1. Choose proper words to describe the pictures with imagination.
wag sparkle cyclone fiddler perch sorceress
2. Examine the bold-faced words in this text and pin down the suitable meanings.(Tick as appropriate)
1) With Toto trotting along soberly behind her, she started on her journey.
□ in a grave manner □ lacking brightness or color
2) Within a short time she was walking briskly toward the Emerald City, her silver shoes tinkling merrily on the hard, yellow road-bed.
□ sharply in manner □ quickly and vigorously
3) Dorothy did not feel nearly so bad as you might think a little girl would who had been suddenly whisked away from her own country and set down in the midst of a strange land.
□ move somewhere quickly □ brush or wipe off lightly
4) There were neat fences at the sides of the road, painted a dainty blue color, and beyond them were fields of grain and vegetables in abundance.
□ refined, esp. excessively genteel □ delicately beautiful
5) Dorothy ate a hearty supper and was waited upon by the rich Munchkin himself, whose name was Boq.
□ sincere and heartfelt □ substantial and nourishing
6) She ate a hearty breakfast, and watched a wee Munchkin baby, who played with Toto and pulled his tail and crowed and laughed in a way that greatly amused Dorothy.
□ very small; tiny; minute □ very early
7) “Good day,” said the Scarecrow, in a rather husky voice.
□ big, strong, and well-built □ hoarse in quality
8) “You see,” he continued confidentially, “I don’t mind my legs and arms and body being stuffed, because I cannot get hurt.”
□ intimately □ given in confidence or in secret
3. Translate the following sentences into Chinese.
1) Dorothy went to get him, and saw such delicious fruit hanging from the branches that she gathered some of it, finding it just what she wanted to help out her breakfast.
2) She took off her old leather shoes and tried on the silver ones, which fitted her as well as if they had been made for her.