2013中考英语阅读素材：Mrs. Duck and Mr. Rabbit

　　暑假过后，新初三生们迎来了初中最重要的一年——初三。为方便2013年中考考生及家长查询相关信息，出国留学网中考频道特别搜集汇总了中考英语阅读素材以供参考：

　　Mrs. Duck and Mr. Rabbit

　　Mr. Rabbit said to Mrs. Duck, "Come and work with me and you will get more money than you have ever had before." Mrs. Duck said, "I will come."

　　So Mrs. Duck worked with Mr. Rabbit. After some time Mrs. Duck said to Mr. Rabbit, "I want to buy some things; please give me some of the money which we have got."

　　Mr. Rabbit said, "Things have gone very badly. I have no money to give you now."

　　Mrs. Duck knew that this was not so; she knew that Mr. Rabbit has the money, but that he did not want to give it to Mrs. Duck. But Mrs. Duck said nothing. She went away; and she thought and thought. She did not go to sleep at night, but stayed awake thinking. She was thinking how she could get the money from Mr. Rabbit.

　　One day Mrs. Duck came to Mr. Rabbit and said, "I do not want that money now; I have found a great big hole near the river; the hole is full of gold. It is full to the top; I never saw so much gold. It is more than I can take away; will you help me to take it away?"

　　Mr. Rabbit said, "Yes, I shall be glad to help you.

　　So Mr. Rabbit and Mrs. Duck went down the road to the river. When they came to the side of the river, Mrs. Duck said, "it is on the other side of the river." ' How shall I get over the water?" asked Mr. Rabbit. " Sit on my back," said Mrs. Duck, "and I will take you over."

　　So Mr. Rabbit sat on Mrs. Duck's back, and Mrs. Duck went into the water. When Mrs. Duck was far from the side, she said, "Now I shall go down into the water, and you will fall from my back into the water."

　　"But I shall be killed!" said Mr. Rabbit.

　　"Yes," answered Mrs. Duck, "so you will. But you did not give me my money for the work which I did with you."

　　"I hid the money in a pot in my house. Take me home and I will give it to you," said Mr. Rabbit.

　　Mrs. Duck said, "I will take you home, and we will go to your house at once, and you shall give it to me.

　　So Mr. Rabbit gave Mrs. Duck the money.

　　Mr. Rabbit was afraid of Mrs. Duck after that

　　【译文】

　　鸭和兔

　　兔先生对鸭夫人说：“来跟我一起干活，你会得到以前你从没得到的那么多钱。”鸭子夫人说：“我一定来。”

　　这样，鸭夫人和兔先生一起干活。过了一些时间，鸭夫人对兔先生说：“我要买些东西，请给我一些我挣的钱。”

　　兔先生说：“情况变得很坏，现在我没有钱给你。”

　　鸭夫人知道不是这么回事，他知道兔先生有钱，就是不想把钱给自己。但是，鸭夫人没有说什么。她走了。她想来想去晚上觉也没睡，而醒着想事情，她考虑怎样才能从兔子那里拿到钱。

　　一天，鸭夫人到了兔先生那里说：“现在我不要钱，在河边附近我发现了一个很大很大的洞，洞里全是黄金，金子满到洞上了，我从来没有见到这么多的金子，金子多得我拿不了，你能帮我去搬吗?”

　　兔先生说：“行，我很乐意帮你的忙。”

　　这样，兔先生和鸭夫人沿着去河边的路走去。当他们走到河的一边时，鸭子夫人说：“洞是在河的那边。”

　　“我怎样渡过水去?”兔先生问。

　　“坐在我背上，”鸭夫人说，“我带你过去。”

　　兔先生坐在鸭夫人背上，鸭夫人走进水里，当鸭夫人游到离岸很远的地方时，她说：“现在我要潜到水里去了，你会从我的背上掉进水里的。”

　　“那我会淹死的!”兔先生说。

　　“是的，”鸭夫人回答，“你是会淹死的。可是你还没付给我和你一起干活时挣的钱。”

　　“我把钱藏在我家一个罐里，带我回家，我一定把钱给你，”兔先生说。

　　鸭夫人说：“我带你回家，我们立刻回你的家，你一定把钱给我。”

　　于是，兔先生把钱付给了鸭夫人。从那以后，兔先生再也不敢欺负鸭夫人了。

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