A judge was working in his room one day when a neighbour ran in and said, “If one man's cow kills another's, is the owner of the first cow responsible?”
“It depends,” answered the judge.
“Well,” said the man, your cow has killed mine.
“Oh,” answered the judge. “Everyone knows that a cow cannot think like a man, so a cow is not responsible, and that means that its owner is not responsible either.”
“I am sorry, Judge,” said the man. “I made a mistake. I meant that my cow killed yours.”
The judge thought for a few seconds and then said,“ When I think about it more carefully, this case is not as easy as I thought at first. ”And then he turned to his clerk and said, “Please bring me that big black book from the shelf behind you.”
小题1:The neighbour asked the judge_______.
| A．whether the first cow was responsible |
| B．whether the owner of the first cow was responsible |
| C．whether both cows were responsible |
| D．whether both the owners were responsible |
小题2:When the neighbour reported that the judge's cow had killed his, the judge answered that______.
| A．a cow was responsible |
| B．its owner was not responsible |
| C．neither a cow nor its owner was responsible |
| D．his cow was responsible |
小题3:When the neighbour heard this, he told the judge that_______.
| A．there was nothing happened |
| B．his cow had been killed |
| C．it was his cow that had killed the judge's |
| D．both cows had been killed |
小题4:When the judge heard that his cow had died, he________.
| A．got angry |
| B．said nothing |
| C．put his neighbor into prison |
| D．changed what he had said at first |
小题5:In this story the judge was______.
| A．a clever judge | B．a humorist | C．unfair | D．foolish |
