Happy-up Reading 24

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Not So Stupid

Two men were sitting together in an airplane. They were on a long journey. One of the men was a teacher. The other was a farmer. They sat without talking for a while, then the farmer said, “Let's do something to pass the time.”

“What do you want to do? ”the teacher asked.

“We can ask each other riddles, ”the farmer said.“You start.”

“Let's make the rules（规则）first, ”the teacher said.“And let's make the game more interesting. Let's play it for money. If we don't know the answer to a riddle, we have to pay a dollar.”

The farmer thought about this for a while, then he said, “That's not fair. You are a teacher, an educated man. You know more things than I do. I'm just a farmer.”

“That's true, ”the teacher said.“What do you think we should do? ”

“If you don't know the answer to a riddle, you pay me$100. If I don't know the answer to a riddle, I'll pay you$50.”

The teacher thought about this, then he said, “O. K. That's fair. Who'll go first? ”

“I will, ”the farmer said.“Here is my riddle. What has three legs when it walks, but only two legs when it flies? ”

The teacher thought for a few minutes and then said, “I'm afraid I don't know the answer.”

He gave the farmer$100, then said, “Tell me the answer, please.”

“I don't know, either, ”the farmer said and gave him$50.

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1.____,so they decided to do something.

A. The two men hope to make friends

B. The two men didn't know how to spend the time

C. The two men were old friends

D. The two men were fed up with the long journey

2. The teacher hoped to make some rules to____.

A. make the game funny

B. make their journey happy

C. let the farmer polite

D. win more money

3. The teacher agreed with the farmer because____.

A. he was sure to win the game

B. he knew the farmer well

C. he was good at guessing riddles

D. he thought himself cleverer

4. The farmer's riddle was so difficult that____.

A. he got the teacher into trouble

B. it took the teacher a long time to guess it

C. neither of them knew the answer

D. he had to tell the teacher about the answer

5. In fact,____.

A. the teacher lost$100

B. the farmer lost$50

C. the teacher won$100

D. the farmer won$50

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