阅读理解

　　A rich man was once riding along the road and saw an old man digging in his garden．On the ground lay a young tree,ready to be planted．The rich man called out to the old man,“What kind of tree are you planting there,my good man?”

　　“This is a fig(无花果) tree,sir,”he said．

　　“A fig tree?”the rich man was very surprised．“Why,how old are you?”

　　“I am ninety years old．”

　　“What!”cried the rich man．“You are ninety years old．You are planting a very young tree now and it'll take years to give fruit．You certainly don't hope to live long enough to get any fruit from this tree．”The old man looked around the garden．Then he said with a smile,“Tell me,sir．Did you eat figs when you were a boy?”“Sure．”The rich man didn't know why he asked this question．“Then tell me this,”he said．“Who planted the fig trees?”“I don't know．”“You see,sir,”went on the old man．“Our forefathers(祖先)planted trees for us to enjoy and I am doing the same for the people after me．”

　　The rich man was quiet and said,“You are right,my good man．We should do some good things for the people after us．Thank you very much．”Then he rode away．

根据短文内容,判断正(T)误(F)。

(　　)1．The rich man in the story was helping the old man plant a fig tree．

(　　)2．The rich man was surprised because the old man was ninety years old．

(　　)3．The rich man's father planted the fig trees so he could eat figs when he was a boy．

(　　)4．The old man planted a fig tree because he wanted the people after him to eat fruit．

(　　)5．This story tells us the rich man and the old man are clever．

The old man was planting ________ when the rich man saw him．

A．

an apple tree

B．

a fig tree

C．

a pear tree

D．

a banana tree

The old man was ________．

A．

80 years old

B．

60 years old

C．

90 years old

D．

70 years old

The old man was planting the tree ________．

A．

to get himself some fruit to eat

B．

for the people after him

C．

to make his garden more beautiful

D．

just for fun

The sentence“The rich man was quiet”in the last paragraph means ________．

A．

he was thinking about who were his forefathers

B．

he didn't want to disturb the old man

C．

he couldn't communicate with the old man

D．

he understood why the old man planted the young tree

We can express the main idea of this passage by“________”in Chinese．

A．

前人栽树，后人乘凉

B．

光阴似箭，一去不返

C．

君子爱财，取之有道

D．

财多惹祸，树大招风

阅读理解。

　　Once upon a time there lived a poor farmer called Smith．He didn't like to share things with others．Smith had a friend who was famous for the wonderful apples he grew．

　　One day,his friend gave Smith a young apple tree and told him to take it home and plant it．The farmer was pleased with the gift,but when he got home,he did not know where to plant it．

　　He thought and thought．Finally at night he planted the tree in his wood where no one could see it．But without sunlight or good soil,the tree soon died．

　　Later the friend asked the farmer why he had planted the tree in such a poor place．

　　“What's the difference?”the farmer said angrily．“If I had planted it near the road,strangers would have stolen the fruit．If I had planted it in one of my fields,my neighbours would have come at night and stolen some of the apples．If I had planted it near my house,my own children would have taken the fruit．”

　　“Yes,”said the friend,“but at least someone could have enjoyed the fruit．Now you not only have got nothing,but also you have destroyed a good apple tree．”

阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题。

1．Was Smith happy about the gift?

________

2．When did Smith plant the apple tree?

________

3．Where did Smith plant the apple tree in the end?

________

4．Why did the apple tree soon die?

________

5．What would probably happen if the farmer had planted the tree near his house?

________