题目内容
One day, a farmer was walking ______ a road with his son Thomas. The father said, “Look! There’s a horseshoe. Pick it up and put it ______.” Thomas said, “It ______.” His father said ________ but he picked it up himself. When they got to a nearby town, they had a rest. There the farmer sold the horseshoe and ______ the few pennies he bought some cherries.
The father and the son continued their way. ______ was well up in the sky, and there wasn’t a house or even a tree where they could have a rest. Thomas felt too _______ to walk on.________,his father dropped a cherry on the ground and Thomas picked it up ______ and ate it. After a while, his father dropped _______ and once again, his son lost no time in picking it up and putting it in his mouth.
And so they _______. The old farmer dropped the cherries and the son picked them up. When Thomas had eaten the cherries up, his father said to him, “My dear son, if you has bent(弯腰) down ______ to pick up that horseshoe, it wasn’t _______ for you to bend so many times for the cherries. Always remember the lesson that he who does not _______ the little things will find that he cannot do the _______ things.”
1.A. through B. along C. straight D. across
2.A. in the rubbish bin B. under the tree C. in your bag D. on your back
3.A. is worth little B. is valuable C. costs much D. is useful
4.A. something B. everything C. anything D. nothing
5.A. used B. with C. took D. in
6.A. the moon B. the clouds C. the sun D. the earth
7.A. thirsty B. tired C. happy D. sad
8.A. At this time B. At first C. Finally D. In the beginning
9.A. slowly B. quickly C. carefully D. suddenly
10.A. some cherries B. all the cherries C. another cherry D. a lot of cherries
11.A. stopped B. sat C. smiled D. went on
12.A. early B. late C. hurriedly D. happily
13.A. necessary B. important C. useful D. lucky
14.A. talk about B. look about C. think about D. complain about
15.A. small B. great C. large D. interesting
Can dolphins talk? Maybe they can’t talk with words, but they talk with sounds. They show their feelings with sounds.
Dolphins travel in a group. We call a group of fish a “school.” They don’ t study, but they travel together. Dolphins are mammals, not fish, but they swim together in a school.
Dolphins talk to the other dolphins in the school. They give messages. They tell when they are happy or sad or afraid. They say “Welcome” when a dolphin comes back to the school. They talk when they play.
They make a few sounds above water. They make many more sounds under water, People cannot hear these sounds because they are very, very high. Scientists make tapes of the sounds and study them.
Sometimes people catch a dolphin for a large aquarium(水族馆). People can watch the dolphins in a show. Dolphins don’t like to be away from their school in an aquarium. They are sad and lonely.
There are many stories about dolphins. They help people. Sometimes they save somebody’s life. Dolphin meat is good, but people don’t like to kill them. They say that dolphins bring good luck. Many people believe in this.
Dolphins
How dolphins talk | They don’t talk with words, but1.. |
How dolphins live | They travel and 2. in a group. |
How dolphins communicate | They can give messages. They tell others about their 3.. They talk when 4.. Many of their sounds can’t be 5. because they are very, very high.6. make tapes of the sounds and study them. |
Dolphins and humans | Sometimes people raise them in an aquarium so that other people can watch the 7. shows. But the dolphins feel sad and 8.. People don’t like to kill them because they keep people9.. And many people 10. this. |