Long long ago an old man and woman lived in the mountains in Japan．Every day the old man went to the mountain and collected firewood, while the old woman went to the river and did the washing．
One day, she was doing the washing when a big peach﹡ came down the river to her．As it was a big and juicy-looking fruit, she thought that her husband would be glad to eat it, so she took it home．When the old man came back for lunch and saw the nice peach, he was really happy．The old woman cut the big peach open with a knife．What a surprise! A lovely little boy was in the peach．The old man and woman had no children, so they were really gratefulthe gods sent them a boy in this peach．Since he was born in a peach, they decided to call him Momotaro which means ‘‘peach-boy’’．The old woman cooked a meal for the little boy who ate as much as he could．The more he ate, the more he grew．Soon he became a tall and strong boy．
Day after day, all Momotaro did was sleep and eat．In the village the other boys went to the mountain and picked firewood while Momotaro was the only one doing nothing．This worried the old man and the old woman．The boys then invited him, ‘‘Momotaro, would you come with us? We are going to collect firewood．’’ But he answered, ‘‘I haven’t a basket, so I can’t go with you’’, and went back to sleep．Upon hearing this, the old woman got very angry with him for being so lazy, so the next day Momotaro went to collect firewood with the other boys．
(1)
Paragragh 2 mainly tells ________．
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A．
a big peach came down the river
B．
the old man and woman had no children before they had the peach．
C．
what the old woman did for the little boy
D．
how Momotaro was born and got his name
(2)
What does the underlined word “grateful” mean in this passage?
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A．
thankful
B．
careful
C．
beautiful
D．
wonderful
(3)
What do we know about Momotaro from the passage?
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A．
Momotaro was born in a peach．
B．
Momotaro was a tall and strong boy．
C．
Momotaro was a lazy boy．
D．
All of the above．
(4)
If there is Paragragh 4, what do you think is going to be talked about?
Last Sunday the elephant keeper at London Zoo, Jim Robson, was killed by one of the elephants he loved．This was terrible, and it could be a big problem for the future(将来)of London Zoo-and maybe for all of Britain's city zoos．
London Zoo said that it would move its three elephants to a wild(野生的)animal park outside London．Its director-general(总经理), Michael Dioxn, said,“We are sorry that the elephants are leaving; there have been elephants at Lon-don Zoo since 1831．”
One British newspaper said that though many small animals were very interesting, most people wanted to see big animals－and most of all elephants．
London Zoo is not only losing its elephants．The tigers will also leave soon and most of the bears(熊)have already gone．Outside the elephant house at London Zoo, a woman called Mary said she hoped the zoo could keep big animals．“This is the only way the young people can see animals without travelling to other countries,”she said．
Zoos are not very good places for animals, but they can help to well keep them．Children can also learn a lot about the animals when they visit zoos．
Another visitor, a man called Alan, was very angry．“If we send them back to the wild they will die．If you take away big animals, people will stop visiting London Zoo．It can survive(继续生存)at the moment, but it won't survive in the future．”
However, Mary Rosevear, directory of the Federation(联合会)of Zoos, believes(相信)that city zoos can survive without keeping large animals．
(1)
London Zoo has kept elephants ________．
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A．
since last Sunday
B．
for about one hundred years
C．
for nearly two hundred years
D．
ever since it was built
(2)
Zoos are important because ________．
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A．
they can make a lot of money
B．
there are many animals living in them
C．
there are some big animals there
D．
they can keep animals and help children learn about them
(3)
The underlined word“it”in the passage refers to(指)________．
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A．
the elephant
B．
London Zoo
C．
the bear
D．
the wild animal park
(4)
London Zoo might face a big problem because ________．
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A．
the elephants in the zoo will be killed
B．
the elephants may also kill other people
C．
it may have fewer visitors in the future
D．
no one would like to be an elephant keeper any more
(5)
Which of the following is NOT true?
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A．
The writer hopes that big animals except elephants should be kept in London Zoo．
B．
London Zoo and the public(公众)have different ideas about where to keep the big animals．
C．
Some animals in the park are still dangerous to visitors．
D．
Some people think that the big animals will die if they are sent to the wild animal park．
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