Question

Once an old man was walking in a street with his horse. It was raining hard. The old man was cold because he was walking in the rain. He wanted to stay in a restaurant.
It was a quarter past three in the afternoon. The old man got to a small restaurant. A lot of people crowded in it. The old man couldn't come near the fireplace. He thought and thought.At last he said to the waiters, “ Take some fish to my horse.” The waiter and the other people were very surprised. The waitered said, “A horse doesn't eat fish.” The old man told the waiter, “ The horse is versatile. It can sing, dance and does all kinds of things. It can eat fish, too.” So the waiter took some fish to the horse.
All the people in the restaurant rushed out to see the horse eat fish except（除了……之外） the old man. Now the old man sat beside the fire. After a while the waiter returned and said. “Your horse didn't eat any fish.” The old man said, “All right, take the fish back and put it on the table. I’ll eat it.”
【小題1】The old man felt very cold because_______.

A．it was a cloudy and windy day.

B．it snowed heavily for a long time

C．he was travelling in a heavy rain

D．he was hungry and thirsty

【小題2】The people in the restaurant all ran out because_________

A．They want to see the old man

B．they wanted the horse eat fish

C．the old man told them the horse came

D．There was no fire over the stove

【小題3】The underlined word “versatile” means:

A．笨的

B．滑稽的

C．興奮的

D．多才多藝的

【小題4】All the people in the restaurant rushed out _____ except the old man.

A．to see the horse sing

B．to watch the horse play games

C．to look for the horse

D．to see the horse eat fish

【小題5】Why did the old man ask the waiter to take some fish to his horse?  Because ________

A．his horse like eating fish

B．he had a special fish

C．he wanted to sit near the fire, but wasn’t able to do so at first.

D．he himself also liked to eat fish

Answer 1

【小題1】C
【小題2】B
【小題3】D
【小題4】D
【小題5】C解析:

【小題1】根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容“Once an old man was walking in a street with his horse. It was raining hard. The old man was cold because he was walking in the rain. He wanted to stay in a restaurant.”可知答案為C
【小題2】根據(jù)第二段和第三段，可知答案為B
【小題3】根據(jù)單詞的意思，可知答案為D
【小題4】根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容“All the people in the restaurant rushed out to see the horse eat fish except（除了……之外） the old man.”可知答案為D
【小題5】通過整個文章的內(nèi)容可知答案為C