阅读理解 A famous writer who was visiting Japan was invited to give a lectur

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阅读理解 A famous writer who was visiting Japan was invited to give a lectur
Passage 1 A famous writer who was visiting Japan was invited to give a lecture at a university to a large group of students.As most of them could not understand spoken English,he had to have an interpreter（口译）.During his lecture he told an interesting story which went on for rather a long time.At last he stopped to allow the interpreter to translate it into Japanese,and was very surprised when the man did this in a few seconds,after which all the students laughed loudly.After the lecture,the writer thanked the interpreter for his good work and then said to him,"Now please tell me how you translated that long story of mine into such a short Japanese one." "I didn't tell the story at all," the interpreter answered with a smile."I just said,'The honorable lecturer has just told an interesting story.You will all laugh（笑）,please.'"
51.The famous writer______.
A.spoke Japanese well B.gave a lecture to a large group of students C.had an old man as his interpreter D.spoke French well
52.What did the writer tell the students?
A.A long terrible story.B.A good story.C.A long interesting story.D.A Japanese story.
53.The writer stopped when his story went on for quite a long time because______.
A.he wanted to take a rest B.he allowed the interpreter to translate it into Japanese C.he wanted to hear how his story was translated into Japanese D.he wanted to ask the students some questions
54.The writer thanked the interpreter probably because he thought______.
A.the interpreter had done a good job B.the interpreter had worked for a long time C.the interpreter translated his story in detail D.the interpreter translated his story into beautiful Japanese
55.The students laughed because_______.A.the writer's story was interesting B.the interpreter did a good job of translating his story C.they didn't understand the writer's story D.the interpreter told them to
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答案

故事讲的是一个作家去日本学校演讲,学生都听不懂英语,所以学校配了一个翻译.这个作家讲了一个很长的笑话,但翻译三言两语就翻译完了,学生开怀大笑.演讲结束后,作家感谢翻译出色完成了工作,并问他是如何用那么短的句子...