Question

【題目】 There was a kingdom long, long ago. It was ruled by king who loved riddles. Once a year the king made a new riddle. He gave a prize to the person who could solve the riddle.

There was a baker who also lived in this kingdom. Everyone agreed that he baked the finest breads. The baker had almost everything he needed except for a horse. If the baker had a horse, he could sell his fine breads from one end of the kingdom to the other.

One year the king made a new riddle that puzzled everyone. "I will give a prize to the person

who can solve my riddle, " the king said. Whoever wins will have the pick of one of my strongest

horses." He then drew a line down the middle of the courtyard "Make this line shorter without erasing(清除) any part of it,” the king challenged.

People came from far and wide. They looked at the line and squinted at it. They even put their

noses to the ground and scratched their heads.

How can you make a line shorter without erasing any part of it?” the people in the crowd asked each other. Some of them tried. The dressmaker kicked dirt(泥土)over the line to hide it. The farmer poured water over the line to make it disappear. None of these efforts worked, and the people went home disappointed. Everyone was puzzled about how to solve this new riddle.

A week passed, and nobody had any new ideas. Then one day the baker came into the courtyard with a bag of flour(面粉).

Your Majesty, "the baker said to the king, I can make your line shorter without erasing any part of it. "Then the baker opened his bag of flour. He poured out a line of flour right next to the king’s line. The line the baker made was longer than the king’s line.

Now, good king, "the baker smiled, "your line is shorter.

The people were amazed. The king laughed and clapped his hands. "You have won the prize. I will give you a horse of your choice.

The baker was excited. Now he could sell his breads from one end of the kingdom to the other.

【1】What was the baker's problem at the beginning of the story?

A. He couldn't make fine breads

B. He needed money to open more stores

C. He didn’t have enough flour to make more breads

D. He had difficulty selling breads all over the kingdom

【2】The dressmaker and the farmer failed because they both__________.

A. tried to erase the line B. poured water over the line

C. kicked dirt over the line D. put their noses to the ground

【3】The baker smiled because _______.

A. he was glad to see he king B. he wanted to make the king happy

C. he felt sure that he solved the riddle D. he sold a lot of breads to the villagers

【4】This story shows that the king liked _______.

A. to be rich B. to train horses C. to eat breads D. to have fun

【5】Who tells this story?

A. The king B. The farmer and the dressmaker

C. The baker D. Someone who is not a character in the story

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】A

【3】C

【4】D

【5】D

【解析】

考點本文是一則故事，講述了國王喜歡給人出難題，而烘烤師希望得到一匹馬，在一次國王要獎勵解決難題的人一批強壯的馬時，烘烤師通過自己的智慧戰(zhàn)勝眾多對手的故事。

【1】細節(jié)理解題。故事開始時，烘烤師的難題是什么？根據(jù)第二段內(nèi)容：The baker had almost everything he needed except for a horse. If the baker had a horse, he could sell his fine breads from one end of the kingdom to the other.（烘烤師除了一匹馬幾乎什么東西都不缺，如果他有一匹馬他就能夠把他的上乘面包從王國的一端賣到另一端）可知應(yīng)選D。

【2】細節(jié)理解題。裁縫和農(nóng)民失敗了，因為他們都 。根據(jù)文章第五段內(nèi)容：The dressmaker kicked dirt(泥土)over the line to hide it. The farmer poured water over the line to make it disappear.（裁縫挖線上的土去隱藏這條線，農(nóng)民向線上潑水試圖使它消失）可知，他們都違反了國王事先的規(guī)定：Make this line shorter without erasing(清除) any part of it,（不清除線的部分而使線變短）。故選A。

【3】細節(jié)理解題。烘烤師笑了，因為__________ 。根據(jù)文章倒數(shù)第三段內(nèi)容：Now, good king, "the baker smiled, "your line is shorter.（現(xiàn)在，尊敬的國王，你的線變短了），上下文透露出烘烤師對自己的方法很自信。故選C。

【4】推理判斷題。這個故事顯示出國王喜歡 _________ 。整篇文章敘述國王喜歡為別人出難題，并且會給那些能夠解決難題的人以獎勵，可見國王是一個搞笑的人。選項A 和C選項不符合題意。B喜歡馴馬，文中沒有提到，只講到了Whoever wins will have the pick of one of my strongest horses.（無論誰解決了難題都可以在我最強壯的馬中挑選一匹），不足以表達國王的愛好，故選D。

【5】推理判斷題。誰講的這個故事？根據(jù)文章敘述的口氣可知，故事出自一個與故事背景無關(guān)的第三者講述，故選D。