Hunter and Sally went down the street with their mother. They could buy a pet today. “I cannot wait to see the pets!” Sally said. She wanted a cat. Hunter wanted a frog or a snake.

They went into the pet shop. “Look! That rabbit made a hole to hide in,” Sally said. “Look at those two cats,” said Hunter. Their cage was on the floor. The small and brown cats were asleep on each other.

Sally leaned over the cage. She wanted a better look. The gold necklace she had around her neck came loose. It fell into the cage. It woke up the cats. “Oh no!” Sally cried. “I lost my necklace! It is in the cage!” Then the shopkeeper came. He opened the cage, and took out the necklace. At last, they bought two cats and took them home.

Today is fine. The sky is blue, Now it's nine o'clock in the morning. There's a sports meeting in the forest(森林)on the big mountain. Look，a horse, a panda and a cat are running. Over there a dog and two tigers are jumping. Two monkeys are climbing the trees. Four birds are flying around and singing. There are some other animals there, too. The elephants are standing. A monkey is sitting on an old elephant. The monkey has a flag(旗)in his hand. Polly is sitting in the tree. A fox, a baby panda and some small animals are sitting under the tree. They are all watching.

1.—What colour is the sky today?—It’s____________.

A. white        B. yellow       C. black      D. blue

2.How   many animals are running and jumping?

  A. Fourteen   B. Six         C. Eleven     D. Five

3.Which animals are climbing the tress?

  A. The monkeys.               B. The pandas and the foxes

  B. The elephants and the cats.     D. The horses and the pandas

4. There’re __________ at the sports meeting.

A. not any birds  B. a lot of animals  C. many people   D. many monkeys

5.Who’re all watching at the meeting?

A. A tiger, a baby horse and some cats   B. Polly, an elephant and some small fish

C.A fox, a baby panda and some animals  D. A monkey, a baby cat and some birds

It’s a fine Saturday morning. There are many people in the park. Many of _1.___are young and some are old.

Some children are  2. games over there. Two boys are playing  3.their toy bats. There is a lake in the park. The water is  4. .  There are some5. on the lake.  6. the lake a young man is reading. There is a house near the lake. Beside  7.   house two men are working. Look at that big tree! There are some birds 8.   it. Under it are some men. Four of them are playing cards. One of them is looking at two cats. The cats are9.up the tree. What do they10.  to do? They want to catch the birds.

11.               A．they           B．them          C．their  D．theirs

12.               A．play           B．plays           C．playing    D．doing

13.               A．to             B．on            C．for   D．with

14.               A．clear          B．tall            C．funny D．humid

15.               A．water          B．boats          C．rain  D．buses

16.               A．Behind         B．In             C．Near  D．Next

17.               A．a             B．/              C．the   D．an

18.               A．for            B．on            C．in    D．with

19.               A．running        B．run            C．runing D．runs

20.               A．to want         B．wanting        C．wants D．want

We were doing the best to control the fire of the burning garage. Outside, I heard the sounds of cats crying. I couldn’t stop- I would have to look for the cats after the fire was put out.
It took a long time to finally bring the big fire under control. No one inside was hurt. At that point I was free to find out where the cat noises were from. There was still a lot of smoke and heat coming from the building. I followed the meowing to the sidewalk in front of the garage. There, crying and huddled together, were five frightened kittens . They must have been inside the building, as their fur was badly hurt.
I wanted to find the mother cat. It was obviously that she had gone into the burning garage and carried out all her babies, one by one----unbelievable.
We finally found her. Her paws and face were blackened, and her fur was burned all over. You could even see her reddened skin under the burned fur. She could hardly move. I picked her up, and she relaxed in my arms as much as her pain would allow. I was determined to save this brave little cat and her family.
The veterinarian told me they would watch the kittens and their mother for the night, but they weren’t confident about the about the mother’s chances.
About a week later, I found out she was going to live. We named her Scarlet because of her reddened skin.
I was happy to see Scarlet get together with the kittens again. She touched each of them, nose to nose. She had risked her life five times-and it had paid off. All of her babies had survived.
As a firefighter, I see heroic acts every day. But what Scarlet showed me that day was the kind of bravery that can only come from a mother’s love.
【小题1】Which f the following is TRUE according to the story?

Have you ever seen a horse with toes? Millions of years ago, horses had many toes. They had four toes on each front foot. They had three toes on each back foot. The horses were smaller than cats.
These small horses lived in the forest. Their many toes helped the horses run over the soft wet ground.
It was very hot in the forest. But the weather changed. It became cold. Many trees couldn’t live in cold weather. The trees died and fell. Forests became open field. The sun made the ground dry and hard. Horses began to change too. They began to get bigger. This took a long time. On the dry hard land, horses needed only their middle toes for running. At last their middle toes became hard.
【小题1】Long ago, the horse had four toes on each of its __________.