Nasreddin woke up in the middle of the night and saw something whitein his garden.It seemed to be moving towards the house.
That is a thief(小偷)! He thought,and he took his gun and shot(开枪) at him. Then he went back to bed,because he was too frightened害怕) to go out of the house in the dark.
The next morning Nasreddin went out and saw one of his white shirts hanging on the clothes-line in the garden,his wife had washed it the day before and hung it out to dry. Now it had a bullet- hole right through middle of it.
My God,said Nasreddin, I was lucky last night. If I had been wearing that shirt,the bullet would have killed me! And he called his neighbours together and asked them to thank God for saving him.
Multiple choice
( )1.At midnight Nasreddin saw_____in his garden.
A.something strange B. a thief C.something white D.a ghost
( )2.Nasreddin was so frightened that he ______.
A.cried out for help B.dared not go out of the house
C.dared not stay in his house D.couldn‘t say a word
( )3. The next morning Nasreddin found________ .
A.his wife in the garden B.the clothes-line
C. the thief dead D.a bullet-hole through the white shirt
( )4.Nasreddin said that if he had been wearing taht shirt_______.
A.he would be killed B. he would die
C.he would have killed D.he would have been killed
( )5.He called his neighbors together in order to_______.
A.make a speech B.tell the story C.thank God D.thank them
8.
A judge was working in his room one day when a neighbour ran in andsaid,If one man‘s cow kills another‘s,is the owner of the first cowresponsible?
It depends, answered the judge.
Well,said the man,your cow has killed mine.
Oh,answered the judge.Everyone knows that a cow cannot think likea man,so a cow is not responsible,and that means that its owner is notresponsible either.
I am sorry,Judge,said the man.I made a mistake.I meant that my cowkilled yours.
The judge thought for a few seconds and then said,When I think aboutit more carefully,this case is not as easy as I thought at first. Andthen he turned to his clerk and said,Please bring me that big blackbook from the shelf behind you.
Multiple choice
( )1.The neighbour asked the judge_______.
A. whether the first cow was responsible
B.whether the owner of the first cow was responsible
C..whether both cows were responsible
D. whether both the owners were responsible
( )2.When the neighbour reported that the judge‘s cow had killed his,the judge answered that______.
A.a cow was reponsible B. its owner was not responsible
C.neither a cow nor its owner was responsible D.his cow was responsible
( )3.When the neighbour heard this, he told the judge that_______.
A.there was nothing happened B. his cow had been killed
C.it was his cow that had killed the judge‘s D.both cows had been killed
( )4.When the judge heard that his cow had died, he________.
A..got angry B.said nothing
C.put his neighbor into prison D.changed what he had said at first
( )5.In this story the judge was______.
A. a clever judge B.a humorist C.unfair D.foolish