We find different kinds of animals in the world. Some animals, such as tigers and lions live in big forest and they are called   36   animals. Some others like sheep and dogs are   37   by men and they are called domestic(驯养) animals. These animals are very different from one another, but we can   38   them into big groups: those that eat other animals and those that eat grass and leaves. Animals like the   39   belong to the first group.

       Animals are   40   great use to human beings. Men   41   wild animals for their fur and meat. Domestic animals are   42   more important to men. Without them, life will be   43   . People make use of animals in many   44   .

       Cows and pigs are useful to men’s   45   . They have 80% of the   46   men eat every year. Skin of some animals can be   47   into expensive overcoats and shoes, which are warm and comfortable and   48   a long time. They are very welcome in   49   countries. Wool, which is now one of the most important material for textile(纺织)   50   , comes from a special kind of   51   . From cows, we get milk. And we shouldn’t   52   that some domestic animals are kept for transport. Many people   53   ride horses. Arabs ride on camels which travel in deserts for days without   54   . In some places animals are still used to plough field.   55   is clear that men just can’t live without these animals.

A. wild                   B. serious                   C. terrible                     D. fighting

A. trapped               B. treated                  C. sold                      D. kept

A. separate               B. divide                   C. sell                         D. keep

A. chicken               B. tiger                     C. fish                        D. giraffe

A. with                   B. to                         C. for                         D. of

A. hunt                   B. discover                  C. raise                        D. care for

A. quite                  B. every                    C. even                         D. some

A. smooth               B. difficult                  C. easy                          D. perfect

A. ways                  B. groups                    C. places                     D. kinds

A. life                    B. work                     C. family                     D. food

A. meal                  B. meat                     C. dinner                      D. animals

A. put                    B. turned                     C. made                       D. changed

A. last                  B. cost                       C. take                        D. dress

A. cool                  B. cold                       C. warm                      D. foreign

A. business         B. workers                   C. industry                    D. factory

A. dogs                 B. goats                      C. cows                        D. sheep

A. forget                B. remember                C. realize                     D. notice

A. seldom              B. hardly                    C. still                          D. just

A. resting               B. drinking                  C. sleeping                     D. stopping

A. That                  B. This                       C. It                             D. So

July 21st, 2007 was a typical English summer’s day — it rained for 24 hours! As usual, I rushed home from work at midday to check on the house. Nothing was amiss. By the time I lift work at 5 pm, however, the road into our village was flooded. Our house bad never been flooded but, as I opened the front door, a wave of water greeted me. Thank God the kids weren’t with me, because the house was 5 feet deep in water. We lost everything downstairs. And the plaster had to be torn off the walls, ceilings pulled down.

 At first we tried to push on through. We didn’t want to move the children out of home, so we camped upstairs. we put a sheet of plastic across the floor to protect us from the damp. But after three months, we felt very sick, so we moved to a wooden house in a park. The house was small, but at first we were all just delighted to be in a new place. Unfortunately, things took longer than expected and we were there for 10 months. The life there was inconvenient. What surprised me most was how much I missed being part of a community（社区）.We had lived in a friendly village with good neighbours, and I’d never thought how much I’d miss that.

 Although-our situation was very bad, it’s difficult to feel too sorry for yourself when you look at what’s happening elsewhere. I watched a news report about floods in Northern India and thought , “We didn’t have a straw hut（茅草房）that was swept away , and our house is still sanding . We’re lucky .”

 We moved back home in August. With December coming, there’s reconstruction work to be done, so it’s difficult to prepare for Christmas. But I can’t wait — I’m going to throw a party for our friends in the village to say thanks for their support. This year , I won’t need any gifts — living away from home for months has made me realize how little we actually need or miss all our possessions . Although we are replacing things, there’s really no rush — we have our home back, and that’s the main thing.

What does the underlined word “amiss” in the first paragraph mean?

A. Wrong.   B. Missing.   C. Right.    D. Found.

It can be inferred from the text that the author                    .

A. was sick of staying upstairs

B. cared much about her children

C. could not stand living a wooden house

D. did not deal well with her family affairs during the flood

Why does author say that they were lucky in the third paragraph?

A. Because her situation was not serious.

B. Because many other places were flooded.

C. Because she had been to Northern India.

D. Because some others suffered even more.

What does the author mainly want to express by telling her story?

