The Professor and the Farmer

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Two men were travelling on a train. One was a professor， and the other was a farmer. They sat together but they didn’t talk at first. Then the farmer said， “Let’s guess riddles.”

“OK， let’s make some rules first，” said the professor， “To make the game more interesting， we play it for money. If you don’t know the answer to a riddle， you have to pay me two yuan.”

The farmer thought for a while and then he said， “It’s not fair. You are a professor， so you know more than me. I am just a farmer， I don’t have much knowledge（知识）.”

“You are quite right，” said the professor， “but how do we make the rules？” The farmer said， “If you don’t know the answer to a riddle， you should pay me 200 yuan. If I don’t know the answer to a riddle， I must pay you 100 yuan.”

The professor said， “All right. That’s fair. Who will go first？” “I will，” said the farmer， “Here is my riddle. What has four legs when it walks， but only two legs when it flies？” The professor said， “Mm， that’s a good one. I’m afraid I don’t know the answer.” And he gave the farmer 200 yuan. Then he asked， “What has four legs when it walks， but only two legs when it flies？” “I don’t know， either.” said the farmer and then he gave the professor 100 yuan.

根据短文内容，从A、B、C、D中选择正确答案。

1. The story happened________.

A. on a farm B. in a shop

C. on a train D. among three travellers

2. The word “riddle” means________.

A. a machine to win money

B. something to make rules

C. a kind of sports game

D. a question difficult to find the answer to

3. The professor agreed to give the farmer more money because________ .

A. he thought he knew more than the farmer

B. he was better at guessing riddles

C. he was interested in making riddles

D. he made more money than the farmer

4. The farmer________ .

A. spent all his money on the train ticket

B. won 100 yuan by guessing the riddle game

C. didn’t want to pay even two yuan

D. had a good time on his train trip

5. From the passages we know that________.

A. the professor was cleverer than the farmer

B. the farmer was cleverer than the professor

C. the professor was as clever as the farmer

D. both of them knew the answer to the riddle

Key： 1. C2. D3. A4. B5. B