The lion says that he is on his death bed. So he asks all the animals to come and listen to his last wishes. The cat comes to the lion’s cave (洞穴). He stands there and goes in. Then a sheep goes in. Before she comes out, a rabbit goes in to hear the last wishes. But soon the lion looks well again, and goes out of his cave. He sees a fox waiting outside. “Why don’t you come in?” asks the lion to the fox. The fox thinks for a short time and says “I see many animals go into your cave, but nobody comes out. Before they come out, I didn’t want to disturb (打扰) you.”
1. What’s the meaning of “on his death bed” in Chinese? ( )| A．高枕无忧 | B．快死了 | C．卧床休息 |
| A．cave | B．mountain | C．house |
| A．He knows the lion’s last wishes. |
| B．He can’t walk any more. |
| C．He knows the lion may eat them. |
| A．He wants to eat them. |
| B．He likes the animals very much. |
| C．He wants to say something. |
| A．Helpful. | B．Lovely. | C．Clever. |
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【推荐1】One day, a crow(乌鸦) was very thirsty. So he wanted to drink some water. He saw a bottle with a little water in it. But the neck(颈部) of the bottle was too long, the crow couldn’t(不能) drink the water. Suddenly(突然) he had a good idea. He flew(飞) away and found some small stones. He put the stones into the bottle, the water rose(升起) up. At last he could drink the water. He was very happy. What a clever crow!
1. The crow was hungry and he wanted to drink some water.2. The crow couldn’t drink the water because the bottle’s neck was very long.
3. He put some small stones into the bottle, so the water rose up.
4. At last he was very happy because he couldn’t drink the water.
5. The crow is very clever.
【推荐2】There is a rooster (公鸡) who thinks himself as the most beautiful one. He wants to compare (比较) with Mr Woodpecker, but the woodpecker is busy catching the worms (虫子) in the tree. Then, he goes to compare with the bee. But the bee is busy making honey. So she has no time to compare with him.
The rooster gets to a lake. He sees the frog, “Mr Frog, What a big mouth and what a big belly! Tell me who is more beautiful, you or me?” “Excuse me, Mr Rooster. I am busy catching the worms. So I have no time to compare with you.” The rooster feels sad. He cries and cries.
At last, frog, bee and woodpecker tell him that the most important thing is whether you are hard-working and helpful to others. The rooster feels so ashamed and lowers his head. From then on, he wakes up the people at dawn every day and everybody thinks he is a beautiful rooster.
1. The rooster in the story thinks he is most beautiful.2. Woodpecker is the doctor of trees. He can catch worms.
3. Mr Frog is busy singing in rivers and lakes.
4. Frog, bee and woodpecker have time to compare with the rooster.
5. At last, the rooster becomes hard-working and beautiful. He wakes up people every day.
One day a poor man was cutting a big piece of wood（木头）near a river. Suddenly his old axe（斧子）fell into the water. He felt very sad because he lost （丢失）his only axe. When he didn’t know what to do, a beautiful fairy（仙女）came out and asked the man what was wrong with him.
“I have lost my axe,” he said. “It fell into the water when I was cutting the wood.”
The fairy showed him a gold axe（金斧头）and asked, “Is this yours?”
“No,” said the man.
The fairy showed him a silver axe（银斧头）and asked again, “Is this yours?”
“No,” again answered the man.
Then she showed him the old axe.
“Yes, that is mine,” called out the happy man.
“I know it well enough,” said the fairy. “I only wanted to see if （是否）you would tell me the truth, and now I’ll give you the gold axe, the silver axe and your own one.”
1. One day when the man was cutting near a river, . ( )| A．he fell into the water | B．he didn’t know what to do |
| C．his axe fell into the water | D．he saw w beautiful fairy |
| A．tired | B．happy | C．sad | D．well |
| A．Because he did not like the gold axe. | B．Because he wanted the silver axe. |
| C．Because he didn’t like gold at all. | D．Because the gold axe was not his. |
| A．One. | B．Two. | C．Three. | D．Many. |
| A．old | B．young | C．poor | D．good |
