英语阅读题In Spain there once lived a king and he liked playing j

英语阅读题
In Spain there once lived a king and he liked playing jokes.“I will give a bag of gold to the person who can tell me the best story,” he said.“But there is one rule:It must be a story which I can’t believe true.If I can believe it,then I won’t give away the bag of gold.”
People came to the king from all parts of the country.They brought strange and wonderful stories.The king sat in his palace and listened to all the stories.He enjoyed them very much but to each person he said,“I can believe it.It could happen and it may be true.So I won’t give you any gold.”
At last a poor old man came to the palace.He was carrying a huge stone jar.The old man began his story,“Oh,my king.Your good father was once a very poor man,and my father was very rich.They were very good friends.My father gave your father a large jar,like this one,and it was full of gold.Your father promised(答应) to give back the gold when he became rich.But he didn’t give it back.When my father died he told me not to forget to get our gold back.Now you are rich and I am poor.It’s time to return my gold.”
The king said,“I can’t believe your story.It’s impossible.My father never told me anything about the jar full of gold.Besides there isn’t enough gold to fill that jar.”
“All right,” said the old man.“If you don’t believe my story,give me the bag of gold.Keep your promise(诺言),please.” The king remem-bered the rule and gave the man the bag of gold.
31.At the beginning of the story the king wanted to .
A.make a joke about others
B.give his people some gold
C.find a good story teller
D.set up a new rule for people
32.The king would give a bag of gold to the person who told .
A.a strange story
B.an unbelievable story
C.the best story of the world
D.a story which was true.
33.Why did the old man came to the palace?
A.He tried to get his father’s gold back.
B.He wanted to get the bag full of gold.
C.He thought the king would like his story.
D.His father had been the king’s father’s friend.
34.Why didn’t the king believe the old man’s story?
A.The jar was so big.
B.There wasn’t much gold in the country.
C.The jar couldn’t have been used for holding gold.
D.His father didn’t tell him about the jar full of gold.
35.Which word can describe the old man best?
A.Clever.B.Poor.
C.Interesting.D.Strange.
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31. At the beginning of the story the king wanted to .
A. make a joke about others
解释：文章第一句说了他想跟别人开玩笑.并不是真要给金子,也不是找讲故事的人,也不是制定新规定.
32. The king would give a bag of gold to the person who told .
B. an unbelievable story
解释：国王是要把金子给他认为讲了不可信的故事的人.
33. Why did the old man came to the palace?
B. He wanted to get the bag full of gold.
解释：这位老人去王宫讲故事,就是为了得到悬赏的金子.
34. Why didn’t the king believe the old man’s story?
D. His father didn’t tell him about the jar full of gold.
解释：国王不信是因为他父亲没跟他讲过这个事.
35. Which word can describe the old man best?
A. Clever.
解释：这么多人讲故事,只有他成功地从国王那儿领到了金子.应该算聪明了.
再问： 31题有疑问, 国王想要做什么？ 他喜欢讲笑话不错,但是他想让人们讲一个让他不相信的笑话,个人感觉是C
再答： 准确的说，他不是喜欢讲笑话，而是跟人开玩笑，捉弄别人（play jokes是这个意思）。这个就是他喜欢捉弄人的典型事例，他听了别人说的故事，却又让别人空手而归，满足了他的这个得意心理。所以最佳答案是A才是。
再问： 可以这样理解吗？ 他要别人给他讲一个不可能的故事,但是他基本都相信,可以看作在戏弄他人？ 文章31题是不是就是要表达这个意思？
再答： 是的。他就是以此为乐的人。