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　　Once a neighbor stole one of Washington's horses. Washington went with a police officer to the neighbor's farm to get the horse, but the neighbor refused to give the horse up; he claimed that it was his horse.

　　Washington placed both of his hands over the eyes of the horse and said to the neighbor, “If this is your horse, then you must tell us in which eye he is blind.”

　　“In the right eye.”The neighbor said.

　　Washington took his hand from the right eye of the horse and showed the police officer that the horse was not blind in the right eye.

　　“Oh, I have made a mistake,” said the neighbor. “he is blind in the left eye.”

　　Washington then showed that the horse was not blind in the left eye, either.

　　“I have made another mistake,” said the neighbor.

　　“Yes,” said the police officer, “and you have also proved that the horse does not belong to you. You must return it to Mr. Washington.”

1．Why did Washington go to the neighbor's farm with a police officer?

[　　]

A．Because the neighbor was the police officer's friend.

B．Because he wanted to make the neighbor return the horse.

C．Because the police officer was Washington's friend.

D．Because they were invited to the neighbor's farm.

2．When Washington and the police officer reached the neighbor's farm, the neighbor ________.

[　　]

A．immediately admitted that he had stolen the horse

B．received them warmly

C．said he had lost a horse, too

D．didn't want to give the horse back to Washington

3．When Washington asked the neighbor to tell them in which eye the horse was blind, the neighbor ________.

[　　]

A．didn't say anything

B．knew the horse wasn't blind at all

C．thought the horse was really blind

D．said he had stolen the horse

4．According to the passage, the horse ________.

[　　]

A．was not blind at all

B．belonged to Washington's neighbor

C．was stolen by the police officer

D．was not returned to Washington

5．From the passage we know ________.

[　　]

A．Washington was a wise man

B．Washington's neighbor was cleverer than Washington

C．the police officer was cleverest of the three

D．all the three men were not very clever

答案：B;D;C;A;A
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　　解題點撥

　　1．文章一開頭就已作了交代make the neighbour return the horse迫使鄰居還馬．

　　2．give up放棄，讓步．

　　3．thought the horse was really blind以為這匹馬真的瞎了．那個鄰居猜測了二次，可見心虛．

　　4．華盛頓只是使了一個小小的計謀，就讓耍賴的鄰居露出了原形，警官只是起了一個判案的作用．


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