Therewasanoldpeartreeinaman’sgarden.Inthepastthetreefruitedeveryyearsothemanwouldgetmanypears.Butnowthetreegotold.Therewerenom1pearsfortheman.Sotheungrateful(忘恩负义的)mand2tocut

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 There was an old pear tree in a man’s garden. In the past the tree fruited every year so the man would get many pears. But now the tree got old. There were no m 1      pears for the man. So the ungrateful(忘恩负义的)man d 2     to cut the tree down. When he walked toward the tree with an axe(斧子)in his hand the tree said to him “Please don’t cut me down. I have borne(结) so many pears for you in the past years. Now I will die soon. I only have a short time to 1 3         .

Please don’t kill a d 4      tree that has done so much for you. ”

“I’m sorry. I have to do so ” the man said “because I need wood to make a chair. ” Then he began to wave(挥动)his axe. At that moment a bird in the old tree shouted at him “Don’t cut it down!Every time you go out and your wife feels 1 5      she will come out to the garden and sit under the tree to enjoy its cool shade(树荫).and I sing songs to make her h 6     .  We give much pleasure to your wife when you are a 7       from home. ” The man didn’t listen to the bird and drove it away. Just when he was about to cut the tree some bees flew out of it and said “ Listen!If you agree not to kill this tree we will give you delicious honey(蜜)every day. Would you please 1 8       the tree with us?”

The man got moved(感动).He said “You are so kind to the tree a 9       it has become old. Now I see that I should not cut it down. It has done so much for me and my wife. Let the tree stay here and let the bird continue its songs here. ” With these words the man left. And the old tree lived there to its 1 10      day.

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 1. more  2. decided  3. live  4. dying  5. lonely 6. happy 7. away  8. leave 9. although 10. last