This happened in London It was November and the weather was very wet and cold. A Frenchman had caught a very bad cold. He coughed day and night, so he decided to go and get some medicine for his cough. As he did not know much English, he took out his dictionary and looked up the word "cough". But the dictionary did not tell him how to pronounce(發(fā)音) the word. He thought it over and remembered that he had learned the word "plough". He remembered that it was pronounced[plav]. So he thought that c-o-u-g-h must be pronounced [kav].
Then he put on his coat and hat and went to a chemist's shop(藥店).When the man in the shop asked him what he wanted, the Frenchman said, "I want something for my 'COW' , please." The man in the shop looked at him. Had he heard him correctly?
"I beg your pardon, sir?" he asked.
The Frenchman repeated, "I want some medicine for my 'COW'."
"For your cow?" asked the man, "are you a farmer?"
"A farmer?" said the Frenchman in surprise, "What makes you think I'm a farmer? I come from Paris. I'm not a farmer. "
"But where is your cow?"
"It's here!" answered the Frenchman. He put his hand on his chest(胸口) and began to cough. "Here it is, " he said, "I've a very bad 'cow' here."
Then the man in the shop understood what the Frenchman meant. He wanted some
medicine for his cough.
小題1:The Frenchman said, "I want something for my 'cow', please." Here by the word "cow" he meant _______.
A．cowB．cough
C．medicineD．cold
小題2:What made the man in the shop think the Frenchman was a farmer?
A．The Frenchman looked like a farmer.
B．The word "cough" was pronounced [kau] by him.
C．The Frenchman said he came from a farm in Paris.
D．We can't learn about it from the story.
小題3:Which of the following is TRUE?
A．The man in the shop had heard the Frenchman correctly.
B．The man in the shop didn't understand the Frenchman clearly at first.
C．The Frenchman told the man in the shop he had a very bad cow.
D．The Frenchman asked for some medicine for his cow.

小題1:B
小題2:B
小題3:B

試題分析：本文講述一個法國人得了重感冒去藥店買藥，但是他不知道“咳嗽”這個詞怎么發(fā)音。于是他根據(jù)別的詞猜測cough發(fā)音同cow，之后來到藥店鬧了一個笑話。
小題1:詞義猜測題。根據(jù)第一段最后一句話So he thought that c-o-u-g-h must be pronounced [kav].“所以他認為咳嗽cough的發(fā)音應該同奶牛cow的發(fā)音。”因此本文中cow意思是cough，故選B。
小題2:細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第四段I want some medicine for my 'COW'.“我想要為我的牛買一些藥。”他將cough發(fā)音成cow，因此藥店的人認為這個法國人是一個農(nóng)民，故選B。
小題3:細節(jié)理解題。這個法國人到藥店將cough發(fā)音成cow，因此藥店老板沒有明白他的意思。后來法國人做了咳嗽的動作，藥店老板才明白他的意思。因此本題選擇B，起初藥店老板沒有明白法國人的意思。
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