A group of swans flew down to a beach where a crow (乌鸦) was jumping around. The crow watched them with disdain (笔试).
“You have no flying skills at all!” he said to the swans. “All you can do is to move your wings. Can you turn over in the air? No, that’s beyond you. Let’s have a flying competition. I’ll show you what real flying is!”
One of the swans, a strong young male, took up the challenge (挑战). The crow flew up and began to show his skills. He flew in circles, performed other flying tricks, and then came down and looked proudly at the swan.
Now it was the swan’s turn. He flew up, and began flying over the sea. The crow flew after him, making all kinds of comments (评价) about his flying. They flew on and on till they couldn’t see the land and there was nothing but water on all sides. The crow was making fewer and fewer comments. He was now so exhausted that he found it hard to stay in the air, and had to struggle to keep himself from falling into the water.
The swan pretended (假装) not to notice, and said, “Why do you keep touching the water, brother? Is that another trick? “
“No,” said the crow. He knew he had lost the competition. “I’m in trouble because of my pride (自大) ! If you don’t help me, I’ll lose my life...”
The swan took pity on him, and took him on his shoulders and flew back to the beach.
【小题1】What’s the correct order of the following events?
a. The crow followed the swan and got into trouble.
b. The swan felt pity for the crow and saved it.
c. The crow had to ask the swan for help.
d. The swan accepted a challenge of performing flying tricks.
A.a, d, b, cB.a, b, d, cC.d, a, c, bD.d, c, a, b
【小题2】What does the underlined word “exhausted” in Paragraph 4 mean?
A.Tired.B.Bored.C.Nervous.D.Frightened.
【小题3】What do we learn from the passage?
A.Practice makes perfect.B.The early bird catches the worm.
C.No pains, no gains.D.Pride goes before a fall.

Jim, a successful businessman, told the experience of his childhood. When he was 12, his parents died. He was alone and didn't get on well with others. People always laughed at him. No one showed kindness to him. His only friend was a dog named Tige. He gave his dog enough to eat and drink, but sometimes he was not polite to it. He didn't know that an unkind word sometimes could cut one's heart like a knife.

One day as he walked down the street, a young lady was walking in front of him. Suddenly one of her bags dropped from her arms. As she stopped to pick it up, she dropped other bags. He came to help her. “Thank you, dear! You are a nice little boy!” she said kindly, smiling.

A special feeling came to him. These were the first kind words he had ever heard. He watched her until she went far away, and then he whistled (吹口哨) to his dog and went directly to the river nearby.

“Thank you, dear! You are a nice little boy” he repeated the woman's words. Then in a low voice he said to his dog, “You are a nice little dog!” Tige raised its ears as if it understood.

“Unum! Even a dog likes it!” he said. “Well, Tige, I won't say unkind words to you any more.” Tige waved its tail happily.

The boy thought and thought. Finally he looked at himself in the river. He saw nothing but a dirty boy. He washed his face carefully. Again he looked. He saw a clean nice boy. He was amazed. From then on, he had a new life.

After telling this, the businessman stopped for a while, and then he said, “Ladies and gentlemen, this is the very place where that kind woman planted in me the first seed (种子) of kindness. All of us should learn about kindness. What a great power it has!"

1.The boy repeated the words “Thank you, dear! You are a nice little boy!” because______

A. he was thinking about the words   

B. he didn't understand the words

C. he wanted to talk to his dog   

D. he liked talking to himself

2.What made the boy start his new life?

A. The people laughing at him.   

B. The kind words spoken to him.

C. The hard life.           

D. His lovely dog.

3.He was feeling __-__when he whistled to his dog.

A. funny  B. sad   C. lonely   D. excited

4.Which of the following is Right according to the passage?

A. He never took goog care of his friend ,Tige.

B.H usually had many friends around him.

C. He helped a young lady when her bag dropped.

D. He often washed his dirty face in lake.

5.What’s the best tile (题目)of this passage?

A.A Dog and a Boy     B. A poor Boy’s Childhood

C. A businessman and a Boy   D. The Power of Kindness

 

Jim, a successful businessman, told the experience of his childhood.

When he was 12, his parents       . He was alone and didn’t get on well with others. People always laughed        him. No one showed kindness (友善) to him. His only friend was a dog named Tige.

One day as he walked down the street, a young lady was walking in front of him. Suddenly one of her bags dropped from her arms. As she stopped       , she dropped other bags. He came to help her.“Thank you, dear! You are a nice little boy!”She said kindly, smiling.

A special feeling came to him. These were        kind words he had ever heard. He watched her        she went far away, and he whistled(吹口哨)to his dog and went directly to the river nearby.

“Thank you, dear! You are a nice little boy!”he repeated the woman’s words. Then in a low        he said to his dog,“You are a nice little dog!”Tige raised        ears as if(似乎)it understood.

“Uh! Even a dog likes it!”he said,“Well, Tige, I won’t say unkind words to you any more.”Tige waved its tail happily.

