Question

A man was looking for things of old times．One day he came to a village(村莊)and found a blue bowl which looked very old．The bowl was on the ground and a cat was drinking milk from it．A farmer，the owner of the cat．was lying beside the bowl．In order not to draw the farmer’s attention (注意) to the value (價(jià)值) of the bowl，the man said to him in a soft voice，“What a nice cat you have! Won’t you sell it to me?”

“How much would you give me for it?” the farmer opened his eyes and asked．

“Twenty dollars. Would it be enough?”

A few minutes later，the farmer agreed．After he paid the farmer，the man said，“My cat will feel thirsty．May I take the bowl so that the cat can have milk?” But the farmer said, “I’m sorry I can’t give it to you．Thanks to the bowl，I can sell twenty cats.”

1.The man liked__________．

A．keeping old things

B．meeting farmers

C．traveling from village to village

D．buying cats

2.Why did the man want to buy the cat? Because_________．

A．it was very lovely

B．the cat cost more money than the bowl

C．he thought he could easily get the bowl if he bought the cat

D．he didn’t have enough money to buy the cat and the bowl

3.After he bought the cat，the man asked for the bowl，because he thought________．

A．the bowl should go with the cat

B．the bowl had a beautiful colour

C．the farmer didn’t know the value of the bowl

D．the cat could not live without the bowl

4.The farmer kept the bowl to_________．

A．let another cat use it

B．sell more cats

C．sell more bowls

D．use the bowl himself

5.From the story we can see that the farmer__________．

A．had only one bowl B．was very poor

C．didn’t like cats D．was very clever

Answer 1