Question

There once was a very honest shopkeeper whose business was to provide goods to the local people. He would open his shop at 8:00 a.m. after having his breakfast and at 1:00 p.m. he would go for lunch. In the evening at 8:30 p.m. he closed his shop to complete his daily routine.

However, to get time for lunch was really difficult because he didn’t have anybody to help him at that time. Therefore, it was his daily practice that whichever customer was shopping at 1:00 p.m. would be asked to oversee (看管) the shop until the shopkeeper returned from lunch.

One day, a group of four thieves planned to steal from his shop while he was gone for lunch. One of the thieves went at 1:00 p.m. to be the customer that would be asked to oversee the shop.

The thief, pretending to be a customer, went in at 1:00 p.m. and started buying several items. As planned, the shop-keeper asked the thief to sit on his chair for thirty minutes until he returned from lunch.

Then, the other three thieves quickly came and told the pretended customer to help, but something had changed within him and he knew deeply in his heart that if he was given responsibility for the shop, he should not perform any dishonest acts during that time. His friends did not agree. As the now honest man tried to stop them, they resisted (抵抗) and a fight started. And at the same time the shopkeeper returned and asked why there was a fighting. The now honest man explained the entire plan.

The shopkeeper had been searching for an honest man who could take ownership of the shop and run it. The shop-keeper felt that he had found the right man.

1.What is the problem for the shopkeeper?

A. Nobody could prepare lunch for him every day.

B. He had nobody to keep the shop when he went for lunch.

C. He was too busy to have lunch every day.

D. He couldn’t find a person to work at the shop.

2.Why did the thief go to the shop at 1:00 p.m.?

A. Because he thought he would be asked to keep the shop.

B. Because the shopkeeper invited him to lunch then.

C. Because the shop was closed at that time.

D. Because he thought he could buy cheap things then.

3. When the shopkeeper returned from lunch, he found _______.

A. everything in his shop was stolen

B. the thief became the new owner of the shop

C. there was a fighting in his shop

D. the thief helped his fellows steal things from his shop

4. From the passage, we can infer that _______.

A. once a thief, he will always be a thief

B. an honest man will be responsible for his action

C. you can’t believe in a dishonest man forever

D. trust can change a thief into an honest man

Answer 1

1.B

2.A

3.C

4.D

【解析】

試題分析：本文講的是四個(gè)賊計(jì)劃著去偷東西，一個(gè)賊裝作買(mǎi)東西先去那個(gè)店，店主叫他幫忙看店直到他吃午飯回來(lái)，由于店主的信任讓他意識(shí)到自己應(yīng)該負(fù)責(zé)任把店看好，于是，當(dāng)他的同伴到來(lái)準(zhǔn)備偷東西的時(shí)候，他努力地阻止他們。最后，店主把店交給這個(gè)人來(lái)管理。

1. to get time for lunch was really difficult because he didn’t have anybody to help him at that time.”這個(gè)店主要騰出時(shí)間去吃午飯很困難，因?yàn)闆](méi)有人在這個(gè)時(shí)候幫他看店。因此可知，店主的問(wèn)題就是在他去吃午飯的時(shí)候沒(méi)有幫他看店。故選B。

2. Therefore, it was his daily practice that whichever customer was shopping at 1:00 p.m. would be asked to oversee (看管) the shop until the shopkeeper returned from lunch. ”不管哪個(gè)顧客在下午1點(diǎn)鐘的時(shí)候在購(gòu)物，店主就會(huì)叫他幫忙看店，直到他吃午飯回來(lái)，這是店主每天的習(xí)慣。因此，這個(gè)賊選擇在1點(diǎn)去這個(gè)店，因?yàn)檫@個(gè)時(shí)候店主會(huì)叫他幫忙看店。故選A。

3. at the same time the shopkeeper returned and asked why there was a fighting.”在那個(gè)時(shí)候，店主回來(lái)了，然后問(wèn)為什么這里會(huì)有一場(chǎng)打架。因此可知，店主吃午飯回來(lái)，在他的店里有人在打架。故選C。

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