策引开对手，救出被囚禁的人们。

　　1．Edward met the farmers ．

　　A．by accident

　　B．on purpose

　　C．after killing the dragon

　　D．on his way to his kingdom

　　A　[细节理解题。根据第一段可知，Edward无意中发现了一个山洞，听到从里面传出来的声音，走进去发现了被困的农民。 由此可知，他是偶然间发现这些农民的。]

　　2．When Edward met the dragon, he thought that ．

　　A．the dragon was foolish

　　B．he should try to escape

　　C．he could beat the dragon

　　D．the dragon was powerful

　　D　[细节理解题。根据第四段第一、二句可知，刚与恶龙会面时，恶龙喷出火焰差点儿把Edward活活烧死，他发现恶龙真的很强大。]

　　3．What Edward said to the dragon ．

　　A．made the dragon angry

　　B．made the farmers worried

　　C．was just a story he made up

　　D．made the dragon give up fighting

　　C　[推理判断题。根据文章可推知，Edward看到恶龙后编造了故事，目的是拖住恶龙，不和它正面交锋，而当恶龙上当受骗离洞而去时，他救出了被困的农民。第六段倒数第二句中的"who was able to make all sorts of things up"证实了这一点。]

　　4．What can we infer from the passage?

A．The dragon was killed by Edward in the end.