A long time ago, in an Italian city, the people there built a tower which was admired by everyone passing through. A little further down the road, in a neighboring city, they had built a tower of similar beauty. The two towers were equally well known. The people of the second city, envious (妒忌的) and filled with pride, planned to destroy the neighboring tower so it wouldn’t take attention away from their own. One night, they came to the tower and began to quietly undermine its foundations(地基).
The next morning, the tower was leaning(倾斜) slightly ,but nobody noticed. The same happened for the following few days, until a little girl who was passing by pointed up at the tower and said: “ I think the tower is going to fall down.” And everyone around looked closely, and could see that she was right .Nervousness spread through the city. And they tried many methods to try to straighten the tower, but nothing seemed to work. That was, until one day when the same little girl was walking up again, and she put her arm on the side of the tower to rest. She felt the tower shaking slightly. When she took her hand off it, the movement stopped. And when she put it back on again, the same thing happened. The girl spent a while doing this, until she was completely certain of what she had discovered: “ The tower is ticklish ( 怕痒的) ！” She ran to get some plants, and she planted them right next to the tower. Now if the tower leant over any further it would be tickled by the leaves of those plants. Being a ticklish tower, it would then return to where it had been. In this way, the girl managed to make sure that the tower didn’t fall down, but still kept it leaning a little.
The fact that it was leaning made it even more famous, and this taught a fine lesson to the envious people of the neighboring city.
【小题1】Why did the people of the second city plan to destroy the neighboring tower?

A long time ago, in an Italian city, the people there built a tower which was admired by everyone passing through. A little further down the road, in a neighboring city, they had built a tower of similar beauty. The two towers were equally well known. The people of the second city, envious (妒忌的) and filled with pride, planned to destroy the neighboring tower so it wouldn’t take attention away from their own. One night, they came to the tower and began to quietly undermine its foundations(地基).

The next morning, the tower was leaning(倾斜) slightly ,but nobody noticed. The same happened for the following few days, until a little girl who was passing by pointed up at the tower and said: “ I think the tower is going to fall down.” And everyone around looked closely, and could see that she was right .Nervousness spread through the city. And they tried many methods to try to straighten the tower, but nothing seemed to work. That was, until one day when the same little girl was walking up again, and she put her arm on the side of the tower to rest. She felt the tower shaking slightly. When she took her hand off it, the movement stopped. And when she put it back on again, the same thing happened. The girl spent a while doing this, until she was completely certain of what she had discovered: “ The tower is ticklish ( 怕痒的) ！” She ran to get some plants, and she planted them right next to the tower. Now if the tower leant over any further it would be tickled by the leaves of those plants. Being a ticklish tower, it would then return to where it had been. In this way, the girl managed to make sure that the tower didn’t fall down, but still kept it leaning a little.

The fact that it was leaning made it even more famous, and this taught a fine lesson to the envious people of the neighboring city.

1.Why did the people of the second city plan to destroy the neighboring tower?

2.The underlined word“undermine”（in Paragraph1）probably mean “_________”．

3.When local people heard the news that their tower was going to fall down, they were _________.

4.What lesson can we learn from the practice of the envious people in the neighboring city?

A long time ago, in an Italian city, the people there built a tower which was admired by everyone passing through. A little further down the road, in a neighboring city, they had built a tower of similar beauty. The two towers were equally well known. The people of the second city, envious (妒忌的) and filled with pride, planned to destroy the neighboring tower so it wouldn’t take attention away from their own. One night, they came to the tower and began to quietly undermine its foundations(地基).

The next morning, the tower was leaning(倾斜) slightly ,but nobody noticed. The same happened for the following few days, until a little girl who was passing by pointed up at the tower and said: “ I think the tower is going to fall down.” And everyone around looked closely, and could see that she was right .Nervousness spread through the city. And they tried many methods to try to straighten the tower, but nothing seemed to work. That was, until one day when the same little girl was walking up again, and she put her arm on the side of the tower to rest. She felt the tower shaking slightly. When she took her hand off it, the movement stopped. And when she put it back on again, the same thing happened. The girl spent a while doing this, until she was completely certain of what she had discovered: “ The tower is ticklish ( 怕痒的) ！” She ran to get some plants, and she planted them right next to the tower. Now if the tower leant over any further it would be tickled by the leaves of those plants. Being a ticklish tower, it would then return to where it had been. In this way, the girl managed to make sure that the tower didn’t fall down, but still kept it leaning a little.

The fact that it was leaning made it even more famous, and this taught a fine lesson to the envious people of the neighboring city.

63. Why did the people of the second city plan to destroy the neighboring tower?

A. Because the tower blocked the way of their tourists.

B. Because the tower had the same building style as theirs.

C. Because they hoped that the tower could lean slightly.

D. Because they hoped that visitors just liked their own tower.

64. The underlined word“undermine”（in Paragraph1）probably mean “_________”．

A. test　 B. raise　 C. damage　 D. strengthen

65. When local people heard the news that their tower was going to fall down, they were _________.

A. very anxious

B. very happy

C. very ashamed of themselves

D. angry at the people in the neighboring city

66. What lesson can we learn from the practice of the envious people in the neighboring city?

A. All that ends well is well.

B. Every dog has his day.

C. A bad beginning makes a bad ending.

D. A friend is never known till a man has need.

My father was a highly educate, intelligent gentleman. He could debate or discuss for hours on almost any topic and hold your   1   in the process. I thought there was nothing be wasn’t   2  to do.

