Question

Uncle Li and Uncle Wang are good friends. They live next to each other and their farms are both at the foot of the mountain. So they can help each other. But neither of them likes to use his head. They’re both poor though they work hard. Most villagers have built new houses, but they still live in the low and broken houses.They never find out why.

  Once Uncle Li went to town to buy some medicine for his wife. In the town he heard the apples in a city were expensive. He told Uncle Wang about it as soon as he went back. They decided to carry some apples to the city. They borrowed some money from their friends and bought nearly 1,000 kilograms of apples in the villages and carried them to the city on a tractor. Bad luck! A lot of apples had already been carried there when they arrived. A few days later they had to sell them at a low price .They felt unhappy and returned to their village.

  “I can’t understand why we sustain(蒙受) losses in business while others always profit ,” Uncle Li asked one day.

  The tractor was too small,” Uncle Wang said without thinking. “We’ll carry more apples on a truck next time!”

  “I agree!”said Uncle Li. “How foolish (傻的) we were!” 

1.The two farmers carried the apples to the city to ________.

A.make a journey         B.visit some places of interest     

C.meet their friends       D.make a profit

2.What does the underlined word “profit” probably mean in Chinese?

A .利益                       B.    盈利        C.送禮                   D.虧損

3.Uncle Li and Uncle Wang were unhappy because ________.

A.they had sustained losses in business

B.they had lost some money in the city

C.something was wrong with the tractor

D.other people profited in the city

4.Which of the following is TRUE?

A.The two farmers found out why they were poor.

B.The two farmers will soon get rich.

C.Neither of the farmers is clever.

D.The two farmers decided to buy a truck.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.D

2.B

3.A

4.C

【解析】

試題分析：本文是篇小故事，主要介紹了王叔叔和李叔叔生活中所做的“蠢事”，這就是導致他們生活不濟的主要原因。

1.D 細節推斷題。根據文章的第二段Uncle Li發現城里的蘋果很貴，所以他就和Uncle Wang一起拉了許多蘋果去買，當然是想掙錢，make a profit掙錢，賺取利潤。故選D。

2.B 詞義推斷題。這句話的意思是：我不明白為什么我們做生意總是賠錢而其他的人總是掙錢。故選B。

3.A 細節推斷題。根據該句話前的這幾句話Bad luck! A lot of apples had already been carried there when they arrived. A few days later they had to sell them at a low price 倒霉！當他們到達時許多蘋果都運到那里。幾天后他們不得不以很低的價格將蘋果賣出去。故選A。

4.C 綜合判斷題。根據兩個人最后的對話：賠錢的原因竟然是拖拉機太小了，還要拉更多的蘋果。說明兩個人都傻。故選C。

考點：故事類短文閱讀。