This is a mock HSK5 exam question:
有位北方商人去南方收购茶叶,当他到达目的地时,当地茶叶早已被其他商人抢购一空。情急之中,他突然想到一个---1---,把当地装茶叶的筐全部给买了下来,当其他商人准备将茶叶---2---时,才发现已经没有箩筐可买,无奈只得向这位商人求购。结果这位北方商人轻而易举地在这些人身上赚了一大笔,还---3---了往北方运回茶叶的费用和麻烦,直接将钱带回了家。在很多时候,成功与失败之间,---4---。
- A. 主意 B. 事情 C. 朋友 D. 地方
- A. 卖出 B. 收购 C. 存放 D. 运回
- A. 买下 B. 花费 C. 省下 D. 留下
- A. 非常远 B. 只有一步的距离 C. 没有关系 D. 需要好好儿思考和准备
(正确答案:1.A 2.D 3.C 4.B)
刘云,HSK5级 应试指南,62页,例3 (photo of original)
I don't understand how we can infer that the correct answer to 2 is D 运回. It seems like there is a hidden assumption that all of the 商人 have traveled from somewhere else to buy tea leaves, and they intend to transport them back to their point of origin.
The book's explanation is:
第2题,既然是“去南方收购”,那么收购完以后应该是“回北方”,因此第2题选择“D 运回”。
But only the 北方商人 is from the north, not the 其他商人 as in the question. Indeed, the passage begins with 有位北方商人, which (to my knowledge) implies that there is only one 商人 from the north.
Question: How do we infer that 运回 is the correct way to fill in the blank in 当其他商人准备将茶叶[blank]时?