五、阅读理解
Many people consider Bao Zheng a genius(天才)official in Chinese history. One day, Bao Zheng saw a boy crying sadly in the street. He asked the boy what happened. The poor boy told Bao Zheng that he sold fried(油炸的)snacks for a living. Today, he made 100 coins from hard work and was going to buy his sick mother some medicine with the money on his way. As he worked for the whole morning, he felt tired and fell asleep beside a rock. Unfortunately, he found that all his coins in the basket disappeared(消失)when he woke up.
After hearing this, Bao Zheng thought for a moment and said, “I see. Surely, it was this rock that stole your money. I'll question it and help you get your money back.” Everyone around them thought this was very strange and watched excitedly. Bao Zheng said to the rock, “Rock, rock, was it you that stole the child's coins?” The rock didn't reply, of course. Bao Zheng got mad and shouted angrily, “Rock, rock, tell the truth, or I'll beat you!”
The people around laughed and talked secretly, “How can a rock steal money?” “How can a rock speak?” “Everyone says that Bao Zheng is smart, but he looks like a fool to me!” Bao Zheng heard all these and felt very angry, so he shouted at these people, “How dare(敢)you say bad things behind me! Now I'm going to ask for coins from each of you!” Bao Zheng ordered his men to bring him a pot of water, and asked these people to throw their coins into it.
Suddenly, when one man put his coin into the pot, Bao Zheng ordered his men to catch him. “You are the thief!” Bao Zheng continued to explain calmly, “Look! When this man dropped a coin into the pot, some oil floated(漂浮)on the water. Only fried snack sellers carry coins with oil on them, so there is no doubt that this man has stolen the coins from the sleeping child.”
Thanks to Bao Zheng, the boy got his money back. Everyone said that Bao Zheng was so wise.
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C
)1. What can we know about the boy from Paragraph 1?
A. He can live a poor life without parents.
B. He made a living by selling vegetables.
C. He played an important role in supporting his family.
D. He made much money and planned to take it home.
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B
)2. What does the underlined word “Unfortunately” probably mean in Paragraph 1?
A. Unusually.
B. Unluckily.
C. Unclearly.
D. Unimportantly.
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C
)3. Why did Bao Zheng question a rock?
A. Because he had no idea how to find out the truth.
B. Because he thought the rock stole the boy's money.
C. Because he wanted to attract(吸引)the real thief to appear.
D. Because he supposed the rock could tell him the truth.
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B
)4. Why did Bao Zheng think the man was the real thief in Paragraph 4?
A. Because the man didn't put a coin into the pot.
B. Because the coin the man dropped had some oil on it.
C. Because the man told Bao Zheng that he was the real thief.
D. Because one of the people around them told Bao Zheng the truth.
