11. A Challenging Hunt
时间：2019-01-03 作者：英语课 分类：英汉幽默故事选读
A woman answered her front door and found two boys holding a list. "Lady," one of them explained, "we are on a treasure hunt, and we need three grains of wheat, a pork-chop bone and a piece of used carbon 1 paper to earn a dollar. "
"Wow," the woman replied, "who sent you on such a challenging 2 hunt?" "Our baby-sitter's boyfriend. "
Notes:
(1) pork-chop 猪肉排
(2) carbon paper复写纸
Exercises:
根据短文回答问题：
①The list the two boys were holding must have been about _____.
A. the name of the baby-sitter's boyfriend
B. where the two boys should go
C. the lady's address
D. the things that the two boys should hunt
② Where did the two boys meet the woman?
A. on the-street
B. on the road
D. at her front door
③ Why were the boys on the hunt?
A. Because their parents told them to do so,
B. Because their baby-sitter was not home.
C. Because their baby-sitter's boyfriend wanted to stay with her alone.
D. Because it had bee their usual game.
④ The woman's attitude towards the boys' act was that_____ .
A. she was very happy
B. she was very angry
C. she was a bit disappointed 4
D. she was a bit surprised
⑤ From the passage, we may conclude 5 that______ .
A. it would take the boys a long time to gather all the required things
B. the woman would give all the required things to the boys
C. the boys were cheated by the baby-sitter's game
D. the baby-sitter ran away with her boyfriend
11.富有挑战性的搜寻
一个妇人打开前门，看到两个男孩手里拿着一张字条。“夫人，”其中一个解释道，“我们在寻宝。我们需要三颗麦粒、一块猪排骨、一张用过的复写纸来挣一美元。”
“哦，”那位妇女回答道：“谁让你们作这样富有挑战性的搜寻的？”
“是我们保姆的男朋友。”
练习参考答案：
①D②D③C④D⑤A
- Diamonds are pure carbon.钻石是纯净的碳。
- Carbon is an element,while carbon dioxide is a compound.碳是一种(化学)元素，而二氧化碳则是一种化合物。
- She performed the most challenging task without a mistake.她毫无差错地完成了这一最富有挑战性的任务。
- We have changed the course to make it more challenging.我们改了课程以使其更具挑战性。
- I parked the car in the backyard.我把汽车停在后院。
- The residents didn't want a new factory in their backyard.居民不希望在他们住地附近建新工厂。
- He seemed disappointed when the man refused his request.当那个人拒绝了他的要求时他看起来很失望。
- He was disappointed so often that he became hopeless.他屡次失望，以致变为了绝望。