Question

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 has already been carried there when they arrived. A few days later they had to sell them at a low price (價(jià)格)。They felt unhappy and returned to their village. "I can't understand why we sustained (蒙受) losses in business while others always profit (盈利)" 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.Uncle Li and Uncle Wang live in the low and broken houses because __________.

A. they hope to save money

B. they're both poor

C. their farms are at the foot of the mountain

D. they're not far from their farms

2.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

3.the tow farmers had to sell their apples at a low price because ________.

A. theirs weren't as good as the others'

B. theirs were much less than the others'

C. a lot of apples had been already carried to the city

D. they forgot to carry them on a truck

4.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

5.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

1.B

2.D

3.C

4.A

5.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(dǎo)致他們生活不濟(jì)的主要原因。

1.

2. Li發(fā)現(xiàn)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(dāng)然是想掙錢，make a profit掙錢，賺取利潤。故選D。

3. lot of apples has already been carried there when they arrived. A few days later they had to sell them at a low price (價(jià)格)�？芍�當(dāng)他們到那的時(shí)候，許多蘋果都已經(jīng)被運(yùn)到那里了，他們只得低價(jià)出售。故選C。

4. can't understand why we sustained (蒙受) losses in business while others always profit (盈利)"可知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，他才不高興。故選A。

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