C
After crossing the river, Dorothy and her friends came to a flower field, with many other colourful flowers next to it.
“How beautiful!” Dorothy said.
“When I have a brain, I will probably like them better,” the Scarecrow said.
“If I had a heart, I would love them,” added the Tin
Woodman.
“I always like flowers,” the Lion said. “But there are none in the forest so bright as these.”
Soon they found themselves in the middle of
poppies. It is known that when there are many of these flowers together, their strong smell will make anyone breathing it fall asleep, even sleep forever. But Dorothy didn’t know this. Soon Dorothy’s eyes grew so heavy that she felt she had to sleep. Dorothy fell among the poppies, fast asleep.
“The smell is killing us all. If we leave her here, she will die,” said the Lion. “I can hardly keep my eyes open, and the dog Toto is asleep already.”
“Run fast and get out of here,” the Scarecrow said to the Lion. “We can carry the little girl, but you are too heavy.”
The Lion ran as fast as possible but he fell asleep before he was out of the field. Luckily, the Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman were not troubled by the smell. They made a chair with their hands and carried Dorothy through the flowers to the grass far enough from the poppy field.
The Tin Woodman built a truck and pulled the Lion with the Scarecrow. The sweet fresh air woke Dorothy, Toto and the Lion. Soon they continued their journey.
—Adapted from *The Wonderful Wizard of Oz*
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D
)7. What does the underlined word “poppies” refer to?
A. A kind of tall tree.
B. A kind of special colour.
C. A kind of sweet fruit.
D. A kind of poisonous plant.
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C
)8. Who were not troubled by the smell?
A. The Scarecrow and Dorothy.
B. The Lion and Toto.
C. The Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman.
D. The Tin Woodman and the Lion.
(
A
)9. Which is the right order of what happened in the story?
①The Lion fell asleep in the field.
②Dorothy fell among the poppies, fast asleep.
③The fresh air woke Dorothy, Toto and the Lion.
④Dorothy and her friends came to a poppy field.
A. ④②①③
B. ②①③④
C. ④①②③
D. ②④①③
(
D
)10. What can we learn from the story?
A. The story happened by the river.
B. Dorothy didn’t get along with her friends.
C. They can be safe in the field for a long time.
D. Dorothy and her friends were on a hard journey.
