Laura lived in a small village near the sea. One day she decided to go for a swim in the sea. She knew that the sea near the ____1____ has a strong tide (浪) , but she was a good swimmer, so she wasn’t __2______. Laura left her friends lying on the sands and ran into the sea. She swam quite far from the beach and waved(挥舞) to her friends in the distance. After a short while she decided to swim ____3___. She tried her best, but she couldn’t get any closer to the beach . The tide kept___4___her back. She waved her arms in the air to let her friends know that she was____5____, but they just waved back, for they didn’t know what she___6_____. After a long time, Laura became very ______7___ and she couldn’t swim any more. Her legs ____8____and she lost hope. Suddenly, her foot touched ____9____! All the time she had been swimming in a place where the water wasn’t deep! When at last she went back to the beach, one of her friends asked, “ Did you ___10____your swim?”“Yes, it was lovely.” She answered. She never told them what really happened.
【小题1】 A town        B city         C village          D country
【小题2】A lonely       B surprised     C interested        D afraid
【小题3】 A up          B back        C down           D on
【小题4】A pulling      B pushing      C throwing        D putting
【小题5】A in trouble     B happy       C out of trouble     D in the water
【小题6】A found       B meant        C said             D saw
【小题7】A hungry      B sleepy       C thirsty           D tired
【小题8】A came up     B were broken  C went down       D moved on
【小题9】A a tide       B the sand      C a fish           D one of her friends
【小题10】A enjoy       B remember    C drop            D forget

Although it was only autumn,everything outside was covered in white.Unexpectedly, we were hit with a big 1  storm and no one was prepared.
We have two apple trees in our backyard.Prana,our dog,loves  2.When she goes outside,she usually grabs a dirty apple from the ground to eat later on.Prana knows that when she brings her treasure into the house,I am not always  3,so she tries to hide it from me.It is our little game.
On the day that it snowed too  4  in the season,Prana went outside and I  5 her from the window.I noticed that she was  6 lots of holes and bringing out the apples buried beneath the snow.She seemed to be  7 to dig up as many apples as she could.
But when she came back inside,she brought back only one.About five minutes later,I looked outside.The yard was completely  8 with birds.Prana had dug up all those apples for her bird friends to eat.She knew that they hadn’t prepared  9 food for the early winter.
This beautiful act of unconditional love from a(an)  10 taught me what real kindness was.

【小题1】
A.sandB.snowC.thunderD.rain
【小题2】
A.applesB.winterC.gamesD.bones
【小题3】
A.clearB.correctC.happyD.surprised
【小题4】
A.1ateB.beautifullyC.1ightlyD.early
【小题5】
A.metB.watchedC.calledD.heard
【小题6】
A.hidingB.findingC.cuttingD.digging
【小题7】
A.determinedB.suitableC.nervousD.encouraged
【小题8】
A.hitB.markedC.coveredD.taken
【小题9】
A.deliciousB.enoughC.1essD.extra
【小题10】
A.teacherB.friendC.animalD.bird

完形填空  阅读短文,从每题所给选项中选出可以入空白处的最佳选项。(15分)

    Last week Lu visited England. He stayed with my grandmother. He said it was a strange visit. “I don’t understand, but I  16  your grandmother a lot. When I arrived, I gave her a   17  from Suzhou. She looked in it and asked me to take it back. Then I saw a red spider(蜘蛛) on the table so I killed it for her and she seemed very   18  . Do English people like spiders?”

    “Later we went shopping. Someone was painting a shop   19  , so there was a ladder. Grandmother  20  me walking under it and said I must walk around it. I liked the shops and bought a smart   21  for my father and some new shoes for myself. When we got back, I put the shoes on the table and opened the umbrella to wonder   22  it was all right. Your grandmother came in and   23  !”

    “Then I broke a small   24  in the bathroom. Your grandmother’s face went white. I felt very sorry. When I left I gave   25  grandmother some flowers. She counted and there were 13. She   26  it. I think she was happy I was going.”

     I   27  to Lu, “My grandmother follows the old customs(习俗). You must not give someone an empty purse   28  they will have no money. You must not kill a “money spider”  or the same will happen. It is very unlucky to walk under a ladder and to put new shoes on the table. A(n)  29  umbrella in a house means someone will die. Breaking a mirror brings seven years’ bad luck, and 13 is   30  a very unlucky number. You were really making my grandmother very afraid. ”

1. A. affected      B. loved            C. frightened      D. encouraged

2. A. pen           B. purse            C. dress           D. handbag

3. A. honest        B. humorous         C. happy           D. unhappy

4. A. back          B. right            C. front           D. left

5. A. stopped       B. kept             C. insisted        D. suggested

6.A. wallet         B. umbrella         C. flower          D. shirt

7. A. why           B. that             C. if              D. where

8. A. laughed       B. screamed         C. clapped         D. cheered

9. A. bowl          B. bottle           C. plate           D. mirror

10.A. my            B. your             C. her             D. our

11.A. didn’t like  B. liked            C. enjoyed         D. smelt

12. A. shouted      B. talked           C. told            D. explained

13. A. but          B. for              C. or              D. so

14. A open          B. closed           C. new             D. old

15. A. hardly       B. never            C. seldom          D. also

 

 

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