Passage 67
Giving the seedlings
a hand
提升篇
主题: 寓言故事
词数:102
建议用时:10分钟
答案:P133
[新素养] There is an impatient farmer. Every day he goes to the field to watch the seedlings grow. He thinks they grow too slowly.

One day, he sees there is another farmer. He is pulling up the weeds(杂草) in the field. Then he has an idea. He goes to the field and pulls the seedlings up one by one. He works for a long time. The farmer is very happy because the seedlings are taller. When the farmer goes home, he tells his son about his “excellent” idea. His son goes to the field and finds that all of their seedlings are dead.
根据短文内容，判断下列句子的正(T)误(F)。
() 1. The farmer is very patient.
() 2. The farmer wants the seedlings to grow faster.
() 3. Another farmer is pulling up the flowers in the field.
() 4. The farmer pulls the seedlings up to make them taller.
() 5. The farmer's son finds that all of their seedlings are dead.
() 6. From the story, we find the farmer is very clever.

1. F 由短文第一段第一句可知，农民没有耐心。
2. T 由短文第一段最后一句可知，农民认为秧苗长得太慢了，所以他想让秧苗长得快一些。
3. F 由短文第二段第一、二句可知，另一位农民在田地里拔草，而不是拔花。
4. T 由短文第二段第四、六句可知，农民为了让秧苗长高，于是将秧苗拔高。
5. T 由短文第二段最后一句可知，农民的儿子发现他们所有的秧苗都死了。
6. F 短文中出现的 excellent 加了引号，且结合整个故事内容可知，这个农民并不聪明。