Birthday Gift

蘭星

It was Marys birthday. She received a letter from her uncle who was a farmer.

“Dear Mary，” the letter said. “Happy Birthday， I am sending you some chickens. They __1__ tomorrow. I hope you like them. Best wishes， Uncle Toby，”

Mary was very pleased. She liked eating eggs and she liked eating chicken， “I can keep the chickens for their eggs or eat them，” she thought.

When the chickens arrived the next day， they were in a box. Mary was very excited. She took the box off the back of the truck and began to carry it into her garden.

However， the box of chickens was heavy and she dropped it.

The box fell to the ground and broke. The chickens all ran out.

They ran everywhere—into neighbors gardens， into the road， into the shops， even into the next street. Mary spent hours __2__ to find them and took them back to her garden.

A few days later her uncle came to visit her.

“Did the chickens arrive safely？” he asked Mary.

“Yes， Uncle Toby，” Mary said. “But I had a lot of trouble with them. I dropped the box. It broke open and the chickens ran everywhere. I spent the whole morning looking for them.”

“Did you find them all？” her uncle asked.

“I hope so，” Mary replied. “I caught eleven of them.”

“Thats very __3__，” her uncle said with a smile， “because I only __4__ you six.”

任務1：用方框中所給詞的適當形式填空。（每詞限用一次，每空一詞）

try? send? interest? arrive

1. ________? ???????? 2. ________ ???? ???? 3. ________? ???????? 4. ________

任務2：單詞釋義。

5. e________： here and there

6. r________： answer

任務3：同義句轉換（每空一詞）。

7. I spent the whole morning looking for them.

________ ________ me the whole morning to catch them all.

任務4：把劃線的句子譯成漢語。

8. ____________________________________________________________

任務5：根據短文回答問題。

9. Why did Marys uncle send her some chickens？

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10. How many chickens did Marys uncle send her？

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