14. Little Gauss left the classroom much earlier than the other boys.

13. All the boys wrote the numbers from 1 to 100 down and added them up.

12.(　 ) Little Gauss and his classmates always listened to their teachers very carefully in class.

11. Little Gauss was a new student in that school.

10.(　 ) The farmer was very ___________

　　　 A. lazy　　　　 B. angry　　　　　 C. clever　　　　 D. foolish

　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　　　III

One afternoon some boys made a lot of noise in class. The teacher got angry. He kept them in the classroom after school. He told them to add all the numbers from 1 to 100 together.

　 The boys took out their exercise-books. All of them began to write the numbers down except one boy. he was new in the school. He looked out of the window for a few minutes. Then he wrote a number in his exercise-book and put up his hand.

　 “May I go home, sir?” he asked. “I know the answer now.”

　 The teacher and the other boys were very surprised.

　 “Bring it here.” Said the teacher.

　 The next morning, the teacher asked the boy. “How did you find the answer so quickly?”

“Well, sir.” He said, “I did not want to stay here so long. So I did my best to find the answer quickly. Soon I found it. You see, if you add 100 to 1, you get 101, and 99 and 2 is 101, 98 and 3 is 101 too, and when you reach 51 and 50, you have 101 fifty times, that is 5050”.

After this, when the teacher gave the class exercises to do, he gave this boy different exercises. The boy’s name was Karl F. Gauss. When he grew up, he became a great scientist.　　 (判断正误)

9. The farmer told the landlord that after supper it was time ____________

　　 A. to work　　　 B. to rest　　　 C. to smoke　　 D. to sit under a tree

8. Two hours later, the landlord saw the farmer ____________

　　 A. working hard on the farm　　　　　　　　 B. sleeping under a tree

　　 C. having his lunch under a tree　　　　　　　 D. smoking under a tree

7. The farmer had three meals together because _____________.

　　 A. it was good for the landlord　　　　　　　 B. it was god for the farmer

　　 C. the landlord was very kind　　　　　　　　 D. the farmer liked to do that

6. The landlord gave the farmer___________.

　　 A. very little sleep　 　　　　　　　　　　　　B. very little work　

C. much food to eat　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. very little money

5. Now each horse has ______ on its feet.　　

　　 A. one toe　　　 　 B. three toes　　　　 　 C. four toes　

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　　II

　 Once there was a farmer. He worked for a landlord(地主). The landlord made the man work all day long, but paid him very little money and didn’t give him enough food to eat.

　 One day when the man was having breakfast, the landlord came and said to him. “It’s too much trouble to go to work and came back for supper. So I want you to have breakfast and lunch and supper now, before you go to the field.”

　 “How can I eat three meals at the same time?” The man thought. But he said, “All right.” He finished his breakfast and went off.

Two hours later, the landlord went out for a walk. Now what did he see? He saw the man sitting under a tree and smoking. The landlord was very angry.

“Why aren’t you working in the fields?” He said. The man said with a smile, “I have had my supper and you know very well what I should do after supper.”