A farmer had a cow. He took very good care of this cow and one day when it was ill, he was very worried. He telephoned the vet.
"What’s the problem?" The vet asked him when he arrived.
"My cow's ill," the farmer said. "I don’t know what's the matter with her. She’s lying down and won’t eat. She's making a strange noise."
The vet looked over the cow. "She's certainly ill," he said, "and she needs to take some very strong medicine."
He took a bottle out of his box, put two pills into his hand and said, "Give her these. The pills should make her better."
"How should I give them to her?" the farmer asked.
The vet gave him a tube (管子)and said, "Put this tube in her mouth, then put the pills in the tube and blow. That'll make it."
The next day the vet came to the farm again. The farmer was sitting outside his house and looked more worried.
"How's your cow?" the vet asked.
"No change," the farmer said, "and I’m feeling very strange myself."
"Oh?" the vet said, "Why?"
"I did what you said," the farmer answered. "I put the tube in the cow's mouth and then put two pills down it."
"The cow blew first," the farmer said.
1.In the story, the vet must be _________.
A. the farmer's friend B. a milk factory
C. a hospital for cows D. a doctor for animals
2.The farmer asked the vet for help when his cow _______
A. couldn't lie down B. didn't eat the pills
C. couldn't make any noise D. was ill
3.What medicine did the vet give the farmer?
A. Bottle of pills. B. A long tube.
C. Two pills. D. A small box.
4.The vet taught the farmer how _________.
A. to blow the tube B. to make the cow take the pills
C. to take the medicine D. to put the tube in his mouth
5.Which of the following is true?
A. The farmer ate the pills himself.
B. The cow got better after taking the medicine.
C. The vet came to help farmer change the cow the next day.
D. The farmer waited for the vet outside his house the next day. Passage 2
【答案与解析】这篇令人忍俊不禁的幽默的主要内容是:一个农夫的牛病倒了。兽医给了他一些药和一根管子,并告诉他怎么样用这根管子给牛喂药。第二天,兽医再次到农场时发现那位农夫坐在家门口,一脸的焦虑不安。原来他的牛病情并没有好转。他说自己按照兽医的嘱咐做了,可当他将管子插入牛的嘴里,并放进两粒药丸,正想吹气时,牛却先吹了一口气。
1.D。根据短文内容,很容易推测出该词的汉语意思是"兽医"。答案当然是D。
2.D。由"She’s lying down and won’t eat. She's making a strange noise."可以排除A和B。C显然不对。
3.C。"He took a bottle out of his box, put two pills into his hand…"一句是答案的出处。
4.B。 由"How should I give them to her?"这句话可知。
5.A.根据短文最后一句话,不难想象,没等农夫吹气,牛先吹了一口气,将药丸吹到了农夫的嘴里。
做这样类型的题有一种小技巧,你可以在回答问题的时候同时把答案的相应部分用笔标出来,这样的好处有两个,一是提高准确率,二是当你觉得哪个答案有可能有误差的时候可以只针对那句话和它的上下文来判断,不必阅读整篇文章。