There was once a farmer. He lived near a road. It was not a busy road, but from time to time cars passed the farm. Near the farm gate, there was a large hole in the road. The hole was always full of water, and the drivers of the cars could not see how deep the hole was. They thought that it was not deep.Then when they drove their cars into the hole, they could not drive out of it because it was so deep. The farmer didn’t spend much time working on his farm. He spent most of it watching the hole. When a car drove into it, he pulled the car out with his tractor and asked the driver a lot of money for doing this.

One day, the driver of a car said to him, “You must make a lot of money by pulling cars out of this hole day and night.” “Oh, no,” said the farmer, “I don’t pull the cars out of the hole at night. At night, I fill the hole with water.”

1.There was a farmer .

A.at the gate B.beside the hole C.in the road D.near the road

2.Many cars went into the hole because the drivers .

A.were going too fast to stop B.didn’t see the hole

C.didn’t know the hole was very deep D.like driving through water

3.What did the farmer usually do every day?

A.He pulled the cars out of the hole. B.He filled the hole with water.

C.He worked on his farm. D.Both A and B.

4.The farmer made money by .

A.growing things on his farm B.selling water to the drivers

C.pulling cars out of the hole D.mending the cars

5.From the story, we know .

A.the farmer liked to help others B.the farmer was a hard-working man

C.the farmer was a good man D.the farmer wasn’t friendly


Do you know why so many animals do not stay in one place? Birds, fish and other animals move from one place to another place at a certain time. They move for different reasons: most of them move to find food more easily, but others move to get away from places that are too crowded.

When cold weather comes, many birds move to warmer places to find food. Some fishes give birth in warm water and move to cold water to feed. The most famous migration is probably the migration of fish, which is called “salmon”(鲑鱼). This fish is born in fresh water but it travels many miles to salt water. There it spends its life. When it is old, it will return to its birthplace in fresh water. Then it gives birth and dies. In northern Europe, there is a kind of mouse. They leave their mountain homes when they become too crowded. They move down to the low land. Sometimes they move all the way to the seaside, and many of them are killed when they fall into the sea.

Recently, scientists have studied the migration of a kind of lobster(龙虾). Every year, when the season of the bad weather arrives, the lobsters get into a long line and start to walk across the floor of the ocean. Nobody knows why they do this, and nobody knows where they go. So, sometimes we know why humans and animals move from one place to another place, but at other times we don’t. Maybe living things just like to travel.

1. The reason for most of the animals to move is ________.

A. to get away from un-crowded places          B. to find their own parents

C. to want to kill themselves                   D. to find food more easily

2. Where does young salmon(鲑鱼) spend its life?

   A. In fresh water.                          B. In salt water.

   C. In mountain homes.                      D. In its birthplace.

3. When do the lobsters(龙虾) begin to move another place?

   A. When their homes become too crowded.

   B. When the season of the bad weather arrives.

   C. When they want to give birth.

   D. When their food is eaten up.

4. The underlined word migration in the passage means ________.

   A. 迁徙            B. 习性           C. 运动            D. 寻觅

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