Two strangers came to a village in the evening. They came to the leader of that village and asked for a place to live for the night. The leader said they could stay in the house for strangers. But they were also told about the old custom in the village- people kill the man who snores.(打鼾)

The two strangers went to the house. They had a good supper there and then they went to sleep. They slept well. One hour passed. Two hours passed. Then one of them began to snore, “Vo, vo, vo…” The other stranger heard the snoring. He thought, “The people will hear the snoring and kill him.” The stranger wanted to save the man. He thought for a while and then began to sing. He sang very well. The people didn’t hear the snoring. They listened to the song. Then they began to dance. Some of them sang the song together with the stranger and danced to the music. Men, women and even the leader sang and danced. That entire night one stranger snored, one stranger sang, and all the other people sang and danced.

In the morning the strangers came to the leader to say goodbye and express their thanks for all he had done. The leader gave them a small bag of money and said, “I give this money to both of you. We had a good time with you. Thank you very much.”

The strangers left the village. But along the way they began to quarrel. The one who snored wanted more money. He said, “I must have the bigger part. Why did you sing that song last night? Because I snored.” The man who sang had his reason, too. He said that without him the man who snored might have got killed.

They quarreled and quarreled and couldn’t decide on anything. Can you?

【小题1】What did the old custom request the two strangers to do?

A．Avoid snoring while sleeping.

B．Sing for the villagers during the night.

C．Stop strangers from coming to the village.

D．Don’t allow making any noise while sleeping.

【小题2】How did the other stranger feel when one stranger started snoring?

A．Upset.

B．Calm.

C．Worried.

D．Angry.

【小题3】Why did one stranger start singing while the other was snoring?

A．To wake up him up.	B．To draw the leader’s attention.
C．To encourage the villagers to dance.	D．To keep the snoring from being heard.

【小题4】The main reason the two strangers began to quarrel was ________.

A．neither of them knew what had happened

B．they both thought the other one put them in danger

C．neither of them wanted the other one to get the money

D．both of them wanted to get the bigger part of the money