17、In many old Chinese stories，there was one about Chang’e.

    It was said that there were ten suns in the sky a long time ago．It was so hot that people couldn’t grow anything．Hou Yi shot（射）nine of them down。The king was very happy and gave him some medicine（药）which could make him live forever．Hou Yi asked his wife，Chang’e，to keep it．But one of Hou Yi’s students wanted to rob（抢）the medicine．Chang’e had to eat the medicine herself．Then she flew to the moon and lived there

Hou Yi lost his wife and he was very sad．But he noticed that the moon was much brighter and clearer on the l5^th day of the eighth lunar（阴历的）month each year．In memory of（纪念）Chang’e，people later made the day Mid-Autumn Festival．

（   ）1．Where did the story take place?

    A．America．           B．China．               C．England．               D．Italy．

（   ）2．Why did Hou Yi shoot nine suns down?

    A．Because it was very cold on Earth．

    B．Because he was young．

    C．Because the king was not happy

    D．Because it was so hot that people couldn’t grow anything．

（   ）3．What did Hou Yi get for shooting nine suns down?

    A．Some wives．                                         B．Some money．

    C．Some medicine．                                       D．Some food．

（   ）4．On which day do people remember Chang’e?

    A．The l5^thday of the eighth lunar month each year．

    B．The l5^th day of August each year．

    C．The 8^th day of the eighth lunar month each year．

    D．The 8^th day of August each year．

（   ）5．Which sentence was NOT true according to the passage?

    A．Chang’e didn’t want to fly to the moon．

    B．There were nine suns in the sky long long ago．

    C．Hou Yi loved his wife very much．

    D．People made Mid-Autumn Festival in memory of（纪念）Chang’e．