In China, children like to make promises by hooking pinkies(用小手指拉钩)with each other and saying, "A pinkie promise must be kept for 100 years. ”Then, they may press their thumbs (按拇指)together to _______ the promise. Sometimes, couples will hook pinkies and promise to be _______ together.

How did the pinkie promise come out? Some say it comes from a nursery thyme(童谣). Others say it was introduced from the West-born out of a love _______ where a man and a woman hooked fingers.

It is said that it may have something to do with the role of fingers in Chinese _______. The Chinese character (汉字) for "finger" also means "aim"-people's thoughts. So hooking fingers can be seen as the exchanging of thoughts. Therefore, the fingers _______ an important role in making a promise: they can not only be used to complete a promise, but also be cut _______ making a blood promise. _______ someone swears to heaven (对天发誓), they use their fingers to point to the sky.

Generally, hooking fingers means making a _______ promise. In some movies, if a person breaks a promise, he may even have his little finger _______ ! Of course, this kind of thing is not very likely to happen in the ________ world. But we can still see how important "pinkie promises" can be.

1.A. complete B. keep C. hold D. remember

2.A. ever B. still C. always D. just

3.A. life B. story C. sign D. secret

4.A. value B. society C. mind D. culture

5.A. show B. play C. share D. produce

6.A. without B. through C. for D. by

7.A. After B. Before C. Until D. When

8.A. serious B. necessary C. private D. successful

9.A. cut through B. cut off C. cut up D. cut down

10.A. open B. whole C. future D. real

A small lion lives with his mother. One day, his mother is sleeping and he goes into the forest to play. But after some time, he gets lost in forest.

The lion is afraid. He runs everywhere and shouts for his mother. But he still can’t find his way home. When he is tired and doesn’t know what to do, a sheep sees him and brings him to her home.

The sheep likes this small lion and feeds him very well. And the lion likes living with the sheep, too. After some weeks, the lion is big and tall. But he is afraid of other small animals like dogs!

Some days later, a big lion comes. He looks terrible. When he shouts, lots of animals are afraid and run away. But the small lion isn’t afraid. He is happy to meet the big lion and runs to play with him. Then he knows what he is really like. And other animals in the forest start to be afraid of him.

Sometimes we are like this small lion. But if we learn more about ourselves (我们自己), we will know we are strong!

1.This small lion is happy to live with the sheep, but__________.

A. he looks like a dog B. he isn’t like a lion

C. he never eats meat D. other animals are afraid of him

2.When a big lion comes, this small lion_________.

A. runs away B. is afraid of him

C. brings him to his home D. runs to play with him

3.The writer thinks this small lion gets_______ at last.

A. strong B. funny C. smart D. friendly

4.From the story, we can infer(推断) that_______.

A. the big lion is this small lion’s father

B. this small lion finds his way home at last

C. sometimes we need to know what we are really like

D. we must be friendly to the animals like small lions

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