Question

How to Become Cleverer

Once a boy came to ask a fisherman how to become cleverer, because his mother always called him “foolish boy”.

“That’s easy,” answered the fisherman. “I know one way to make you become cleverer.”

“Really?”

“Of course. It is said a fish head is good for brain. If you eat one, you’ll become cleverer indeed. Pay only three pounds for one fish head.” The boy paid him three pounds and the fisherman cut off a fish head and handed it to him.

A raw fish head is not good—not even for a hungry boy to eat but the boy ate it up in two gulps.

“Do you feel anything?” asked the fisherman.

“Not in my head,” said the boy.

The boy lay on the ground and thought. “One whole fish costs only two pounds. I had paid him three pounds for the fish head. Why couldn’t I have the whole fish for soup, a head for brain and one pound left over?” He jumped up and shouted at the fisherman. “You thief! You are fooling me!” The fisherman laughed, saying, “The fish head works now, you see.”

1.The boy ate up the raw fish head only in two gulps, because he __________.

A. enjoy it

B. wanted to taste it

C. took it as a good medicine

D. was a foolish boy

2.The boy came to the fisherman in order to __________.

A. buy a fish head B. ask the fisherman a question

C. buy a whole fish D. A and C

3.The boy paid three pounds. He should have had __________.

A. a whole fish

B. a fish head and one pound back

C. a whole fish and one pound back

D. a whole fish, a fish head and one pound back

4.__________ helped the boy become cleverer.

A. A good meal B. The raw fish head

C. Nothing D. What had happened

Answer 1

1.C

2.B

3.C

4.C

【解析】

試題分析：本文主要講了一個男孩為了變聰明花費三英鎊向一個漁夫買了一個魚頭，最后卻發(fā)現(xiàn)被騙的事實。

1. is said a fish head is good for brain. If you eat one, you’ll become cleverer indeed.說明：據(jù)說魚頭對頭腦很好，如果你吃了一個你就會變得很聰明。故選C。

2. a boy came to ask a fisherman how to become cleverer, because his mother always called him “foolish boy”.說明：一個男孩問漁夫怎樣變聰明，是因為他的媽媽老是叫他是個愚蠢的男孩。故選B。

3. “One whole fish costs only two pounds. I had paid him three pounds for the fish head. Why couldn’t I have the whole fish for soup, a head for brain and one pound left over?”說明：一整條魚只要兩磅，但他卻花了三磅買了一個魚頭。故選C。

4. thief! You are fooling me!”可知：男孩不但被騙而且還沒有變聰明。故選C。

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