Mike and Dick work in the same office. They don’t like the cold weather. And one day they decided to take their holiday in Australia. Their plane arrived in Sydney at nine in the morning. 【小题1】 The next morning they rented a car in the city and began their travel. A few hours later, the sun was shining in the sky and there were no shade trees beside the road. 【小题2】 They had to stop to look around. Mike found a river about half a kilometer away from them. They were both very happy and drove the car quickly. 【小题3】 Before they jumped into the water, Dick saw a boy playing under a big tree. He asked, “Are there any sharks in the river, boy?” “No, there aren’t,” answered the boy. 【小题4】 After a while, Dick felt something hit against his leg. He told Mike about it. They were afraid and stopped swimming. Dick asked loudly, “Is it true that there aren’t any sharks in the river?” “Yes, sir.” said the boy. “【小题5】 All the sharks have swum away!”

Lily has a class trip (旅行) today. In the morning, Lily says ▲ to her parents and goes out. Mrs.Millie takes the students to the zoo by bus.

At the zoo, Lily sees many animals. After about three hours, it’s time to go home.

On the way back, Lily sees a gift (礼物) shop and runs into it quickly (迅速地跑进去).

There are many toys in the shop. The toy tiger is $5. The toy panda is $8. The toy lion is $13. Lily looks at the toys for a long time and buys a toy panda at last. But when Lily goes out, she can’t see her classmates.

The students get back on the bus, but Mrs. Millie can’t see Lily. Then she goes to look for her. When she walks past the gift shop, she sees Lily crying in front of it .

Lily says sorry to Mrs. Millie. And they go back to the bus.

The next day they set off again very early. They walk a few miles and then come to a big ditch (壕沟). It’s very wide. There are a lot of rocks (岩石)in the ditch.

“How can we cross the ditch?” Dorothy asks her friends.

“We can’t fly over it,” the Scarecrow says. “And we can’t jump over it. So we must stay here.”

The Lion looks at the ditch and says, “I can jump over it.”

“Can you?" the Scarecrow says. “That’s good! You can take us across on your back, one by one.”

“Who wants to go first?” the Lion says. He’s a little afraid first but he wants to help his friends.

“Me!” the Scarecrow says and he gets on the Lion’s back. The Lion jumps across the ditch easily. Then he jumps back and takes Dorothy and Toto. Finally he takes the Tin Woodman across the ditch.

The Lion is tired after his five big jumps.

“Let’s have a rest before we start walking again,” he says.

Later in the afternoon they come to a wide river. They can see a beautiful country on the other side of it. There are green fields and a lot of flowers. They can also see the yellow brick (砖) road.

——-from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz