Once there was a king. He had two old ministers. One was kind and the other was bad. The bad minister often said bad words about the kind minister before the king. The king was very angry.
One day the king said to the bad minister , “Write two words on two pieces of paper. Write ‘live’ on one piece and ‘die’ on the other . Then put them in a jar and tell him to choose. If he takes out the paper with ‘live’ on it , I will let him go. If he takes out the paper with ‘die’ on it ,I will kill him at once.”
The bad minister was quite happy. He got two pieces of paper ready. He wrote “die” on each piece of paper.
The kind old man came. He knew the bad minister wanted to kill him. He also knew the words on the two pieces both “die”, but he knew what to do. Later the king had to keep his word and let the old minister go. Do you k now what the kind man do about this at that time?
小题1:The king was angry with .
A．himself
B．the kind minister
C．the bad minister
D．the two ministers小题2: was told to write “live” and “die”.
A．The king
B．The kind minister
C．The bad minister
D．The two ministers小题3:There is no “live” on both pieces of paper because .
A．the kind minister didn’t want it.
B．the bad minister couldn’t write the word
C．the king told the bad minister not to write it
D．the bad minister hated the kind minister and wanted to kill him小题4: must be disappointed in the end .
A．The king
B．The kind minister
C．The bad minister
D．All the other ministers
小题1:B
小题2:C
小题3:D
小题4:C
题目分析：本文讲述的是一位聪明的大臣挫败 * * 臣的诡计的故事。
小题1:B 推理题。根据文章第二段One day the king said to the bad minister , “Write two words on two pieces of paper. Write ‘live’ on one piece and ‘die’ on the other . Then put them in a jar and tell him to choose. If he takes out the paper with ‘live’ on it , I will let him go. If he takes out the paper with ‘die’ on it ,I will kill him at once.”可知国王对于the kind minister很生气，故B正确。
小题2:C 细节题。根据第二段1,2行One day the king said to the bad minister , “Write two words on two pieces of paper. Write ‘live’ on one piece and ‘die’ on the other .可知C正确。
小题3:D 细节题。根据文章3,4段The bad minister was quite happy. He got two pieces of paper ready. He wrote “die” on each piece of paper.
The kind old man came. He knew the bad minister wanted to kill him.可知the bad minister想要杀死The kind old man，故D正确。
小题4:C 推理题。根据文章内容可知the bad minister想要杀死The kind old man，但是最后Later the king had to keep his word and let the old minister go国王只能让The kind old man，可知和辉让The bad man失望。故C正确。
点评：本文讲述的是一位聪明的大臣挫败 * * 臣的诡计的故事。本文细节题居多，答题时在文章找到对应的地方，用笔进行标记，这有利于后期有时间检查时可以立刻找到答案的位置。仔细理解作者所讲的意思，再结合选项，通过排除法和自己对全文的把握，选出正确答案。