The boy thought and thought. Finally he looked at himself in the river. He saw        but a dirty boy. He washed his face       . Again he looked. He saw a clean nice boy. He was amazed (震惊). From then on, he had a new life.

After telling this, the businessman stopped for a while, and then he said,“Ladies and gentlemen, this is the place where that kind woman planted in me the first seed (种子) of kindness. All of us should learn about kindness.        a great power it has!” If you show kindness to others, you will be an able man.

1.A.dead                           B. die                             C.died

2.A.at                                      B.to                                    C.of

3.A.picking it up               B to pick it up     C.to pick up it    

4.A.the first                      B.first                            C. the first time

5.A.until                            B.before                            C.when

6.A.sound                     B.noise                    C..voice

7.A.it                                       B.it’s                             C. its

8.A.something                  B.nothing                           C. somebody

9.A.carefully                     B.careful                            C.careless

10.A.What                   B.How                             C.It

 

One day a poor farmer was taking a bag of wheat to town. Suddenly the bag ___ from his horse onto the road. He did not know ____ to do about it because it was ____ heavy for him to lift by himself. He only hoped that someone would soon pass by and_____ him a hand. Just at this moment a man _____ a horse came up to him. But the farmer’s heart ____ when he saw who he was. It was the ___ man living nearby. The farmer had hoped to ask another farmer or a poor man like him to come along and help him. He couldn’t ask such a great man to help him. But to his ____ , the great man got off his horse as soon as he came nearer. He said to the farmer, “I see you_____ help, friend. How good it is that I’m here just at the right time.” Then he took one end of the bag, the farmer took the other end, they together raised it and put it on the horse. “Sir,” asked the farmer, “how can I pay you?” “It’s quite easy.” The great man replied with _____ .“Wherever you see anyone else in trouble, do the same for him.” 

1.A. fall         B. fell          C. falling          D. fallen

2.A. what        B. how         C. that            D. it

3.A. very         B. so          C. quite           D. too

4.A. lend         B. ask         C. borrow         D. gave

5.A. riding       B. ride         C. rode           D. rides

6.A. falls         B. sinks        C. sank           D. rose

7.A. poor        B. great        C. right           D. good

8.A. surprised    B. surprising    C. surprise        D. surprises

9.A. needs       B. need         C. to need.        D. needed

10.A. smiles      B. an smile      C. smile           D. a smile

 

完形填空(共15小题,每小题1分,计15分)

阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。

Denny Crook was a famous photographer. He traveled all over the world, taking pictures for magazines and newspapers, and won many prizes.

“I’ll do ___1___ to get a good photo,” he often said. “I’ll go anywhere at any time, even if it is dangerous.”And he told the truth. He had photos of earthquakes, forest fires, floods and even wars. If something interesting happened, Denny went to   2  it.

His wife often asked him to take her with him, but he always  3  .” I’ll travel for my work, not for   4 ,” he told her, “You won’t enjoy yourself, and I won’t have   5   to look after you. Sometimes there’s not even anywhere to   6  , and I have to sleep outside. I often don’t have a good   7  or a bath for days. You won’t like it.”

“Denny, I’m not a child,” his wife didn’t   8  , “I can look after myself. Please take me with you the next time you go overseas.”

Denny did not say anything, but he   9  about it, and when he was asked to go to Africa he said to his wife, “You can come to Africa with me if you want to. I’ll go to take photos of wild   10  there. It should be interesting and not too uncomfortable.” His wife was very   11  .

When they got to Africa, the first day she had a very enjoyable time. The next day Denny went   12   to find some lions to photo. His wife went with him, but soon they became separated (分开). She walked down one path while he walked down the other.

Suddenly, Denny heard her   13  . He ran back and saw her running toward him. A huge lion was chasing her.

Quickly Denny took his camera out of its case and   14   it at his wife and the lion. Then he shouted, “   15  , woman! I can’t get you both in the picture!”

1.                A.anything        B.nothing         C.something D.none

 

2.                A.advise          B.read           C.write D.photo

 

3.                A.allowed         B.refused         C.failed D.joked

 

4.                A.wealth         B.prize           C.pleasure D.luck

 

5.                A.money         B.time           C.interest   D.ability

 

6.                A.meet          B.work           C.shop D.stay

 

7.                A.meal           B.picnic          C.room D.party

 

8.                A.agree          B.understand      C.reply D.complain

 

9.                A.worried        B.forgot          C.asked    D.thought

 

10.               A.land           B.flowers         C.animals    D.people

 

11.               A.confused       B.excited         C.surprised  D.disappointed

 

12.               A.out            B.in             C.back  D.up

 

13.               A.singing         B.crying          C.laughing   D.cheering

 

14.               A.threw          B.fired           C.showed   D.pointed

 

15.               A.Hurry up       B.Look out        C.Slow down D.Go ahead

 

 

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