16.Mrs.Green lived in a small town near a big farm.On a Friday afternoon she finished(1)
housework and went to her small shop.She opened the window of the shop and(2)
outside.She liked to see the green farm.There were many cows,horses and small animals(3)
the farm.Suddenly she saw a kangaroo (袋鼠) under the window.It was (4)
an old jacket.It stood there and was hungry.Mrs.Green gave some bread(5)
nuts (堅果) to it.The kangaroo ate them(6)
.Then it became happy and jumped away.Suddenly something fell down onto the(7)
from its jacket pocket.It was a wallet!Mrs.Green picked it up,opened it and found there was $300 and a photo in it.That was a man's photo with its name "John" on it.John?She looked at it(8)
and remembered she had a brother many years ago.His name was also John. "Is this man my lost brother?" She thought.She took the wallet with her and began to(9)
the man.She asked many people in the town,and then she came to the farm and asked the farmer.To her surprise,he was John,her lost brother.They were very(10)
49.The world we live is full of amazing things.Do you know the following things? Chocolate tastes nice but it may make the little dog die. We may sleep for eight hours at a time but a snail (蝸牛) may sleep for three years. Our ears and nose become bigger when we grow up but eyes keep the same after a person is born. Food usually goes bad easily in summer but you don't need to worry about how to keep honey (蜂蜜) because honey doesn't go bad. Most animals will die soon without the head.But a cockroach (蟑螂) can live for nine or ten days without the head. Not all birds can fly.About forty kinds of birds can't fly,like the penguin (企鵝) and the ostrich (鴕鳥).