Steve Morrow is desperate to find a new home for 1,000 hens after he accidentally bought them in an online auction for $1.50. Steve Morrow said he saw the “urgent sale” on Trade Me and thought he was bidding for only one hen. But when he won the auction at 11 a.m. on Sunday, he was told by the seller, Matthew Blomfield, that he had in fact bought 1,000 of them.

Morrow said that he thought the highest bidder could take as many hens as they wanted and the seller would continue to auction the rest of them off until they were all gone. Morrow said, “But when I spoke to the man and he said it was for 1,000 hens. I was stunned. I can tell you that.” He said he had read the ad more than three times and admitted the “wording was confusing”.

Blomfield said the ad was pretty clear — it mentioned 1,000 hens three times, once in the title and twice in the ad description. “It's pretty hard to get that wrong,” Blomfield said. He said he contacted Morrow and had conversations with him. The new buyer was happy with his purchase. “We discussed the logistics behind it all. He said he's worked at freehold farms. But over the weekend I think it became apparent to him that 1,000 hens are a bit too many and he must have had a change of mind,” Blomfield said.

However, Morrow has put up a social media post asking people for help in rehoming his 1000 hens and got a great response. Morrow said he wasn't going to let the 1,000 hens down and let them be killed. 

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1.What caused Steve Morrow to buy so many hens?

A He had a good luck.

B The ad was confusing.

C He had signed the sale contract.

D He misunderstood the ad.

解析：选D。细节理解题。根据第二段第一句和第三段第一句可知，虽然Blomfield已经在广告中三次明确提及是1000只母鸡，但Morrow还是未能明白广告内容，这是一次由误解而造成的中标，故选D。

2.What can we learn from paragraph 3?

A Morrow changed his mind after a few weeks.

B Morrow was not ready to follow the big sale in the end.

C Blomfield seemed not to be satisfied with the result.

D Blomfield repeated that the ad was clear and effective.

解析：选D。推理判断题。根据第三段可知，Blomfield强调了广告多次提及1000只母鸡，内容清晰明确，真实有效，故选D。

3.How did Morrow finally deal with the hens?

A He would take only one hen away.

B He would find a new home for his 1000 hens.

C He donated the hens to local people in need.

D He broke his words and refused all the hens.

解析：选B。细节理解题。根据第四段第一句可知，Morrow发布了一个社交媒体帖子，请求人们帮助他重新安置自己的1000只母鸡，故选B。

4.What can we conclude from the passage?

A Misfortune might be a blessing in disguise.

B Happiness that is where misfortune underlies.

C Lock the stable door after the horse has been stolen.

D The wolf has a winning game when the shepherds quarrel.

解析：选B。推理判断题。本文讲述了Steve Morrow只花1.5美元意外拍得1000只母鸡，之后，又为安置这些鸡而发愁的故事，对Steve Morrow而言是先喜后悲，这正好验证了中国古代思想家老子的一句话“福兮祸之所伏”，故选B。