单选题 One day, a poor man, who had only one piece of bread to eat, was walking past a restaurant. There was a large pot of soup on the table. The poor man held his bread over the soup, so the steam from the soup went into the bread, and gave it a good smell'. Then he ate the bread.
The restaurant owner was very angry at this, and he asked the man for money, in exchange for the steam from the soup. The poor man had no money, so the restaurant owner took him to Nasreddin, who was a judge at that time. Nasreddin thought about this case for a little while.
Then he took some money from his pocket. He held the coins next to the restaurant owner's ear, and shook them, so that they made a jingling noise.
"What was that?" asked the restaurant owner.
"That was payment for you," answered Nasreddin.
"What do you mean? That was just the sound of coins!" protested the restaurant owner.
"The sound of the coins is payment for the smell of the soup," answered Nasreddin, "Now go back to your restaurant.

单选题 The poor man hold the bread over the soup so the steam from the soup would go into the bread.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[详细解答] 从第一段可以看出,这个穷人把面包放在汤的上面是想蒸汽进入面包
单选题 The owner of the restaurant take the poor man to Nasreddin because the poor man stole something.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[详细解答] 从第二段分析,老板要求穷人为汤的蒸汽付钱,而穷人没有钱,才把他送到法官那里。
单选题 Nasreddin was a judge.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[详细解答] 从第二段中对Nasreddin的解释中可知他是一个法官。
单选题 The poor man was a fat man.
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[详细解答] 文中没有讲到这一点。
单选题 The sound of the money was the payment for the smell of the soup.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[详细解答] 根据法官的判罚,老板汤的蒸汽钱由钱的声音支付。