I found out one time that doing a favor for someone could get you into a lot of trouble. I was in the eighth grade at the time, and we were having a final test. During the test, the girl sitting next to me whispered something, but I didn’t understand. So I leaned over her way and found out that she was trying to ask me if I had an extra pen. She showed me that hers was out of ink and would not write. I happened to have an extra one, so I took it out of my pocket and put it on her desk.

Later, after the test papers had been turned in, the teacher asked me to stay in the room when all the other students were dismissed. As soon as we were alone she began to talk to me about what it meant to grow up; she talked about how important it was to stand on your own two feet and be responsible (负责任) for your own acts. For a long time, she talked about honesty and emphasized the fact that when people do something dishonest, they are really cheating themselves. She made me promise that I would think seriously about all the things she had said, and then she told me I could leave. I walked out of the room wondering why she had chosen to talk to me about all those things.

Later on, I found out that she thought I had cheated on the test. When she saw me lean over to talk to the girl next to me, it looked as if I was copying answers from the girl’s test paper. I tried to explain about the pen, but all she could say was it seemed very very strange to her that I hadn’t talked of anything about the pen the day she talked to me right after the test. Even if I tried to explain that I was just doing the girl a favor by letting her use my pen, I am sure she continued to believe that I had cheated on the test.

1.The story took place exactly ____ .

2.The girl wanted to borrow a pen, because ____ .

3.The teacher saw all this, so she asked the boy ____ .

4.The thing(s) emphasized in the teacher’s talk was (were) ____ .

5.The boy knew everything ____ .

“Where is Papa going with that ax (斧子)?” said Fern to her mother as they were setting the table for breakfast.

“Out to the hoghouse,” replied Mrs. Arable. “Some pigs were born last night.”

“I don’t see why he needs an ax,” continued Fern, who was only eight.

“Well,” said her mother, “one of the pigs is a runt (发育不良的小动物). It’s very small and weak. So your father has decided to do away with it.”

“Do away with it?” shouted Fern. “You mean kill it?”

“Don’t shout, Fern!” she said. “Your father is right. The pig would probably die anyway.”

Fern pushed a chair out of the way and ran outdoors. The grass was wet and the earth smelled springtime. Fern’s shoes were wetting by the time she caught up with her father.

“Please don’t kill it! It’s unfair,” she said.

Mr. Arable stopped.

“Fern,” he said gently, “you will have to learn to control yourself.”

“This is a matter of life and death, and you talk about controlling myself.” Tears ran down her cheeks and she took hold of the ax and tried to pull it out of her father’s hand.

“Fern,” said Mr. Arable, “I know more about raising a group of pigs than you do. A weak pig makes trouble.”

“But it’s unfair,” cried Fern. “The pig couldn’t help being born small. If I had been very small at birth, would you have killed me?”

Mr. Arable smiled. “Certainly not,” he said, looking down at his daughter with love. “But this is different. It’s a pig.”

“There is no difference,” replied Fern.

1.What puzzled Fern at the beginning?

A．Why her father refused to eat breakfast.     B．If the hoghouse was big enough for many pigs.

C．How pigs were born at night.               D．What his father would do with an ax.

2.Why couldn’t Fern control herself?

A．Because she was afraid of killing a pig.        B．Because the pig was treated unfairly.

C．Because she loved pet pigs very much.       D．Because her father was rude to her.

3.According to the passage, Fern’s father thought that ______.

A．it was natural for pigs to be born small       B．he couldn’t afford to have so many pigs

C．a weak pig needed more attention          D．he was troubled by raising a weak pig

4.It can be inferred from the passage that Fern was _________.

A．kind-hearted       B．brave             C．shy              D．patient

A king in Africa had a close friend with whom he had grown up. The friend had a habit of looking at every bad situation that occurred in his life and   1 , “This is good!”

One day the king and his friend were out on a hunting   2 . The friend would   3   the guns for the king. But this time he had   4  done something wrong in preparing one of the guns, for after taking the gun from his friend, the king fired it and his thumb was blown off.

Examining the   5  the friend remarked as usual, “This is good!” to which the king replied, “No, this is NOT good!” and   6  imprisoned his friend.

About a year later, the king was hunting in an area where he should have known not to hunt. Cannibals(食人者)   __7 him and took him to their village. They tied his hands, set up a wooden post and   8  him to it. As they came close to set fire to burn the king, they   9  that the king was missing a thumb. Being superstitious, they never ate anyone who was less than whole. So  10  the king, they sent him on his way.

As he returned home, he was   11  of the event that had taken his thumb and felt sorry for his treatment of his friend. He went immediately to the  12  to speak with his friend. “You were right,” he said, “it was good that my thumb was blown off.” Then he  13  to tell the friend all that had just happened.

“I feel  14  for sending you to jail for so long. It was bad for me to do this.”

“No,” his friend replied, “this is good!”

