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 exhausted 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 shoulders 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.What does the underlined word “exhausted” in Paragraph 4 mean?

A. Tired.                     B. Angry.            C. Frightened.          D. Regretful.

3.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.

4.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.

5.What does the story tell us?

A. No pains, no gains.                            B. The early bird catches the worm.

C. Pride goes before a fall.                  D. Practice makes perfect.

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 exhausted 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 shoulders and flew back to the beach

1. 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

   1. A.
      e, c, d, a, b
   2. B.
      a, e, c, d, b
   3. C.
      c, e, a, d, b
   4. D.
      e, a, d, c, b
2. 2.

   What does the underlined word “exhausted” in Paragraph 4 mean?

   1. A.
      Tired
   2. B.
      Angry
   3. C.
      Frightened
   4. D.
      Regretful
3. 3.

   Why did the crow keep touching the water?

   1. A.
      It was showing another flying skill
   2. B.
      It was struggling to keep itself from falling into the water
   3. C.
      It was thirsty and wanted to drink some water
   4. D.
      It was enjoying itself by doing so
4. 4.

   What can we infer(推断) from the passage?

   1. A.
      The crow didn’t know flying
   2. B.
      Flying skills were useless
   3. C.
      The swan saved the crow because they were good friends
   4. D.
      The swan was better at long-distance flying than the crow
5. 5.

   What does the story tell us?

   1. A.
      No pains, no gains
   2. B.
      The early bird catches the worm
   3. C.
      Pride goes before a fall
   4. D.
      Practice makes perfect

A man was walking along the street when he saw a woman struggle（奋力）with a large box. It was half in and half 61 of her car. He was a helpful man, so he went up to the woman and said, “Let me give you a hand with that box. It looks very 　62 .” “That’s very kind of you,” the woman said. “I’m having a lot of 63 with it. I think it’s stuck（卡住）.” “Together we’ll soon move it,” the man said. He 64_ into the back seat of the car and took hold of the other end of the box. He said, “I’m ready.” And he began to_ 65 hard. For several minutes the man and the woman struggled with the box. Soon they were 66 in the face. “Let’s rest for a minute,” the man said. “I’m sorry, but it 67 stuck.” A few minutes later, the man said, “Let’s try again. Are you ready?” 68 of them took hold of the box again. “One, two, three!” the man said, and they went on with their struggle.

At last, when they were very tired, the man said, “You are 69 . It really is stuck. I don’t think there’s any way we can get it out of the car.” “Get it out of the car!” The woman cried. “I’m trying to get it 70 !”

( 　 ) 61. A. in 　　　　　 　　 B. out 　　　　 　　C. on 　　　　　　　　　 D. off

( 　 ) 62. A. heavy　 　　B. strong 　　　 C. dear 　　　　　　　　 D. new

(　 ) 63. A. trouble 　 　B. questions 　　 C. matter 　　　　 D. accidents

(　 ) 64. A. got 　　　　 　B. stepped 　　C. came 　　　 D. walked

(　 ) 65. A. pull 　　　　 　B. carry 　　　　　 　　C. push 　　　 D. take

(　 ) 66. A. white 　　 　　　B. tired 　　　　　　 　　C. red 　　　　　　　　 D. hurt

(　 ) 67. A. goes　　　　 B. falls 　　　　　　 　　C. grows 　　　　　　 D. seems

(　 ) 68. A. Every 　　　 　　　B. All 　　　 　　C. Either 　　　　　　 D. Both

(　 ) 69. A. ready 　　 　　　B. right 　　　　　 　　C. clever 　　　　　　 D. sure

(　 ) 70. A. of 　　　　 　 B. in 　　　 　　C. out 　　　　　　　　 D. fro

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 exhausted 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 shoulders and flew back to the beach.

(  ) 56. 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

(  ) 57. What does the underlined word “exhausted” in Paragraph 4 mean?

A. Tired.                B. Angry.               C. Frightened.             D. Regretful.

(  ) 58. 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.

(  ) 59. 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.

(  ) 60. What does the story tell us?

A. No pains, no gains.                          B. The early bird catches the worm.

C. Pride goes before a fall.                    D. Practice makes perfect.

With a hat by his feet，a blind boy sat on the steps of a building. He held up a sign which said，" I ' m blind, please help. "

Only a few people put 　 16　 in the hat. A man was walking by. He 　 17　 some coins into the hat. He then turned the sign 　 18 . wrote some words, put the sign back and left.

Soon the hat began to fill up. A lot more people 　19　 to give money to the blind boy.　　That afternoon the man came to see 　 20 　 things were. The boy recognized his footsteps (脚步声) and asked, "Were you the one who 　 21　 my sign this morning? What did you write?"

The man said, "I only wrote the truth. I said what you said but in a 　 22　 way. "What he had written was," Today is a beautiful day, 　23　 I cannot see it. "

Both the 　 24　 told people that the boy was blind. But the first sign simply 　25　　people to help by throwing some money into the 　26　 . The second one, however, told people that they were able to enjoy the 27 of the day, but the boy couldn't 　 28　 he was blind.

There are at least two lessons we can learn 　29　 this story. First, be thankful for what

you have. Someone else has less. Help them if you can. 30 , be creative. Think differently.

　There is always a better way !

(　 )16. A. eggs　　　　　　　　 B. coins　　　　　　　　 C. toys　　　　　　　　 D. pencils

(　 )17. A. got　　　　　　　　　 B. lost　　　　　　　　　 C. took　　　　　　　　 D. dropped

(　 18. A. on　　　　　　　　　　 B. off　　　　　　　　　 C. back　　　　　　　　 D. around

(　 )19. A. asked　　　　　　　 B. began　　　　　　　 C. hoped　　　　　　　 D. continued

(　 )20. A. how　　　　　　　　 B. what　　　　　　　　 C. whose　　　　　　　 D. which

(　 )21. A. put　　　　　　　　　 B. found　　　　　　　 C. changed　　　　　 D. cleaned

(　 )22. A. usual　　　　　　　 B. simple　　　　　　　 C. different　　　　　 D. dangerous

(　 )23. A. as　　　　　　　　　 B. so 　　　　　　　　 C. for　　 　　　 D. but

(　 )24. A. signs　　　　　　　 B. men　　　　　　　　 C. boys　　　　　　　　 D. lessons

(　 )25.A. told　　　　　　　　　 B. took　　　　　　　　 C. helped　　　　　　　 D. ordered

(　 )26. A. bag　　　　　　　　 B. hat　　　　　　　　　 C. pocket　　　　　　　　　　 D. basket

(　 )27. A. food　　　　　　　　 B. songs　　　　　　　 C. beauty　　　　　　　 D. pictures

(　 )28. A. because　　　　　 B. unless　　　　　　　 C. before　　　　　　　 D. though

(　 )29. A. about　　　　　　　 B. with　　　　　　　　 C. from　　　　　　　　 D. except

(　 )30.A. First　　　　　　　　 B. Second　　　　　　 C. Third　　　　　　　 D. Fourth