四、阅读理解。
Once upon a time, there were no rivers or lakes on the earth but only the Eastern Sea in China. There lived four dragons: the Long Dragon, the Yellow Dragon, the Black Dragon and the Pearl Dragon.
One day, the four dragons flew from the sea into the sky. They saw it was too hot and dry everywhere. Many people were praying（祈求）for rain!
Seeing that, the Long Dragon advised, “Let’s go and ask the Jade Emperor（玉皇大帝）for rain.”
Hearing what they said, the Jade Emperor replied, “All right. I’ll send some rain down tomorrow.” However, over one week passed, and not a drop of rain came down.
The four dragons felt sorry and worried. They knew the Jade Emperor never cared much about the people. To save the poor people, they decided to spray（喷洒）
seawater towards the sky. Quickly, the water poured down like rain and saved the people and their crops（庄稼）.
The Jade Emperor soon knew what the four dragons did. He was very angry and ordered Mountain God to press four mountains down upon the four dragons. Even so, the four dragons still wanted to help the poor people. They then turned themselves into four rivers, and from then on China’s four great rivers were born.
()1. What does the underlined word “they” in paragraph 2 refer to?
A. Rivers. B. Raindrops.
C. Many people. D. The four dragons.
()2. What did the four dragons ask the Jade Emperor for?
A. Food. B. Rain. C. Crops. D. Air.
()3. What can we learn from the text?
①The Jade Emperor helped to save the poor people.
②The dragons used seawater to save the poor people.
③The Jade Emperor didn’t care about the poor people.
④The Jade Emperor was angry at what the four dragons did.
A. ②③④ B. ①②④ C. ①③④ D. ①②③
()4. What were the four dragons like?
A. Silly and boring. B. Kind and helpful.
C. Kind but careless. D. Helpful but stupid.
()5. What did the four dragons become at last?
A. Rivers. B. Humans.
C. Seawater. D. Mountains.

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

1. 定位文章第二段前一句"One day, the four dragons flew from the sea into the sky."，可知划线单词They指代的是前文提到的四条龙，因此选D。
2. 根据第三段中龙的对话"Let’s go and ask the Jade Emperor for rain."，可知四条龙向玉皇大帝请求降雨，因此选B。
3. 逐一判断四个表述：①玉皇大帝答应降雨却迟迟没有兑现，也没有做出帮助百姓的行为，该表述错误；②文中提到四条龙向天空喷洒海水，让海水像雨一样落下拯救了百姓和庄稼，该表述正确；③文中明确说明玉皇大帝从来不在意百姓的处境，该表述正确；④玉皇大帝得知四条龙私自降雨的行为后非常生气，该表述正确。符合要求的是②③④，因此选A。
4. 四条龙牵挂受苦的百姓，主动为百姓求雨，甚至不惜触犯玉皇大帝的规则救百姓，最后还化身河流继续帮助百姓，能看出它们善良又乐于助人，因此选B。
5. 根据文章最后一段的"They then turned themselves into four rivers, and from then on China’s four great rivers were born."，可知四条龙最后变成了河流，因此选A。