Two strangers were sitting together in a plane . They were on a long journey . One of the men was a teacher . The other was a farmer .
They sat without talking for a while , then the farmer said , “ Let’s do something to pass the time .”
“ What do you want to do ?” the teacher asked .
“ We can ask each other riddles (謎語(yǔ) ),” the farmer said, “ You start.”
“ Let’s make the rules first ,” the teacher said . “ And to make the game more interesting , let’s play it for money . If we don’t know the answer to the riddle , we have to pay a dollar .”
The farmer thought about this for a while , then he said , “ That’s not fair（公平 . You are a teacher , an educated ( 受過(guò)教育的) man . You know more things than I do . I am just a farmer .”
“ That’s true ,” the teacher said , “ What do you think we should do ?”
The farmer said , “ If you don’t know the answer to a riddle ,you pay me 100 dollars .If I don’t know the answer to the riddle , I’ll pay you 50 dollars.”
The teacher thought for a while , then he said , “ OK. That’s fair . Who’ll go first ?”
“I will ,” the farmer said . “ Here’s my riddle . What has three legs when it walks , but only two legs when it flies ?”
The teacher thought and thought , “ What has three legs when it walks, but only two when it flies ?” Then he said , “ That’s a good one . I don’t know the answer .” He gave the farmer 100 dollars and said , “ Tell me the answer . What is it ?”
“ I don’t know , either .” The farmer said , and gave him 50 dollars .
【小題1】At first the two men sat there without talking because ________ .

A．the farmer didn’t like the teacherB．the teacher didn’t like the farmer
C．the farmer liked to tell jokesD．they didn’t know each other
【小題2】The farmer wanted to __________ .
A．make the journey interesting .B．see if the teacher was lucky
C．know if the teacher was clever .D．make friends with the teacher .
【小題3】The teacher thought at first that the farmer __________ .
A．would fail the gameB．knew more then he.
C．could answer any riddles .D．would win the game .
【小題4】From the short story we know that __________ .
A．the teacher was cleverer than the farmer .
B．a(chǎn)n educated man is not always clever.
C．both of the two men could know the answer
D．Neither of the two men was clever.
【小題5】The best title of this story is __________ .
A．How to Answer Riddles .B．A Rich Teacher.
C．A Way of Getting Money.D．A Clever Farmer.


【小題1】D
【小題2】A
【小題3】A
【小題4】B
【小題5】D

解析試題分析：本文講述了一個(gè)發(fā)生在飛機(jī)上的小故事，農(nóng)民用自己的機(jī)智賺取了這位老師很多錢(qián)。告訴了我們受過(guò)教育與的人也不是什么都知道的道理。
【小題1】根據(jù)Two strangers were sitting together in a plane .描述可知兩個(gè)人互不認(rèn)識(shí)。故選D。
【小題2】根據(jù)then the farmer said , “ Let’s do something to pass the time .”描述可知選A。
【小題3】根據(jù)“ Let’s make the rules first ,” the teacher said . “ And to make the game more interesting , let’s play it for money . 及下文描述可知老師認(rèn)為農(nóng)民會(huì)輸?shù)暨@個(gè)小游戲。故選A。
【小題4】根據(jù)文中老師打不出農(nóng)民的問(wèn)題，可知選B，受過(guò)教育的人也不總是聰明的。
【小題5】通過(guò)閱讀短文可知主要是贊揚(yáng)了這個(gè)聰明的農(nóng)民，故選D。
考點(diǎn)：故事類(lèi)記述文
點(diǎn)評(píng)：本文淺顯易懂，層次分明，學(xué)生很容易把握文中中心內(nèi)容。答題中注意帶著問(wèn)題閱讀短文，一般就能順利找出答題依據(jù)。對(duì)于不能直接找到根據(jù)的問(wèn)題注意聯(lián)系上下文，根據(jù)短文中心總結(jié)出正確答案。

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