Question

Peter Judd wanted very much to be a soldier when he was a child．So he joined the army when he was eighteen, and for several months he was taught how to be a good soldier．He did quite well in everything except shooting．One day he and his friends were practicing their shooting, and all of them were doing quite well except Peter．After he had shot at the target(靶子)nine times and hadn't hit it once, the officer who was trying to teach the young soldiers to shoot said, “You are quite hopeless, Peter!Don't waste your last bullet(子彈)!Go behind that wall and shoot yourself with it!”Peter felt ashamed(羞愧的)．He went behind the wall and a few seconds later, the officer and the other young soldiers heard the sound of a shot．“Oh, dear!”the officer said．“Has that silly man really shot himself?”He ran behind the wall as quickly as he could, but Peter was all right．“I'm sorry, sir, ”he said, “but I missed again．”What happened at the end of the story?

1. A.
   Peter became a good soldier．
2. B.
   Peter killed himself behind the wall．
3. C.
   The officer was pleased with Peter in the end．
4. D.
   Peter missed the target for the tenth time．

Answer 1

D
Peter射擊不行，打了九發子彈后仍沒有中一發；教官很生氣，罵他不可藥救，應該用最后的子彈(第十發)槍斃自己才行．結果連第十發也沒打中目標(他自己)．