Long long ago, the Jade Emperor (玉皇大帝) organized an animal race. The first 12 animals to win could get a ___in the Chinese Zodiac (十二生肖), and have a year named after them.

The cat and the mouse both______ the ox (公牛) to wake them early on the day of the race. That day, the ox ______to wake them, but without success. So the kind ox carried them on______back and started running when the race began. The mouse _____ just when the ox was going cross the last river. He knew that he could _____ beat the cat. So he pushed the ______off the ox’s back. When the ox reached the other side of the river, the mouse jumped off and ran to the finishing line, just______ the ox. The tiger came third.

So the 12-year cycle (循环) begins with the mouse. The ox comes after him. The tiger ______the ox. The rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, goat, monkey, rooster, dog and pig come after them. The cat was _______to finish the race, almost dying in the river, but she has no place in the zodiac.

So that’s why cats kill mice. They can never forget what happened in that race long long ago!

1.A. place B. prize C. sign D. skill

2.A. promised B. helped C. hated D. asked

3.A. loved B. refused C. forgot D. tried

4.A. her B. his C. their D. your

5.A. made up B. took up C. woke up D. dressed up

6.A. never B. still C. perhaps D. almost

7.A. monkey B. cat C. tiger D. dog

8.A. for B. against C. before D. after

9.A. leads B. cheats C. reminds D. follows

10.A. fast B. lucky C. easy D. free

Linda likes making friends. She has friends all the world.

A. in B. of C. over D. on

I’m not sure if they a party next Sunday.

A. will have B. would have C. had D. have

Zhou Jielun is famous __________ singing.

A. as B. to C. for D. in

I won’t pass the exam I work hard.

A. when B. if C. unless D. because

If he ________harder , he will catch up with us soon .

A. study B. studies C. will study D. studied

Linda was lost in the forest and her parents were really her.

A. worry B. worried about C. worried D. worry about

Some students are so that they often make mistakes in their homework.

A. careful B. careless C. serious D. carefully

根据汉语提示完成句子。

1.除非我们向别人倾诉，否则我们肯定会感觉更糟糕。

_______we talk to someone, we __________ feel worse.

2.最好不要逃避我们的问题。

It is ______ not to _______ ______ _______our problems.

3.如果人们有烦恼，他们不应该埋在心底。

If people have problems, they shouldn’t _______them _______ ________.

4.在英语中，我们说与人分担一个烦恼就像把烦恼分成两半。

In English, we say that ____a problem is like _____it _____ _______.

按要求完成句子，每空一词。

1.Take more exercise and you’ll be healthy.(写出同义句)

____ ___take more exercise, you’ll be healthy.

2.The old man sells newspapers for a living.(写出同义句)

The old man ________ ___________ __________ ___________newspapers.

3.He is too small, so he can’t help his mother.(写出同义句)

He is ______small _______ help his mother.

4.Jim enjoyed himself in the park.(写出同义句)

Jim ______ _______ _________ _________ in the park.

5.You can’t bring friends from other schools to the party.(改为祈使句)

_______ ________ friends from other schools to the par