三、 (2015 •广安) 阅读理解。

    Mary is an African elephant. Now she is 16 years old. She lives in the zoo. Mary has produced nore than 50 drawings since last year. She has made over $ 2,500 for the zoo. Zoo leaders say Mary first showed the art ability about 4 years ago. Zoo workers watched her make the marks (痕迹) in the sand with her trunk. She rubbed out (抹去) the marks,then made the new ones. The zoo workers ave her brushes and paints. Soon Mary was drawing pictures. Newspaper reporters wrote about Mary,and then people went to buy her pictures. And in this way she made a lot of money for the zoo by drawing.

   This is how Mary does the drawing. A zoo worker holds different colour paints and Mary touches the colours she wants. Then the worker gives her the chosen colour to the brushes in her trunk and Mary begins to paint.

() 1. Mary is.

   A. a girl   B. a zoo worker

    C. a zoo leader   D. an elephant from. Africa

() 2. She has made over for the zoo.

   A. $50   B. $2,500 c. $16   D. $4

() 3. Mary first learned to draw pictures .

   A. when she was 4 years old   B. to make money

    C. in the sand with her trunk   D. when she was 16 years old

() 4. wrote about Mary,and then people went to buy her pictures.

   A. Newspaper reporters   B. A magazine

    C. A history textbook   D. An advertisement

() 5. Mary rubbed out the marks she had made in order to .

   A. please the visitors   B. make other ones

   C. ask for more brushes and paints   D. clean her trunk

三、完形填空。

 

   Are you nervous when you stand in front of the public? Are you afraid to make a speech?

   Li Jun,a middle school boy,felt shy when he was making a speech the other day. Li had thought it be quite easy to speak in front of 1classmates.

   I was wrong. It was very different and much 2 than talking to my classmates during playtime 9 Li said. I tried,but It was really difficult to speak. I felt like a mute (哑巴) and wanted to leave the classroom 3 . ”

   Li is not alone. Many middle school students now have the same 4 : they can talk about their ideas freely 5 their best friends after class,but can’t speak in public. According to Zhou Hong,a teacher from a university,the main reason is that schools in China pay more attention to writing instead of 6 .

   Zhou hopes schools can give students more chances to open their 7 ,such as speech competitions,English corners and class discussions. Students can join in any one they want to. 8 he also gives some advice to students. ^During your free time you should 9 more. When you’re speaking in public,take it easy. Just imagine you’re talking to nobody and speak up your ideas clearly”’ Zhou said. “That 10 a fine public speech and you’ll feel confident. ”

() 1. A. her   B. my C. your   D. his

() 2. A. harder   B. easier C. better   D. later

() 3. A. slowly   B. quickly C. sadly   D. happily

() 4. A. answer   B. subject C. problem   D. question

() 5. A. except   B. beside C. from   D. with

() 6. A. listening   B. speaking C. reading   D. singing

() 7. A. mouths   B. eyes C. minds   D. hearts

() 8. A. But   B. So   C. And   D. Or

() 9. A. play   B. practise C. write   D. watch

() 10. A. reports   B. keeps C. hears   D. makes

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