A. She valued human feelings more than before.

B. She realized she almost didn’t need possessions.

C. She found Christmas gifts no longer badly needed.

D. She thought her own home was the most important.

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阅读下面短文，根据以下要求：1）汉语提示；2）首字母提示；3）语境提示, 在每个空格内填入一个适当的英语单词，所填单词要求意义准确.拼写正确。

Nowadays a lot of schools keep their students in school all day long.

Students have different o           about it.                                   1.                   

Some of the students think they enjoy l        freedom and have few         2.                

chances to get in touch with society. They are not able to fully         (培养)        3.                

their interests and      （爱好）. Therefore, they have least interest in their study4.                   

Some others think school is the best place to get knowledge,       they         5.                 

should put their heart into their lessons. Some students          (缺少) the ability to 6.                

control themselves. Once       of school, they may lose control of themselves      7.                 

and do something that will a         their studies.                             8.                 

P      , there is no doubt that we should keep students at school.          9.                

But I think      of necessity that schools should organize various activities           10.                    

so that students can enjoy their school life.           

Many people go to school for an education. They learn languages, history, geography, physics, chemistry and mathematics. Others go to school to learn a skill so that they can make a living. School education is very important and useful. Yet no one can learn everything they want to know. The teacher’s job is to show his students how to learn. He teaches them how to read and how to think. So, much more is to be learned outside school by the students themselves.

It is always more important to know how to study by oneself than to memorize some facts or a formula. It is usually quite easy to learn a certain fact in history or a formula in mathematics. But it is very difficult to use a formula in working out a maths problem. Great scientists, such as Einstein, Newton and Galileo didn’t get anything from school. But they were all so successful. They invented so many things for mankind.

The reason for their success is that they knew how to study. They read books that were not taught at school. They worked hard all their lives, wasting not a single moment. They would ask many questions as they read and they did thousands of experiments.

Above all, they knew how to use their brains.

1. Many people go to school for an education. But some others go to school for __________.

2.. A teacher’s job is mainly to train his students to master the ability of __________.

3.Using a formula in working out a maths problem is ______ memorizing it.

4. The scientists were successful because __________.

He has lived through various dangers but time may be running out for the Palestinian leader, Yasser Arafat.

On September 11, Israel announced its decision to remove him, following several Palestinian suicide bomb attacks on Israel. “He should be punished for the killings,” an Israeli official said, “He has done nothing to stop the terrorist groups.”

But the decision has angered many other countries. China said that Arafat is the true leader, elected by the Palestinian people, and removing him would harm the peace in the Middle East. Other governments share this idea.

Arafat himself said: “They can kill me, but never get me out of my country.” He has spent most of his life in danger as the most important aim of Israel. But, just like a cat with nine lives, Arafat escaped every time.

For years he has made a practice of sleeping in a different bed each night, thinking a moving person is harder to hit. In 1985, Israel sent fighter planes to kill Arafat. The wild bombing destroyed his office in Tunis but Arafat himself was unhurt. In 1992, the aircraft in which he was flying over North Africa broke in two during a crash landing. The pilot was killed but he managed to remain alive.

What is so unbelievable is that he always remains calm in great danger. Israeli tanks and planes attacked his office building in Ram Allah in December 2001. When they saw the attackers coming, Arafat’s bodyguards took no notice of his orders to stay still and carried him to safety underground. Seconds later, several bombs were dropped nearby. Though safe, his bodyguards were so frightened that they were wet in sweat.

But, Arafat, with Israeli tanks only 200 meters away, showed no fear at all. He stayed in the damaged office, talking by phone with foreign leaders in hope of preventing further attacks from Israel.

All these experiences have made him a beloved leader to his people and an enemy to some others.

But has he used up the last of his nine lives? Only time will tell.

1..    According to the passage, which statement is true?

    A. In 1992, Arafat’s plane crashed in South Africa.

    B. Israeli officers thought Arafat himself sent the terrorist groups to Israel.

    C. China is the only country against Israel’s decision of removing Arafat.

D. Being Palestinian leader, Arafat would rather die in his own country than be driven away

from his people.

2..   . What did the author mean by saying “just like a cat has nine lives” when he talked about Arafat?

    A. Arafat is as clever as a cat.

    B. Arafat can live as long as a cat.

    C. Arafat can stay alive after accidents or disasters as if he has nine lives.

    D. Arafat should have died for at least 8 times.

3..    The underlined phrase “took no notice of” can be replaced by __________.

    A. obeyed         B. ignored          C. disagreed      D. dissatisfied

4..   . What’s the writer’s attitude towards Arafat’s future, judging from the last sentence of the passage?

    A. Hopeful.       B. Interesting.     C. Satisfactory.  D. Doubtful.