上来问题的话，他必须给女士500美元，而女士不知道答案的话，她只需要给男子5美元。于是女士就想了一个自己也不知道答案的问题，她用10美元换来了500美元，说明她很聪明，故选A。

考点：故事类短文阅读