E Read and choose(阅读短文，选择正确的答案)
Long long ago, there was a farmer. He had an orange tree in his garden. There were many oranges on the tree. One orange was very big, like a football. The man took the big orange to the king. The king was very happy and gave the man a lot of money (钱).
A rich man heard about this. He said to himself, "I'll give my gold (金) cup to the king. He must (一定) give me more (更多的) money."
The next day, the rich man went to see the king with his gold cup. The king said to the rich man, "What a beautiful cup! I'll give you a nice thing. Please take this great orange."
() 1 The farmer had tree in his garden.
a an apple
b an orange
c a banana
() 2 The big orange looked like a .
a football
b tennis ball
c cup
() 3 The farmer gave the big orange to the .
a poor man
b rich man
c king
() 4 The rich man gave the king .
a an orange
b a lot of money
c a gold cup
() 5 The king gave the rich man .
a a lot of money
b the gold cup
c the great orange

1 b 2 a 3 c 4 c 5 c

【解析】
1. 根据短文第一段第1行“He had an orange tree in his garden.”可知，农民的花园里有一棵橘子树，故选b。
2. 根据短文第一段第2行“One orange was very big, like a football.”可知，大橘子看起来像足球，故选a。
3. 根据短文第一段第2-3行“The man took the big orange to the king.”可知，农民把大橘子给了国王，故选c。
4. 根据短文第三段第1行“The next day, the rich man went to see the king with his gold cup.”可知，富人给了国王一个金杯，故选c。
5. 根据短文第三段国王说的“Please take this great orange.”可知，国王给了富人那个大橘子，故选c。
【答案】
1 b 2 a 3 c 4 c 5 c
【知识点】
阅读细节定位、物品词汇认知
【点评】
这是一篇趣味故事类阅读理解题，主要考查学生对文章细节信息的捕捉与提取能力，解题时需精准定位原文对应内容进行选择，整体难度较低。
【难度系数】
0.9