READING NO. 11

READING: 閱讀測驗                              

     Once there was a cockroach who lived in a house outside the city. He liked to play, but he didn't like to work. One day while he was playing with his friends, he saw some ants carrying food. He looked and looked and finally he asked them, "Why not play with us, my ant friends?" The ants were so busy that they didn't hear him. "Why are you working so hard?" said the cockroach, and this time he said it loudly. "We have no time for that. Winter is coming," answered one of the ants.  "What are you talking about? Look! The weather is great," said the cockroach. "Silly(蠢) ants, they don't know how to enjoy life," also said one of the roach's friends. Then all the roaches laughed at the ants, and they all got back to play. Time and tide wait for no one. Soon winter came. The ants stayed at their warm home under the ground. The food was more than enough for the winter. However, the roaches all froze(凍) to death(死).

_____  1. This is a (1. fable      2. true story       3. real story      4. a story

              with a picture).

_____  2. The roaches (1. were hard-working     2. didn't have time for work

              3. didn't work      4. didn't have time to play).

_____  3. The ants (1. didn't have time to play   2. didn't have time for work

              3. liked to play        4. were silly).

_____  4. "Time and tide wait for no one " means (1. time and tide are

               things we are waiting for           2. time flies quickly        

              3. we can't catch up with tide          4. people can't live without

             them both).

_____  5. What is the lesson of this passage(短文)?  (1. Never play but work.

              2. Roaches can play but ants can't.   3. Always save for the rainy

             day.    4. Winter always comes  quickly.)

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