In Xinjiang，most people knew the stories of Avantis（阿凡提）．Avantis was a very clever man．People liked him because he not only spoke for the poor but also was always ready to help them．

One day Avantis saw two men arguing with each other．A lot of people stood around them．One of the two men was the owner of the eating house in the town and the other was a young man．The young man just passed by the eating house．The owner of the eating house told the young man to pay him money．The young man explained（解釋）that he hadn't taken anything from the eating house．But the owner said that the young man had taken the smell of the nice food from the eating house，and he must pay for it．So Avantis went up to the owner anti said，“I'll pay you the money．” Avantis took out some coins from his pocket and put them into his own bag．He shook（搖動(dòng)）his bag，and people heard the sound of the coins．Then Avantis said to the owner，“I have paid you the money．”

1．People liked Avantis because          ．

A．he was clever and disliked helping the poor

B．he was rich and liked helping the poor

C．he was clever and liked to help the poor

2．One day Avantis saw two men          ．

A．a(chǎn)rguing about the eating house

B．a(chǎn)rguing about the payment

C．laughing at the people around them

3．The owner of the eating house told the young man          ．

A．to pay the enough money for his food

B．to pay the money for broken bowls

C．to pay for the smell of the food

4．Avantis wanted to help the young man，so          ．

A．he helped the young man out of the trouble

B．he would pay the money instead of the young man

C．he asked the young man to make friends with the owner

5．Avantis paid the owner of the eating house           ．

A．enough money                       B．some coins

C．the sound of the coins