In a hot summer afternoon, Alice goes on a picnic. She looks around the forest happily. The sun is shining   21    in the sky. The wind is blowing strongly and makes the grass   22    around. Suddenly, Alice sees a rabbit   23     in the grass. She even hears the rabbit   24    loudly “ I need to go   25    or I’ll be late for the queen’s party!” She can’t believe her ears! It’s a talking rabbit! She runs after the rabbit and then sees a hole. The rabbit jumps into the hole, and Alice does, too. Under the hole, all animals and plants can talk, but Alice is in trouble. How can she go home? The animals tell her only the queen knows the answer, but the queen is a terrible person. She enjoys   26    little animals with a baton like she is playing baseball. The queen loves red, so she   27    all the poker soldiers   27    the flowers red. If any soldiers uses the wrong color, she will   28    off their heads with an axe. The queen hates the idea of   29   . In her eyes, she needs to be the best in everything. If someone does anything   30    than the queen, she will kill him/ her, too. Alice knows it’s dangerous to meet the queen, but it’s her only hope. She thanks the animals and goes to the queen’s home.
 forest (n.)森林 shine (v.)閃耀believe (v.)相信 hole (n.) 洞穴 if 如果 poker soldiers (n.) 紙牌士兵 axe (n.) 斧頭
【題組】21.
(A) less
(B) high
(C) early
(D) far