Antony is a strong and young man. He eats a lot, sleeps more, but works less. He doesn't like to learn, so he knows little. He can't do any difficult work, so he has to look for a simple job. One day he finds a job on a farm. When it's work time, he always says he's tired and rests. So he gets less money than the others. 

    Winter is coming. The workers are getting ready for the next year. Only Antony does nothing. The farmer tells him to cut down some trees in the forest. The young man goes there with a chair. He feels lonely  in the forest and is afraid of the animals. So he looks around and singsloudly.Nobody knows what he's singing. 

    After three days, Antony hasn't cut down any trees. The farmer wants to find out how the young man is doing. He is angry when he finds Antony sitting on the chair, cutting the tree. "Why are you sitting here to cut the trees?" asks the farmer. "Because I can't work if I am lying down, sir." 

1. Antony gets less money than others because _____.

  A. he is too tired to work 

  B. he doesn't work hard 

  C. he eats too much

2. _____ goes to cut down trees in the forest.

  A. Only Antony. 

  B. The farmer and Antony. 

  C. Antony and other workers.

3. Antony sings loudly because _____.

  A. he is glad to be away from the farmer

  B. he is angry that no one wants to help him 

  C. he feels afraid of the animals in the forest

4. The underlined (划线的) sentence means that Antony would like to _____.

  A. make the farmer angry 

  B. leave the forest soon 

  C. lie down to cut trees

5. From the story, we know that Antony is _____.

  A. clever 

  B. lazy 

  C. friendly

   安东尼是一个强壮的年轻人，他吃很多，睡很多，但很少工作。他不喜欢学习，因此他懂得很少，他不会做复杂的工作，所以他只能寻找简单的工作。一天，他找到了农场上的一份工作，正当工作时段，他总是说很累，并且休息，所以他获得的薪水比别人少。

   冬天来了，工人们正准备明年，只有安东尼什么都不做，农场主告诉他去森林砍树，这年轻人带着一把椅子过去，他感觉孤单也害怕野兽，所以他东张西望并且唱歌，没有人知道他在唱什么。

   三天后，安东尼没有砍任何树，农场主想要查出这年轻人在干什么，当他发现安东尼正坐在椅子上砍树，非常生气。“为什么你坐在这砍树？”农场主问，“老板，因为如果我躺下来就不能砍树了”。(潜龙家教谭老师译文录入，感谢查看，欢迎继续光临本站！注意：本文标题“机智”是带引号的哦，此篇阅读理解适合七年级学生，答案是：1~5 BACCB)