One day an old man is selling (賣) a big elephant. A young man comes to the elephant and begins to look at it slowly. The old man goes up to him and says in his ear, “Don’t say anything about the elephant before I sell it. Then I will give you twenty dollars.”“All right,” says the young man. After the old man sells the elephant, he gives the young man twenty dollars and says, “Now, can you tell me how you found the elephant’s bad ears?”“I didn’t find the bad ears,” says the young man. “Then why are you looking at the elephant slowly?” asked the old man. The young man answers, “Because I have never seen an elephant before, and I want to know what it looks like.”
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(　 )11. ________  the elephant.
　　　 A. The young man sells     B. The old man sells
　　　 C. The two men sell        D. The old man buys
(　 )12. The young man is looking at the elephant slowly.
He wants to find out ___________.
　　　 A. which foot of the elephant is bad B. how heavy it is
　　　 C. which ear of the elephant is bad D. what it looks like
(　 )13. The young man   ______________.
　　　 A. knows the elephant has bad ears B. wants to buy the elephant
　　　 C. looks after the elephant D. gets some money from the old man
(　 )14. The young man  ______________.
　　　 A. is not interested in elephants B. knows what an elephant looks like
　　　 C. has seen some elephants before D. has never seen an elephant before
(　 )15. Hearing what the young man said, the old man will probably(很可能)be ____________.
　　　 A. angry （生氣）      B. happy     C. dangerous      D. hungry

小題1:B
小題1:D
小題1:D
小題1:D
小題1:A

小題1:從文章的句子：One day an old man sells(賣) a big elephant.可知答案是He sells a big elephant.可知選 B
小題1:從最后一句話“Because I want to see what an elephant looks like.”
可知這個(gè)年輕人想看看大象長(zhǎng)什么樣子。選D
小題1:從文章的句子：he gives the young man twenty dollars and asks,可知答案是D
小題1:從文章的句子“Because I have never seen an elephant before,可知年輕人以前沒看過大象。選D
小題1:推理題：老人以為年輕人看見大象的壞耳朵，給了年輕人一些錢，而年輕人只是沒看過大象，想看看大象長(zhǎng)什么樣的，所以老人一定很生氣。選A
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