阅读理解。 Prana was a beautiful dog, whose name means "breath of life". Althou
can still remember the days we spent together and what he has taught me about love.
I have two apple trees in the garden. Prana loved apples. When he went outside, he"d catch an apple
and take it into the house to eat later. The apples had been on the ground and were often dirty so I
wasn"t always happy that Prana had brought them into the house.
It was an autumn day in America, but it was very cold A big snow fell and we had not done anything
for its coming. On that special day, Prana went outside and I watched him through the window. I
noticed that he was madly digging (挖) holes and bringing the apples to the ground so they could be seen
above the snow. I did not know why he was doing this. He seemed to want to do something special. .
When I called him back, he had his usual one apple in his mouth. About five minutes later, I looked
outside. The garden was completely covered with birds. Prana had dug up all those apples for his bird
friends to eat. He knew that they wouldn"t have stored enough food for the coming winter!
B. a boy
C. a bird
D. a dog
B. Prana caught an apple and ate it
C. `the apples fell on the ground and were dirty
D. Prana brought the dirty apples into the house
B. dug holes to put the apples in them
C. brought the apples under the snow to the ground
D. left the house and died
B. eat the apples
C. make new homes
D. store food for the winter
B. animals
C. love
D.life
People often go to the seaside for their holidays. And the towns by the sea are always trying to 1
more visitors in their own way.
In one seaside holiday __2 _ in the south of England, plans were made for a band to play 3 in a
public park every evening for a week. But it rained 4 on the first evening. 5 the band played
well, there was only one person in the auditorium. The band was 6 some cover, but the audience
was not.
The man was sitting in a chair, _ 7 . a raincoat. After an hour, the conductor of the band went over
to the man and 8 if he had a special request (要求).
"Yes, I do," said the man. "Please finish as soon as you 9 . I"m the keeper of the park and I want
to 10 the gate and go home. "
| ( )1. A. protect ( )2. A. city ( )3. A. indoors ( )4. A. hardly ( )5. A. Although ( )6. A. under ( )7. A. carrying ( )8. A. said ( )9. A. can ( )10. A. open | B. encourage | C. attack | D. attract D. country D. upstairs D. directly D. Unless D. behind D. wearing D. told D. need D. break |
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| Several years ago, a farmer owned some land along the sea. He advertised(征聘) for workers, but no one wanted to work for him. Most people didn"t want to work there 1 they didn"t like the bad storms. Finally, a 2 man, who looked weak and more than fifty years old, came to see the farmer. "Are you a good farmhand?" the farmer asked him. "Well, I 3 sleep well when the wind blows." answered the little man. Although the answer was strange, the farmer let the man stay to work. The little man worked 4 around the farm, busy from morning till evening. The farmer felt very pleased with his work. Then one night the wind began to blow strongly. Jumping out of the bed, the farmer 5 into the little man"s room. He shook the little man and cried, "Get up! A 6 is coming!" The little man said slowly, "No sir, I told you-I can ____37___ well when the wind blows." The farmer was very angry, but he had to hurry outside to get ready for the storm. To his 8 , everything was ready outside. 9 could be blown away. The farmer 10 what the man meant, so he returned to his bed to sleep while the wind was still blowing. | |||
| ( )1. A. so ( )2. A. big ( )3. A. can ( )4. A. well ( )5. A. walked ( )6. A. man ( )7. A. work ( )8. A. anger ( )9. A. Everything ( )10.A. understood | B. but B. little B. must B. badly B. rushed B. dog B. play B. pride B. Something B. preferred | C. because C. young C. need C. loudly C. moved C. ship C. sleep C. surprise C. Anything C. heard | D. although D. strong D. should D. clearly D. drove D. storm D. listen D. confidence D. Nothing D. did |
| 阅读理解。 Henry wants to borrow a book from the library. He comes to the library with his classmate. They can"t see any assistant in it, but only some robots are standing there. Henry says to the robot, "Hey, give me a book on music." But the robot doesn"t move. Then another student tells Henry, "You must say "Excuse me" and "Please" first when you want some help." Henry dose so and the robot brings the book. But Henry can"t get the book from the robot"s hands, he thinks for a moment, then he says a word to the robot. The robot gives him the book. Henry gets the book and goes home happily. 1. Why can they not see any assistant? Because ________. A. the robot takes the places of (代替) the assistant B. the library won"t hire (雇用) any assistants C. the library has to pay less for the work o  f the robotsD. there are no assistant to hire 2. Why will the little robot not get the book for Henry at first? Because ________. A. the little robot is too lazy B. the little robot is too tired C. the little robot is too busy D. Henry talks with bad manners 3. What do you think Henry says to the robot at last? A. Bye B. Thanks C. Hello D  . Give 4. What kind of b  ook does Henry like?A. History. B. English. C. Music. D. Math 5. The main idea of the passage is ________ A. how to say to a robot B. how to borrow books C. robots have feelings D. robots in the library | |||
| 综合填空(首字母已给出)。 An old woman o __1__ her window and looks out of it. The sun shines b __2__ . There"s a man in the g __3__ in front of her house. The old woman looks at him and says, "He is eating g __4__ !" She goes o __5__ and asks the man, "Why are you eating grass? Are you h __6__ ? The man says, "Yes, I am very poor. I have n __7__ for my breakfast today and I am hungry now." The old woman tells him to go to the b __8__ door of her house, and she goes in again. The man s__9__ and goes to the back door of the house. Then the old woman opens the door and says to the man, "The grass here is l __10__." | |||