单选题
根据下面短文回答下列问题。 An old gentleman was very unhappy about modem education, and thought that young people nowadays were not being taught the importance of knowing the difference between right and wrong. One day he was taking a walk in the park near his home when he saw some young boys standing around a small cat. The old gentleman went up to the boys and asked them what was happening. One of the boys said to him: "We're having a contest. We're telling lies and the one who tells the biggest one gets to keep the cat." The old gentleman thought that this was a good opportunity to teach the boys a useful lesson, so he said to them, "I've never told a lie in my life." All at once there was a great shout from all the boys, and they said, "You've won! You can take the cat!/
单选题
The old man tried to advise the boys not make fun of the cat. [A] True. [B] False.
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[解析] 从文中可知,那位老人想教育孩子们辨别是非是多么的重要:(he) thought that young people nowadays were not being taught the importance of knowing the difference between right and wrong. 文中没有提到孩子们拿猫开玩笑make fun of the cat。
单选题
One of the boys won the first prize in the lying contest. [A] True. [B] False.
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[解析] 从文中可知,在这个说谎大赛中获奖的是那位老人:All at once there was a great shout from all the boys, and they said, "You've won! You can take the cat!/
单选题
The boy's idea is that no one can avoid telling a lie in his life. [A] True. [B] False.
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[解析] 小孩认为人的一生是不可避免要说谎的,“I've never told a lie in my life.”是最大的谎言。