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专题10 阅读回答问题17篇(热点预测)
1、2023·上海嘉定区统考·期末卷 2、2023·上海浦东区统考·期末卷
3、2023·上海松江区统考·期末卷 4、2023·上海普陀区统考·期末卷
5、2023·上海徐汇区统考·期末卷 6、2023·上海欣竹中学·校考
7、2023·上海上宝中学·校考 8、2023·上海市北初级中学·校考
9、2023·上海位育中学·校考 10、2023·上海华东师范大学第二附属中学·校考
11、2023·上海汇贤中学·校考 12、2023·上海第二初级中学·校考
13、2023·上海风华初级中学·校考 14、2023·上海立达中学·校考
15、2022·上海进才中学北校·校考 16、2022·上海实验中学西校·校考
17、2022·上海青浦区·统考
重温经典
一、重温经典,5篇,难度三星
1、2023·上海嘉定区统考·期末卷
An elephant and a crocodile were once standing beside a river. They were quarrelling who was better.
“Look at me,” said the elephant. “I can pull up a tree with my trunk.”
“Ah! But your skin is not so thick as mine,” replied the crocodile. “No knife or tooth can cut through it.”
Just as they were talking, a lion happened to pass.
“My dear friends!” said the lion, going up to them, “Let me know why you were quarrelling.”
“Would you please tell us who is better?” cried both at once.
“Certainly,” said the lion, pointing across the river. “Do you see the metal hat on that wall? Go and get it, and bring it to me, and then I can tell you.”
When hearing this, they started off. The crocodile was used to the water. He reached the other side of the river first, and soon stood beside the wall. There he waited till the elephant arrived. When he saw the crocodile had no way of reaching the hat, the elephant raised his long trunk and took it down easily.
They then made their way together back again across the river. When the elephant was trying to keep up with the fast-moving crocodile, he carelessly dropped the hat. The metal hat quickly fell to the river bottom. The crocodile dived down, and brought it up in his huge mouth. They then returned and the crocodile put the metal hat at the lion’s feet. The lion took it up and turned to the elephant, then said, “Because of your size and trunk, you reached