Last Friday, a Tibetan(藏族的) postman became the first woman postal worker to give a speech at the World Postal Meeting in Bern, the capital of Switzerland. She was Nima Lamu, a postwoman of Yunling Post office, Yunnan Province.

    She said, “I had to cross the Lancang River along a steel wire. My younger brother nearly died in the river before. I felt so afraid when I was asked for the first time to cross the river. But when I reached the other side, I found that I was flying.”

    Her area is locked in (封闭) two snowy mountains and three big rivers. She said, “:What worries me most is the snakes on the way. Sometimes, I throw little stones toward them and I often tell my self ‘Keep going’. ”

Ten years ago, it took Nima five days to finish each week’s mail. She had to face snowstorms, floods, snakes and loneliness on her 350-kilometer journey. Nima said, “The situation has developed a lot these years. Now we have a bridge that was built across the Lancang River in 2006.”

    Nima never dreamed she would become famous one day when she first look up her job, 12 years ago. Changes have been seen in recent years as more tourists visit Nima’s hometown. But one thing remains unchanged: she is still the carrier of the villagers’ hopes and dreams.

1.Nima was invited to the meeting in Bern because she was _________.

    A. the only Tibetan postman in China            B. the first postwoman in the world

    C. doing a hard job as a postwoman          D. making her village famous overnight

2. What happened to her brother according to Nima Lamu?

    A. he once fell into the river             .    B. He was killed by a snake.

    C. He died when swimming in the river.      D. He got hurt when building the bridge.

3.Which picture is TRUE about Nima’s crossing the river ten years ago?

4.What will Nima do if she finds a snake on the way?

    A. Kill it with stones.         B. Keep it off and go on.

    C. Throw it away and leave.     D. turn around and run.

5.What is RTUE about Nima?

    A. She is building a bridge across the Lancang River.

    B. She has realized all the villagers’ dreams.

    C. She got her job as a post woman before 2000.

    D. She doesn’t need to do her work now.

I am afraid of water. I        go swimming in the river.

A．often             B．usually            C．never            D．always

Once there was a little girl in a village. She spent summers on her grandfather’s farm. The year she was four, she knew some ducks. The ducks were white with orange feet. They lived in a little wooden house near the road. The little girl liked these ducks very much. Every day they walked down the road to the pond（池塘）. Then the ducks went into the water and the little girl sat on the bank（岸） and saw them swimming in the pond. The little girl talked to the ducks and they quacked（嘎嘎叫）back. Then one day the ducks were gone. No one would say anything about them. The little girl was afraid to ask where they were. One night everyone sat down for dinner. The food looked a little like chicken. The girl didn’t want to eat. Can you guess why?

A. eating chicken   B. sitting by the pond

C. living on a farm   D. ducks and a little girl

1.The ducks were __________.

2.When the little girl ________ , the ducks quacked back.

3.At the end of the story, the ducks were probably _______.

4.The little girl didn’t eat because _____________.

Once there was a little girl in a village. She spent summers on her grandfather’s farm. The year she was four, she knew some ducks. The ducks were white with orange feet. They lived in a little wooden(木头的) house near the road. The little girl liked these ducks very much.

Every day they walked down the road to the pond（池塘）. The ducks went into the water. The little girl sat on the bank（岸） and saw them swimming in the pond. The little girl talked to the ducks and they quacked back to her.

Then one day the ducks were gone. No one would say anything about them. The little girl was afraid to ask where they were. One night everyone sat down for dinner. The food looked a little like chicken. The girl didn’t want to eat. Can you guess why?

根据短文内容，从每小题后所给的四个选项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卷相应的位置用2B铅笔涂黑。

1.The story is mainly about _______.

A．eating chicken                         B．sitting by the pond

C．living on a farm                         D．a little girl and ducks

2.The ducks were _____________.

A．yellow and orange                      B．yellow and white

C．white and orange feet                    D．white and black

3.The underlined “quaked” in paragraph two means _________ in Chinese.

A．嘎嘎叫           B．与......交谈         C．跑开             D．飞起来

4.At the end of the story, the ducks were probably ______

A．under the water                        B．on the plate

C．in the wooden house                    D．swimming in the pond

5.The little girl didn’t eat because ______

A．she wanted nice cakes                   B．the food was ducks

C．the food was too hot                     D．the plate was empty