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A cock (公鸡) and the jewel (宝石)
One nice morning, a cock said to the chickens. “Come on, let’s go out to find some food for breakfast. Then the cock began to dig (挖) the soft earth.
Later, he cried, “Look, look! I find something. I don’t know what it is. It isn’t a ball. Maybe it is an egg.” A hen came here and said, “Oh! This is not an egg. It’s a jewel.”
A chicken asked, “Can we eat it?” “No,” said the cock, “Human beings (人类) like it. But it’s not useful to us. We can’t eat it. Let’s go to find some worms (虫子). We need worms, not the jewels.
【1】When did the cock go out to find food? ( )
A. In the afternoon. B. In the morning. C. In the evening.
【2】What did the cock find? ( )
A. An egg. B. A ball. C. A jewel.
【3】What things did the cock like? ( )
A. Worms. B. Jewels. C. Balls.
【4】What did they do at last? ( )
A. They ate the jewel. B. They gave the jewel to human beings.
C. They went to find some worms for breakfast.
【5】Where is this story from? ( )
A. Chinese idiom books. B. Aesop’s Fables.
C. Grimm’s Fairy tales (格林童话).