1. Counting Chickens It was Mary's 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 will arrive tomorrow. I hope you like them. Best wishes(良好的祝愿), 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（激动的）. 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 neighbor's gardens, into the road, into shops, even into the next street. Mary spent hours trying to find them and take 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 spend the whole morning looking for them." "Did you find them all?" her uncle asked. "I hope so." Mary replied（回答）. "I caught eleven of them." "That's very interesting," her uncle said with a smile, "because I only sent you six." Exercise 1. 在a,b,c,d,e 中选出一个最适合故事的答案。 A. Why did Mary’s uncle send her some chickens? (a) Mary liked chickens. (b) He had too much chickens. (c) Mary liked eating eggs. (d) It was her birthday. (e) She wanted to start a chicken farm. B. How did the chickens get out of the box? (a) They flew away (b) The box fell off the back of a ...
