Are fables (寓言故事) and fairy tales (童话故事) different or the same? They are both stories for children, but fables are stories for adults, too.

Fables are stories which pass down (遗传) from grandparents to parents and then to children. People can learn much from them. The characters are mostly animals. They can talk and act like humans. The most famous fables were written by a man called Aesop (伊索). There are many famous fables in Aesop′s Fables. The Lion and the Mouse and The Farmer and the Snake are two examples.

Fairy tales are usually stories for children. They are often about magic characters, for example, fairies and gods. Sometimes the characters are animals. We are able to enjoy many fairy tales because of the famous Brothers Grimm. They tried their best to collect these stories before people forgot. There are many fairy tales in Grimm′s Fairy Tales, such as Little Red Riding Hood, Cinderella,The Frog Prince and Snow White.

1._______ are the main characters in fables.

A. Humans B. Plants C. Gods D. Animals

2.Which of the following is NOT a fairy tale?

A. The Farmer and the Snake. B. Little Red Riding Hood.

C. Cinderella. D. The Frog Prince.

3.Which of the following is TRUE?

A. People can learn nothing from fables.

B. Children may love reading fairy tales.

C. Aesop collected fairy tales before people forgot.

D. The characters in fairy tales are all real people.

4.What does the passage mainly talk about?

A. Famous fables and fairy tales in the world.

B. The ways to collect fairy tales for kids.

C. The reasons why people can read fables.

D. Differences between fables and fairy tales.

If you love reading books, you must know about the book The Little Prince《小王子》. It’s a famous novel written by a French writer. As one of the best-selling books in history, it has been sold as many as 200 million copies in 253 languages and dialects(方言). Now, around seventy years after the birth of the book, an American director has found a way to make it into a 3D animated film.

The book tells the story of a pilot(飞行员), called The Aviator, who crashes(撞击)into the desert and meets a young prince there. However, in the film, the story starts years after the crash when The Aviator is much older. He has got a new neighbor called The Little Girl, whose mother wants her to get ready to enter the grown-up world. Slowly, the Aviator shares his story with The Little Girl by writing it down and sending her a page at a time. The pages are finished with the pictures in the book, speaking about his time in the desert and taking The Little Girl to a surprising world where anything is possible.

China is the first country in the world to see the film in two languages--in Chinese and English. The film shows The Little Girl’s life and tells The Little Prince’s story at the same time in a beautiful way.

Huang Lei, who voices the film together with his 9-year-old daughter, says the film is like a childhood dream which is lost by most grown-ups in this stressed-out society.

“The most touching part is that every one of us was a good-natured kid like the Little Prince, and it’s a pity that this good nature goes away as time flies,” he says.

1.The novel The Little Prince was written in the_________ .

A. 1900s B. 1940s C. 1990s D. 2010s

2.The book The Little Prince is one of the best-selling books in history because _______.

A. you must know about it if you love reading books

B. it shows The Little Prince’s story in a beautiful way

C. it has been sold as many as 200 million copies in 253 languages and dialects

D. the director has made it into a 3D animated film

3.What does the underlined word”good-natured”mean?

A. kind B. friendly C. helpful D. all above

4.How does The Little Girl get to know the story of The Little Prince?

A. She reads the pages that The Aviator writes and sends to her.

B. Her mother wants her to get ready to enter the grown-up world.

C. The Aviator takes her to a surprising world.

D. She moves home next to The Aviator.

5.According to the passage, which is Huang Lei’s idea?

A. He doesn’t believe the good nature is lost as we grow older in this stressed-out society.

B. He thinks all of us should keep our better nature and never let it go away.

C. He feels excited because he can see the film in two versions first.

D. He and his daughter voice the film together.

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