Long ago，in a small village of Wakefield lived two farmers，Harry and Peter．Harry was very hard．working while Peter was  36  ．Every day Harry got up early and came home late，but Peter walked around for fun．

  One summer there was no   37  and the crops(庄稼)were dying．Harry thought，“I must do something to save these crops，or they shall die．”With this  38  in mind，he went out to find a river so that he could dig a canal(沟渠)to his field．He walked on and on, feeling tired and thirsty．After a  39  search，he found a river full of blue water．He was

very happy．He started digging a canal to his field.  40  it was noon his wife sent their daughter to bring Harry home  41  lunch．But Harry did not go．He did not want to

leave his work unfinished．He completed his work  42  at night．He Was very satisfied．

He went home。had a good meal and  43  into a sound sleep．

    Peter did the same．But he was not at all determined(有决心的)．He also  44  digging a

 canal to his field but he didn’t have his work completed．His field did not get  45  water

 and all his crops died．

  Harry’s field would be watered when needed．He had a good harvest because of his hard work．

1.A．cruel     B．1azy        C．careless      D．silly

2.A．rain      B．wind        C．cloud        D．river

3.A．feeling    B．dream      C．problem      D．thought

4.A．quick     B．long        C．slow        D．special

5.A．Whether  B．Although    C．When        D．Unless

6.A．for       B．to          C．with         D．at

7.A．early     B．far          C．1ate         D．deep

8.A．fell      B．1ooked      C．turned       D．walked

9.A．stopped  B．1oved        C：forgot       D．started

10.A．clean    B．enough       C．1ittle        D．fresh

Dogs are people's friends. They will do anything their owners ask them to do and they do their duty very well.
Curly is my black dog. He is big and strong. He is strong enough to carry me on his
  1   . He likes running and playing with me. He likes to      2  .my father around in the fields, too.
One day my father took off his coat, put it on the ground    3  a big tree and said to Curly, “    4  my coat.”
Curly sat down on the coat. Then my father remembered he had to    5  dinner for the family.    6  he went home and forgot all about his coat and dog
Late in the evening I    7  my dog and looked for him everywhere in the yard. I called, "Curly, Curly!" But Curly did not answer.
Soon my father wanted something in his coat pocket(口袋). Suddenly he remembered
   8    he had done. Quickly he went back to the big tree. What do you think he saw? Curly was   9  sitting on the coat! He was afraid someone would take it    10 .

Tom has a strong and faithful dog, Bruce. The dog likes playing with Tom. Sometimes he also follows Tom’s father to work.

  One morning when Tom’s father worked in the field, he took off his coat and put it on the ground under a big tree. He turned to the dog and said,“Watch my coat, Bruce!”

  Bruce sat down on the coat. Later Tom’s father remembered he had to buy some food. So he hurried to the shop. After shopping, he went home directly and forgot all about his coat and the dog.

    Late in the evening Tom looked for his dog everywhere in the house, but he couldn’t find him. At this time Tom’s father suddenly remembered his coat and the dog. He went back to the tree at once. He found that Bruce was still sitting on the coat!

    根据短文内容判断正误,正确的在答题卡上涂A,错误的在答题卡上涂B。（5小题，每小题1分，共5分）

1.Bruce likes playing with Tom.

2.One morning, Tom’s father went to work in a factory with the dog.

3.Tome’s father went home with the dog after shopping.

4. Bruce watched the coat from morning to evening that day.

5.Bruce was angry with Tom’s father.

Dogs are people's friends. They will do anything their owners ask them to do and they do their duty very well.

Curly is my black dog. He is big and strong. He is strong enough to carry me on his

  1   . He likes running and playing with me. He likes to      2  .my father around in the fields, too.

One day my father took off his coat, put it on the ground    3  a big tree and said to Curly, “    4  my coat.”

Curly sat down on the coat. Then my father remembered he had to    5  dinner for the family.    6  he went home and forgot all about his coat and dog

Late in the evening I    7  my dog and looked for him everywhere in the yard. I called, "Curly, Curly!" But Curly did not answer.

Soon my father wanted something in his coat pocket(口袋). Suddenly he remembered

   8    he had done. Quickly he went back to the big tree. What do you think he saw? Curly was   9  sitting on the coat! He was afraid someone would take it    10 .

1.                A．hand           B．back           C．foot D．leg

2.                A．follow          B．put            C．go   D．run

3.                A．for            B．under          C．to   D．from

4.                A．Look           B．Listen          C．Watch    D．Hear

5.                A．fix             B．discover        C．cook D．tell

6.                A．Because        B．So             C．Though   D．Or

7.                A．hoped         B．rode           C．missed   D．saw

8.                A．that           B．what           C．if    D．who

9.                A．always         B．often           C．still  D．usually

10.               A．away          B．in             C．down D．for

In 1608 an Englishman called Thomas travelled in Italy. He liked the country and   2  down everything interesting. But he found one thing    1  interesting than others. In his diary Thomas wrote, “   3  Italians eat meat, they use small forks. They don’t eat with hands because, as they say, people don’t always have    4   hands.” Before he went home, Thomas bought a few   5  . One day he invited his friends to dinner at home. He took out a fork and wanted to   6  the steak(牛排) as Italians did. His friends were very   7  . Thomas told them what the fork was. But they all thought the fork was not easy to use at all. Thomas tried to prove that his friends were 8  . But the first    9   he took with the fork fell onto the floor. His friends began to    10   at him and he had to take the forks away. Fifty years later, people in England began to use forks.