Uncle Li and Uncle Wang are good
friends. They live next to each other and their farms are both at the foot of
the mountain. So they can help each other. But neither of them likes to use his
head. They're both poor though they work hard. Most villagers have built new
houses, but they still live in the low and broken houses. They never find out
why. Once Uncle Li went to a 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 had already been carried there when they arrived. A
few days later they had to sell them at a low price. 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 we were?
单选题
Uncle Li and Uncle Wang live in the low and broken houses because ______.
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】细节题。第一段第五句指出：They're both poor though they work hard(尽管他们工作很努力，但。他们俩都很穷)，这就是下一句说他们住在低矮破旧的房子里的原因。由常识也可推知答案是[B] 。
单选题
The two farmers carried the apples to the city to ______.
单选题
The two farmers had to sell their apples at a low price because ______. [A] their weren't as good as the others' [B] they forgot to carry them on a truck [C] a lot of apples had been already carried to the city
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】细节题。答案信息对应于第二段倒数第三句；A lot of apples had...when they arrived(他们到达时已经运来了许多苹果)，这就是他们最后不得不以很低的价格卖掉苹果的原因，选[C] 。
单选题
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] other people profited in the city
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】分析推理题。文章第二段讲述了他们贩运苹果却遭受亏损的过程，最后一句说：They felt un happy．由常识即可知他们不高兴的原因就是遭受了损失。而且，在第三段又用直接引语说明了这一原因，因此答案就是[A] 。
单选题
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.
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】细节题。本题为细节比对题。[A] 由最后两段的对话及文章开头时指出的他们不动脑筋可以推知是错误的；[B] 在文中没有提及，而由文意也无法推知；[C] 则与第一段第四句(But neither of them likes to use his head)一句相符，且由文章最后两段的对话可以推知，是本题答案。