首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
专升本
A man once said how useless it was to put advertisements in the newspapers. "Last week," said he, "my umbrella was stolen from a
A man once said how useless it was to put advertisements in the newspapers. "Last week," said he, "my umbrella was stolen from a
admin
2011-03-26
69
问题
A man once said how useless it was to put advertisements in the newspapers. "Last week," said he, "my umbrella was stolen from a London Church. As it was a present, I spent twice its worth in advertising, but didn’t get it back."
"How did you write your advertisement?" asked one of the listeners, a merchant.
"Here it is," said the man, taking out of his pocket a slip cut from a newspaper. The other man took it and read, "Lost from the City Church last Sunday evening, a black silk umbrella. The gentleman who finds it will receive ten shillings on leaving it at No. 10 Broad Street."
"Now," said the merchant, "I often advertise, and find that it pays me well. But the way in which an advertisement is expressed is of great importance. Let us try for your umbrella again, and if it fails, I’ll buy you a new one." The merchant then took a slip of paper out of his pocket and wrote: "If the man who was seen to take an umbrella from the City Church last Sunday evening doesn’t wish to get into trouble, he will return the umbrella to No. 10 Broad Street. He is well known." This appeared in the paper, and on the following morning, the man was astonished when he opened the front door. In the doorway lay at least twelve umbrellas of all sizes and colors that had been thrown in, and his own was among the number. Many of them had notes, fastened to them saying that they had been taken by mistake, and begging the loser not to say anything about the matter.
Did the merchant know who had taken the umbrella?
选项
A、Sure.
B、Not very sure.
C、Not at all.
D、Probably.
答案
C
解析
文章最后五行,指明许多雨伞被送到这位失主门前,虽然有些雨伞上附有留言,但都没有、也不会有任何姓名。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/CnqC777K
本试题收录于:
英语题库成考专升本分类
0
英语
成考专升本
相关试题推荐
阅读《往事》(——之十四)中的一段文字,然后回答以下小题。不是说做女神,我希望我们都做个“海化”的青年。像涵说的,海是温柔而沉静。杰说的,海是超绝而威严。楫说得更好了,海是神秘而有容,也是虚怀,也是广博……“希望我们都做个‘海化’的青年”一句
下列作家属于“文学研究会”成员的是()
Thereasonwhythecarstoppedwas______.
Whilemakingtremendousachievementsatcollege,Asian-Americanstudents______.Whatarethemajorfactorsthatdeterminethe
Mymotherremainedatthetopofthehillbecauseshedidnotwanttoclimbthe______ofstairs.
Shewasn’tfeelingverywell;otherwise,she______themeetingsoearly.
Whywererivalprisongangsforcedintoacommonexerciseyard?Thispassagetalksabout______.
Accordingtothepassage,theKnightsofLaborwantedallofthefollowingEXCEPT______.HowlongdidtheKnightsofLaborlas
Manyyearsago,whenIworked【B1】avolunteeratStanfordHospital,IgottoknowalittlegirlnamedLizwhowas【B2】ararea
Tousitseemssonaturaltoputupanumbrellatokeepthewateroffwhenitrains.Butactuallytheumbrellawasnotinvented
随机试题
经济学家:任何有经济效益的国家都能够创造财富。仅当一个国家的财富平均分配时,这个国家才能保持政治稳定。财富的平均分配消除了风险的存在,而风险的存在正是经济有效运转不可缺少的前提条件。以下哪项结论可从以上的陈述中适当地推出?
焊缝按空间位置可分为几种?
肠扭转是一段肠袢沿其系膜长轴旋转而造成的(1),同时肠系膜血管受压,也是(2)。肠扭转部分在其系膜根部,以旋转为多见,扭转程度轻者在(3),严重者可达(4)。常见的肠扭转有(5),(6)和(7)扭转。
患者,男。双眼视力良好,1天咳嗽后突然发现右眼前出现灰色半透明的不规则环形漂浮物,视力无变化。经过以上检查,可能发现以下各项改变,除了
导致血性心包积液较常见的病因有哪些
下列哪一项是重症肺炎的主要确定依据
设计结构表面外露的模板,当验算模板及其支架的刚度时,其最大变形值为模板构件计算跨度的:[2001年第32题]
经业主大会会议通过,业主委员会委员的资格应终止的是()。
投资方因追加投资等原因能够对非同一控制下的被投资单位实施控制的,假定不构成“一揽子交易”,下列会计处理表述正确的有()。
已知p<0,q<0,则一元二次方程x2+px+q=0的根的情况是()。
最新回复
(
0
)