Yesterday I called them. Tom didn’t answer me and Mike didn’t______.

A. either B. too C. also D. as well

Don’t point _____ others with your hand. It’s not polite.

A. at B. to C. in D. for

—Who shouted outside the room just now?

—Bob ______.

A. is B. does C. do D. did

When the man heard the news, he ____ to his house.

A. hurried going B. hurries going C. hurried to go D. hurries to go

There is a book on the ground. Please _____.

A. pick up them B. pick them up C. pick it up D. pick up it

A group of frogs were travelling through the forest, but unluckily two _____ them fell into a hole. The other frogs tried to help them. When they saw how _____ the hole was, they cried to the two frogs that they could not be saved. The two frogs didn’t care and tried their best to jump up out of the hole. The other frogs ______ saying that they were sure to die. _____ , one of the two frogs heard what the other frogs were saying and ____ . Then he fell down and died.

However, the other frog ______ to jump as hard as he could. At last, he made it out. When he ____ , the other frogs asked, “Didn’t you hear us?” The frog, who had a poor _____, explained, “I thought you were encouraging me all the time.”

The story teaches us a _____ : There is power of life and death in the tongue. An _____ word to those who are down can help them out while a discouraging (使人沮丧的) word can kill them.

1.A. in B. of C. for D. at

2.A. deep B. small C. big D. wide

3.A. kept B. finished C. practiced D. stopped

4.A. Luckily B. Finally C. Suddenly D. Happily

5.A. went on B. kept away C. jumped out D. gave up

6.A. happened B. continued C. planned D. wanted

7.A. got out B. ran away C. got off D. woke up

8.A. smelling B. eyesight C. hearing D. looking

9.A. way B. skill C. sentence D. lesson

10.A. interesting B. exciting C. excellent D. encouraging

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was an Austrian composer and pianist. Many people think he was one of the best composers(作曲家) of music of all time.

Mozart was born in Austria in 1756. He was educated by his father, a very good violinist. His father started to give him piano lessons when he was 4 years old. When he was 6, he went on his first musical tour of Europe. Mozart also wrote music. When he was only 5 years old, he started to compose music. At the age of 8, he composed his first real song. He grew up to write some of his most beautiful music ever heard. However，he died when he was only 35 years old.

1.What was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart?

A composer. B. A dancer C. A doctor D. A teacher

2.As he grew up, Mozart _______.

A. wrote some beautiful stories B. wrote some beautiful music

C. made some beautiful pianos D. made some beautiful violins

3.It seems that the writer ________.

A. didn't like Mozart’s music at all

B. liked Mozart’s music very much

C. thought Mozart could die earlier

D. wished Mozart could live longer

There was once a young mouse that lived in a hole in a wall. One day, the young mouse woke up from his sleep and looked out of the hole. As he looked out, a fantastic smell came to his nose. “Cheese!” the mouse said happily to himself. “I’ll go and get it now and have it for breakfast.”

But then he remembered his parents’ words. His parents were very clever mice and often said to their son, “Always wait before you go for a piece of cheese.”

So the young mouse waited quietly. Then he heard a quiet “Miaow” and he knew the cat was there. He stayed in the hole and said to himself, “I’m glad I listened to my parents and learned to wait.”

The next day, he looked out again. He put his nose out of the hole, and the fantastic smell of cheese came to his nose again. He could see the cheese. It was only a few centimeters away. But he sat still and waited quietly. This time he did not hear any noises of a cat. Instead he heard a very quiet “Woof”.

“It’s a dog!” he thought. “If the dog is there, the cat won’t be there. I expect the dog has chased the cat away, so I’m safe.” The mouse ran out of the hole and started eating the cheese. He did not see the cat. The cat caught him and ate him.

When the cat finished her meal, she said to herself, “I’m glad I listened to my parents and learned a second language.”

1.How did the young mouse know the cat was there?

A. He heard the cat. B. He saw the cat.

C. He smelt the cat. D. He touched the cat.

2.What was the cat’s meal?

A. The mouse’s parents. B. The cheese. C. The young mouse. D. The fish.

3.Which of the following sentences is not true according to the passage?

A. The young mouse lived in a hole in a wall.

B. The next day the mouse didn’t hear any noises of a cat.

C. The cat pretended to be a dog by making the noise “Woof”.

D. The mouse’s parents told their daughter to wait before going for a piece of cheese.

One day a king went to a far away place in his country. When he came back, his feet hurt a lot. “There are too many small stones on the roads. They hurt my feet. You should cover (覆盖) every road with leather (皮革),” he told his men. Of course, it would cost a lot of money. One of his men was very smart. He told the king, “Why not cut a little piece of leather to cover your feet?” The king was surprised. He agreed to the man’s idea. He asked his men to make a pair of leather shoes for him.

Maybe this is not the beginning of leather shoes. But it teaches us a lesson of life: if you want to make this world a happy place to live in, the best way is to change yourself, not the world.

1.What happened to the king after his trip?

A. He lost his feet. B. His feet hurt.

C. His shoes were broken. D. He lost many stones.

2.What did the king want his men to do at first?

A. Cover all the roads with leather.

B. Cover all the roads with stones.

C. Make a pair of leather shoes for him.

D. Buy him lots of new shoes.

3.The king’s idea was ______.

A. cheap B. boring C. expensive D. exciting

4.What did the king do at last?

A. Ask his men to take away all the stones on the roads.

B. Ask his men to kill cows to get enough leather.

C. Ask his men to make a pair of leather shoes for him.

D. Stop travelling around the country.

5.What’s the purpose (目的) of the last paragraph?

A. To show the moral (寓意) of the story.

B. To explain the use of leather shoes.

C. To introduce ways to be happy.

D. To tell the beginning of leather shoes.

One day a farmer’s donkey fell into an unwanted well. The animal cried for hours as the farmer tried to find out what to do. Finally, he decided it just wasn’t worth saving because the animal was too old and the well needed to be covered up anyway.

He invited all his neighbors to come over and help him. They each held a shovel(铁铲) and began to shovel dirt(泥土) into the well. At first the donkey cried loudly when he realized what was happening. Then, a few shovel-fulls later, he quieted down completely. The farmer looked down into the well, and was greatly surprised by what he saw. With every shovel –full of dirt that hit his back, the donkey would shake it off and take a step up on the new layer of dirt.

As the farmer’s neighbors continued to shovel dirt on top of the animal, he would shake it off and take a step up. Pretty soon, to the great surprise of everyone, the donkey stepped up over the edge of the well and walked off fast.

Life is going to shovel dirt on you, all kinds of dirt. The good way of getting out of the well is to stop crying, and not to let the dirt bury(埋葬) you, but to shake it off and take a step up. Each one of our troubles is a stepping-stone. We can get out of the deepest(最深的) wells just by not stopping, never giving up! Shake it off and take a step up.

1.From the underlined sentence, we may know the farmer decide to____ the donkey.

A. bury B. save C. look for

2.After the farmer looked down into the well, he felt ____.

A. terrible B. shocked C. angry

3.The correct order of the following is _____.

a. The donkey at first cried loudly when he realized what was happening.

b. The farmer’s neighbors continued to shovel dirt on top of the animal.

c. The donkey stepped up over the edge of the well and walked off fast.

d .The farmer and his neighbors began to shovel the dirt into the well.

A. d, a, b, c B. d, b, a, c C. a, d, b, c

4.The best title for the passage would be ____.

A. An Unlucky Donkey

B. Never Stopping , Never Giving Up

C. A Crazy Farmer And His Neighbors