AmannamedDavidwentfishingonaholiday．Fishingwashisfavoritesport，andhehadmanyprizesforfishhehadcaught．

Thissummertheweatherwasbeautifulanditwasverygoodforfishing，sohedecidedtotravelaroundthecountry，andspentafewdaysfishingineachoftherivers．

Unluckilyhedidn'thavemuchluck，andhecaughtonlyafewsmallfish．Hewasquitedisappointedandwasgoingtogobackhomewhenheheardofalargeriverthatwasfulloffishnearby．

Hefoundtheriverquiteeasilyandfolloweditthroughthecountrytoaplacewhereitflowedthroughafarm．Hedecidedtoaskthefarmer’spermission（许可）tofishintheriver．

“Youhavemypermission，”thefarmersaid；“butyoushouldbecareful．ForyearsIstoppedmychildrenfromgoingneartheriver．”

“Istheriverdangerous?”Davidasked．

“It’snottheriver，”thefarmersaid，“it'sthefish．Theyaresobigthatmychildrencouldn’tholdthem．”

Davidwasveryexcited．Allfishermenwanttocatchreallybigfish．

“Howbigarethey?”heasked．

“Well．”thefarmertoldhim，“lastweekIlostoneoverthreefeet（英尺）long，andyesterdayIlostonejustoverfourfeetlong．”

“Whatbadluck．”Davidsaid．“IhatelosingabigfishonceI'vecaughthim．”

“Who’stalkingaboutlosingafish?”thefarmersaid．“It'stwoofmychildrenthatIlost!”

（ ）1．Davidwantedtoaskthefarmer__________．

A．howmuchthefishwere B．ifthereweresomefishintheriver

C．toallowhimtofishinthefiver D．wherehischildrenwere

（ ）2．ThefarmertoldDavid__________．

A．tobecareful B．nottofishintheriver

C．howtocatchabigfish D．tolookafterhischildren

（ ）3．Thefarmer’schildren__________．

A．werebothveryclever B．werebothoverthreefeet

C．alsolikedfishing D．oftenwentneartheriver

（ ）4．Davidthoughtthefarmerwastalkingabout________．

A．thefish B．thechildren C．thefiver D．