七、阅读表达。（2026·江苏连云港·月考）
阅读下面短文，用英语回答短文后的问题。
One sunny day, Mother Hen is playing happily with her little chickens on the grass. After a while, they are hungry. Mother Hen then takes her children out to look for food. Luckily, she finds a grain of wheat(小麦). She asks her children to plant it in the garden, but they are too lazy(懒惰的) to do it. So, Mother Hen has to do it all by herself.
Two months later, they get a lot of wheat. Mother Hen asks her children, “Who would like to take the wheat to the shop and get some flour(面粉)?” But all of them don’t want to do it. So Mother Hen has to take the wheat to the shop herself and brings the flour back home.
When she gets home, she asks again, “Who will make some bread with the flour?” But they all say that they are not free. Finally, Mother Hen makes the bread all by herself. When it is done, she says to her chickens, “Who wants to eat the bread?”
And they all shout, “I will.”
But Mother Hen says, “No, you can't. You don't want to do anything before I make the bread. You must understand that ‘No pain, no gain(不劳则无获).’” And she doesn't give any bread to her children. Instead, she eats it all by herself.
1. Where are the chickens playing?
On the grass.
2. Why does Mother Hen take her children out to look for food?
Because they are hungry.
3. When do they get a lot of wheat?
Two months later.
4. Who eats the bread at last, Mother Hen or her children?
Mother Hen.
5. What can you learn from the story?
No pain, no gain.(答案不唯一)
