48. At last Mr. Jones _____.

A. was successful in selling the house

B. felt sorry to have lost a sale by his doing too good a job

C. was satisfied with what he had done in the advertisement

D. didn’t understand why Mr. Jackson had changed his mind

49. What do you think of the advertisement in magazines?

A. They are worth reading.

B. They usually make things far better than they really are.

C. They are a great help to those who want to buy something.

D. They describe things as they really are.

B

How to Become Cleverer

Once a boy came to ask a fisherman how to become cleverer, because his mother always called him “foolish boy”.

“That’s easy,” answered the fisherman. “I know one way to make you become cleverer.” “Really?”

“Of course. It is said a fish head is good for brain. If you eat one, you’ll become cleverer indeed. Pay only three pounds for one fish head.” The boy paid him three pounds and the fisherman cut off a fish head and handed it to him.

A raw fish head is not good—not even for a hungry boy to eat but the boy ate it up in two gulps.

“Do you feel anything?” asked the fisherman.

“Not in my head,” said the boy.

The boy lay on the ground and thought. “One whole fish costs only two pounds. I had paid him three pounds for the fish head. Why couldn’t I have the whole fish for soup, a head for brain and one pound left over?” He jumped up and shouted at the fisherman. “You thief! You are fooling me!” The fisherman laughed, saying, “The fish head works now, you see.”

50. The boy ate up the raw fish head only in two gulps, because he __________.

A. enjoy it B. wanted to taste it

C. took it as a good medicine D. was a foolish boy

51. The boy came to the fisherman in order to __________.

A. buy a fish head B. ask the fisherman a question

C. become cleverer D. A and C

52. “Not in my head” means “__________”.

A. The fish head was not in the boy’s head

B. The boy felt nothing came into his head

C. It’s difficult to give an answer right away

D. The boy didn’t feel that he was cleverer

53. __________ helped the boy become cleverer.

A. A good meal B. The raw fish head

C. Nothing D. What had happened