阅读理解Thereisabar（酒吧）inourtownwiththename“TheWhiteHorse”.ItisMr.Webster's.Fewpeoplewenttothebarlastyearbutthingsarequitedifferentnow.Therewasapictureofawhitehorse

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           There is a bar（酒吧）in our town with the name “The White Horse”. It is Mr. Webster's. Few people went to the bar last year but things are quite different now.
          There was a picture of a white horse on the door of the bar. Then a stranger came in one day drank something looked around the bar and then said to Mr. Webster “Few people come here. Take down the picture of the white horse and put a picture of a black horse instead.”  
       “But the name of the bar is ‘The White Horse’ ”Mr. Webster said.
       “Yes but do it.”the man said. Then he went out of the bar.
           Mr. Webster went to an artist and said “I want a picture of a black horse.”  
          The next day a picture of a black horse was on the door of the bar instead of that of the white horse. Soon after the door opened a man came in and said “There's a mistake on the door of your bar and the picture is different from the name.”The man looked sat down and drank something.
          Then another man came in and said the same and then another and another. A lot of people came in and said “The picture on your door is wrong ”and they all stopped and drank in Mr. Webster's bar.

1．The stranger told Mr. Webster to take down the picture of the white horse because he knew________.

A. a picture of a black horse showed good luck
B. the picture of the white horse wasn't good for the bar
C. people would understand the picture different from the name
D. people would come in and tell the picture was different from the name

2．Mr. Webster agreed with the stranger ________.

A. though he wasn't ready to do it like that at first
B. though he didn't like the black horse
C. because he knew he was an artist
D. because he also wanted to change the picture

3．More and more people came to the bar because ________.

A. it had changed its name
B. the black horse was better than the white one
C. the bar had a black horse
D. they wanted to show the mistake

4．The stranger ________.

A. was cleverer than Mr. Webster
B. didn't like the white horse at the beginning
C. knew Mr . Webster and the artist
D. got much money by teaching Mr. Webster

5．From the story we have learnt that ________.

A. if your business is not good you'd better change the name or the picture
B. if you are in trouble you should take others'ideas
C. when you have difficulty don't give up
D. when a good name is given it can cause success

Answer 1

1.D 2.A 3.D 4.A 5.B