Ⅳ.任务型阅读
There were once two brothers. They lived near a forest. The elder brother was very bad to his younger brother and ate up all the food and took away all his good clothes. One day, the elder brother went into the forest to find some trees to sell. As he went around cutting down trees one after another, he came to a magical tree. The tree said to him, "Oh, kind sir, please do not cut me down. I will give you my golden apples. "The elder brother agreed. But he was unhappy with the number of apples the tree gave him. He said to the tree he would cut him down if he didn't give him more apples. Just then, hundreds of needles(针) came out from the tree. The elder brother lay on the ground and felt terrible in pain(疼痛).
The younger brother became worried when it was getting dark. He went to the forest and looked for his elder brother. He found him with hundreds of needles on him. He ran to his brother and took out each needle from him with love. After he finished, the elder brother said sorry for treating(对待) him badly and promised to be better. The tree saw this and gave them all his golden apples.
1. Where did the two brothers live? (不超过 5 个词)______
2. What happened when the elder brother said he would cut down the magical tree if it didn't give him more apples? (不超过 10 个词)______
3. What does the story mainly tell us? (不超过 15 个词)
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1. They lived near a forest.
2. Hundreds of needles came out from the tree.
3. It mainly tells us we should be kind and friendly to others.