《2025年名校课堂八年级英语上册人教版安徽专版》

第二节 阅读下面短文，并用英语回答问题(请注意每小题的词数要求)。
哲理故事 A little pine tree(松树) only had needles(松针). The little tree said, “I don't like needles. I want pretty leaves just like others. I want gold leaves(金叶子).”
Night came and the little tree went to sleep. A fairy(小精灵) came by and gave it gold leaves. When the little tree woke up, it found its gold leaves. It said, “Oh, I am so pretty! No other tree has gold leaves.” A man came by and took all the gold leaves away. The poor little tree cried, “I don't want gold leaves again. I want to have glass leaves.”
When the little tree went to sleep, the fairy came again and put the glass leaves on it. “How pretty they look in the sunshine! No other tree is so nice,” the little tree said happily. Then a wind came up. The glass leaves all fell down and got broken. Again the little tree had no leaves. It was very sad and said, “I will not want gold leaves or glass leaves. I want green leaves like others.”
And the little tree went to sleep. When it woke up, it had green leaves. A sheep came by. It was so hungry that it ate all the leaves. Then the little tree said, “I will not want green leaves, nor glass leaves, nor gold leaves. I like my needles best.”
So you see, being yourself is the most important thing.
16. What leaves did the little pine tree want at first? (不超过 5 个词)
It wanted gold leaves.
17. What happened to the glass leaves at last? (不超过 10 个词)
The glass leaves all fell down and got broken.
18. What does the story want to tell us? (不超过 10 个词)
Being ourselves is the most important thing.

答案： Ⅱ.第二节 16. It wanted gold leaves. 17. The glass leaves all fell down and got broken. 18. Being ourselves is the most important thing.