《2025年暑假衔接八年级英语人教版延边人民出版社》

四、阅读理解
Hansel and Gretel were lost in the forest.
Soon they saw a beautiful house made of cake, chocolate, biscuits and sweets. The door opened and an old woman came out.
"Come inside," she said.
Hansel and Gretel followed her into the house. The old woman locked(锁) the door. She pushed Hansel into a cage(笼子) and locked it with a big black key. "I'm going to cook you and eat you, but you aren't fat enough yet!" she said. She looked at Gretel. "And you can do all the work in the house."
The old woman gave Hansel lots of good food: chicken, meat, cheese and milk. Every day she said, "Are you fat enough to eat yet? Let me feel your finger." But Hansel always gave her a chicken bone(骨头) to feel.
"You're too thin," said the old woman, and she gave him some more food.
One morning the old woman became angry.
"Why aren't you fat yet?" she shouted. "I'm very hungry. I'm going to cook you today!"
She shouted to Gretel, "Go and fetch some wood and make a fire under the oven."
Gretel wanted to run away but she also wanted to help Hansel. So she went back to the old woman's house with some wood. She made a fire under the oven.
"Now," said the old woman, "is the oven hot enough?"
"I don't know," said Gretel.
"Open the oven door and feel inside," said the old woman.
"How?" asked Gretel.
"Let me show you," said the old woman. She opened the door of the oven and put her head inside.
Quickly, Gretel pushed the old woman into the oven. The key of the cage fell out of her pocket. Gretel closed the door of the oven.
Gretel picked up the key. She opened the cage quickly.
While leaving, they saw a big box under the table. They opened it and found a lot of gold inside. They put the gold in a big bag, ran out of the old woman's house and walked through the forest. Soon they met a woodcutter, who helped them to find their house.
Their father was in the garden, looking sad. As soon as he saw the children, he ran to them and put his arm around them.
"Where's our stepmother?" asked Gretel.
"She died last week," said the father.
Hansel and Gretel told their father about their story. Then they opened the bag and showed their father the gold.
(D)1. Why did the old woman give Hansel lots of food?
A. Hansel was too hungry.
B. Hansel was kind to her.
C. There was too much food in her house.
D. She wanted to make him fat and eat him.
(A)2. From the underlined sentence "But Hansel always gave her a chicken bone to feel", we can know Hansel is ______.
A. clever B. interesting C. truthful D. dishonest
(D)3. In the sentence "They opened it and found a lot of gold inside", the underlined word "it" refers to(指代) "______".
A. the oven B. the cage C. the bag D. the box
(B)4. What might happen to Hansel and Gretel at the end of the story?
A. They became rich but left their father.
B. They lived a rich life with their father.
C. They got on well with their stepmother.
D. They were still as poor as they used to be.

答案： 1-4. DADB