Many years ago, there was an old man who had four sons. He wanted his sons to learn not to judge(判斷) things too quickly. So he told them to go and look at a pear tree. It was far away from his home. The first son went in winter, the second in spring, the third in summer, and the youngest son in autumn.
When the sons came back, the old man asked them to say what they had seen.
The first son complained the tree was ugly. The second son said the tree was covered with buds and full of hope. The third son said the tree was full of green leaves. They looked so beautiful, and it was the most wonderful thing he had ever seen. The youngest son said that the tree was bowed down with heavy fruits. It was full of life and fulfillment(收獲).
The man explained that all of his sons were right, but each of them had seen just one season of the tree. He told them that they couldn’t judge a tree or a person by only one season. "If you give up when it’s winter, you will miss the hope of your spring, the beauty of your summer, and the fulfillment of your autumn." said the old man
It is true that we shouldn’t let the hard season break the happiness of the other seasons. Never give up during the difficult days and better times are sure to come some day.
【小題1】Why did the old man ask his sons to look at the pear tree?         

In the 1930s a young traveler was climbing the French Alps(法國阿爾卑斯山).He arrived at big piece of land without living things.It was ugly.It was the kind of place you hurry away from.

Then,suddenly,the young traveler stopped on the way.In the middle of this large land there was an old man.On his back was a bag of seeds.In his land was an iron pipe(鐵管).

The man used the iron pipe to make a hole in the ground.Then from the bag he took a seed and put it in the hole.He did this again and again.

Later the old man told the traveler,“I’ve planted over 100,00 seeds.Perhaps only a tenth of them will grow.”

The old man’s wife and son had died,and this was how he chose to spend his final years.

“I want to do something useful,”he said.

(1)二十年以后那個年輕的游客已不再年輕。 He retutned to the place.What he saw amazed him.He could mot believe his eyes.The land was covered with a beautiful forest two miles wide and five miles long.Birds were singing,animals were playing,and wild flowers were here and there.

(2)The traveler stood there remembering the lifeless picture of the place that it once was.A beautiful forest stood there now,all because someone cared.

1.Why did the ola man plant seeds?_____________________________________________

2.How many seeds did the old man think could grow,all of them or only some?___________

3.What amazed the young traveler when he returned to the place?______________________

4.將短文中畫線句子(1)翻譯成英語。___________________________________________

5.將短文中畫線句子(2)翻譯成漢語。___________________________________________

Long, long ago there lived an old man. He had a very big orange tree in his garden. On the tree there were many fine oranges.
One day the old man found one of the oranges was bigger than the others. It was as big as a watermelon. So he took the big orange to the king. The king was very happy and gave the old man a lot of money for it.
When a rich man heard of this, he said to himself, "It is only an orange. Why did the king give him so much money? If I take my gold cup to the king, he will give me much more money for it."
The next day when the king got the gold cup, he said to the rich man, “What a beautiful cup! I’ll give you something for it. Please take the great orange."
根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容回答下列問題。
【小題1】What did the old man have in his garden?
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【小題2】What did the old man find one day?
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【小題3】Who did the old man give the big orange to?
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【小題4】What did a rich man think when he heard of the story?
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【小題5】Was the rich man very happy at last?
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