In the United States there was an unusual story telling of the daughter of a mechanic (^H) . One day while walking along the bank of a lake,the girl 1 to see 20  eggs laid by a wild goose. After some time the girl 2 the mother would not return to her eggs and she 3 to take them home. There she carefully 4 the eggs in the heat of a lamp. Several days 5 the eggs broke and the baby geese came into the 6 .

    Geese are known to take the first living thing they see as their mother. 7,to these young geese,the girl was their mother.

    As they 8 , the girl was able to 9 her birds to run across the grass,but she could not teach them to 10 . The girl became increasingly worried about this,both when 11 and in her dreams. Later,she had an 12 :she would pilot a plane to guide them in 13 . She asked her father for a plane and he assembled (组装) a small aircraft for her.

Caring about 14 safety,the father decided to pilot the plane himself. However,the birds did not 15 or follow him,and 16 slept in the grass.

     One day,the girl 17 into the plane,started it and soon left the 18 . Seeing their mother take to the air,the birds 19 flapped (拍打) their wings and 20 . She flew the plane freely in the sky,her young birds following.

1. A. managed   B. attempted

   C. happened   D. supposed

2. A. realised   B. expected

   C. imagined   D. admitted

3. A. helped   B. decided

   C. afforded   D. meant

4. A. placed   B. protected

   C. treated   D. examined

5. A. ago   B. out

   C. later   D. long

6. A. family   B. lake

   C. home   D. world

7. A. But   B. Also

   C. Thus   D. Still

8. A. increased   B. improved

   C. rose   D. grew

9. A. ask   B. lead

   C. want   D. allow

10. A. fly   B. race

   C. swim   D. sing

11. A. asleep   B. away

   C. around   D. awake

12. A. idea   B. opinion

   C. explanation   D. excuse

13. A. sky   B. space

   C. flight   D. plane

14. A. his   B. her

   C. their   D. its

15. A. respect   B. remember

   C. recognise   D. receive

16. A. so   B. instead

   C. hardly   D. too

17. A. climbed   B. looked

   C. reached   D. fell

18. A. house   B. floor

   C. water   D. ground

19. A. secretly   B. disappointedly

   C. patiently   D. eagerly

20. A. looked away   B. set out

   C. went by   D. turned back

V.完形填空

    The survey about childhood in the Third World shows that the struggle for survival is long and hard. But in the rich world,children can 1 from a different kind of poverty—of the spirit. 2,one Western country alone now sees 14 ,000 attempted suicides (自杀 ) every year by children under 15 ,and one child 3 five needs psychiatric advice.

     There are many good things about 4 in the Third World. Take the close and constant relation between children and their parents,relatives and neighbours for example. In the West,the very nature of work puts distance between 5 and children. But in most Third World villages Mother and Father do not go miles away each day to work in offices. 6,the child sees Mother and Father,relations and neighbours working 7 and often shares in that work.

      A child 8 in this way leams his or her role through joining in the community's 9 :helping to dig or build,look after animals or babies一rather than 10 playing with water and sand in the kindergarten,keeping pets 11 playing with dolls.

     These children may grow up with a less oppressive sense of space and time than the 12 children. Their sense of days and time has a lot to do with the change of seasons and positions of the sun or the moon in the sky. Children in the rich world,13 , are provided with a watch as one of the 14 signs of growing up,so that they can 15 along with their parents about being late for school times,meal times,bed times,the times of TV shows …

Children in the Third World do not usually 16 to stay indoors,still less in high-rise apartments (公寓) . Instead of dangerous roads, “keep off the grass” signs and “don't speak to strangers”’there is often a sense of 17 to study and play. Parents can see their children outside rather than observe them 18 from ten floors up.

19 , twelve million children under five still die every year through hunger and disease. But childhood in the Third World is not all 20 .

1. A. come   B. learn   C. suffer   D. survive

2. A. As usual   B. For instance

   C. In fact   D. In other words

3. A. by   B. in   C. to   D. under

4. A. childhood   B. poverty

   C. spirit   D. survival

5. A. adults   B. fathers

   C. neighbours   D. relatives

6. A. Anyhow   B. However

   C. Instead   D. Still

7. A. away   B. alone

   C. along   D. nearby

8. A. growing up   B. living through

   C. playing   D. working

9. A. activity   B. life

   C. study   D. work

10. A. by   B. from

   C. through   D. with

11. A. and   B. but   C. or   D. so

12. A. Eastern   B. good   C. poor   D. Western

13. A. at any moment   B. at the same time   C. on the other hand   D. on the whole

14. A. easiest         B. earliest

  C. happiest   D. quickest

15. A. care   B. fear   C. hurry   D. worry

16. A. dare   B. expect   C. have   D. require

17. A. control   B. danger

  C. disappointment   D. freedom

18. A. anxiously   B. eagerly

   C. impatiently   D. proudly

19. A. Above all   B. In the end

   C. Of course   D. What's more 

20. A. bad   B. good   C. rich   D. poor


   Being organised is an important skill for school and life. When you’re well organised,you can stay focused,instead of spending time hunting things down.

1 For schoolwork,it means having one notebook or place where you store all your assignments,so you know what you have to do and when. Keeping la-beled folders (贴有标签的文件夹) for handouts (课堂讲讲义) and keeping all your schoolwork neat and in a specific place一these are the main parts of organisation.

      For home stuff,being organised means having a place to put your things and putting them back as you go. 2 It means keeping your schoolbag,your shoes and your clean underwear in the same places so you always know where to find them.

     Planning is part of being organised,too. 3 Calendars,lists and schedules can help you plan. You can buy or draw a calendar and keep it near your workplace. Making a schedule or “to-do” list for yourself is a good idea. Looking at your list helps you keep track of what you need to do. 4 Check off things when you’ve done them. Using your list to help you decide which thing is the most important to work on first. 5 But once you’re organised,it feels great. The less time you spend hunting around for things or panicking about homework,the more time you have for better things,like reading a good book or playing.

   A. Planning means deciding what you will do and when you will do.

   B. First,you should get your schoolwork organised.

   C. Add new things as you get assignments.

   D. You will benefit a lot from a good habit.

   E. What does it mean to be organised?

   F. It takes some extra efforts to organise yourself and your stuff.

   G. It means hanging your coat up instead of dropping it on the floor or throwing it on a chair.

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