Question

The young man went to a town and worked there. He did not have a wife so a servant(仆人) did the work in his house.
The young man liked laughing a lot. He nailed(釘釘子) the servant’s shoes to the floor on Monday, and then laughed, because the servant put his feet in them and fell down.
The servant was not angry, but smiled.
Then the young man put brushes in his bed on Tuesday. The servant got into bed and hit the brushes with his feet. He was afraid. The young man laughed loudly again. Again the servant was not angry, but smiled.
Then on Wednesday the young man said to his servant, “You’re a nice, kind man. I am not going to be unkind to you again.”
The servant smiled and said, “And I’m not going to put any more mud(淤泥) from the street in your coffee.”
小題1:The young man went to a town to __________.
A. study                    B. work                 C. spend his holiday
小題2:He played a joke on the servant because __________.
A. he hated him            
B. he had nothing to do    
C. he wanted to get pleasure
小題3:When the young man played a joke on him, the servant just smiled because __________.
A. he was afraid to be fired(解雇)
B. he liked the young man’s action
C. making the young man laugh is his job
小題4:The young man thought the servant showed kind to him, so at last he __________.
A. got angry               
B. stopped playing jokes       
C. laughed loudly again
小題5:What did the servant do in return to(回報) the young man?
A. He stole something from the house.
B. He gave a smile to the young man.
C. He put mud into the young man’s coffee.

Answer 1

小題1:B
小題2:C
小題3:A
小題4:B
小題5:C

試題分析：一個年輕人喜歡惡作劇取樂，他總是壞他的仆人，但是仆人從來都只是微笑。后來他決定不再對仆人惡作劇了，因為仆人是善良的。但是事實上，仆人都是往年輕人的咖啡里放淤泥來報復他的。
小題1:細節理解題。根據原文The young man went to a town and worked there.可知這個年輕的男人在那個小鎮工作。故選B。
小題2:細節理解題。根據原文The young man liked laughing a lot.可知這個年輕人喜歡惡作劇取樂。故選C。
小題3:細節理解題。當年輕人對仆人惡作劇的時候，仆人總是笑，因為怕被解雇。故選A。
小題4:細節理解題。根據原文I am not going to be unkind to you again.可知年輕人決定不會再對仆人使壞了。故選B。
小題5:細節理解題。根據仆人說的話I’m not going to put any more mud(淤泥) from the street in your coffee.可知仆人往年輕人的咖啡里放泥，以此來報復年輕人。故選C。