阅读理解。
There once lived in China a king and a queen who were very foolish. One day the queen had a baby
daughter. When they saw their baby, they cried, "My goodness!How small it is! It's toothless! It's a
monster (怪物)!" They sent for all the doctor in the country and ordered them to prepare some medicine
for it.
"when she takes your medicine, she must grow to the right size and have teeth," the king said "If you
don't do this, you will have a beating."
The doctor thought it impossible, but they dare not say anything against the king's order. Justthen an old
doctor stepped forward. "Oh, we shall certainly obey your order," he said. "But it takes time. We have to dig
a mineral (矿物) from the Kunlun Mountain when the snow metles for the second time. The snow metles on
those mountains only in six years. So we need twelve years."
At last the king agreed and the doctors took away the little girl. On her twelfth birthday,they brought her
back to her parents with long black hair and becautiful teeth. The king and queen were very happy and gave
the doctors expensive presents.
1. The underlined word "foolish" means ______ inChinese. [ ]
A. 愚蠢的
B. 聪明的
C. 富有的
D. 漂亮的
2. The king and the queen thought their daughter was strange because ______. [ ]
A. it was too thin
B. it was too heavy
C. it looked too big
D. it had no teeth
3. The doctor would be beaten if ______. [ ]
A. the baby daughter didn't take their medicine
B. they were against the king's order
C. the baby daughter grew to the right size
D. the baby daughter became a monster
4. Why did the doctors want to keep the king's daughter for twelve years? [ ]
A. Because they needed a lot of diderent plants.
B. Because they had to dig for a mineral.
C. Because this would give the baby time to grow up.
D. Because it would take twelve years to prepare some medicine.
5. Which of the following is true?[ ]
A. The baby grew to the right size after taking a king of medicine.
B. The old doctor refused to obey the king's order.
C. The baby had long hair and beautiful teeth after 12 years.
D. When the king saw his 12-year-old daughter, he gave the doctors a beating.
