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　　A little mouse thinks he is the tallest and strongest animal in the world. His mother says to him, “ Don’t say you are the strongest in front of an elephant. He doesn’t like that.”

　　The little mouse does not listen to his mother. He goes to look for the elephant, but he does not know who is the elephant. He meets an ant (蚂蚁). He asks her, “ Are you an elephant?” “No, I’m not,” says the ant.

　　Then the little mouse meets a rabbit. He asks her, “Are you an elephant? You are bigger than me.” “No, I’m not. An elephant is much bigger.” Says the rabbit. The little mouse goes on. Suddenly (突然) he sees four big trees. “Aha, let me climb one of the trees. Then I can see where the elephant is,” says the little mouse. Then he begins to climb a tree.

　　“ Get down! Get down!” someone says to him. “ I’m an elephant. Go and climb that tall tree nearby. Then you can see me.’

　　“ Now, I see. The elephant is the tallest and strongest animal in the world,” says the little mouse at last.?

　　Say if the sentences are true. Write “T” for true and “F” for false.

　　(　　 ) 6. A little mouse thinks his mother is the tallest and strongest animal in the world.

　　(　　 ) 7. The little mouse knows who is the elephant at first.

　　(　　 ) 8. The little mouse meets an ant first.

　　(　　 ) 9. The little mouse climbs up one of the four trees.

　　(　　 ) 10. An elephant is the tallest and strongest animal.

　　IV. 连词成句：

　　1. ten, in, years, his, aunt, live, in, Shanghai, will

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　　2. a, library, there, in, is, neighborhood, the

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　　3. Ann, younger, her, sister, twin, is, than

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　　4. it, take, how, long, to, there, get ,does, him

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　　5. day, the, before, Mike’s, yesterday, cleaned, rooms, mother, the

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　　V. 词汇运用：

　　用方框中所给词的正确形式填空，使短文意思通顺、正确、连贯。方框中有两个词是多余的。north　　fan　　vegetable　　health　　　long　　　they

　　rice　　have　　different　　tradition　　interest　　 ear

　　The winter solstice (冬至) is the shortest day of the year. After the winter solstice, daytime becomes (1)__________ day by day.

　　On this day, people in southern China usually eat tangyuan. The little tangyuan balls are made from (2)__________; it is the main food there. People eat tangyuan in hope of (3)__________ a happy and sweet life.

　　However, people in the (4)__________ part of China celebrate the day (5)__________. They eat dumplings made from wheat, which is (6)__________ main food. They usually fill the dumplings with differernt (7)__________ and meat. Eating dumplings is also thought a way of keeping (8)__________. As the old saying goes, “ Eating dumplings on the winter solstice keeps the (9)__________ from frostbite (冻伤) on winter days.”

　　Both tangyuan and dumplings sre filled with (10)__________ Chinese culture and more and more people from other countries now enjoys eating tangyuan and dumplings.