一、语文课上，亮亮给大家分享了一个青蛙换新衣的趣味小故事。阅读短文，帮助亮亮完成下列句子。
主题：人与自我——生活与学习 话题：青蛙的新衣
体裁：记叙文 难度：★★★
There is a little frog. He doesn’t like his green clothes. So he paints himself red. In the afternoon, the little frog is hungry and he wants to catch a cricket（蟋蟀）. The cricket jumps into the grass and disappears. He wonders, “Why does the insect（昆虫）become so smart today?” Suddenly, a snake comes to the little frog. The frog is afraid and jumps into the pond. The frog swims and swims ... The red clothes are missing. His green clothes come back again. And the snake can’t find him. Then he understands. The red clothes expose(暴露）himself.
1. The little frog ________ himself ________.
2. The little frog ________ to ________ a cricket in the afternoon.
3. The underlined word “missing” means “________” in Chinese.
4. The frog’s ________ clothes ________ him escape from danger(逃离危险）.

1. paints，red 2. wants，catch 3. 不见了 4. green，help

二、舒老师借此机会向同学们分享了一个中国古代的寓言故事。阅读短文，帮助亮亮选择正确的答案。
主题：人与自我——做人与做事 话题：郑人买履
体裁：记叙文 难度：★★★
There is a man living in the State of Zheng. One day, he wants to buy himself a new pair of shoes. He measures(测量）his foot with a ruler and then writes the size on a piece of paper. After that, he goes shopping for shoes.
When he arrives at the shoe shop, he finds the paper is not in his pocket. So he says to the shopkeeper, “I have left the paper at home and I don’t know the size. I will go back home to get it.” With these words, he runs out of the shop.
He runs back home, finds the paper and then runs to the shop again. But it takes him a few hours and the shop is closed. He spends the afternoon on the way and doesn’t buy his shoes at last.
Someone asks him, “Do you want to buy the shoes for yourself?” “Sure,” he answers. “Then, why don’t you try on the shoes by yourself?” “I trust the ruler more than my feet,” he answers.
（ ）1. How does the man get the size of his shoes?
A. By asking his friend.
B. By trying on the new shoes.
C. By measuring his foot with the ruler.
（ ）2. Why doesn’t the man buy the new shoes?
A. Because he doesn’t bring the measuring result.
B. Because he doesn’t take money with him.
C. Because he doesn’t try them on.
（ ）3. How long does the man spend on the way?
A. A day.
B. A few hours.
C. The whole afternoon.
（ ）4. Where can we read this passage?
A. In a Chinese storybook.
B. In Grimm’s Fairy Tales.
C. In Aesop’s Fables.

1. C 解析 根据短文中“He measures his foot with a ruler and then writes the size on a piece of paper.”可知，这个男人通过用尺子测量他的脚得到了他鞋子的尺码。故选C。
2. A 解析 根据短文中“I have left the paper at home and I don’t know the size. I will go back home to get it.”可知，这个男人因为没有带测量的结果而没有买新鞋子。故选A。
3. C 解析 根据短文中“He spends the afternoon on the way”可知，这个男人在路上花了一下午的时间。故选C。
4. A 解析 通读全文可知，本文讲述了《郑人买履》的故事，我们可以在中国故事书中读到它。故选A。