Question

One morning,an old gardenner found lots of flowers missing.He was so angry that he shouted loudly, “Who did this?” In order to protect his flowers, he locked the garden gate in the evening.

The next morning,he found some of this flowers missing again. He decided to find out how that happened. When night came,he sat quitely to watch his garden.Soon he saw a tortoise(乌龟) moving slowly into the garden.

The gardener shouted, “I catch you this time!” The tortoise quickly said, “I’m sorry. If you really want to punish me,no matter what you decide to do, please do not throw me into the water. It’s terrible to die that way.”

“You destroyed so many of my beautiful flowers. I must punish you!” said the old gardener, and he quickly threw the tortoise into a lake next to his garden.

After a while , the tortoise swam away happily. The old gardener then knew that the tortoise was not afraid of water.

1.Why was the old gardenner so angry?

A. Because his flowers were not alive.

B. Because he found his flowers missing.

C. Because his flowers were not beautiful.

2.What did the gardenner do to protect his flowers at first?

A. He watched the flowers in the evening.

B. He locked the garden gate in the evening.

C. He did nothing in the evening.

3.What can we learn from the passage?

A. The old gardenner was very smart.

B. The tortoise was so clever.

C. The old gardenner was very happy.

Answer 1