Question

【題目】Once upon a time, a rich man and a poor tailor(裁縫)lived in the same house. The rich man lived upstairs(樓上)and the poor tailor lived downstairs(樓下). The tailor liked to sing when he made clothes. He sang one song after another. But the rich man liked to sleep a lot, and the singing troubled him.

One day the rich man said, “Tailor, I will give you a bag full of money every day if you stop singing.”

“Fine.” said the tailor. And so the tailor stopped singing and became richer and richer. But the more money he got from the rich man, the unhappier he became, because he wanted very much to sing again. Finally he brought all his money back to the rich man. “Here,” he said, “take your money, I can't be happy if I can't sing.”

And so he gave the money back to the rich man and went on singing. He sang and sang and he was happier than ever before.

【1】Once a rich man and a poor tailor lived ______.

A. in the same room B. in the different houses

C. on the same floor D. in the same building

【2】The tailor enjoyed singing ______.

A. while he was feeling unhappy B. while he was working

C. while the rich man was sleeping D. Both B and C

【3】The rich man didn't like the tailor's singing because ______.

A. the tailor didn't sing well B. the rich man could sing better

C. the rich man liked to sleep a lot D. the rich man was working at home then

【4】The rich man wanted to stop the singing by ______.

A. just telling him not to sing

B. giving him a lot of money

C. asking him to sing outside the house

D. asking him to stop singing while he was sleeping

【5】The poor tailor gave the money back to the rich man because ______.

A. he thought the money was not useful to him

B. he didn't like the money

C. he had a lot more money than the rich man.

D. he wanted to sing and he felt happy while he was singing.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】 D

【2】 D

【3】 C

【4】 B

【5】 D

【解析】

這是一則小故事，講了曾經(jīng)一個(gè)有錢(qián)人和一個(gè)貧窮的裁縫生活在同一棟樓里，但裁縫總是唱歌，富人想通過(guò)給錢(qián)的方式阻止裁縫唱歌，但是裁縫無(wú)法放棄唱歌。

【1】句意：曾經(jīng)一個(gè)有錢(qián)人和一個(gè)貧窮的裁縫生活在同一棟樓里。A.在同一個(gè)房間；B.在不同的房子里；C.在同一樓層；D.在同一棟建筑里。原文Once upon a time, a rich man and a poor tailor(裁縫)lived in the same house.（曾幾何時(shí)，一個(gè)富人和一個(gè)貧窮的裁縫住在同一棟房子里。）說(shuō)明他們以前住在同一棟建筑里，故選D。

【2】句意：當(dāng)他工作的時(shí)候以及當(dāng)富人正在睡覺(jué)的時(shí)候，裁縫喜歡唱歌。A.當(dāng)他感到不快樂(lè)的時(shí)候；B.當(dāng)他工作的時(shí)候；C.當(dāng)富人正在睡覺(jué)的時(shí)候；D. B和C。原文The tailor liked to sing when he made clothes.（裁縫在做衣服時(shí)喜歡唱歌。）說(shuō)明裁縫喜歡在工作的時(shí)候唱歌；原文But the more money he got from the rich man, the unhappier he became, because he wanted very much to sing again.（但他從富人那里獲得的錢(qián)越多，他變得更加不快樂(lè)，因?yàn)樗�非常想再次唱歌。）說(shuō)明他不開(kāi)心的時(shí)候也想唱歌，故選D。

【3】句意：富人不喜歡裁縫的歌聲，因?yàn)楦蝗苏�在睡覺(jué)。A.裁縫唱得不好；B.富人唱得更好；C.富人非常喜歡睡覺(jué)；D.這位富翁當(dāng)時(shí)在家工作。原文But the rich man liked to sleep a lot, and the singing troubled him.（但這位富翁非常喜歡睡覺(jué)，唱歌給他帶來(lái)了麻煩。）說(shuō)明了富人不喜歡歌聲的原因，因?yàn)樗�要睡覺(jué)，故選C。

【4】句意：富人想要通過(guò)給他很多錢(qián)來(lái)停止歌唱。A.只是告訴他不要唱歌；B.給他很多錢(qián)；C.讓他在屋外唱歌；D.要求他在睡覺(jué)時(shí)停止唱歌。原文Tailor, I will give you a bag full of money every day if you stop singing.（裁縫，如果你停止唱歌，我會(huì)每天給你一個(gè)裝滿(mǎn)錢(qián)的袋子。）說(shuō)明富人是想通過(guò)給大量的錢(qián)來(lái)阻止裁縫歌唱，故選B。

【5】句意：那個(gè)貧窮的裁縫把錢(qián)還給了有錢(qián)人，因?yàn)樗�想唱歌，他在唱歌時(shí)感到很開(kāi)心。A.他認(rèn)為這筆錢(qián)對(duì)他沒(méi)用；B.他不喜歡這筆錢(qián)；C.他比富人有多得多的錢(qián)；D.他想唱歌，他在唱歌時(shí)感到很開(kāi)心。原文take your money, I can't be happy if I can't sing.（拿著你的錢(qián)，如果我不能唱歌，我不會(huì)感到高興。）說(shuō)明他想唱歌，唱歌能讓他開(kāi)心，故選D。