Question

On a sunny day, Mother Hen is playing with her chickens on the grass. Later, they are hungry, so Mother Hen takes her children out to look for food. She finds a few grains of wheat（几粒麦子）. So she asks her children to plant(种植) them in the garden. But none(没有一个) of her children wants to do it. Mother Hen has to do it herself.

A few months later, they get a lot of wheat. She asks her children, “Who would like to take wheat to the shop and get some flour?” But her children don’t want to do it. So she takes the wheat to the shop and brings the flour home.

After getting home, she asks “Who will make some bread with the flour?” They all say, “I’m not free”. When she makes the bread, she says to her chickens, “Who wants to eat the bread?” “I will,” they all say. “No, you can’t. You don’t want to do anything before I make the bread. You must know ‘No pain, no gain.’” She doesn’t give any bread to her children.

1.Why do Mother Hen and her children want to look for food?

A. Because they have nothing to do.

B. Because Mother Hen doesn’t want her children to work.

C. Because they want to play out.

D. Because they are hungry.

2.______ take(s) the wheat to the shop.

A. Mother Hen    B. The chickens

C. Mother Hen and her chickens    D. One of Mother Hen’s children

3.The underlined (划线) word “flour” means “______” in Chinese.

A. 饲料    B. 大豆    C. 面粉    D. 玉米

4.Why doesn’t Mother Hen give any bread to her children?

A. Because they aren’t at home.    B. Because she doesn’t like them.

C. Because they don’t want to eat it    D. Because they don’t do anything.

5.What’s the best title (标题) for the passage?

A. The bread    B. No pain, no gain

C. The wheat    D. Mother Hen

Answer

1. D

2. A

3. C

4. D

5. B

【解析】

鸡妈妈发现了麦子，她想让她的孩子们在花园里种植，但没一个人愿意。收获麦子的时候，问自己的孩子是否愿拿着麦子去商店换些面粉，仍然没人愿意，所以鸡妈妈自己去了。等把面粉换回来做面包时，问孩子是否做面包时，孩子说我们没空。当面包做好时，问谁想吃的时候，所有人都举手了，但是鸡妈妈没有给任何一个孩子面包．因为天下没有免费的午餐，没有劳动就没有收获。

1.细节理解题。句意：为什么鸡妈妈和孩子们要去寻找食物呢？A因为他们没有事做；B因为鸡妈妈不想让她的孩子去工作；C因为他们想出去玩；D因为他们饿了。根据Later, they are hungry, so Mother Hen takes her children out to look for foo. 后来，他们饿了，所以Mother Hen带她的孩子出去寻找食物，故选D。

2.细节理解题。句意：___________带着麦子去了商店。A鸡妈妈；B小鸡们；C鸡妈妈和她的孩子们；D鸡妈妈其中的一个孩子。根据第二段最后一句话“So she takes the wheat to the shop and brings the flour home．”可知是鸡妈妈自己一个人去的，故选A。

3.词义理解题。句意：划线部分单词“flour”的汉语意思是？根据前文“Who would like to take wheat to the shop and get some flour?”及下文“Who will make some bread with the flour?”可推测用面粉来做面包，故答案为C项。

4.细节理解题。句意：为什么鸡妈妈没有给任何面包给她的孩子们呢？A因为他们不在家；B因为她不喜欢他们；C因为他们不想吃；D因为他们什么都没做。根据No, you can't．You don't want to do anything before I make the bread. 不，你们不能吃，在我做面包之前你们不想做任何事，即没有给他们面包是因为他们没有做任何事情，故选D．

5.主旨大意题。句意：文章最好的标题是什么？A面包；B一分耕耘，一分收获；C麦子；D鸡妈妈。根据No，you can't．You don't want to do anything before I make the bread不，你们不能吃，在我做面包之前你们不想做任何事，即没有给他们面包是因为他们没有做任何事情，从而引出没有付出就没有收获（No pain，no gain）的这一道理，故选B。