阅读理解。
A Scotsman and an Englishman lived next door to each other. The Scotsman owned a hen and each
morning he would look in his garden and pick up his hen's egg for breakfast. One morning he looked into
his garden and saw that the hen had laid an egg in the Englishman's garden.
He was about to go next door when he saw the English-man pick up the egg. The Scotsman ran up
to the English-man and told him that the egg belonged to him because he owned the hen. The Englishman
disagreed because the egg was on his property (财产).
They argued for a while until finally the Scotsman said, "In my family we normally settle disputes (争
议) by the following actions: We kick each other and we compare the time how long it takes us to get
back up. Whoever gets up quicker wins the egg."
The Englishman agreed to this, so the Scotsman found his heaviest pair of boots (皮靴) and put them
on. He took a few steps back, then ran toward the Englishman and kicked as hard as he could in his
stomach.
The Englishman fell to the floor, holding his stomach and howling (嚎叫) in pain for 10 minutes.
Eventually (最终) the English-man stood up and said, "Now it's my turn to kick you." At this time, the
Scotsman said, "oh, maybe you should just keep the egg."
1. What do we know about the hen?
A. It belonged to the two men equally.
B. It laid an egg every other day.
C. Its eggs were usually cooked by the Scotsman as breakfast.
D. It usually laid eggs in the Englishman's garden.
2. The underlined word "disputes" in Paragraph 3 means "_______".
A. arguments
B. wars
C. plans
D. Debts
3. What's the real purpose of the Scotsman's proposal (提议)?
A. He wanted to get his egg back from the Englishman.
B. He wanted to solve their dispute.
C. He wanted to teach the Englishman a lesson.
D. He wanted to find out who was the stronger of them.
