阅读下面短文,并根据短文内容,选出最佳答案. Mr Evans works in

阅读下面短文,并根据短文内容,选出最佳答案. Mr Evans works in
Sydney. Last week he had a two-week holiday, but he didn't know where
to go. He said to his friend Robert, "I hate the hot weather here, but I can't think of a cool place in
Australia. Where shall I take my holiday?"
"That's easy," said Robert, "You can go to Moscow. Snow and ice are covering the ground there
now."
Mr Evans agreed with his friend. He bought a plane ticket and soon arrived in Moscow. He was
having a good time there, but one day he got into trouble (麻烦). After lunch, he went to a park outside
the city. He noticed a dog following him when he was walking past a house. It was hungry and wanted
some food to eat. But Mr Evans had no food in his pockets. He tried to shoo (以嘘声吓走) it away, but
it began to bark at him. Just at that moment, he saw a stone on the ground. He tried to pick it up, but he
couldn't.
"How strange these Russians are!" Mr Evans said to himself, "They do not tie up (栓住) their dogs,
but firmly (牢牢地) tie down the stones!"
1. Mr Evans is ________.
A. American
B. Russian
C. Australian
D. Chinese
2. Mr Evans didn't like the ________ in Australia.
A. hot weather
B. cool weather
C. rainy weather
D. cold weather
3. Mr Evans went to Moscow ________.
A. by train
B. by bus
C. by air
D. on foot
4. The word "bark" means "________".
A. 跳
B. 叫
C. 追
D. 咬
5. Mr Evans couldn't pick up the stone because ________.
A. it was too cold
B. it was too heavy
C. the Russians tied their stones to the ground
D. it was not a stone
为什么最后一题答案上写的是A

1-5.C A C B A
最后一题,Mr Evans said to himself,"They do not tie up (栓住) their dogs,but firmly (牢牢地) tie down the stones!" 埃文斯先生说：“莫斯科人不把他们的狗拴住,却牢牢地捆住他们的石头”.这里是埃文斯在暖和的澳大利亚呆习惯了,并不了解寒冷的莫斯科,并不是莫斯科人存心把石头捆住,而是天气太冷了,石头都冻住了,想拿也拿不动.