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Long, long ago the Mouse King had
a beautiful daughter. When she was old enough to be married, he called together
the oldest and cleverest mice to talk about it.
“My daughter,” He said, “is
far too beautiful to marry just anybody. I have decided to marry her to the
greatest thing in the world. Now, who shall it be?”
“The sun,” the first mouse said at once, “is the greatest thing in the world. It shines
over the whole world.”
“Well, then, I shall marry her to
the sun,” said the Mouse King.
“But,”
said the second, “a cloud can cover the sun.”
“Then, she must be married to the
cloud.”
“But,”
said the third, “the rain breaks through the clouds
and puts an end to them.”
“That is true. I must marry her to
the rain.”
“But,”
cried the fourth, “no matter how hard the rain falls,
it cannot wash away the trees.”
“Then she must be the tree's wife.”
“But,”
shouted the fifth, “a strong wind can blow down the
trees.”
“Very true. Then the wind must be
her husband.”
“But,”
remembered the sixth, “no matter how hard the wind blows,
it cannot blow away the earth.”
“Then I must marry her to the
earth.”
“But,”
called out the seventh, “the
earth is covered by the wooden floors of men's houses.”
“Then she shall marry the wooden
floor at once.”
“But,”
the last said slowly, “no matter how strong the wooden
floor is, a mouse can bite his way through it.”
“It is clear that a mouse is the
greatest thing in the world,”
the happy Mouse King said, with a smile on his face.
And that was why the Mouse King's
daughter married a mouse at last.
1. How
many mice are mentioned in the passage?
A. Eight
B. Nine
C. Ten
D. Three
2. Which
mouse had a beautiful daughter?
A. The
old one
B. The
cleverest one
C. The
first one
D. The
Mouse King
3. Who
thought the wind should be the daughter's husband?
A. The
second mouse
B. The
fourth mouse
C. The
fifth mouse
D. A and
C
4. What
was the result?
A. There
was no result.
B. All
those would be the daughter's husbands.
C. The
daughter would be married to a mouse.
D. The
daughter would live alone.
5. Why
was the result so?
A.
Because all the mice agreed.
B.
Because all the mice wanted to have a rest.
C.
Because the Mouse King thought a mouse was the greatest thing in the world.
D.
Because the daughter was glad.
