Question

A bag is useful and the word "bag" is useful, too. Here is an interesting phrase, "to let the cat out of the bag". In meaning it is the same as "to tell the secret". And there is an old interesting story about it.

Long ago, when farmers wanted to sell chickens at the market, they would usually just throw the chickens in cloth (布) bags. But cats were cheaper than chickens at that time, so many farmers would put cats into the cloth bags but not chickens. One day, a woman asked a man for a chicken. The man gave her a cloth bag in which there was a cat. When the man opened the cloth bag, a big black cat ran out. Not a chicken! The man's secret was out and everyone knew it.

Now when we say someone gives away a secret, we say "He lets the cat out of the bag". And that is the story where the interesting phrase came from.

1. The underlined word "it" in the passage refers to (指的是) _______.

A. the useful bag B. the phrase

C. the cat D. the chicken

2.The farmers put cats but not chickens in the bags to_______ when they sold chickens.

A. tell the secret B. sell the cats

C. get more money D. keep the cats quiet

3. Which of the following sentences is the best for the blank (空白處) in the passage?

A. The woman was angry to see a cat.

B. The man put a cat in the bag.

C. The man asked her to see the chicken.

D. The woman wanted to see the chicken.

4. The writer wrote the story to tell us_______.

A. the woman was smart B. how farmers sold their cats

C. the phrase is useful D. where the phrase came from

 

Answer 1

1.B

2.C

3.D

4.D

【解析】

試題分析：這篇文章講述了一個和bag有關的短語"to let the cat out of the bag"的來歷以及這個短語的含義和作用。

1.Here is an interesting phrase, "to let the cat out of the bag". In meaning it is the same as "to tell the secret".可知，it是指上面提到的那個短語。故選B

2.推理判斷題。由文章信息But cats were cheaper than chickens at that time, so many farmers would put cats into the cloth bags but not chickens.可知，當時貓比雞便宜，農夫為了多賣錢，就把貓裝進口袋糊弄人。故選C。

3. When the man opened the cloth bag, a big black cat ran out.可以判斷，那位婦女提出看一看雞，農夫才打開口袋。故選D。

4.主旨大意題。這篇文章主要講述了"to let the cat out of the bag"這個短語的來歷。故選D。

考點：故事類短文閱讀。