A thousand years ago Hong Kong was covered by a thick forest. As more and more people came to 1 in Hong Kong, these trees were cut down and burnt. Now there is 2 forest left, though there are still some small areas covered in trees．We call these woods.

Elephants, tigers and many 3 animals were living in the thick forest. When people came to live in Hong Kong, the 4 began to die out. Early farmers grew rice and 5 pigs and chickens in the valleys. They cut down the trees and burnt them. They needed 6 to keep themselves warm in winter, to cook their food and to keep away the dangerous animals. Elephants quickly disappeared because there was not enough food for them.  7 did most of the wolves and tigers. Monkeys and many other animals soon 8 in the same way.

You might think that there are no longer any animals in Hong Kong 9 in the zoos. But there are still about 36 different animals 10 there. One of the most interesting of Hong Kong's animals is the barking deer.

Anna lived by the river．One summer，there was a very big flood，mid a lot of houses were washed away．Anna's house was  1  enough to escape the flood．Her house was still all right when the  2  was gone．

Her house was quite small，her husband was dead and she had four children，  3  Anna took in one of the families that had lost  4  in the flood．She shared her home with them until it was  5  for them to rebuild their houses．

Anna’s friends were puzzled（迷惑不解的）when they saw Anna do this．They could not understand why Anna wanted to give herself so much work and  6  when she already had quite a few children to  7  ．

"Well"，Anna said to her friends，"at the end of the First World War，a woman in a town found herself very poor，because her husband was  8  in the war and she had a lot of children，as I have now．"

"The day  9  Christmas，this woman said to her children，'We won't be able to have much for Christmas this year，so I'm going to  10  only one present for all of us．Now I'll go and get it．'She  11  with a girl who was even poorer than they were，and  12  had no parents．"

" 'Here's our  13  ，' she said to her children．"

"The children were excited and  14  to get such a present．They welcomed the little girl as their  15  ．Such was that present．"

1．A．low                    B．high                C．small               D．beautiful

2．A．fire                    B．snow              C．water              D．ice

3．A．but                     B．so                 C．for                D．though

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

5．A．possible                 B．important            C．fun                D．difficult

6．A．time                     B．trouble              C．energy              D．money

7．A．have                    B．spend              C．waste              D．feed

8．A．killed                   B．eaten                C．fooled             D．sold

9．A．of                     B．for                C．before              D．after

10．A．get                   B．send                C．open               D．make

11．A．ran off                B．went away          C．came back          D．got up

12．A．who                  B．which              C．whose             D．what

13．A．relative                B．friend              C．present             D．classmate

14．A．sorry                 B．sad                 C．happy              D．nervous

15．A．mother                B．aunt                C．daughter            D．sister

Anna lived by the river．One summer, there was a very big flood，and a lot of houses were washed away．Anna's house was   1     enough to escape the flood．Her house was still all right when the   2   was gone．

Her house was quite small，her husband was dead，and she had four children，  3   Anna took in one of the families that had lost   4   in the flood．She shared her home with them until it was  5    for them to rebuild their houses．

    Anna’s friends were puzzled when they saw Anna do this．They could not understand why Anna wanted to give herself so much work and    6    when she already had quite a few children to  7    ．

    “Well,”Anna said to her friends, “at the end of the First World Wall a woman in a town found herself very poor, because her husband was   8   in  the war and she had a lot of children, as I have now.

    “The day   9   Christmas, this woman said to her children．’We won't be able to have much for Christmas this year, so I’m going to   10  only one present for all of us．Now I'll go and get it．She   11   with a girl who was even poorer than they were，and   12   had no parents．

    “’Here's our   13  ．she said to her children.”

    “The children were excited and   14  to get such a present．They welcomed the little girl as their   15  ．Such was that present.”

1．A．low                       B．high                     C．small                     D．beautiful

2．A．fire                       B．snow                   C．water                     D．ice

3．A．but                        B．so                       C．for                        D．though

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

5．A．possible                 B．important             C．fun                        D．difficult

6．A．time                      B．trouble                 C．energy                   D．money

7．A．have                      B．spend                  C．waste                    D． feed

8．A．killed                     B．eaten                   C．fooled                    D．sold

9．A．of                         B．for                      C．before                    D．after

10．A．get                      B．send                    C．open                      D．make

11．A．ran off                 B．went away                  C．came back             D．got up

12．A．who                    B．which                  C．whose                   D．what

13．A．relative                B．friend                  C．present                  D．classmate

14．A．sorry                   B．sad                      C．happy                    D．nervous

15．A．mother                B．aunt                     C．daughter                D．sister

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It was unusually quiet in the emergency room on December 25. I didn't think there would be any patients, sighing about having to work on Christmas. Just then five bodies   1  at my desk, a pale woman and four children．

"Are you all   2  ?" I asked．

"Yes," she said weakly and lowered her head．

But when they were asked to talk about their problems, things got a little  3 . Two of the children had headaches, but there was no  4  body language of holding the head.; two children had earaches, but only one could tell me which ear was affected. The   5  complained of a cough but seemed to work to produce it．

Something was wrong. I didn't say anything but   6 that it might be a little while   7  a doctor could see her. She  8 , "Take your time; it's warm in here．" 

Then, I checked their chart. No address—they were homeless. The waiting room was warm. 

I went back to the nurses' station and mentioned we had a   9  family in the waiting room. The nurses went into action immediately, much as we do when there's a   10  emergency. But this was a Christmas emergency． 

We were all   11  a free meal on Christmas Day, so we claimed that meal and prepared a big dinner for our guests .We needed presents. We  12  from different departments candies, fruits and other things  13 that could be presents. Our team worked to meet the needs of a family who just wanted to be  14  on Christmas．

Later, as the family walked to the door to  15  , the four-year-old boy came running back, gave me a hug and whispered．"Thanks for being our angels today."

1.                A．showed up      B．took in         C．came out D．looked on

2.                A．thirsty          B．hungry         C．sick  D．warm

3.                A．uncertain       B．smooth         C．natural   D．funny

4.                A．common        B．usual           C．fair  D．normal

5.                A．mother         B．children        C．nurses   D．doctor

6.                A．answered       B．imagined        C．explained D．commented

7.                A．after           B．since           C．when D．before

8.                A．advised         B．added          C．explained D．replied

9.                A．funny          B．lonely          C．jobless   D．homeless

10.               A．war            B．fire            C．medical   D．electrical

11.               A．rewarded       B．offered         C．allowed   D．ordered

12.               A．borrowed       B．received        C．collected  D．bought

13.               A．expensive      B．available        C．generous  D．present

14.               A．fun            B．warm          C．busy  D．lucky

15.               A．leave          B．travel          C．rest  D．relax