In the United States there was an unusual tale telling of the daughter of a mechanic （技工）. One day while walking along the bank of a lake, the girl 1  to see 20 eggs laid by a wild goose. After some time the girl   2 __ the mother would not return to her eggs and she   3  to take them home. There she carefully   4   the eggs in the heat of a lamp. Several days   5  the eggs broke and the baby geese came into the   6 ___.
Geese are known to take the first living thing they see as their mother.   7   , to these young geese, the girl was their mother.
As they  8 ,  the girl was able to   9 her birds to run across the grass, but she could not teach them to  10.  The girl became increasingly worried about this, both when   11   and in her dreams. Later, she had an   12 : She would pilot a plane to guide them in   13   . She asked her father for a plane and he assembled（组装）a small aircraft for her.
Caring about   14    safety, the father decided to pilot the plane himself. However, the birds did not  15  or follow him, and   16   slept in the grass.
One day, the girl  17   into the plane, started it and soon left the   18 . Seeing their mother take to the air, the birds   19  flapped（拍打）their wings and    20 . She flew the plane freely in the sky, her young birds following.  

1.To buy some table or chairs, you may want information about         .

A．Web ld: MLV6562988                    B．Web Id: MLV6567328

C．Web Id: MLV6567730                    D．Web Id: MLV6559374

2.How much will a pair of boy shoes size 10 cost you in the Huge Yard Sale?

A．$ 1.              B．$0.25.            C．$ 10.             D．$ 12.

3.Which of the following ways can help you learn more about a dog?

A．Visiting www. Lulu.com.                   B．Visiting www. eliveauctions.com.

C．Calling 989-295-7158.                    D．Email to gmoorel902@ blumail.org.

4.What do we know from Elive Auctions?

A．The prices can not be changed.             B．Generally goods there are expensive.

C．There're also books about sports.           D．Goods are mainly about sporting ones.

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It was a sunny day. A city man was driving along a country road with a new wagon(马车)and a beautiful pair of horses. He didn’t pay a lot of  1 to where he was going. Pretty soon he  2  that he was lost, but he  3 to drive, expecting to find his way or to  4 someone who could tell him how to get back to the  5 .
It was a long  6 road. For many hours he kept on driving. When it was almost   7 , he saw in a  8  a tall farmer ploughing the land. He stopped his  9 team of horses near the fence and called out, “Hello, farmer.”
“Hello, yourself,”  the farmer replied,  10 ploughing.
“Where does the horse   11 ? He asked without knowing his languages mistakes.
“I haven’t seen it go anywhere. It   12 stays right where it is,” said the farmer,   13     stopping his work.
“How far is it to the next town?” said the city man, speaking a little  14 .
“Don’t know. I never  15 it,” replied the farmer. By this time the city man was getting 16 . “What do you know? You’re the biggest fool I  17 saw.”
18  stopping, the farmer turned and looked for a long time  19 at the city man. Then he said, “Maybe I don’t know much.   20  I am a fool. But at least I’m not lost!”

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1-15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。

In a small village, there lived a potter(陶工) who had a donkey. Every day his donkey would carry soil from the ___1___ to his house. Since the field was quite far off, the potter would ___2___ under a tree midway, tying(拴) his donkey nearby.

One day, the potter __3__ to take the rope with which he tied the donkey every day. When he reached the __4__, he became worried and didn’t know what to do. At that time, a saint(圣人) __5__ to be passing by. When the potter told the saint what his __6__ was, he said, “Take the __7__ to the place where you tie him every day. __8__ to tie him using an imaginary rope. He won’t run away.” The potter did what the saint had said.

When he woke up, to his __9__ and relief, he found the donkey standing in the __10__ place. But to his frustration, when he prepared to leave for __11__, the donkey did not move. __12__, the potter saw the wise saint again and told him about the donkey’s __13__ behavior. The saint said, “Go and pretend to untie the rope.” The potter __14__ the saint’s advice.

Now the donkey was ready to leave for home. The potter thanked the wise saint and went home __15__ his donkey.

1. A. factory      B. garden           C. field             D. village

2. A. stand        B. rest             C. sing             D. dance

3. A. forgot       B. decided          C. expected         D. agreed

4. A. stone        B. tree             C. bridge           D. house

5. A. failed        B. attempted        C. happened        D. managed

6. A. animal       B. plant            C. problem         D. result

7. A. bird         B. flower           C. donkey          D. rope

8. A. Believe      B. Learn            C. Wish           D. Pretend

9. A. surprise      B. disappointment    C. anger           D. regret

10. A. similar      B. special           C. same           D. wrong

11. A. field        B. school           C. home           D. hospital

12. A. Quickly     B. Luckily           C. Unfortunately    D. Badly

13. A. funny       B. foolish           C. proper          D. strange

14. A offered       B. followed         C. refused         D. received

15. A. happily      B. sadly            C. seriously        D. casually