到底有多少只乌鸦呢?
One day the king Akbar and his clever officer Birbal were taking a walk in the palace garden. It was a nice summer morning and there were plenty of crows happily playing around the pond. While watching the crows, a question came into Akbar’s head. He was wondering how many crows there were in his kingdom.
Since Birbal was walking together with him, he asked Birbal this question. After thinking for a short moment, Birbal answered with a smile, “There are ninety-five thousand four hundred and sixty-three crows in the kingdom.”
Surprised by his quick answer, the king tried to test him again, “What if there are more crows than you answered?” Without hesitating, Birbal answered at once, “If there are more crows than my answer, then some crows are visiting from other neighboring kingdoms.” Amazed by his clever answer, the king asked again, “And what if there are less crows?” “Then some crows from our kingdom have gone on holidays to other kingdoms.”
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1.Where did the story happen?
A In the zoo.
B In the garden.
C In Birbal’s palace.
D On the playground.
解析：选B。B 细节理解题。根据第一段第一句One day the king Akbar and his clever officer Birbal were taking a walk in the palace garden.可知这个故事发生在国王Akbar的宫殿花园里，故选B。
2.What did the king want to know?
A Whether his officer was smart.
B How many kingdoms there were.
C Which kingdom had the most crows.
D The number of crows in his kingdom.
解析：选D。D 细节理解题。根据第一段He was wondering how many crows there were in his kingdom.可知国王想知道他的王国里有多少只乌鸦，故选D。
3.How did Birbal know the answer?
A He was in charge of feeding crows.
B He didn’t know the exact answer.
C He counted the crows one by one.
D Someone told him the answer before.
解析：选B。B 推理判断题。根据下文If there are more crows than my answer, then some crows are visiting from other neighboring kingdoms.和“And what if there are less crows?” “Then some crows from our kingdom have gone on holidays to other kingdoms.”可知Birbal其实并不知道王国里有多少只乌鸦，只是随口回答了一个数字，故选B。
4.The underlined word “hesitating” in the third paragraph means _______.
A 犹豫
B 愤怒
C 斟酌
D 尴尬
解析：选A。A 词义猜测题。根据后面的at once可知他是立即回答的，即他没有犹豫，故选A。
5.The text above is probably _________.
A a letter
B a poem
C a play
D a story
解析：选D。D 文章体裁题。根据全文可知，文章讲的是一则小故事，故选D。