Mrs. Brown had a small garden behind her house and in the spring she planted some vegetables in it. She looked after them very carefully, and when the summer came, they looked very nice. One evening Mrs. Brown looked at her vegetables and said, “Tomorrow I am going to pick them and we can eat them.” But early the next morning, her son ran into the kitchen and shouted, “Mother, mother! Come quickly! Our neighbor’s ducks are in the garden and they are eating our vegetables!” Mrs. Brown ran out, but it was too late. All the vegetables are finished! Mrs. Brown cried, and her neighbor was very sorry, but that was the end of the vegetables. Then a few days before Christmas, the neighbor brought Mrs. Brown a beautiful fat duck. And on it was a piece of paper with the words, “ENJOY YOUR VEGETABLES!”

1.Mrs. Brown had a _________ behind her house.

A. shed   B. small garden    C. an apple orchard   D. small house

2.In _________ she planted some vegetables in the garden.

A. the summer    B. the winter   C. the autumn   D. the spring

3.When _________ came, the vegetables looked very nice.

A. the summer    B. the winter   C. the autumn   D. the spring

4.Early the next __________ her son ran into the kitchen and shouted.

A. morning    B. afternoon   C. evening   D. night

5.One morning __________ were eating vegetables in the garden.

A. monkeys    B. ducks    C. pigs    D. chickens

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It was Sunday .The train was crowded. A gentleman was trying to look for a place. In one of the cars he saw a vacant seat. But a small suitcase was lying on it and a young man was sitting next to it .

"Is this seat taken ?" asked the gentleman .

"Yes ,it's my friend's ." answered the young man ."He's just coming ---this is his suitcase."

"Well." said the gentleman , " I'll sit here till he comes. " Five minutes later the train started ,but nobody came .

"Your friend is late . "said the gentleman ."He has missed his train, but he need not lose his suitcase." And with these words he took the suitcase and threw it out of the window .

The young man got up and tried to catch the suitcase ,but it was too late .It was a good lesson to him .---"It's impolite to take a second seat just for being more comfortable for oneself ."

1.The gentleman was looking for a ______

A. seat  B. suitcase  C. friend

2."A vacant seat" is a seat that ______

A. somebody sits on  B. there's something on  C. nobody sits on

3.In fact ,the suitcase belonged to be______.

A. young man  B. gentleman  C. young man's friend

4.We know from the story that the young man ______

A. was friendly and helpful  B. was not honest  C. told the truth

5.We can guess that the young man must feel very______ in the end .

A. happy  B. excited  C. upset .

 He realized his mistakes and took action to reduce the loss _______ it was too late.

A. until      B. when     C. before      D. as

Once upon a time, some children were playing at the seaside when they found a turtle. They began to beat the turtle. Just at that time, a young man came and shouted, “Stop!” The children ran   36  quickly. The turtle was very thankful and said, “Thanks for your kindness. I really would like  37  you to a wonderful place now.” 
The young man rode on the back of the turtle and was taken to the secret palace in the sea. When he   38  the palace, he was very surprised and said to the turtle, “What a nice palace!” To thank him, the king of the turtles gave him a very   39 . He had never seen such a dinner before. He received a warm welcome there and was very   40  everything.
After dinner, the king of the turtles said, “I am going to give you two boxes,   __41  you can open only one.” “You mustn’t open both. Don’t forget it!” the turtle warned him. “All right. I will open only one.” The young man promised. At this time, a large wave sent him out of the sea.
After he went back   42 , he opened the bigger one of the two boxes. To his surprise, the box was full of gold. “My God!” he cried, “I’m   43  now.” Then he thought, “Things in   44  box must be valuable, too.” He couldn’t wait any longer. He broke his promise and opened the other box. As soon as he opened it, he became an old man. His hair turned white. His face   45  an old man over eighty years old. It all happened in a moment. He was sorry for what he did, but it was too late.
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