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阅读下面的短文，并完成短文后的任务。

　　A man named Nick went on a fishing holiday．Fishing was his favorite sport, and he had many prizes for fish he had caught．

　　One summer the weather was beautiful and fishing was supposed to be good, so he decided to travel around the countryside, spending a few days fishing in the rivers．

　　Unfortunately, he didn't have much luck, and he caught only a few small fish．He was quite(A)________ and was going to go back home, when he heard of a large river that was full of fish nearby．

　　He found the river quite easily and followed it through the country to a place where it flowed(流动)through a farm．He decided to ask the farmer's permission to fish in the river．

　　“You have my permission,” the farmer said．“But you should be careful．For years I stopped my kids from going near the river．”

　　“Is the river dangerous?” Nick asked．

　　“It's not the river,” the farmer said, “it's the(B)________．They are huge．They're so big that my kids couldn't hold them．”

　　Nick was very excited．All fishermen want to catch really big fish．

　　“How big are they?” he asked．

　　“Well,” the farmer told him, “ Last week I lost one over three feet long, and yesterday I lost one over four feet long．”

　　“What bad luck,” Nick said, “I hate losing a big fish once I've hooked(钓)him．”

　　“Who's talking about the fish?” the farmer said．“It's two of my kids that I lost．”

根据短文内容，完成下列任务：

1．回答问题：How long would Nick spend fishing in the river?

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2．选择一个合适的词填在(A)处________

A．disappointed

B．excited

C．worried

D．interested

3．在文中找出The fish are too big for my kid to hold．的同义句。

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4．在(B)处填上一个合适的词___________

5．What happened to the farmer's two kids?

A．They got lost near the river．

B．They were killed by fish．

C．They were fishing．

D．They were eating dinner．