Question

There was once a king who had a great palace with a wonderful garden .In the garden,there lived all kinds of animals. All of them enjoyed living there.

There was only one thing in the garden that the king hated: an old tree in the center of the garden. It was so old and dry. This made the king so angry that he finally asked some people to cut down and turned the place into a swimming pool. However, after the trees were cut down, the animals left the garden .Without the animals; the garden was not so beautiful as before. The king was sad, but he didn’t know what happened.

A young man went to the king, and said he could explain what had happened. “This was because you cut the old tree down,’’ said. “ There were thousands of moths (飛蛾 ) which lived in the tree .Birds needed the moths to eat and then attracted many other animals to your garden. So your garden became very beautiful. But as you cut the tree down, the animals had to leave. ”

“Excellent!” said the king, I’ll make you rich and you will try to make my garden beautiful again.”

“I’m afraid it will take many years to finish. It will take many years for the natural balance to get back again,” said the young man.

The king was sad, but all he could do was just to wait.

1.Because the king hated the old and dry tree, he asked some people to cut it down.

2.The garden was more beautiful after the tree was cut down.

3.There were few moths which lived in the tree.

4.If the young man made the garden beautiful again, the king would make him rich.

5.The story tells us that it will take many years for the natural balance

1.T 2.F 3.F 4.T 5.T 【解析】文章講述了國王有個美麗的花園，他非常喜歡，但是他不喜歡花園中間的一棵老樹，于是他讓人砍倒了它，自從沒了樹以后，鳥兒也都走了，花園不好看了，后來一個年輕人告訴了國王生態(tài)要平衡，于是國王讓他管理他的花園。 1.根據There was only one thing in the garden that the king ...

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