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Mr Hodge was a chicken farmer. He had hundreds of chickens, and sold the eggs and the meat and got quite a lot of money for them, but he lived in a very hot part of the country, and he found that his hens laid hardly eggs in the summer. So he decided to put air-conditioning(空调)into his chicken house so that the hens would lay well all through the year and he could have more eggs and in that way get more money.
The owner of the company(公司)which sold the air-conditioning came to see him, and when he saw Mr Hodge's house, he thought that he might be able to make him buy some air-conditioning for that too.
"Your wife would be much happier and much better then," he said to Mr Hedge. But Mr Hodge was not interested.
"My wife doesn't lay eggs," he said.
*lay(laid) vt. & vi. 下蛋
(1) What did Mr Hodge do? He________.
A. was a fruit farmer B. was the owner of a company
C. sold vegetables D. was a chicken farmer
(2) His hens laid few eggs when it was in the________.
A. summer B. spring C. autumn D. winter
(3) He didn't think the hens laid many eggs because________.
A. they were old B. they were thin
C. they felt too hot D. they were young
(4) He wanted to put air-conditioning into________.
A. his office B. the bedroom
C. the chicken house D. the dining-room
(5) He thought air-conditioning would make it cooler so that the hens would be able to
lay________.
A. more eggs B. more children
C. more money D. more hens
Key: (1) — (5) DACCA