Once there was a rabbit. He was proud of his long ears and long feet. And he was very proud of how fast he ran.
“No one can catch me,” Rabbit said [[QOrDeR]](proud).
“He is terrible,” said Mouse. “But what can we do?”
“I know what to do,” said Turtle 【小题2】(slow).
“Would you like to have a race?” Turtle asked Rabbit. “Let’s race to Big Rock.”
“Do I want to race? With you?” laughed Rabbit 【小题3】(loud).“You are a slow turtle.”
They began to race. Rabbit ran fast. He left Turtle far behind. Then he saw a restaurant. “I’m hungry. And Turtle runs slower than me. I have time for dinner,” he thought 【小题4】(happy).
When Rabbit ate a delicious meal, Turtle went past the restaurant. He did not stop. But Rabbit caught up with him 【小题5】(quick)and left him behind again.
Rabbit felt a little tired then. He found a stump. He slept against the stump. Suddenly Rabbit opened his eyes. He ran faster than before, but it was too late. Turtle won the race.
Maria has a brother and a sister. After school they often share the chores.
One day they saw this note on the table: Maria, please sweep the floor and weed
the garden. Matilde, please wash the dishes and feed the dog. Daniel, please mow the“I want to play the piano!” Maria said. “I want to play football!” Daniel said. “Can you mow the lawn for me, Matilde?”
Matilde said. “I want to read my storybook. You spend all your free time playing
games. And I always have all the hard chores!”“I often clean the table and wash the dishes,” said Daniel.“But you always break a dish,”said Matilde. “I help cook supper.” “And you always burn the soup!” said
Maria. They talked and talked. No one did any chores.“Did you finish your chores?” asked Mother. We are going to the beach when
you do!”The three children looked at each other. Then, they all ran to do their chores!The shepherd (take)his flock of sheep out into the fields every early morning. One day, a wolf (stray) into the fields, but it did not try to get near.
After a few days, the wolf (don’t)hurt the sheep, so the shepherd
(think) it (can)look after his flock. One day, the shepherd was called back home urgently. He left his sheep to the wolf. Finally, the wolf (eat)most of his flock.There was once a shoemaker. He was poor. He had nothing but just enough leather to make one pair of shoes. That night he put the leather on the worktable and went to sleep. The next morning, the shoemaker was very surprised to see a pair of shoes. Soon after, a customer came, and bought the shoes at a very high price. Then the shoemaker had enough money to buy leather to make more shoes. He cut out the leather at night, and wanted to make shoes the next morning . When he got up, the shoes were already finished. This went on for some time. The shoemaker quickly became rich. Whenever the old man saw his neighbours or the poor people in need, he would help them. One night not long before Christmas, the shoemaker and his wife decided to stay awake to see who helped them. At midnight, they saw some naked elves start to make shoes. And when the sun rose, they quickly hid themselves. The shoemaker and his wife wanted to show their thanks. They made the elves some clothes. The elves were very happy.
( ) 1. A long time ago, there lived a very rich shoemaker.Once upon a time there was a beautiful young duck named Ping. Ping lived with his mother and father, eleven aunts and seven uncles, three brothers and two sisters and forty-two cousins.There home was a boat with two wise eyes on the Yangtze River. All day Ping and his family would hunt for little fishes and other pleasant things to eat. One night, Ping didn’t go back home. As the sun rose higher in the sky, boats came. But nowhere Ping could see the wise-eyed boat. Suddenly Ping saw his mother and father and aunts, all marching one by one, up over the little bridge.As Ping reached the shore, the last of Ping’s forty-two cousins marched over the bridge and Ping was the last again. But he marched and there came the spank on Ping’s back. He was very happy to come back home.
( ) 1. Ping’s home was a boat with three wise eyes on the Yangtze River.