In America, there is a traditional story called a “tall tale”. A tall tale is a story about a person who is larger than life. The descriptions in the story are exaggerated (夸张的), which makes the story funny. People who had lived in undeveloped areas in America first told tall tales. After a hard day’s work, they would get together to tell each other funny stories. One character from these stories was Paul Bunyan, a hero who cut down trees in North America. Tradition says he cleared forests from the northeastern United States to the Pacific Ocean.
It is said that Paul Bunyan was born in the northeastern American state of Maine. His mother and father were shocked when they first saw the boy. When the boy was only a few weeks old, he weighed more than forty-five kilograms. As a child, Paul was always hungry. His parents needed ten cows to supply(提供) milk for his meals. Before long, he ate fifty eggs and ten containers of potatoes every day. Young Paul grew so big that his parents did not know what to do with him. Once, Paul rolled over (翻身)so much in his sleep that he caused an earthquake. This angered people in the town where his parents lived. So the government told his mother and father they would have to move him somewhere else. Paul’s parents had to take him into the woods where he grew up.
From the passage we learn that tall tales were first told by _________.

A．workers who cut down trees in America

B．people in poor areas in America

C．Paul Bunyan, a traditional figure

D．forest guards in poor areas in America

Paul Bunyan was ________.

A．a story teller	B．a war hero
C．a tree cutter	D．a famous writer

From Paul Bunyan’s diet, we can learn _________.

A．he was a huge man who needed a lot of food for energy

B．he had to eat a lot of food because of his heavy work

C．there must be something wrong with his health

D．he was a kind of strong animal

Paul’s parents took him back to the woods because they_________.

A．wanted Paul to learn swimming

B．was afraid that Paul would cause another earthquake

C．was afraid that an earthquake would hurt Paul

D．hoped that they wouldn’t make Paul angry

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