Question

【題目】閱讀短文，回答問題。

As the sultan’s next birthday approached, everyone in the kingdom started getting scared（嚇壞的）. On the morning of his birthday, they stayed in bed with their heads under their blankets-- too scared to get up and face the day.

Luckily most people had nothing to worry about.

But two of the sultan’s subjects（國民）, Ali and Baboo, had a lot to worry about- for they were told to go before the sultan.

“My challenge for you two,” roared the sultan to the shaking duo (兩人),” is a camel race.” The sultan stopped talking for a moment, to let what he had said sink in.

That doesn’t sound too bad, they both thought, although they didn’t say so, lest（以免）the sultan make the challenge harder.

The sultan knew that Ali and Baboo would like what they had heard. But he wasn’t getting soft in his old age.

There was something he hadn’t told them.

Just as Ali and Baboo started to feel good, the sultan started talking again. “The winner of the race is the person whose camel comes last!” he told them, with a huge grin on his face. “The loser will get five years in prison and a tattoo of his chest to remind him of his failure.”

【1】Why did people stay in bed with their heads under their blankets?

【2】Who had a lot to worry about?

【3】Is the challenge a camel race ?

【4】How many years would the loser be in prison?

【5】What do you think of the sultan?

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】They were too scared．

【2】Aliand Baboo．

【3】Yes, it is．

【4】Five years．

【5】A bad / cruel man

【解析】

試題分析：這篇短文主要介紹了蘇丹人的殘忍做法。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)On the morning of his birthday, they stayed in bed with their heads under their blankets-- too scared to get up and face the day.可知在他生日的那天早上，他們躺在床上，頭上裹著毯子，嚇得不敢起來，面對面地。故回答為They were too scared.

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)But two of the sultan’s subjects（國民）, Ali and Baboo, had a lot to worry about- for they were told to go before the sultan.可知但兩名蘇丹的受試者，阿里先生，有很多擔(dān)心，關(guān)于我們告訴他們?nèi)ヌK丹之前的事情。故回答為Aliand Baboo．

【3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容“My challenge for you two,” roared the sultan to the shaking duo (兩人),” is a camel race.”可知，挑戰(zhàn)是一個駱駝挑戰(zhàn)。故回答為Yes, it is．

【4】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容“The loser will get five years in prison and a t attoo of his chest to remind him of his failure.”可知失敗者將會有五年的監(jiān)禁。故回答為Five years．

【5】綜合理解題。通讀全文可知，蘇丹人是非常殘忍的。故回答為A bad / cruel man.