单选题 One day Nasreddin bought a donkey(驴)in the market, but while he was taking it home, two thieves followed him. One of them took the rope from the donkey's neck and tied(捆)it round his friend's neck. Then he went away with the donkey.
When Nasreddin got home, he turned and saw the young man. He was very surprised. "Where is my donkey?" he said angrily.
"I'm very sorry, "said the thief. "Once I said some very bad things to my mother and she changed me into a donkey. Now because a good man has bought me, she changed me back to a man again. Thank you. "
Nasreddin untied the man and said, "Go. And never say, bad things to your mother again. "
The next day, Nasreddin saw the same donkey in the market again. The other thief was selling it.
Nasreddin went to it and said into its ear, "Young man, some people will never learn. /

单选题 Nasreddin was surprised because he ______ .
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] Nasreddin看到自己后面的驴变成了一个人,所以感到很惊奇。
单选题 Where was his donkey?
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 根据第一段的意思可知,驴被贼偷回家了。
单选题 How did the young man treat his mother?
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 这个年轻人怎样对待他的母亲,本文并没有涉及。
单选题 In the last sentence, "some people" means ______ .
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 本句意为“年轻人,一些人永远不会学习,不会吸取教训”。是Nasreddin相信了贼前一天说的话,以为他又变成了驴,所以说他不吸取教训。
单选题 From this passage we can see that Nasreddin was ______ .
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 从全文来看,主人公其实并不聪明,他并不知道那人是贼,并相信了他的谎言,把他放了,由此可知他很蠢。