If you are tired and do not win,

Never stop, for crying;

All that’s great and good is done

Just by patient trying.

Though young birds, in flying, fall,

Still their wings grow stronger;

And the next time they can keep

Up a little longer.

Though the strong oak（橡树）knows

Many a blast that lowed her,

She rises again, and grows

Loftier and prouder.

If by easy work you beat,

Who the more will prize you?

Getting victory from failure ——

That’s the test that tries you!

1.How many examples does the writer give us?

A.one B.two C.three D.four

2.A bird needs _________ if it wants to be stronger.

A.trees B.laughter C.falls D.flowers

3.The underlined word “blast” here may refer to _________.

A.a strong wind B.a kind of tree C.a type of heavy rain D.a kind of fruit

4.What’s the best title of this poem?

A.A bird is growing B.Birds and trees

C.Learn to prize yourself D.Don’t give up

A group of swans flew down to a beach where a crow(乌鸦) was jumping around. The crow watched them with disdain(鄙视).

“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. 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 tired 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! If you don’t help me, I’ll lose my life…”

The swan took pity on him, and took him on his shoulder and flew back to the beach.

1.What’s the correct order of the following events?

a. The crow showed off its flying skills.

b. The swan felt pity for the crow and saved it.

c. The crow laughed at the swan’s flying.

d. The crow followed the swan and got into trouble.

e. The crow challenged the swans and a strong young swan accepted it.

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

2.Why did the crow keep touching the water?

A.It was showing another flying skill.

B.It was struggling to keep itself from falling into the water.

C.It was thirsty and wanted to drink some water.

D.It was enjoying itself by doing so.

3.What can we infer(推断) from the passage?

A.The crow didn’t know flying.

B.Flying skills were useless.

C.The swan saved the crow because they were good friends.

D.The swan was better at long-distance flying than the crow.

用括号中所给单词的正确形式填空，使短文内容完整、正确。

A few years ago, my father 1. (buy) a parrot. It has black feathers and can learn 2.(say) any words it is taught. Every morning, it 3. (greet) my parents warmly. This brings the great 4.(happy) to my parents. My parents live in the countryside. They have three sons—my two brothers and me. However, all of us are in different cities. For my parents, the happiest time of the year is the 5.(year) gathering at the Spring Festival. For 6. (much) of the year, my parents only speak to each other, they feel a bit lonely sometimes. With the parrot at home, they feel much 7. (good). The parrot is like their fourth son. It usually 8. (stay) in a cage, sometimes my parents let it fly out of the cage, but it always returns to the cage 9.(it). In the daytime, it talks a lot and talks loudly. But at night when my parents fall 10. (sleep), it always keeps quiet.

根据短文内容及首字母提示，写出所缺单词，使短文内容完整、正确。

Yancheng National Nature Reserve in Jiangsu was set up in 1983. More than three million wild birds live there all year r1.. People can visit the wetland any time, but they mustn’t fish or hunt there. S2. , some people killed wild animals in both Yancheng and other nature reserves in the past years. Once, five young men wanted to kill wild ducks with poisonous(有毒的) food and s3. them for money. The police caught two of them when they came back days later t4. pick up the dead ducks. Soon people took away all the poisonous food from the reserve. Ten people stayed at that place and s5. birds from getting there. However, at last, the poisonous food killed about 200 wild ducks.

When I was very young, I did not like to do things with my own hands. I did not need to learn to do anything. My parents were always there to do everything for me. They got the meals ready for me, washed the clothes for me, made the bed for me, and even took off the shoes for me.

After I was old enough to go to school, I often had to do some homework after I came back home from school. At first, I was very lazy and did not want to do any homework, so I still wanted my parents to do it for me. My dad said that he could do the homework for me, but my mum asked him not to take this crazy idea into his mind. She said to my dad, “If you do not let your son learn to do his own homework, he will never learn to do anything!” So my dad had to ask me to do the homework myself. However, he said that he would help me by checking my homework for me. In this way, I began to learn to do my homework all by myself. To my parents’ great surprise, I did most of the homework very well! My parents were so glad that they both held me in their arms and said, “You are really great!”

Hearing these words, I was very excited. I was so excited that I decided to learn to do more things by myself. I can help my parents do some housework. I am really glad that I can do so many things myself.

1.Who washed the clothes for the writer when he was young?

2.What did the writer have to do after he went to school?

3.How did the writer’s father help him with the homework?

4.Did the writer do his homework well?

5.What did the writer plan to do?

连词成句

1.there, how many, of, cranes, types, in, are, world, the

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2.the, many, were, people, at, bus stop, waiting

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3.we, walk , do , but, could , slowly , nothing

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4.forget, food, to, they, the, where, find

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5.it , really, made, metal, is , and , of, tall.

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野生生物保护俱乐部(Wildlife Protection Club)将招募新成员，假设你是Betty，请根据下表所给的信息提示，用英语写一封推荐信，推荐你的好友Simon加入该组织。

注意：1. 表达中必须包含所给要点，可以适当发挥，不要简单翻译；

2. 词数80左右，开头、结尾已经给出，不计入总词数。

Dear Chairperson,

I would like to recommend my friend Simon to join Wildlife Protection Club.

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I am looking forward to hearing from you soon!

Yours sincerely,

Betty

Mary is good at English._________studies English by watching English movies.

A.She B.He C.They D.We

Chinese people always admire the full moon_________the Mid-Autumn night.

A.in B.at C.on D.for

The Spring Festival_________the Dragon Boat Festival are both traditional Chinese festival.

A.but B.and C.or D.so