单选题 One day Mallary 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 Mallary 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."
Mallary untied the man and said," Go. And never say bad things to your mother again."
The next day ,Mallary saw the same donkey in the market again. The other thief was selling it.
Mallary went to it and said into its ear, "Young man, some people will never learn./

单选题 Mallary was surprised because he ______.
A. knew the young man was a thief
B. saw his donkey was gone
C. saw a young man behind him instead of his donkey

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[解析] 马洛里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?
A. It had gone home.
B. It had been sold.
C. It had been stolen.

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[解析] 根据第一段的意思可知，驴被贼偷走了。

单选题 How did the young man treat his mother?
A. Badly.
B. With care.
C. We don't know.

【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 ______.
A. some person
B. the thief who was tied
C. the other thief

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[解析] 本句意为“年轻人，有些人是永远都不会吸取教训的”。是马洛里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 Mallary was ______.
A. really a fool
B.a farmer
C. kind and clever

【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。