Question

【題目】Long ago, there was an interesting man called Effendi (阿凡提), He had a good sense of humour. One day he played a joke on the Prime Minister (宰相). He said that the Minister would die the next day. Really the next day, the Minister fell off the horse and died. When the king learned this, he got angry and sent his men to cat ch Effendi at once.

When Effendi was in front of the King, the king shouted angrily, “Effendi, since (既然) you know when my Minister would die, you must know the date of your own death. Say it out, or you will die today.”Effendi looked at the king for a while, he answered, “But how can I know? I’ll die two days earlier than you.”Because the king was afraid if he killed Effendi, he himself would die after that. He thought he must keep Effendi alive as long as he could, so he let Effendi go.

【1】The story tells us _____________

A. How Effendi played a trick on the king

B. When the king would die

C. Why the Minister died

D. Effendi knew the dates of everyone’s death

【2】The Prime Minister died because _______.

A. Effendi killed him

B. Effendi said he would die

C. he was badly ill

D. he fell to the ground from the horse

【3】Why did the king ask Effendi to tell him the date of his own death?

A. In this way the king would know when he would die

B. He wanted to find an excuse（借口） to kill Effendi

C. He himself had known the date of Effendi’s death

D. He wanted to know when Effendi would die

【4】The king let Effendi go because ____________.

A. he hoped to live a long life

B. he was afraid of Effendi

C. he didn’t believe Effendi

D. he knew he would die two days later

【5】Which of the following is not true?

A. The Minister died after the day when Effendi played a joke on him.

B. The king was afraid of death

C. Effendi didn’t know when the king would die

D. If the king killed Effendi, he himself would die two days later.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】D

【3】B

【4】A

【5】D

【解析】

試題分析：這篇短文中作者講述了一則小故事。阿凡提是一個(gè)幽默的人。某一天，他開玩笑說宰相第二天會(huì)死，第二天這名宰相真的摔下馬而死。國(guó)王聽聞后，立刻派人抓住了阿凡提，并讓阿凡提說出他自己的死期，否則就立刻處死他。阿凡提回答說“我比國(guó)王你提前兩天死。”國(guó)王害怕他的話應(yīng)驗(yàn)，所以放走了阿凡提。

【1】A主旨大意題。某一天，他開玩笑說宰相第二天會(huì)死，第二天這名宰相真的摔下馬而死。國(guó)王聽聞后，立刻派人抓住了阿凡提，并讓阿凡提說出他自己的死期，否則就立刻處死他。阿凡提回答說“我比國(guó)王你提前兩天死。”國(guó)王害怕他的話應(yīng)驗(yàn)，所以放走了阿凡提。整篇文章講述了一則阿凡提戲弄國(guó)王的幽默故事，故選A。

【2】D 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文“the Minister fell off the horse and died”可知，宰相是因?yàn)樗は埋R而死的，故應(yīng)該選D。

【3】B 推理判斷題。根據(jù)國(guó)王說的“or you will die today”這句話可知，他并不相信阿凡提可以預(yù)知人的死期，他只是借口要?dú)⑺腊⒎蔡?/span>，故選B。

【4】A 推理判斷題。根據(jù)短文中“Because the king was afraid if he killed Effendi, he himself would die after that.”可以知道國(guó)王擔(dān)心阿凡提的話應(yīng)驗(yàn)，害怕他會(huì)在阿凡提死后的兩天死去，所以放走阿凡提以求自保，故選A。

【5】D 推理判斷題。根據(jù)“Really the next day, the Minister fell off the horse and died.”這句話可知宰相第二天真的死了，A選項(xiàng)表述正確；從國(guó)王放走阿凡提以求自�？芍獓�(guó)王害怕死，B的表述正確；阿凡提是一個(gè)幽默的人，他開玩笑說宰相第二天會(huì)死，并不是真的知道人的死期，C的說法是對(duì)的；即使國(guó)王殺死阿凡提，他也不一定會(huì)死，而D選項(xiàng)說國(guó)王一定會(huì)死是錯(cuò)的，故選D。