There was an old pear tree in a man"s garden. In the past, the tree fruited every year, so the man
would get many pears. But now, the tree got old. There were no more pears for the man. So the
ungrateful man decided to cut the tree down. When he walked toward the tree with an axe in his hand,
the tree said to him, "Please don"t cut me down. I have borne so many pears for you in the past years.
Now I will die soon. I only have a short time to live. Please don"t kill a dying tree that has done so much
for you."
"I"m sorry. I have to do so," the man said, "because I need wood to make a chair." Then he began to
wave his axe. At that moment, a bird in the old tree shouted at him, "Don"t cut it down! Every time you
go out and your wife feels lonely, she will come out to the garden and sit under the tree to enjoy its cool
shade, and I sing songs to make her happy. We give much pleasure to your wife when you are away
from home."
The man didn"t listen to the bird and drove it away. Just when he was about to cut the tree, some
bees flew out of it and said, "Listen! If you agree not to kill this tree, we will give you delicious honey
every day. Would you please leave the tree with us?"
The man got moved. He said, "You are so kind to the tree, although it has become old. Now I see
that I shouldn"t cut it down. It has done so much for me and my wife. Let the tree stay here, and let the
bird continue its songs here." With these words, the man left. And the old tree lived there to its last day.
B. The Man"s Wife
C. The Old Tree
D. The King Bees
from it, is it?
B. Yes, it isn"t.
C. No, it is.
D. Yes, it is.
B. The tree and the bird.
C. The bird and its songs.
D. The bees and their honey.
B. go on
C. take
D. speak again
B. Good wood comes from pear trees.
C. Old people are kind and friendly.
D. Birds and bees are always helpful.
There is a big supermarket near Nadine"s house. It"s the 1 to her house and also the cheapest
one. So she likes 2 there very much. One day, Nadine 3 a piece of beef from the supermarket.
When she got home she found it smelled (闻起来) bad. So she walked back to the 4 with the beef.
She went up to the shop assistant 5 sold the beef to her. She asked him to smell the beef himself, but
he said that it smelled 6 and gave it back to her. She told him to call the manager (经理). A minute
7 , the manager came out. He smelled the beef. It was really bad. The manager said sorry to Nadine
and told her that the shop assistant couldn"t smell anything 8 he had a bad cold. He asked another
shop assistant to 9 another piece of beef for Nadine. She thanked the manager and said that the
supermarket had 10 service. Then she went back home happily.
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| John is a famous writer now. But he said he was not a 1 student when he was young. He was often late for 2 and didn"t like doing his homework. Sometimes, he slept in class while the teacher was teaching. He didn"t understand much, 3 he always thought he understood everything. One day the teacher 4 the students a question. "When Jack was ten years old, 5 brother Bob was twenty. Jack is fifteen now and 6 is his brother Bob? " John said, "That"s easy. Bob is twice as old as Jack, so he is now thirty. " Another time, the 7 in a science class asked, "When it thunders (打雷), 8 do we always see the light before we 9 the sound?" "But, Miss," said John quickly. "don"t you 10 our eyes are in front of our ears?" | ||||||||||||||||
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