Once a bird lived unhappily, so it decided to look for the way to be happy. It saw a disabled duck helping a little duck find the way back home. Although it was disabled, it had a smiling face. “I’m happy because I can help others,” said the duck.
The bird knew it, “As long as there is love in my heart, I can be happy.” The bird went on flying. Then it saw a dying（快要死的）flower with a smile on the face. The bird asked, “You’re going to die. Why are you so happy?” “My dream will come true soon,” said the flower. “What’s your dream?” “To make fruits.” The bird knew it, “As long as there is hope in my heart, I can be happy.”
The bird would never look for the way to become happy anymore.
1. The bird saw a disabled duck helping a little duck.2. Helping others couldn’t make the disabled duck happy.
3. The flower was very sad because it was dying.
4. The flower’s dream was to make fruits.
5. Finally, the bird knew how to become happy.
The ants and the grasshopper（蝗虫）lived in the same big field. The ants always worked hard, and tried to prepare and harvest enough food for winter.
Their happy neighbor, the grasshopper, couldn’t understand them. He just kept singing. One winter day, the ants were busy spreading their grain（谷物）in the sun to dry. The grasshopper was nearly dying of hunger, so he went to the ants to ask for some food.
“Why don’t you have any food of your own?” asked an old ant. “There was a lot of food in the big field all summer. What did you do?”
“Oh,” said the grasshopper, forgetting his hunger, “I sang all day long, and all night long.” “Well, then,” said the ant, “if you can sing all summer, you should dance all winter.” And the old ant went back to her work, singing the ant song. “We ants never borrow; we ants never lend.”
1. The ants and the grasshopper lived in different fields.2. One winter day, the grasshopper invited the ants to sing with him.
3. While the grasshopper was singing, the ants were preparing food for winter.
4. The grasshopper sang day and night all summer.
5. The ants agreed to lend the grasshopper some food in the end.
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East Dongting Lake Nature Reserve (自然保护区) It is in the east of Donting Lake. The weather there is warm and wet. It’s home to migratory birds (候鸟) , fishes and rare(珍稀的) animals. It has 158 kinds of birds and 114 kinds of fishes. Sometimes we can see birds flying and elks (麋鹿) eating grass in East Dongting Lake Nature Reserve. About one million visitors go there every year. The best time to visit is from May to October. |
| A．January. | B．July. | C．November. |
| A．It’s in the west of Dongting Lake. |
| B．The weather there is hot and dry. |
| C．It has 158 kinds of birds. |
