A Foolish Fox 愚蠢的狐貍

The wolf and the fox wanted to eat the

rabbit， but it wasn’t easy to catch him.

One day， the wolf said to the fox， “You go home and lie in bed. I’ll tell the rabbit that you are dead. When he comes to look at you， you can jump up and catch him.” “That’s a good idea，” said the fox.

The fox went home at once. The wolf went to the rabbit’s house and knocked at the door. “Who is it?” asked the rabbit. “It’s the wolf. I’ve come to tell you a good piece of news. The fox is dead.” Then the wolf went away.

The rabbit went to the fox’s house. He looked in through the window and saw the fox lying in bed with his eyes closed. He thought， “Is the fox really dead or is he pretending (假裝) to be dead? If he’s not dead， he’ll catch me when I go near him.” So he said， “The wolf says that the fox is dead. But he doesn’t look like a dead fox. The mouth of a dead fox is always open.” When the fox heard this， he thought， “I’ll show him that I’m dead.” So he opened his mouth.

The rabbit knew that the fox wasn’t dead， and he ran away as quickly as he could.

閱讀短文，選擇正確答案。

( )1. Why did the fox pretend to be dead?

A. Because he wanted to see the rabbit.

B. Because he wanted to tell the rabbit a piece of good news.

C. Because he wanted to catch the rabbit and eat him.

( )2. What did the fox look like when the rabbit came to his house?

A. He was playing with the wolf.

B. He was sleeping in bed.

C. He was pretending he was dead.

( )3. Why did the fox open his mouth?

A.Because he wanted to eat the rabbit.

B.Because he wanted to make the rabbit believe that he was dead.

C.Because the wolf told him the mouth

of a dead fox was always open.

A Misunderstanding 誤會(huì)

One day， a woman got into her car and started driving home after work. Suddenly， she noticed a yellow car behind her. The driver was a man. When she turned left， the yellow car turned left. When she turned right， the yellow car turned right. When she stopped at the traffic lights， the yellow car stopped behind her.

She was afraid， so she drove quickly to the police station. She was very surprised when she saw the car stop behind her. At that time， I was standing outside the police station. The woman was very happy to see me. She knew that I was a policeman because I was wearing a police uniform. She jumped out of her car quickly and ran to me. She asked me to arrest (逮捕) the man inside the yellow car， so I walked towards the man.

The man didn’t try to run away when he saw me. He just smiled and said to the woman， “I want to give this purse back to you， madam. I think you dropped it on the street.”

閱讀短文，判斷下列句子正（T）誤（F）。

( )4. The woman found a man driving behind her and felt very afraid.

( )5. The man followed the woman because he wanted to rob her money.

( )6. The woman was very happy when she saw me because I was her friend.

( )7. The woman drove to the police station because she lost her purse.

Make Sentences 造句

One day， Mr Green told his students to make sentences with given words such as “l(fā)ove”， “hate” and so on. The kids were all busy with the work on their notes. In no time many of them handed in their work to the teacher. Mr Green read the notes one by one. And most of the sentences made by the children were good. There was a big smile on his face. Just at that time he found a piece of red paper. On it there was such a sentence， “I love my mother better than my father.” “Em... OK!” said Mr Green， “but...” He turned over (翻轉(zhuǎn)) the paper. He found there was no name on that paper. He read the sentence again and again. And slowly the big smile on his face was gone. Then he said to the class， “Whose paper is this?” Tom stood up and said， “It’s mine， Sir.”

“Very good. Do you love your mother?” asked Mr Green.

“Yes， Sir，” answered Tom.

“Do you love your father， then?” Mr Green asked again.

“Of course， Sir. I love him very much，” replied Tom.

“Does your father love your mother?”

“Sure!Both my father and I love my mother，” answered Tom.

“Quite well. But you say， ‘I love my mother better than my father.’ It has two meanings. I really don’t know the true meaning of it.”

8. What did Mr Green ask his students to do?

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9. Who didn’t write his name on his paper?

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10. What were the two meanings of the sen-tence “I love my mother better than my father” in Chinese?

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Keys:

1~3 CCB4~7 TFFF

8. He asked his students to make sentences with given words such as “l(fā)ove”， “hate” and so on.

9. Tom.

10. 第一種意思：我愛母親勝過愛父親。

第二種意思：我比我父親更愛我母親。