There was an old pear tree in a man’s garden．In the past，the tree fruited every year，so the man would get many pears．But now，the tree got old．There were no more pears for the man．So the ungrateful(忘恩负义的)man decided to cut the tree down．When he walked to the tree with an axe(斧子)in his hand，the tree said to him，“Please don’t cut me down．I have brought so many pears for you in the past years．Now I only have a short time to live．”

　　“I’m sorry．I have to do so，”the man said，“because I need something to make a chair.”Then he began to wave his axe．At that moment，a bird in the old tree said to him，“Don’t cut it down！Every time you go out and your wife feels lonely，she will come out to the garden and sit under the tree to enjoy its cool shade(树阴)，and I sing songs to make her happy．We give much pleasure to your wife when you are away from home．”

　　The man didn’t listen to the bird and drove it away．When he was about to cut the tree，some bees flew out of it and said，“Listen！If you agree not to kill this tree，we will give you delicious honey every day．Would you please leave the tree with us？”

　　The man got moved(感动)．He said，“You are so kind to the tree，although it has become old．Now I see that I shouldn’t cut it down．It has done so much to me and my wife．Let the tree stay here，and let the bird continue to sing songs here．”With these words，the man left．And the old tree lived there to its last day．

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阅读理解

　　Once a tiger was in a cage．Soon a good man went by．As soon as the tiger saw the man, the tiger began to cry．“Please! Please!” the tiger called．“Please, let me out．” “No,” said the good man．“If I do, you will eat me．” “I will not eat you,” the tiger said．“Please let me out．”

　　The good man believed the tiger．He opened the door of the cage．The tiger jumped out．“How silly you are,” the tiger laughed．“Now I am going to eat you．” “Wait!” the man cried．“You ought not to eat me．Let us ask others what they think．” “You may ask three others．” the tiger said．

　　The good man asked a tree．The tree said, “I give shade(树荫)．And yet I am cut down．Let the tiger eat you．”

　　Next, the good man asked a bird．The bird said, “I hurt no one．Yet people hunt and kill me．Let the tiger eat you．”

　　The last one that the good man asked was a road．The road said, “I don't care if the tiger eats you．People could not get along too well without me．Yet all day and all night people step on me without even a ‘thank you'．”

　　The tiger was ready to eat the good man．Just then a dog came by．“What is happening?” asked the dog．The man told the dog the whole story．

　　“I don't understand,” said the dog．“The tiger wants to eat you because you put him in a cage?”

　　“No, no,” said the man．“Some other men put him in a cage．”

　　“Oh,” the dog said．“He is going to eat you because you do not have a cage．”

　　“Silly dog!” the tiger cried．“Don't you understand? I was in the cage．This man let me out．”

　　“Oh, I see,” the dog said．“When the man was in the cage, you let him out．”

　　“I was in the cage!” the tiger cried．“In this way!” with that, he jumped back into the cage．

　　At once, the dog closed the door of the cage．“Oh,” the dog laughed．“At last I understand!”

　　The good man and the dog walked off．The tiger looked sad in the cage．If he waited long enough, perhaps another good man would come by．

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