Question

There once was a very honest shopkeeper whose business was to provide goods to the local people. He would open his shop at 8:00 a.m. after having his breakfast and at 1:00 p.m. he would go for lunch. In the evening at 8:30 p.m. he closed his shop to complete his daily routine.

However, to get time for lunch was really difficult because he didn’t have anybody to help him at that time. Therefore, it was his daily practice that whichever customer was shopping at 1:00 p.m. would be asked to oversee (看管) the shop until the shopkeeper returned from lunch.

One day, a group of four thieves planned to steal from his shop while he was gone for lunch. One of the thieves went at 1:00 p.m. to be the customer that would be asked to oversee the shop.

The thief, pretending to be a customer, went in at 1:00 p.m. and started buying several items. As planned, the shop-keeper asked the thief to sit on his chair for thirty minutes until he returned from lunch.

Then, the other three thieves quickly came and told the pretended customer to help, but something had changed within him and he knew deeply in his heart that if he was given responsibility for the shop, he should not perform any dishonest acts during that time. His friends did not agree. As the now honest man tried to stop them, they resisted (抵抗) and a fight started. And at the same time the shopkeeper returned and asked why there was a fighting. The now honest man explained the entire plan.

The shopkeeper had been searching for an honest man who could take ownership of the shop and run it. The shop-keeper felt that he had found the right man.

1.What is the problem for the shopkeeper?

A. Nobody could prepare lunch for him every day.

B. He had nobody to keep the shop when he went for lunch.

C. He was too busy to have lunch every day.

D. He couldn’t find a person to work at the shop.

2.Why did the thief go to the shop at 1:00 p.m.?

A. Because he thought he would be asked to keep the shop.

B. Because the shopkeeper invited him to lunch then.

C. Because the shop was closed at that time.

D. Because he thought he could buy cheap things then.

3. When the shopkeeper returned from lunch, he found _______.

A. everything in his shop was stolen

B. the thief became the new owner of the shop

C. there was a fighting in his shop

D. the thief helped his fellows steal things from his shop

4. From the passage, we can infer that _______.

A. once a thief, he will always be a thief

B. an honest man will be responsible for his action

C. you can’t believe in a dishonest man forever

D. trust can change a thief into an honest man

Answer 1

1.B

2.A

3.C

4.D

【解析】

試題分析：本文講的是四個賊計劃著去偷東西，一個賊裝作買東西先去那個店，店主叫他幫忙看店直到他吃午飯回來，由于店主的信任讓他意識到自己應(yīng)該負責(zé)任把店看好，于是，當他的同伴到來準備偷東西的時候，他努力地阻止他們。最后，店主把店交給這個人來管理。

1. to get time for lunch was really difficult because he didn’t have anybody to help him at that time.”這個店主要騰出時間去吃午飯很困難，因為沒有人在這個時候幫他看店。因此可知，店主的問題就是在他去吃午飯的時候沒有幫他看店。故選B。

2. Therefore, it was his daily practice that whichever customer was shopping at 1:00 p.m. would be asked to oversee (看管) the shop until the shopkeeper returned from lunch. ”不管哪個顧客在下午1點鐘的時候在購物，店主就會叫他幫忙看店，直到他吃午飯回來，這是店主每天的習(xí)慣。因此，這個賊選擇在1點去這個店，因為這個時候店主會叫他幫忙看店。故選A。

3. at the same time the shopkeeper returned and asked why there was a fighting.”在那個時候，店主回來了，然后問為什么這里會有一場打架。因此可知，店主吃午飯回來，在他的店里有人在打架。故選C。

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