Once a great lion was sleeping in a forest (森林). A little mouse happened to come and ran over his face. The lion woke up and caught the little mouse very angrily. He was going to eat her. “Oh, dear kind lion!” said the little mouse. “Please forgive (原谅) me. I didn't mean to do you any harm (伤害). Let me go, I shall pay back your kindness and help you.”
“Ha, ha, ha,” laughed the lion, “How can a little thing like you help a great lion? But I’m not hungry now, you can go.” “Thank you very much, kind lion! I hope I shall be able to help you some day.” said the little mouse.
Some time after this, the lion was caught in a trap. Just then the little mouse came along and heard “help” from the lion. She began to look for the lion and found him, she ran down to the lion, and said, “You were very kind to me once. Now I'll save your life and repay you the kindness which you showed me the other day.” Soon she cut the ropes (绳子) of the trap with her sharp teeth, and the lion was happy to be free again.
“Thank you, little mouse!” said the lion, and then they walked away happily.
【小题1】What was the lion doing before he caught the mouse?

（G=girl W=woman）

G：Life must have been difficult when you were a kid.

W：Oh, not really. 1            .

G：Well, you didn’t have many modern inventions. Like, you probably didn’t have a telephone, right?

W：Of course we did! How old do you think I am?2            .

G：How about cars? I bet cars weren’t invented yet.

W：Sure they were. Cars were invented in 1885. My family had a car. I think you need to take a history class, Alice.

G：Ha, Ha! Well, 3            .

W：No, we didn’t. The TV was invented around 1927, I think. Some friends of mine had one. But in those days, TVs were really expensive, and we couldn’t afford one.

G：And I bet you didn’t have calculators and computers and stuff. 4             We learned in school that hand-held calculators were invented in 1971 and personal computers were invented in 1976.

W：You’re right. 5            . But I do now!

根据所给词的适当形式填空。（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

1. Many birds can live _______________ (comfortable) in Zhalong all year round.

2.Did you have a nice time _____  _(ski) last week ?

3.—Whose are these bags? —They’re those _______________(hero).

4. Suzy ________ (make) a snowman while Kitty was taking some photos.

5._________(wolf) eat smaller animals when they are hungry.

6. Do you know the _________(important) of protecting wild animals.

7. If the temperature ________ (drop) to 0 C, the water will become ice.

8. Thank you for agreeing__________  (let) me go on the trip today.

9. Without the guide’s help, the travelers couldn’t find the way back by           (theirs).

10. Bad weather sometimes causes ___________ disasters. (nature)

完形填空

One night a man came to my house. He said to me, “There is a family with eight 　1　. They have not eaten for days.” After I asked him where the family was, I took some 　2　 with me and left.

When I finally got to that family, I 　3　 those little children were too hungry to say 　4　. I gave the food to the mother. She took half of it, and then 　5　. When she returned, I asked her, “　6　 did you go?” She gave me this simple 　7　, “To my neighbours — they are also 　8　!”

I was not surprised that she gave the food to others, because poor people are always very 　9　. But I was surprised that she gave her 　10　 half the food when her children were still hungry. Usually, when we are in trouble, we always think of ourselves first, and we have no time for others.

1.                A．children        B．workers        C．farmers   D．cooks

2.                A．flowers         B．wine           C．food D．water

3.                A．showed        B．watched        C．looked   D．found

4.                A．a sentence      B．a word         C．it    D．nothing

5.                A．went out        B．came back       C．rushed in D．hurried back

6.                A．When          B．Where         C．How D．Why

7.                A．question        B．decision        C．answer   D．lie

8.                A．ill             B．unhappy        C．tired D．hungry

9.                A．kind           B．sad            C．happy    D．bad

10.               A．people         B．neighbours      C．family D．children