“What do you mean? How could it be good that I sent my friend to jail for a year?”

“If I had NOT been in jail, I would have been with you, and I would have been ___15  !”

1.                A．joking          B．remarking       C．announcing    D．whispering

2.                A．expectation     B．experience      C．expedition D．experiment

3.                A．prepare        B．arrange         C．carry D．hold

4.                A．deliberately     B．apparently      C．naturally  D．specially

5.                A．thumb         B．king            C．gun  D．situation

6.                A．angrily         B．calmly          C．regretfully D．joyfully

7.                A．caught         B．warned         C．robbed   D．hunted

8.                A．connected      B．related         C．wrapped  D．fastened

9.                A．observed       B．understood      C．noticed   D．complained

10.               A．untying         B．forgiving        C．overlooking    D．beating

11.               A．recalled        B．accused        C．informed  D．reminded

12.               A．house          B．jail            C．village D．kingdom

13.               A．stopped        B．hesitated       C．continued D．refused

14.               A．fortunate       B．foolish         C．guilty D．painful

15.               A．burnt          B．cooked         C．fired  D．eaten

第二节 情景对话（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）

根据对话情景和内容，从对话后所给的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。选项中有两项为多余选项。

---- Why didn’t you answer me in the exam just now?

---- Hey, I really don’t like to help you cheat.

----    6   

---- Yes, we are. But that’s nothing to do with good friends or not.

---- Why ?   7     People say “A friend in need is a friend indeed.”

I needed your help just now.

---- Well,    8    If I had helped you cheat just now, then I would

not be a real friend. If I had helped you, you might be able to pass

the exam but you can’t learn anything and you will never try to

study hard.

----     9    You know my father will beat me if I can’t pass this

exam.

---- Well, if your father beats you then, that should be a good lesson for

you.

---- Now I really doubt if you are really my friend or not.

----    10  

---- Good for me? You want me to be beaten by my father?

E.We are good friends, aren’t we?

F.I can’t agree with you more.

G.What I said and did is for your own good.         

It’s certain that the following tale is a nice example that can teach us a good lesson. One day, a young man  36  begged from door to door along the street.  37  an old wallet in hand, he was asking for a few coins to buy something to eat. He kept complaining about his bad  38   and kept wondering why those who had so much money were never   39   and were always desiring more.

“As for me, if I had only enough to eat and to wear, I would not want anything more."

Just at that moment Goddess Fortune  40  the beggar among the crowd and approached him, greeting, “Hi, young man, I have wished to   41   you for a long time. If you open your wallet, I will pour my gold into it. But keep in mind that I will do that only on this   42  : All that falls into the wallet will be pure gold belonging to you; but every piece falling upon the ground  43  become dust, worth nothing. Are you clear?”

 “I see. Now I’m ready. ” said the beggar with confidence.

“Then you should   44  ! It’s obvious that your wallet is a/an   45  one, so don’t load it too heavily,” said the Goddess Fortune. 

The excited beggar could hardly   46  to have gold. He quickly opened his wallet, and a   47   of yellow coins was poured into it. The wallet became heavier and heavier.

“Is that enough? Isn’t it cracking? Will your wallet strong enough for more?” warned the Goddess.

“Never  48  .It’s still strong enough now” replied the beggar firmly.

The wallet was filled with so many coins that the beggar’s hands began to   49  . “Ah, if only the golden stream would   50   forever! Just a little more,” said the beggar, “  51  just a handful or two.”

 “There! It’s full. The wallet will   52  .” warned the Goddess again, but the beggar insisted, “ I know it will  53   a little more, just a little more.”

     One more piece was added and the wallet split. The   54   fell upon the ground and became dust. The greedy beggar had now   55   but his broken wallet.

1.A. in debt        B. in rags          C. in danger       D. in trouble

2.A. Picking        B. Gathering        C. Winning         D. Holding

3.A. clothes        B. wallet           C. fortune         D. chance

4.A. relaxed        B. disappointed     C. worried         D. satisfied

5.A. admitted B. seized                  C. realized        D. spotted

6.A. help           B. forgive          C. praise          D. comfort

7.A. occasion B. condition               C. situation       D. suggestion

8.A. shall          B. would            C. should          D. might

9.A. look down B. look after             C. look up         D. look out

10.A. small         B. worn             C. empty           D. full

11.A. stand         B. think            C. breathe         D. wait

12.A. stream        B. piece            C. pair            D. variety

13.A. ask           B. request          C. insist          D. fear

14.A. spread        B. shake            C. loose           D. close

15.A. pour          B. end              C. dry             D. freeze

16.A. take          B. lend             C. add             D. send

17.A. flow          B. change           C. disappear       D. burst

18.A. attract B. hold                    C. include         D. permit

19.A. present B. food                    C. treasure        D. metal

20.A. nothing B. anything                C. everything      D. something