Subjective Comprehension Answering Techniques Exercise (5)

Subjective Comprehension Answering Techniques Exercise (5)

Question words

• PERSON

   - who 谁 (主语)

   - whom 谁 (对象)

   - whose 谁的

• what 什么

• which 哪一个

• where 哪里

• when 几时

• why 为什么

• how 怎样/如何

Let's do a quick reading.

Honesty is the best policy

诚信是最好的策略

Honesty is the best policy

Some years ago, there lived a farmer with his daughter. He owed a large sum of money to the village moneylender who was old and ugly. The moneylender wanted to marry the farmer's beautiful daughter so he proposed a bargain. He said he would forgo the farmer's debt if he could marry his daughter.

Multiple Choice

1. Who did the farmer in the story live with?

• The farmer lived with his wife.

• The farmer lived with his daughter.

• The farmer lived with a dog.

Multiple Choice

2. Whom (谁 - 被动) did the farmer borrow money from?

• The farmer borrowed money from an old and ugly moneylender.

• The farmer borrowed money from a young rich man.

• The farmer borrowed money from a bank.

Multiple Choice

3. Whose (谁的) child that the moneylender wanted to marry?

• The moneylender wanted to marry the judge's daughter.

• The moneylender wanted to marry the farmer’s beautiful daughter.

Both the farmer and his daughter were horrified by the proposal. So the cunning moneylender suggested that they let fate decide the matter. He told them that he would put a black and a white pebble into a money bag. The girl then would have to pick one pebble from the bag.

1. If she picked the black pebble, she would become his wife and her father's debt would be written off.

2. If she picked the white pebble, she need not marry him and her father's debt would still be written off.

3.If she refused to pick a pebble, her father would go to jail.

Multiple Choice

4. What would happen if the girl refused to pick any pebble?

• If the girl refused to pick any pebble, her father would go to jail

• If the girl refused to pick any pebble, she had to marry the moneylender.

They were on a pebble-strewn path in the farmer's field, so the moneylender bent over to pick up two pebbles. The sharp-eyed girl noticed he had picked up two black pebbles into the bag. He then asked the girl to pick a pebble from the bag. The girl put her hand into the money bag and drew out a pebble. Without looking at it, she stumbled and the pebble fell onto the path where it immediately blended in with other pebbles.

Multiple Choice

5. Where did the moneylender get the pebbles?

• The moneylender got the pebbles from a river with pebbles.

• The moneylender got the pebbles from a pebble-strewn path.

• The moneylender got the pebbles from the farm.

Multiple Choice

6. Which colour of the pebbles that the girl had picked?

• The girl had picked the black pebble.

• The girl had picked the white pebble.

"Oh, how clumsy of me!" she exclaimed. "But never mind, if you look into the bag for the pebble that is left, you'll be able to tell which pebble I picked.“ The moneylender dared not admit his dishonesty. In the end, the girl did not marry the moneylender nor the farmer had to pay his debt.

“哦，我真笨拙！”她惊呼。 “但是没关系，如果您查看袋子里剩下的小卵石，就可以知道我选了哪个小卵石。”

 放债人不敢承认自己不诚实。最后，女孩没有嫁给放债人，农民也不需偿还债务。

To be continued… in google meet...