《2025年通城学典课时作业本八年级英语上册外研版》

六、阅读理解。
Two men were sitting together on an airplane. They were on a long journey. One of the men was a teacher. The other was a cook.
They sat without talking for a while. Then the cook said, “Let’s do something to kill the time.”
“What do you want to do?” the teacher asked. “We can ask each other riddles(谜语),” the cook said. “You start.”
“Let’s make the rules first,” the teacher said. “To make the game more interesting, we play it for money. If we don’t know the answer to a riddle, we have to pay a dollar.”
The cook thought about it and said, “That’s not fair. You are a teacher, an educated man. You know more things than I do. I am just a cook.”
“That’s true,” the teacher said. “What’s your suggestion?” “If you don’t know the answer to a riddle, you need to pay me 100. If I don’t know the answer to a riddle, I’ll pay you 50,” the cook said.
Thinking for a while, the teacher said, “OK. That’s fair. Who’ll go first?”
“I will,” the cook said. “Here is my riddle. What has three legs when it walks, but only two legs when it flies?”
The teacher repeated the riddle, “What has three legs when it walks, but only two legs when it flies? Mm, that’s a good one. I’m afraid I don’t know the answer.”
He gave the cook 100. Then he said, “What’s the answer?” “I don’t know, either,” the cook said and gave him 50.
1. Which word is similar to the underlined word “kill” in Paragraph 2?
A. Die.
B. Pass.
C. Lose.
D. Save.
2. Who got the CORRECT answer to the riddle?
A. The teacher.
B. The cook.
C. Neither of them.
D. Both of them.
3. How much money did the cook get at last?
A. 1.
B. 50.
C. 100.
D. 150.
4. (创新考法·信息排序)What is the CORRECT order of the following statements?
① The cook showed his riddle.
② The cook made the rules fair.
③ The teacher paid the cook money.
④ The teacher made the rules for the game.
A. ④②①③
B. ②④①③
C. ④③①②
D. ②③①④

答案： 1. B 2. C 3. B 4. A