      A few days before my younger brother’s 7^th birthday, Dad planned to assemble(装配) a new   3   as a special birthday surprise. After nearly an hour of  4   the instructions, Dan was still unable to   5  the new bike together. Later he  6  the paper of instructions,   7  up his tool box, and decided to take the bike back to the local toy store and pay extra   8  to have it correctly assembled there.   9  an idea came to him, as he called out to Lovett, the quiet little man who cut our grassland.

       “Lovett, have you ever assembled a boy’s bicycle?”

       As Lovett walked towards the bike, Dad handed him the  10  . Lovett handed it back to him, saying, “No, thanks. I can’t road. When you can’t read, you have to  11  .” Less than 15 minutes later, the new bicycle was   12   assembled, with no  13   parts remaining. Dad shook Lovett’s hand, patted him on the back, thanked him, and hid the bike.

       On the night after my brother received his shiny new gift, Dad announced at the family dinner table what had happened several days earlier. He took great 14   in telling it over and over again-be used it as an example of thinking.    

       He did not prefer to illiteracy（文盲） , but strongly taught us to use our  15  , The joke was on my father,   16  he was able to turn it into a learning tool, and I liked him even more after that incident. I also gained a new   17   for Lovett. To me he had   18  been the old yard man who didn’t   19   much, but after that day, he seemed to smile broader, even walk taller, It’s amazing what a real nod of   20   can do to lift people up.

1．A．attention                B．belief                   C．view                   D．breath

2．A．willing                  B．lucky                  C．able                    D．sure

3．A．toy                       B．bicycle                C．computer            D．boat

4．A．reading                 B．reviewing            C．examining            D．searching

5．A．bring                    B．get                      C．put．                  D．/

6．A．folded up              B．looked through    C．turned to             D．devoted to

7．A．brought                 B．added                  C．set                      D．picked

8．A．money                  B．effort                  C．service                D．tax

9．A．Thus                    B．Then                   C．Since                  D．Though

10．A．tools                   B．rotes                   C．orders                 D．instructions

11．A．exchange             B．admit                  C．learn                   D．think

12．A．Partly                  B．fully                    C．hardly                 D．largely

13．A．separate              B．different              C．major                  D．spare

14．A．delight                 B．action                  C．care                    D．risk

15．A．resources            B．knowledge           C．heads                  D．hands

16．A．so                       B．or                       C．but                     D．and

17．A．reward                B．regard                 C．relief                   D．respect

18．A．never                  B．regard                 C．ever                    D．often

19．A．show                  B．say                     C．care                    D．earn

20．A．approval            B．agreement            C．affection         D．altitude

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

My father was a highly educate, intelligent gentleman. He could debate or discuss for hours on almost any topic and hold your   31   in the process. I thought there was nothing be wasn’t   32  to do.

A few days before my younger brother’s 7^th birthday, Dad planned to assemble(装配) a new   33   as a special birthday surprise. After nearly an hour of  34   the instructions, Dan was still unable to   35  the new bike together. Later he  36  the paper of instructions,   37  up his tool box, and decided to take the bike back to the local toy store and pay extra   38  to have it correctly assembled there.   39  an idea came to him, as he called out to Lovett, the quiet little man who cut our grassland.

“Lovett, have you ever assembled a boy’s bicycle?”

As Lovett walked towards the bike, Dad handed him the  40  . Lovett handed it back to him, saying, “No ,thanks. I can’t read. When you can’t read, you have to  41  .” Less than 15 minutes later, the new bicycle was   42   assembled, with no  43   parts remaining. Dad shook Lovett’s hand, patted him on the back, thanked him, and hid the bike.

On the night after my brother received his shiny new gift, Dad announced at the family dinner table what had happened several days earlier. He took great  44   in telling it over and over again-be used it as an example of thinking.      

He did not prefer to illiteracy(文盲) , but strongly taught us to use our  45  , The joke was on my father,   46  he was able to turn it into a learning tool, and I liked him even more after that incident. I also gained a new   47   for Lovett. To me he had   48  been the old yard man who didn’t   49   much, but after that day, he seemed to smile broader, even walk taller, It’s amazing what a real nod of   50   can do to lift people up.

31．A．attention   B．belief       C．view  D．breath

32．A．willing     B．lucky C．able   D．sure

33．A．toy    B．bicycle     C．computer  D．boat

34．A．reading     B．reviewing C．examining D．searching

35．A．bring B．get    C．put．       D．give

36．A．folded up  B．looked through       C．turned to   D．devoted to

37．A．brought    B．added       C．set     D．picked

38．A．money      B．effort       C．service      D．tax

39．A．Thus B．Then C．Since D．Though

40．A．tools B．rites  C．orders       D．instructions

41．A．exchange  B．admit       C．learn D．think

42．A．Partly       B．fully  C．hardly      D．largely

43．A．separate    B．different   C．major       D．spare

44．A．delight     B．action       C．care   D．risk

45．A．resources  B．knowledge       C．heads D．hands

46．A．so     B． or    C．but    D．and

47．A．reward     B．regard      C．relief D．respect

48．A．never       B．regard      C．ever  D．often

49．A．show B．say    C．care   D．earn

50．A． approva1       B．agreement C．affection1 D．altitude