四、阅读理解。
One day a big hen is playing with her chickens in the garden. After some time, she wants to eat something, so she takes her chickens out to look for food.
When they are eating, she finds some grains of wheat(麦粒). So she asks her chickens to plant them in the back garden. But no one wants to do it. The big hen has to do it herself.
After a few months, they get a lot of wheat. The hen says to her chickens, “Who will take the wheat to the store and get some flour (面粉)?” But they don’t want to do it, so she takes the wheat to the store and brings the flour home.
After she gets home, she says, “Who will make some bread with the flour?” They all say they are too busy and don’t want to do it.
After she makes the bread, she says to her chickens, “Who wants to eat the bread?”
“Me!” 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 chickens and eats the bread herself.
()1. Why does the big hen want to plant the grains of wheat?
A. Because she has nothing to do.
B. Because she wants to get more wheat.
C. Because she wants her chickens to do something.
D. Because she doesn’t want to play with her chickens.
()2. take(s) the wheat to the store.
A. The chickens B. The hen
C. One of the hen’s chickens D. The hen and her chickens
()3. The underlined word “them” in Paragraph 2 refers to .
A. the grains of wheat B. the chickens
C. the plants D. the hen and her chickens
()4. Why doesn’t the big hen give any bread to her chickens?
A. Because they aren’t at home.
B. Because she doesn’t like them.
C. Because they don’t do anything.
D. Because they don’t want to eat it.
()5. The underlined saying “No pain, no gain” means “” in Chinese.
A. 世上无难事,只怕有心人 B. 有志者,事竟成
C. 阳光总在风雨后 D. 不劳则无获

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