Read and choose. (阅读短文，根据短文意思，选择最合适的答案) Amanwaslookingforthingsofoldtimes.Onedayhecametoavillageandfound abluebowl
whichlookedveryold.Thebowlwasonthegroundandacatwasdrinking milkfromit.Afarmer,
theownerofthecat,waslyingbesidethebowl.Themanthoughtthefarmerdidn'tknowthevalue
(价值)ofthebowl.Sohesaidtothefarmerin asoftvoice,"Whatanicecatyouhave!Won't
yousellittome?"
"Howmuchwouldyougivemeforit?"thefarmeropenedhiseyesand
asked.
"Twentydollars.Woulditbeenough?"
Afewminuteslater,thefarmeragreed.Afterhepaidthefarmer,themansaid, "Mycatwillcertainly
feelthirsty.MayItakethebowlsothatthecatcanhavemilk?"
Butthefarmersaid,"I'msorry.Ican'tgiveittoyou.Thankstothebowl,Ihave alreadysoldtwenty
cats. 1. The man liked _____.A. keeping old things
B. meeting farmers
C. traveling from village to village
D. buying cats2. Why did the man want to buy the cat? Because _____.A. it was very lovely
B. the cat cost more money than the bowl
C. he thought he could easily get the bowl if he bought the cat
D. he hadn't enough money to buy both the cat and the bowl3.After he bought the cat, the man asked for the bowl, because he thought _____.A. the bowl should go with the cat
B. the bowl had a beautiful colour
C. the farmer didn't know the value of the bowl
D. the cat could not live without the bowl4. The farmer kept the bowl so that he could _____. A. let another cat use it
B. sell more cats
C. sell more bowls
D. use the bowl himself5. The farmer has already sold _____ cats. A. thirty
B. ten
C. forty
D. twenty1. A2. C3. A4. B5. D