A farmer had a cow. He took very good care of this cow and one day when it was ill, he was very worried. He telephoned the vet.

“What’s the problem?” The vet asked him when he arrived.

“My cow's ill,” the farmer said. “I don’t know what's the matter with her. She’s lying down and won’t eat. She's making a strange noise.”

The vet looked over the cow. "She's certainly ill," he said, "and she needs to take some very strong medicine."

He took a bottle out of his box, put two pills into his hand and said, "Give her these. The pills should make her better."

“How should I give them to her?” the farmer asked.

The vet gave him a tube (管子)and said, "Put this tube in her mouth, then put the pills(药) in the tube and blow. That' ll make it."

The next day the vet came to the farm again. The farmer was sitting outside his house and looked more worried.

“How's your cow?” the vet asked.

“No change,” the farmer said, “and I’m feeling very strange myself.”

“Oh?” the vet said, "Why?"

“I did what you said,” the farmer answered. “I put the tube in the cow's mouth and then put two pills down it.”

“And?” the vet asked.

“The cow blew first,” the farmer said.

1. In the story, the vet must be _________.

A. the farmer's friend

B. a milk factory

C. a doctor for animals

D. a director

2.The farmer asked the vet for help when his cow _______

A. didn't eat the pills

B. was ill

C. couldn't make any noise

D. ate too much

3. What medicine did the vet give the farmer?

A. Bottle of pills.

B. A long tube.

C. Two pills.

D. Medical instruments.

4.The vet taught the farmer how _________.

A. to blow the tube

B. to make the cow take the pills

C. to take the medicine

D. to heat the medicine

5. Which of the following is true?

A. The farmer ate the pills himself.

B. The cow got better after taking the medicine.

C. The vet came to help farmer to change the cow the next day.

D. The cow was dead.

In China, many people are leaving the countryside to find jobs in the cities, because the countryside is much poorer than the city, and often there isn't much work there. Services such as hospital and transport(交通) are usually much better in the city than in the countryside. They hope that their lives will improve when they move to the city.

But in the big cities of Europe like London or Paris, people are moving out of the city. These rich families want to live a quieter life. They are tired of the noise and the dirt(尘土) of the city, and they are tired of the crowded streets, crowded trains and buses. They don't want to live in the cities any more. They want a house with a garden in the countryside, and breathe the fresh air there.

So they move out of the cities. Some don't go very far, just a little way out of the city, to the towns near the cities, other people move to the real countryside with sheep, cows and green fields. There, they start new lives and try to make new friends.

Not all those who move from the city to the countryside are happy. After two or three years, many people who have done this feel that it was a big mistake. They don't make so much money and there isn't much work to do. People in the countryside are very different and aren't always very friendly.

As a result, quite a lot of people who have moved to the countryside move back to the city. “It's wonderful to see crowds in the streets and cinema lights,” they say.

1.Which is NOT the reason for people moving to the cities in China?

A、The countryside is much poorer than the city.

B、People in the countryside have nothing to eat.

C、People in the countryside don't have much work to do there.

2.Why do some rich families in Europe move to the countryside?

A、Because they will find good jobs.

B、Because they are tired of living in the city.

C、Because they can make more money there..

3.After moving to the countryside, some people in Europe feel unhappy because.

A、they can't make much money

B、there isn't much work for them to do in the countryside

C、A, and B

4.The underlined sentence in the last paragraph shows.

A、they are happy to move back to the city

B、they miss their friends in the countryside

C、they still want to move to the countryside

5.The best title of this passage may be “”.

A、A Happy Life!

B、Living in the City!

C、Moving Out or Moving Back?

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