五、阅读短文，选择正确的答案。
People like to eat rice. Rice is a kind of plant. There are many kinds of rice. Rice grows in the fields called paddies(稻田). Some rice needs lots of water to grow.
In China, rice fields have a history of over 10,000 years. Chinese people are good at growing and cooking rice. There are many sayings about rice. The saying “I lost my rice bowl.” means “I lost my job.”. Throwing a rice bowl on the floor means the person is angry. Parents teach their children to eat every grain of rice in their bowls, because it is not easy for farmers to grow rice.
Yuan Longping is called “the father of hybrid rice(杂交水稻之父)”. He helped China grow more rice than before. Now farmers grow Yuan's hybrid rice in many countries. Hybrid rice helps many hungry people around the world. Yuan Longping was a great man and we all should learn from him.
( ) 1. Rice fields have a history of over ________ years in China.
A. 8,000 B. 9,000
C. 10,000
( ) 2. In the saying “I lost my rice bowl.”, “rice bowl” means “________”.
A. food B. job
C. a small bowl with rice in it
( ) 3. If someone throws a rice bowl on the floor, it means the person is ________.
A. happy B. worried
C. angry
( ) 4. Children should eat every grain of rice in their bowls because ________.
A. it is not easy to grow rice
B. rice is very delicious
C. there are many sayings about rice
( ) 5. Which statement(陈述) is NOT true about Yuan Longping?
A. He is called “the father of hybrid rice”.
B. He was good at growing rice.
C. He only helped hungry people in China.

1. C 解析：根据“In China，rice fields have a history of over 10,000 years.”可知答案。 2. B 3. C 解析：根据“Throwing a rice bowl on the floor means the person is angry.”可知，把饭碗扔在地上，说明这个人是生气的。 4. A 解析：根据“Parents teach their children to eat every grain of rice in their bowls，because it is not easy for farmers to grow rice.”可知，父母教育孩子把碗里的每一粒米吃掉是因为农民种水稻不易。 5. C 解析：根据“Hybrid rice helps many hungry people around the world.”可知答案。

( ) Four balls are placed in a row. The red ball is next to the green ball but not next to the blue ball. The yellow ball is not next to the blue ball. Which ball is next to the yellow ball?
A. The red ball.
B. The green ball.
C. Both A and B.

A