1 . One fall morning a farmer waved good-bye to his family and walked to town to sell their old donkey.
“Be sure to bring back a young, frisky donkey,” his wife called after him.
“And pots of gold!” called his greedy daughter.
When he reached the market, the farmer cried out,“Hee-haw, donkey for sale! Hee-haw, donkey for sale!”
Now, the pumpkin seller wanted a donkey, but he didn’t want to pay much. “I’ll give you one silver coin!” he shouted. Oh, I will need more than that to buy a young, frisky donkey,” said the farmer.
“You're in luck!” said the pumpkin seller. “I have just what you need. This pumpkin is really a donkey egg. Take it home and keep it warm until it hatches, and you will have a new donkey.”
“A new donkey!” exclaimed the farmer. He slipped the coin into his pocket, put the pumpkin under his arm, and plodded home.
“Only one silver coin,” sobbed his greedy daughter.
“Where’s the new donkey?” wailed his wife.
“Here is our new donkey,” cried the farmer, holding up the pumpkin. “All we have to do is keep this donkey egg warm until it hatches.” At night they wrapped the pumpkin in a blanket. In the daytime they sat on the donkey egg to keep it warm.
The first week the farmer’s wife perched on the pumpkin. She sewed new dresses from cloth bought with the silver coin.
Every evening they put their ears against the pumpkin.
“Do you hear any long ears flapping?” they asked one another.
“Not yet,” they answered.
The second week his daughter sat on the pumpkin. She spread her skirt wide to keep the pumpkin warm and read tales about handsome princes.
Every evening they put their ears against the pumpkin.
“Do you hear any hooves tapping?” they asked one another.
“Not yet,” they answered.
The third week the farmer sat on the pumpkin. He drew pictures of a cart hitched to his new donkey.
Every evening they put their ears against the pumpkin.
“Do you hear a faraway hee-haw?” They asked one another.
But they heard no hooves tapping, no long ears flapping, and no faraway “hee-haw.”
Suddenly, the farmer grabbed the pumpkin. “This donkey egg is no good!” he cried.
The farmer ran from the house and threw the pumpkin down a hill. The pumpkin crashed into bushes at the bottom.
The crash woke a long-eared rabbit. The frightened rabbit jumped out of the bushes and hopped away.
The farmer watched the rabbit and wailed, “Oh no! If only we had sat on the donkey egg longer! That little animal would have grown into a beautiful big donkey with giant ears and a long tail!”
Then the farmer went down the hill and picked pumpkin seeds out of the broken pumpkin and carried them home.
“I’ll plant these seeds and grow more donkey eggs,” he told his wife and daughter.
Hee-haw!
1. What did the farmer’s wife and daughter want to get from the donkey?| A．One silver coin and a pumpkin. | B．A pumpkin and a donkey egg. |
| C．A young donkey and pots of gold. | D．One silver coin and a young donkey. |
| A．Put their ears against the pumpkin and listened. |
| B．Sewed new dresses. |
| C．Read tales about handsome princes. |
| D．Drew pictures of a cart. |
| A．Hooves tapping. | B．Long ears flapping. |
| C．Faraway “hee-haw”. | D．None. |
| A．Catch the rabbit. | B．Go home angrily. |
| C．Argue with the pumpkin. | D．Plant the pumpkin seeds. |
2 . Pablo and Tiffany have been together for going on 12 years. It was a few days after Diego
Pablo decided to follow Diego to
Pablo knew there was no
Diego began the story. When he was playing here a couple of weeks ago, one of his friends
He felt incredibly
Pablo’s tears
| A．became | B．changed | C．turned | D．grew |
| A．pattern | B．style | C．model | D．manner |
| A．apparently | B．cautiously | C．controversially | D．consistently |
| A．following | B．listening | C．conducting | D．presenting |
| A．explore | B．recognize | C．relieve | D．understand |
| A．long | B．good | C．further | D．short |
| A．field | B．mountain | C．park | D．forest |
| A．temporarily | B．silently | C．calmly | D．nervously |
| A．predictable | B．doubtful | C．aware | D．believable |
| A．called out | B．sent out | C．blew out | D．let out |
| A．purpose | B．place | C．point | D．reason |
| A．statement | B．account | C．excuse | D．speech |
| A．innocent | B．bare | C．tricky | D．naughty |
| A．shamefully | B．intentionally | C．mistakenly | D．accidentally |
| A．bear | B．attack | C．survive | D．defend |
| A．illegal | B．guilty | C．amazed | D．ridiculous |
| A．though | B．once | C．while | D．because |
| A．Consequently | B．Constantly | C．Considerably | D．Gradually |
| A．rose | B．welled | C．lifted | D．shot |
| A．after | B．unless | C．before | D．once |
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There is an old man live next to my door. He lives alone. Occasional his children will come to visit to him. When we asked him the reason for which he didn’t move to live with his children, he said he didn’t want to trouble them because their different lifestyles. The man likes to sit in front of the shop, that people chat excitedly every day. Once he helped the woman carry heavy food home. Besides, whenever someone ask for informations, he knows everything. He is surely a good person. And we were willing to look on her as our friend.
