C

The Fox said to the Little Prince, “My life is
monotonous. I hunt chickens and men hunt me. All chickens are just alike, and all men are just alike. And, as a result, I am a little bored. But if you tame(驯服) me, it will be as if the sun came to shine on my life. I shall know the sound of a step that will be different from all the others. Other steps send me hiding under the ground. Yours will call me out of my hole, like music.”
The Little Prince asked, “What must I do to tame you?”
“You must be very patient,” replied the Fox. “First, you will sit down at a little distance from me—like that—in the grass. I shall look at you out of the corner of my eye, and you will say nothing. Words are the source of misunderstandings. But every day, you may sit a little closer...”
So the Little Prince tamed the Fox. And when the hour of his departure(离开) drew near...
“Ah,” said the Fox, “I shall cry.”
“It is your own mistake,” said the Little Prince. “I never wished you any sort of harm, but you wanted me to tame you...”
“Yes, that is so,” said the Fox.
“But now you are going to cry!” said the Little Prince.
“Yes, that is so,” said the Fox.
“Then it has done you no good at all!”
“It has done me good,” said the Fox, “because of the colour of the wheat fields.”
—Adapted from The Little Prince
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) 7. What does the underlined word “monotonous” in paragraph 1 mean?
A. Short but valuable.
B. Boring and unchanging.
C. Happy and satisfying.
D. Exciting and adventurous.
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) 8. According to the Fox, what is the first step to taming him?
A. Bringing him a chicken.
B. Saying kind words to him every day.
C. Playing music to call him out of his hole.
D. Sitting away from him without saying anything.
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) 9. How may the Little Prince feel when he knows the Fox will cry?
A. Happy and proud.
B. Angry and crazy.
C. Surprised and a bit sorry.
D. Bored and uninterested.
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)10. What is this story mainly about?
A. The dangers of living in the wild.
B. The joy and sadness from true friendship.
C. The importance of protecting wild animals.
D. The best way to tame animals.