Once a king got two nice falcons（獵鷹） from his son. He had never seen such beautiful falcons before. He loved them so much and he ordered the best falconer to train them to fly.

After several months, the king came to see how the training was going. He found that one falcon had already been able to fly high in the sky, while the other was staying on the branch（樹枝） of a tree quietly, just keeping still.

The king called all his falconers together and ordered them to try every way they could to make the other falcon fly. But none of them succeeded. One day, while the king was taking a walk in the forest, an idea came to his mind. Maybe someone who knew the natural environment well could solve this problem. He sent for a farmer who lived in the forest into his palace to train it at once.

The next mornings, the king saw the other falcon flying above in the sky freely. “It is unbelievable!” shouted the king. “How could you make it happen?”

The farmer replied, “It’s very easy. I just cut off the branch where the falcon rested.”

It is always the same to human beings. We all have “two flying wings” in our hearts as well, but we often seem not to no notice them and stay where we are just for safety and comfort. We won’t realize we can fly so high and freely until the “branch” we are resting on breaks.

根據短文內容，回答下列問題。

【1】What did the king do after he got two falcons?

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【2】Where was the other falcon staying?

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【3】Who finally made the other falcon fly in the sky?

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【4】How did the king feel when he saw the other falcon fly freely in the sky?

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【5】When will we realize we can fly so high and freely?

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Have you seen the videos on TV? Do you wear large T-skirts and baggy jeans? Or have you heard someone rap(說唱)? Hip-Hop is very

hot now.

Hip-Hop music was started in the middle of the 1970s by African Americans in New York. The music, break-dancing(霹靂舞) and graffiti (涂鴉) make up Western Hip-Hop culture. Most of the

Hip-Hop songs are about love, jobs or even games.

Usually in rap, singers speak words very quickly to a certain beat. Most of the words are fun. Singers play off words to make fun of themselves or others. Hip-Hop music has few rules. Singers just do what they think and rap it out in a clever or creative(創(chuàng)造性的)way. It makes a lot of teenagers fall in love with the music. Many of them like wearing large T-shirts and baggy jeans. Famous rap and Hip-Hop stars include Eminem in the US. and Jay Chou from China.

Today Hip-Hop is more and more popular across most of the world.

【1】Is Hip-Hop very hot now?

【2】When was Hip-Hop music started?

【3】What are most of the Hip-Hop songs about?

【4】Does Hip-Hop have many rules or few rules?

【5】Why do a lot of teenagers fall in love with the music?

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