A tiger appeared from a distance chasing two tourists when they 【小题1】 (walk) through the forests. One of the tourists took out a pair of running 【小题2】 (shoe) from his bag and started to put them on. The other tourist with a 【小题3】 (surprise) look asked: “Do you think you will run 【小题4】 (fast) than the tiger with those?” His friend replied: “I don’t have to win it, I just want to win you.”

Once there were two mice, a city mouse and a country mouse. They were distant relatives. One day the city mouse, 【小题1】 lived in a big house wrote a letter to the country mouse inviting him for a visit.

Delighted, the country mouse accepted the【小题2】 (invite) and came to the city mouse’s house. He was greeted by the city mouse cheerfully. The country mouse was surprised 【小题3】 big the house was. The city mouse was pleased【小题4】 led the country mouse to the kitchen. When 【小题5】 climbed up the table, there were a large piece of bread, fruit and cheese 【小题6】 it. But just as they began to eat, they heard 【小题7】 great noise. The city mouse cried, “Run! Run! The cat 【小题8】 (come)!” They ran away quickly and hid.

【小题9】 (breath) heavily after hiding in the mouse­hole, the country mouse said to the city mouse, “I should go back to my house in the country. Even if I eat nothing but beans, I can live 【小题10】 (peace). Why don’t you come with me to the country? It is nicer to be poor and happy, than to be rich and afraid”

Short and simple as they are, fables teach people important life lessons and reveal the truths hidden in ordinary events. In fact, many parents find 【小题1】 less laborious and more effective to instill (逐渐灌输) correct concepts into their children by leading them to read interesting and 【小题2】 (inspire) fables than just through lectures. The following is a good example of how an ancient Chinese fable 【小题3】 (help) modern readers understand the world. The story goes like this: A man was attempting 【小题4】 (sell) his horse in the market, where he had stood for three days, but none of the passersby would come to take 【小题5】 look. So, he turned to Bo Le, a specialist 【小题6】 (fair) famous for his skill in selecting fine horses, 【小题7】 help. All the man asked Bo Le to do was to walk around the horse three times and turn his head to look at it several times while 【小题8】 (leave). Bo Le agreed and did so. In an instant, the man sold the horse at a high price. The moral of the fable is 【小题9】 people tend to blindly follow others’ or experts’ opinions rather than make their own 【小题10】 (judge) . It can’t be more true of modern society.