Last summer my family went to a National Park for a holiday and had an unusual experience. When we got there, we put up our tent and then went out to travel around. As we returned, I heard my sister Susan cry out and then we saw a bear enter our tent. I wanted my father to drive it away. My father said, “No, it's dangerous to drive the bear away. And don't let it follow you.” Susan said, “What shall we do?Maybe we should climb a tree.” I said, “No, we've got to get it out of there. It might go to sleep in our tent.” “Maybe we could make it leave if we put some honey outside for it to eat.” Susan said. Then my mother said, “How are you going to get the honey?It's in the tent.” We watched the bear enter the tent and heard a lot of noise — it turned over everything inside. “It's foolish for us to try to catch it,” said my father, “Leave it alone and wait for it to come out.” We waited and waited but the bear stayed inside. So we had to sleep in the car.

1.Where did the family go for a holiday last summer?

A. A park. B. A zoo. C. A beach. D. A garden.

2.Who saw the bear first?

A. The father. B. The speaker. C. Susan. D. The mother.

3.What was the bear probably doing in the tent?It was ________.

A. sleeping in bed B. playing

C. eating honey D. walking

4.Why didn't they drive the bear away?

A. Because the bear was big.

B. Because it was dangerous to drive a bear away.

C. Because the bear wanted to eat the honey.

D. Because they wanted to play with the bear.

5.What did they have to do?

A. To drive the bear out of their tent.

B. To stop the bear from making noise.

C. To stay in their car for the night.

D. To catch the bear.

Read the passage carefully and complete the table with only one word for each blank.

Mayme Clayton collected books, magazines and letters written by African Americans. Her son, Avery Clayton, thought her collection was important. Unlike most books, these were rare and hard to find. They were written by writers who helped shape African American culture.

One book in the collection was written by Phillis Wheatley. Wheatley was a slave who wrote poetry. She was the first African American to publish a book. Wheatley herself signed (签名) the book in the Claytons’ collection. No one else owns a copy signed by Phillis Wheatley.

By the time she passed away at age 83, Mrs. Clayton had more than 30,000 books by or about black people. Her collection also includes papers about slaves, photographs, movies, sheet music, and personal letters by black leaders and artists. It is one of the biggest personal collections of African American history and culture in the United States.

Avery Clayton’s dream was to create a museum for his mother’s treasures. Scholars say that Mrs. Clayton’s collection is very important. Without her work, part of African American heritage (遗产) would have been lost. “We didn’t know these things existed,” says Sara Hadron of California’s Huntington Library.

The collections new home is likely to be in Culver City, California. Part of Avery Clayton’s dream is to share the cultural riches his mother collected with others. He especially wants kids to have a chance to see the collection. “At present African American culture is being explained by pop culture,” he says, “It’s important to offer a more complete picture.”

Mayme Clayton and Her Collection

Personal information

● She liked 1.books, magazines and letters written by African Americans.

●She died when she was 83years old.

Her collection

● Compared with other books, the books she collected couldn’t be found 2.

● The only copy written and 3.by Phillis Wheatley was in her collection.

● She had a large collection, 4.books, paper, photographs and other things by black leaders and artists.

● Her collections are of great5.to African American history and culture.

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