Question

How to Become Cleverer

   Once a boy came to ask a fisherman how to become cleverer, because his mother always called him “foolish boy”.

   “That’s easy,” answered the fisherman. “I know one way to make you become cleverer.”

   “Really?”

   “Of course. It is said a fish head is good for brain. If you eat one, you’ll become cleverer indeed. Pay only three pounds for one fish head.” The boy paid him three pounds and the fisherman cut off a fish head and handed it to him.

   A raw fish head is not good—not even for a hungry boy to eat but the boy ate it up in two gulps.

   “Do you feel anything?” asked the fisherman.

   “Not in my head,” said the boy.

   The boy lay on the ground and thought. “One whole fish costs only two pounds. I had paid him three pounds for the fish head. Why couldn’t I have the whole fish for soup, a head for brain and one pound left over?” He jumped up and shouted at the fisherman. “You thief! You are fooling me!” The fisherman laughed, saying, “The fish head works now, you see.”

1.The boy ate up the raw fish head only in two gulps, because he __________.

A. enjoy it

B. wanted to taste it

C. took it as a good medicine

D. was a foolish boy

2.The boy came to the fisherman in order to __________.

A. buy a fish head

B. ask the fisherman a question

C. become cleverer

D. A and C

3.“Not in my head” means “__________”.

A. The fish head was not in the boy’s head

B. The boy felt nothing came into his head

C. It’s difficult to give an answer right away

D. The boy didn’t feel that he was cleverer

4.The boy paid three pounds. He should have had __________.

A. a whole fish

B. a fish head and one pound back

C. a whole fish and one pound back

D. a whole fish, a fish head and one pound back

5.__________ helped the boy become cleverer.

A. A good meal             B. The raw fish head

C. Nothing                 D. What had happened

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.C

2.B

3.D

4.C

5.C

【解析】

試題分析：本文敘述了一個(gè)男孩因?yàn)閶寢尳?jīng)常說他“傻孩子”，所以去問漁夫怎樣才能變聰明。漁夫說吃魚頭可以變聰明，他就花了三英鎊買了個(gè)魚頭，兩口吞下了。之后，他感覺自己上當(dāng)了。

1.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)“It is said a fish head is good for brain. If you eat one, you’ll become cleverer indeed.”漁夫說魚頭對腦子好，吃了會(huì)變聰明�？芍�男孩兩口吞下魚頭，是因?yàn)樗�把魚頭當(dāng)成能變聰明的良藥了。故答案選C。

2.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第一句“Once a boy came to ask a fisherman how to become cleverer，”可知男孩來找漁夫是為了問他怎樣能變聰明。至于買魚頭，是后來漁夫讓他買的。故答案選B。

3.詞義猜測題。根據(jù)上下文，漁夫說吃魚頭能變聰明，所以他就吃了。吃完后，漁夫問有什么感覺，他回答“Not in my head” ，所以詞句意思應(yīng)該是“男孩沒感覺自己變聰明”。故答案選D。

4.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)“Why couldn’t I have the whole fish for soup, a head for brain and one pound left over?” 可知，男孩花費(fèi)三英鎊可以買到一整條魚還能找回一英鎊。故選C。

5.推理題。根據(jù)文章中男孩吃魚前后的情況，可知并沒有什么幫男孩變得更聰明，他本來就不傻。故答案選C。

考點(diǎn)：故事類短文閱讀。