A clever hen
一只聪明的母鸡
A yellow hen lives in a small house. On the hill near her house there is an old fox. The old fox wants to eat the hen for dinner. But he can't catch her because she is very clever.

One day, the hen isn't at home, so the fox goes into her house. The hen goes back home and the fox catches her and puts her in his bag. Then the fox runs back to his house. But the hen makes a hole in the bag and runs out. When the fox wants to eat the hen, he sees the bag is empty!

词汇积累
catch /kætʃ/ v. 抓住
hole /həʊl/ n. 洞
empty /'empti/ adj. 空的
run back 跑回
Read and choose.(根据文章内容,选择最佳答案。)
()1. What does the old fox want to do?
A. He wants to play with the hen.
B. He wants to have the hen for dinner.
C. He wants to live in the hen's house.
()2. How does the hen run away?
A. She runs away from the window.
B. She makes a hole in the bag and runs out.
C. There's a hole in the bag and she runs away.
()3. What's in the bag at last?
A. There is a hen in it.
B. There is nothing in it.
C. There is something in it.

一只聪明的母鸡
[译文]一只黄色的母鸡住在一个小房子
里。在她房子附近的小山上有一只老狐狸。
老狐狸想吃母鸡当晚饭。但他抓不到她,因
为她很聪明。
有一天,母鸡不在家,于是狐狸走进她
的房子。母鸡回到家里,狐狸抓住了她,并
把她放在他的袋子里。然后狐狸跑回他的
房子。但母鸡在袋子里啄了一个洞,跑了出
去。当狐狸想吃母鸡时,他看到袋子里是
空的!
[答案]1. B 2. B 3. B

【分析】
这是一篇记叙文类的英语阅读理解题，解题思路如下：首先通读全文，了解文章讲述的聪明母鸡和老狐狸的故事大意；然后针对每个问题，回到原文中定位对应的关键句子，对比选项内容，选出与原文表述一致的答案。具体来说：
1. 第1题要找老狐狸的想法，需定位到第一段关于狐狸意图的句子；
2. 第2题要找母鸡逃跑的方式，需查看第二段中母鸡逃脱的相关描述；
3. 第3题要知道最后袋子里的情况，需关注第二段结尾处关于袋子状态的内容。
【解析】
1. 第1题：根据文章第一段“The old fox wants to eat the hen for dinner.”可知，老狐狸想要把母鸡当作晚餐，选项B符合原文表述，故选B。
2. 第2题：从第二段“But the hen makes a hole in the bag and runs out.”可以得知，母鸡是自己在袋子上弄了一个洞然后跑出去的，选项B与原文内容一致，故选B。
3. 第3题：第二段最后提到“When the fox wants to eat the hen, he sees the bag is empty!”，“empty”意为“空的”，也就是袋子里什么都没有，选项B符合题意，故选B。
【答案】
1. B；2. B；3. B
【知识点】
阅读理解细节定位、词汇语义理解、记叙文阅读理解
【点评】
本文是一篇简单的英语记叙文，题目均为细节理解题，考查学生从原文中提取关键信息的能力。文中给出了重点词汇的注释，降低了阅读难度，适合低年级学生练习，能帮助学生培养仔细阅读、精准定位信息的阅读理解习惯。
【难度系数】
0.85