J Read and judge
The old man and his monkeys
An old man keeps a lot of monkeys. These monkeys do not
like eating bananas. They like eating chestnuts (栗子).
One day, the old man says to the monkeys, "We don't have
many chestnuts now. Each (每个) of you can have seven
chestnuts every day. Is that OK?" The monkeys are very
happy because they can eat chestnuts every day. Then, the
old man says, "You can have three chestnuts in the morning
and four in the evening." The monkeys are not happy. They
do not want to eat one less (少) in the morning. The old man
then says, "How about four in the morning and three in the
evening?" The monkeys are happy again because they think
they can eat one more (多) in the morning.


1 The monkeys like both bananas and chestnuts. ◎
2 The monkeys are happy because they can eat seven
chestnuts every day. ◎
3 The monkeys are not happy because they can only
have four chestnuts every morning. ◎
4 In the end, the old man has to give each monkey eight
chestnuts every day. ◎
5 The monkeys are good at maths. ◎

1. ×
2. ×
3. ×
4. ×
5. ×

1. 根据原文“These monkeys do not like eating bananas. They like eating chestnuts.”，猴子不喜欢香蕉，只喜欢栗子，该表述错误。
2. 根据原文“The monkeys are very happy because they can eat chestnuts every day.”，猴子开心是因为能每天吃栗子，不是因为每天吃7个栗子，该表述错误。
3. 根据原文“You can have three chestnuts in the morning and four in the evening. The monkeys are not happy.”，猴子不高兴是因为早上只能吃3个栗子，不是4个，该表述错误。
4. 根据原文，最后老人提出的是“four in the morning and three in the evening”，总数仍为7个，不是8个，该表述错误。
5. 猴子误以为4+3比3+4的数量多，说明它们不擅长数学，该表述错误。