It was summer A duck was sitting on many eggs in he house Her little ducks were going to
come to the world．One little duck after another came out from the eggs The last baby was big and ugly．His brothers and sisters weren't willing to play with him because he was too ugly．Even his mother hated him too．And the girl who fed them kicked him．
The poor little duck was so sad that he ran away from home in the winter．On his way，a big
dog appeared，but the dog did not come close to him．"Oh，I'm so ugly that even the dog won't bite me．"the duck said tp himself．
A kind farmer took him home when the weather go colder．He stayed there for a whole winter
and left when the spring came．
One day，he met three beautiful white swans （天鹅） when he was swimming in a lake．They
swam toward him．He was afraid to make friends with them．But what did he see in the clear water？
He was no longer a dark grey ugly duck．He was a beautiful swan himself．How amazing!He never
dreamed that he could be so beautiful．
(1) When were the little ducks born？ ______
A. In Spring．
| B. In Summer．
| C. In Autumn．
| D. In winter．
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(2) What does the underlined word"bite"mean in the passage？． ______
(3) Why did the ugly duck run away from home？ ______
A. Because he was big and ugly．
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B. Because his family didn't like him．
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C. Because the weather was too cold．
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D. Because the farmer kicked him．
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(4) What can we learn from the passage？ ______
A. We should believe in ourselves．
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B. We'd better say no to the ugly ducks．
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C. Practice more and we will do better．
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D. Animals share the same word with us
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(5) The text is probably a（an） ______
A. poem
| B. Story
| C. report
| D. instruction． |