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Once upon a time, there were three tortoises who were friends.

One of them was a large tortoise，one was a me-dium-sized tortoise and the third was a small tortoise.

One day they went into a restaurant and ordered some cake.

While they were waiting for the cake， they remembered that they hadnt brought any money.

“Hey, we forgot to bring money to pay for our cake,” the big tortoise said.

“The little tortoise can go home and get it,” the medium-sized tortoise said, “Hes the youngest, so he should be the one to go.”

The little tortoise wasnt very pleased with this, but he knewhe shouldnt argue with his elders, so he said,“All right, Ill go. But you must promise not to eat my cake while Im away.”

The large tortoise and the medium-sized tortoise agreed，and the little tortoise set off for home to get some money.

A few days later, the big tortoise said to the me- dium-sized tortoise,“Lets eat the little tortoises cake. Im hungry again.”

“So am I,”the medium-sized tortoise said, and reached for the cake.

As she did so, the little tortoise shouted from near the door of the restaurant, “If you touch my cake, I wont go get the money!”

生词本

●tortoise n. a land animal that has a body covered by

around hard shell and moves very slowly乌龟

e.g. I raise a tortoise in my house.

我家养了一只乌龟。

●medium adj. of middle size, amount, or quality 中等的

e.g. Hes of medium height.

他中等身高。

●arguev. to fight or disagree with someone using words

争辩；争论

e.g. Do what you are told and dont argue with me.

叫你怎么做就怎么做，别跟我争论。

●elder n. the older of two people （两人中）年龄较大

者

e.g. Which is the elder of two sisters?

两姐妹中谁年纪较大？

●touch v. to eat, drink, or take action with something 接

触（某事物）

e.g. I never touch alcohol.

我从不喝酒。

测试

一、从a, b, c, d中选出最恰当的答案。

A.The three tortoises

a.were related.

b.knew each other.

c.were no longer friends.

d.lived in a restaurant.

B.The three tortoises realized they had forgotten their money

a.as they were ordering.

b.before they went into the restaurant.

c.after they ordered.

d.before they ordered.

C.The little tortoise

a.didnt mind getting the money.

b.wanted to share his cake.

c.agreed to go get the money.

d.enjoyed getting the money.

D.The little tortoise

a.hadnt gone very far after a few days.

b.returned quite quickly.

c.had brought the money with him.

d.couldnt hear the other tortoises words from the door.

二、在句子旁用T表示正确，用F表示错误。

a.The smallest tortoise was happy to go get their money for

the cakes.

b.The older tortoises sent the smallest tortoise because he

was the youngest.

c.One of the older tortoises suggested they all go back

home.

d.The big tortoise wanted to eat the youngest tortoises

cake.

e.The youngest tortoise heard their last conversation.

3只乌龟

从前，有3只乌龟，他们是好朋友。

他们分别是大乌龟、中乌龟和小乌龟。

一天，他们来到一家餐馆并点了些蛋糕。

当他们等蛋糕时，才想起来谁也没带钱。

大乌龟说：“嗨，我们忘带钱了，怎么结账啊？”

中乌龟说：“让小乌龟回家取钱吧。他最小，所以应该他回去取。”

小乌龟很不高兴，但是他知道争不过另外两只乌龟，就说：“那好吧！我回去。但是你们必须答应我，在我离开的时候，不准偷吃我的蛋糕。”

大乌龟和中乌龟都同意了，小乌龟就回家去取钱了。

几天以后，大乌龟对中乌龟说：“咱们把小乌龟的蛋糕吃了吧，我又饿了！”

中乌龟说：“我也饿了。”说着就伸手去拿蛋糕。

这时，只听见小乌龟在餐馆门口喊道：“如果你们敢动我的蛋糕，我就不回去取钱了！”

答案： 一、A. bB. c C.c D. a

二、a. F b. T c. F d. T e. T

编辑/丁俊玲