【题目】A small weak pig "Where's Papa going with the ax(斧头)? " said Fern to her mother as they were setting the table for breakfast.

"Out to the hoghouse(猪圈)," replied Mrs Arable. "Some pigs were born last night."

"I don't see why he needs an ax," continued Fern, who was only eight.

"Well," said her mother, "one of the pigs is very small and weak, and it will never grow up to anything. So your father has decided to do away with it."

"Do away with it?" cried Fern. "Just because it's smaller than the others?"

Mrs Arable put a bottle of cream on the table. "Don't cry, Fern!" she said. "The pig would probably die anyway."

Fern pushed a chair out of the way and ran outdoors. The grass was wet and the earth smelled of springtime. Fern's sneakers got wet by the time she caught up with her father.

"Please don't do it!" she said with eyes full of tears.

"It's not right." Mr Arable stopped walking. "Fern," he said gently. "you will have to learn to control(控制)yourself."

"Control myself?" cried Fern. "This is a matter of life and death, and you talk about controlling myself." Tears ran down her face and she took hold of the ax and tried to pull it out of her father's hand.

"Fern," said Mr Arable, "I know more about raising pigs than you do. A weak pig makes trouble. Now run along!"

"But it's unfair," cried Fern. "The pig couldn't help being born small, could it? If I had been very small at birth, would you have killed me?"

Mr Arable smiled. "Certainly not," he said, looking down at his daughter with love. "But this is different. A little girl is one thing; a little pig is another."

"I see no difference," replied Fern, still hanging on to the ax. "This is the most terrible thing I have ever heard of."

A strange look came over John Arable's face. He seemed almost ready to cry himself.

Taken from Charlotte's Web

1Why did Fern want to stop his father from killing the weak pig?

A. Because she liked the pig very much.

B. Because she thought the pig was just like her.

C. Because she didn't know how to control herself.

D. Because she thought it wasn't the pig's mistake to be so weak.

2What can we learn about Mr Arable from the above passage?

A. Mr Arable didn't like the pig.

B. Mr Arable didn't love her daughter.

C. Mr Arable thought the pig was too weak to grow up.

D. Mr Arable did not know how to raise pigs.

3Which of the following is NOT true?

A. Fern was born weak.

B. Mr Arable was moved by her daughter's words in the end.

C. Mrs Arable didn't stop Mr Arable when he went to the hoghouse with the ax.

D. Fern thought there was no difference between a little weak girl and a little weak pig.

4We can learn from the reading, Fern was .

A. crazy B. kind-hearted C. brave D. impatient

【题目】I grew up in a small town. My father raised chickens and ran a construction company. I was only 10 years old when my dad gave me the responsibility(责任) of feeding the chickens and cleaning up the stable. He believed it was important for me to have three jobs to learn responsibility.

When I was 22, I found a job in Natchbill at a country music club called the Natchbill Palace. In the club, I washed dishes and cooked from 4:00 p.m. to 9 p.m. and went on stage and sang until 2:00 in the morning. It wasn’t long before I came known as a singing cook. I had been rejected so many times by record companies that it was not hard to be discouraged.

One night, a woman executive (总经理)from a company named Warner Brothers Records came to hear me sing. When the show was over, we sat down and talked. After she left, I said to myself it was one more rejection. A few weeks later, my manager received a phone call---Warner Brothers wanted to sign me to a record deal. Soon after, I released my first record in June, 1986. It sold over 2 million copies. My best efforts had gone into every job I’ve ever held. It was the sense of responsibility that made me feel like a man. Knowing that I had done my best filled me will pride. I still feel that way today, even though I have become a well-known singer.

1Why was the writer once known as a singing cook?

A. Because he was a cook at a country-music club.

B. Because he sang for guests while he worked as a cook.

C. Because he often sang while cooking.

D. Because he liked cooking better than singing.

2Who first find his talents and make his career successful?

A. Warner Brothers. B. His father.

C. His manager. D. A businesswoman.

3What made the writer proud of himself?

A. His sense of responsibility in whatever he did. B. His hard work in early days.

C. His ability to live dependently. D. His courage in the face of rejections.

【题目】One day, my grandfather went fishing and let me come with him. He handed the rod(钓竿) to me, held my arms and taught me how to throw my ______ into the water. Our bobbers(浮标)floated together ______ we sat there, hoping for a bite.

The sun warmed us. We sat and talked. "I remember when I could sit here and watch the fish ______ in the water," he said. "Sometimes, they'd jump out and _____ beside me. I didn't need a rod and bait()at that moment." "We have to be _____," he continued. "The fish may come or they may not. It doesn't matter. We're out in the sun. It's a beautiful day. If it had rained, we wouldn't be here. We're lucky to have the ______ of the sun."

I watched our bobbers. No fish ______ them under that day. It didn't matter. I was with Grandpa. I felt grown up. Just being with him was special.

I wanted to be like him when I ______. He was well liked by everyone. He'd worked hard all his life for what little he had, ______ he could still find time to laugh.

He was an amazing man. In the short time we had together, he taught me many things:______to bait a hook(钩子), the value of a good laugh, the value of a good friend, respect for my elders, and the importance of working hard and loving harder. The list is long.

1A. line B. rod C. fish D. worry

2A. if B. because C. unless D. as

3A. swum B. swims C. swam D. swim

4A. sit B. stand C. land D. leave

5A. sleepy B. grateful C. happy D. patient

6A. coldness B. coolness C. warmth D. kindness

7A. pushed B. pulled C. beat D. knocked

8A. grew up B. went to school C. went home D. fell asleep

9A. and B. but C. or D. so

10A. what B. which C. how D. where

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