In the middle of a dark forest, there lives an owl(猫头鹰). All the animals know that he is the wisest(聪明的) among all of them. So they often go to him and tell him their troubles. Then the owl always teaches them what they should do.

One day, a little bird goes up to the owl. She is crying. “what’s wrong with you?” asks the owl.

“I’m not happy at all. I don’t want to be a bird,” the bird says.

“Why don’t you want to be a bird?” asks the owl.

“I am so small, weak and useless,” she cries. “I want to be big and strong like the lion. He is very important, but I am not”

Then the owl whispers(耳语) something in her ear. At once the bird dries her tears and goes away. One week later, the bird came back. “Oh, thank you very much. You are a very wise owl,” she says to the owl. “I am very happy now. Every day, I sit on top of the tallest tree and watch for(监视) lions and tigers. When they come near, I shout at the top of my voice. Then my friend all run and hide. They are very thankful to me. I am useful and important now”

The wise owl smiles and says, “No one in this world is useless.”

1.The animals in the forest visit the owl because_____________

A．they are all afraid of him

B．the owl can help them when they don’t feel well

C．the owl can tell them what they should do when they have some problems.

D．they are wiser than the owl.

2.The little bird is not happy because______________

A．the lion often beats her

B．she thinks she is too small, weak and useless

C．she wants to kill the lion

D．she is very important.

3.The owl tells the bird_______________

A．that she is stronger than the lions and the tigers

B．that she must be happy

C．that she must run and hide

D．to sit on top of the tallest tree and watch for lions and tigers

4.The underlined word “tears” means “_______” in Chinese.

A．眼珠             B．汗水             C．眼泪             D．雨水

5.From the story we know ______________.

A．the bird’s friends are very thankful to her because she drives the tigers and lions away(赶走)

B．the lions and tigers run away when they hear the bird’s voice

C．the bird thinks that she is useful and important now

D．the owl is useless.

　　A man is going to the house of a friend. It is quite far away and so he takes some sandwiches along for his lunch. As he goes along, he says to himself,“My friend is sure to give me a very nice meal. He is going to give me good wine（酒）to drink. So what's the use of these dry sandwiches.”As he says this, he throws them onto the ground.

　　He goes on and comes to a river. The river has become very big because of the rain in the past few days. He cannot cross the river. He hopes there is a boat to take him over. So he waits and waits. He waits for a long time. Then the Sun begins to set. The man says to himself,“I cannot go to my friend's house today. I must go home.

　　Then he starts for（出发）home. Soon he feels very hungry. He wants very much to have something to eat. But he doesn't have anything. Suddenly he sees some dry, dirty，hard sandwiches on the road. He is very happy. He picks them up and eats them all.

A．he doesn't like them

B．the sandwiches are dirty

C．he thinks his friend will not like them

D．he is sure to have a nice meal at his friend's house

(3)In“the sun begins to set”,“set”here means ________ in Chinese.

A．mustn't walk a long way to visit a friend

B．mustn't throw dry sandwiches away

C．mustn't throw things away when we don't need them

D．must always keep good things