There are many American expressions about insects(昆虫) like bees, for example. Bees are known as very hard workers. They always appear to be busy, moving around their homes or hives. So you might say you were “as busy as a bee” if you spent your weekend cleaning your house .

Here is an expression about bees that is not used much any more, but we like it anyway. We think it was first used in the nineteen twenties. If something was the best of its kind, you might say it was “the bee’s knees”. Now, we admit(承认) that we do not know how this expression developed. In fact, we do not even know if bees have knees!.

Hornets(大黄蜂) are bee-like insects that sometimes attack people. If you are really angry, you might say you are“mad as a hornet”.And if you “stir up a hornet’s nest”, you create trouble or problems.

Butterflies are beautiful insects, but you would not want to “have butterflies in the stomach”. That means to be nervous about having to do something, like speaking in front of a crowd. And do you know any expressions about ants?

1.When Mrs. King spends her weekend cleaning the house, we can say she is as busy as _________.

A. a bee B. a hornet

C. a butterfly D. an insect

2.When you say to others “I am mad as a hornet”, what do you really mean?

A.I must stop working. B.I am the best of all.

C.I create some problems. D.I feel really angry.

3.Which of the following would be discussed next?

A. Some expressions about ants. B. Some expressions about noses.

C. Some expressions about flowers. D. Some expressions about colors.

A man was driving when he found a chicken running along the road, beside his car.

He was surprised to see that the chicken was keeping up with him. Looking at his speedometer (速度计), he found that he was doing 50 miles per hour (MPH).

Then he drove at 60 MPH, and the chicken stayed right next to him. He sped up to 75 MPH and it still kept up.

The man then found that the chicken had three legs. Growing even more curious (好奇), he followed the chicken down a road and into a farm. He got out of his car and saw that all the chickens around him had three legs.

He asked the farmer, “What’s up with the three-legged chickens?”

The farmer said, “Well, whenever we have chicken for diner, everyone in the family fights over the legs, but there are only two. I have raised a kind of three-legged chicken. It’s going to make me richer.”

“How do they taste?” the man asked.

The farmer said, “Don’t know yet, I haven’t been able to catch one.”

1.How did the man feel when he saw the chicken keeping up with him?

A.Happy. B.Scared. C.Angry. D.Surprised.

2.What does the underlined “it” refer to (指的是)?

A.The car. B.The chicken.

C.The speedometer. D.The road.

3.Why did the farmer raise the three-legged chicken?

A.Because he wanted to be rich so that he can buy many chicken legs.

B.Because his wife wants to have chicken legs every day.

C.Because everyone in his family fights over the legs while having chicken for dinner.

D.Because everyone in his family hasn’t had chicken legs for a long time.

4.Which following statement is TRUE according to the passage?

A.The farmer knew the three-legged chickens tasted good.

B.The farmer had become richer because of the three-legged chickens.

C.The chickens ran too fast for the farmer to catch.

D.There was only one three-legged chicken on the farm.

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