(2015 •嘉兴中考) 

   I once knew a man who was rich in his love for birds,and in their love for him. He lived in a grove full of all kinds of trees. He had no wife or children in his home. He was an old man with blue and kind eyes,and a voice that the birds loved.

   While he was at work in the grove,the birds came close to pick up the worms (蠕虫) in the fresh earth he dug up. At first,they kept their distance from him,but they soon found he was a kind man,and would not hurt them,but liked to have them near him.

   They knew this by his kind eyes and voice,which tell what is in the heart. So,day by day their faith in his love grew in them.

   All the birds of the grove were soon his fast friends. They were on the watch for him,and would fly down from the green tree tops to greet him with their chirp (叽叽喳喳叫) .

   When he had no work to do,he took bread with him,and dropped the pieces on the ground. Down they would dart (俯冲) on his head and feet to catch them as they fell from his hand.

   He showed me how they loved him. He put a piece of bread in his mouth,with one end of it out of his lips. Down they came like bees at a flower,and flew off with it piece by piece.

   When they thought he slept too long in the morning,they would fly in and .

   They went with him to church,and while he sang his hymns in it,they sat in the trees,and sang their praises.

  So the love and trust of birds were a joy to the old man all his life long.

1. The birds didn't get close to the old man at first because.

   A. he often hurt them

   B. he disliked them near him

   C. they knew little about him

   D. they got no food from him

2. The underlined word “faith” in Paragraph 3 means in Chinese.

   A. 承诺   B. 祝福   C. 希望   D. 信任

3. Which of the following is the best expression to fill in the blank in the passage?

   A. follow him here and there

   B. call him up with their chirp

   C. drop pieces of bread on him

   D. look for worms in the house

4. It can be learnt from the story that .

   A. birds are humans’ best friends

   B. everyone gets on well with animals

   C. one can get love in return for giving love

   D. a person who loves birds is warm-hearted

(2014 .抚州中考) 

   Why is it important for Lee to study English? After Chinese,the language that is most spoken in the world is 1 . Experts say that 300 million people speak English as a 2 language and another 500 million people speak it as a foreign language. English 3 by almost a billion people in the world and 83% of the world's 4 are written in English. But people think that there will be 5 emails in Chinese than in English.

   Lee is studying English because he wants to be a 6 , and he knows that English is the international language of science. Most scientists write in English. Lee's father is a scientist and is going to an important scientific meeting in Hong Kong 7 . All the discussions will be 8 English.

   Lee's cousin Wei Ling wants to work for an airline when she 9 school. She needs English for this because English is the 10 language used on airlines and all pilots speak English. Wei Ling is going on an English course this summer to 11 her English.

   David Zhang lived in the USA. That's 12 he has an English name. His family 13 to live in China last year,and David is at Lee's school. David speaks English 14 ,but his Chinese isn’t very good. In the summer holidays,David and Lee are planning to spend time together so that they can help each 15 . Their plan is this： On Monday they speak English,on Tuesday they speak Chinese,and so on. Their teacher says it is a very good plan.

1. A. German   B. French   C. Russian   D. English

2. A. first   B. second   C. third   D. fourth

3. A. uses   B. lifted   C. is used   D. was used

4. A. letters   B. emails   C. articles   D. postcards

5. A. more   B. fewer C better   D. worse

6. A. pilot   B. doctor   C. scientist   D. secretary

7. A. last year   B. last week   C. last month   D. next month

8. A. with   B. in   C. by   D. of

9. A. left   B. leaves   C. is leaving. D. has left

10. A. national   B. natural   C. local   D. international

11. A. improve   B. translate   C. read   D. write

12. A. where   B. when   C. why   D. what

13. A. came back   B. wrote back   C. gave back   D. took back

14. A. badly   B. slowly   C. perfectly   D. carefully

15. A. another   B. other   C. others   D. the other

9. (2014 •乐山中考) 司机开车越小心，路上出的事故 就会越少。

The carefully the drivers go,the accidents there will be on the road.

7. (2014 •十堰中考) 经过一段时间的锻炼，她比以前 瘦多了。

After exercising for some time,she's much than before.

6. (2014 •白银中考) 他关心他的事业胜过关心自己的 身体。

He takes care of his business his health.

5. (2014 •福州中考) 在有些地方，水的价格比牛奶的 价格还要高。

The price of water is than of milk in some places.

4. (2014 •潍坊中考) 中国以其悠久历史而闻名。(be famous for)

3. (2014 •天津中考) 你何不在错误的旁边写下正确的 拼写呢？

Why don't you the correct spelling next to the mistake?

2. (2015 •自贡中考) 2015年，“duang”这个词在因特网上很流行，但是我们在现代汉语词典中找不到它。

The word “duang” is very on the Internet in 2015,but we can5t find it in a modern Chinese .