题目内容
C
A group of swans flew down to a beach where a crow was jumping around. The crow watched them with disdain.
“You have no flying skills at all!” he said to the swans. “All you can do is to move your wings. Can you turn over in the air? No,that’s beyond you. Let's have a flying competition. I'll show you what real flying is!”
One of the swans,a strong young male,took up the challenge. The crow flew up and began to show his skills. He flew in circles,performed other flying tricks,and then came down and looked proudly at the swan.
Now it was the swan's turn. He flew up,and began flying over the sea. The crow flew after him,making all kinds of comments (评价) about his flying. They flew on and on till they couldn5t see the land and there was nothing but water on all sides. The crow was making fewer and fewer comments. He was now so exhausted that he found it hard to stay in the air,and had to struggle to keep himself from falling into the water.
The swan pretended not to notice,and said, “Why do you keep touching the water,brother? Is that another trick?”
“No ,” said the crow. He knew he had lost the competition. “I’m in trouble because of my pride!If you don't help me,I'll lose my life." ”
The swan took pity on him,and took him on his shoulders and flew back to the beach.
() 1. What does the underlined word “exhausted” in Paragraph 4 mean?
A. Tired. B. Angry.
C. Frightened. D. Regretful.
() 2. Why did the crow keep touching the water?
A. It was showing another flying skill.
B. It was struggling to keep itself from falling into the water.
C. It was thirsty and wanted to drink some water.
D. It was enjoying itself by doing so.
() 3. What can we infer from the passage?
A. The crow didn't know Hying.
B. Flying skills were useless.
C. The swan saved the crow because they were good friends.
D. The swan was better at long-distance flying than the crow.
() 4. What does the story tell us?
A. No pains,no gains.
B. The early bird catches the worm.
C. Pride goes before a fall.
D. Practice makes perfect.
C
阅读提示：本文讲述的是乌鸦和天鵝的故事。骄傲自大的乌鸦看不到天鹅的长处而只看到天鹅的短处，自以为以自己的长处和天鵝的短处进行比赛必胜无疑，却不知道危险。乌鸦在比赛过程中遇到死亡的威胁而幡然醒悟，最后天鵝用自己的善良拯救了乌鸦的性命。
1. A 词义猜测题。结合文中“He was now so exhausted that he found it hard to stay in the air,and had to struggle to keep himself from falling into the water. ”可知。
2. B推理判断题。从文中可以推断它不可能展示另外的技巧，也不可能是娱乐自己，更不可能是渴了想喝水，排除A、C、D. 故选 B.
3. D推理判断题。由第四段可以看出，它们飞啊飞,天鹅继续飞而乌鸦却变得精疲力竭。以此断定和乌鸦比较，天鹅更善于长途飞翔。
4. C主旨归纳题。本文主要讲述了骄傲的乌鸦输掉和天鹅的比赛甚至差点丢掉生命，我们可以推断写作目的是:骄傲者必败。故选 C.
三、任务型阅读
But the building,which we’ll tell you now,looks strange. Though it is a three-story house,it will be the narrowest house in the world.
Yes!The house that a few years later will be built in Warsaw will be the narrowest house in the world because of its wide reach of all—60 inches. It is such a short distance between two neighboring houses,but on this piece of land a group of Polish architects (建筑师) are just going to build a new building.
Is it too small? No. In fact,the average (平均的) width of the body of an adult male is about half a meter. Moreover,in the narrowest building in the world on three floors you can find a living room,bedrooms,an office,a kitchen and a bathroom with a toilet. It is so narrow that the architects didn't even make the traditional stairway. The move from floor to floor depends on the vertical axis (竖轴) .
阅读短文，根据短文内容，完成下面的表格。
The narrowest house in the world | |
Where does it lie? | In 1. . |
What does it look like? | It looks 2. , and it is a three-story house,which will be the narrowest house in the world. |
What size is the house? | Its 3. reaches 60 inches. |
What are there in the house? | In the narrowest building you can find a living room,bedrooms,an office,a kitchen and 4. . But you can't find 5. . |
D
There are many things you can do to keep friendship strong.
Believing is very important in keeping any relationship strong and long. If you believe a person whom you have a good relationship with and the person also believes you in the same way,then you two have a good relationship.
You can remember important dates of your friends such as their birthdays and wish them happy or give gifts to them on these special days. Many people say that money is the most important thing to consider ,but remember friendship is not about money. You can find something small and inexpensive for their gifts or send online cards.
A friend should also always help others even when it is not very suitable. So have a helping hand ready at all times.
Sometimes space makes relationships even closer. So,if you are far from your friends,there are many ways you can keep in contact. You can use emails,chat programs,and you can also write a blog and share your daily life activities with your friends.
If there is anything that makes you happy,share it with your friends. Listen to their thoughts as well. If they have achieved something noticeable ^ congratulate them and celebrate with them.
根据短文内容完成下面的信息表。
How to Keep Your Friendship 1 | |
2 | Details |
Believing | Don’t 3 your good friend so that he or she will treat you in the same way. |
Remember important dates | Give your 4,small gifts or send online greetings to your friends on their birthdays. Don’t connect friendship with money. Try to send good friends small and 5 gifts. |
6 the friends | Be ready to give a 7 to your friends as much as possible. |
Keep in touch | Use modern 8 to contact your faraway friends. |
Share 9 | Share the happiness with your friends. Listen to your friends. 10 your friends on their achievements and celebrate them together. |
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
D
Animals are our friends. But now more and more animals,such as tigers,pandas and elephants are in danger. All of us should do something to protect them. It's the time. Then what can we do for animals in danger?
One of the most important ways is to protect their habitats. When visiting a natural park,you should make sure you follow the rules. Leave the flowers,birds and eggs where you find them. You can even grow a tree or build a birdhouse in your garden.
We should also protect the environment. You’d better take a bus,ride bicycles or walk but not drive cars. Turn off lights,radios and televisions when you are not using them. Take your own bag to the supermarket when you go shopping.
Another important thing to protect animals is to think about what you use and eat. Don’t buy things which are made of animal fur or ivory. Eat more vegetables and fruit but less meat.
There are many groups working on saving animals. Join one of them and start helping today!
根据短文内容完成下面的信息表。
Passage outline | Supporting details |
Some animals are in 1 . | It's the 2 for us to do something to protect them. |
Protect their habitats. | We should follow the rules when we 3 a natural park. Never 4 birds or eggs away. |
Protect the environment. | It's 5 to take a bus than to drive cars. |
Think about what you use and eat. | Don’t use things which are made of animal fur or ivory. |
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.