6. Do your think (大象) are the largest animals on land?

5. The girl came into the room (轻声地) and did some 

reading.

10. —Can you draw 3-D pictures with (粉笔) ？ 一No,I can’t.

4. We took the（虚弱的） cat to the animal centre.

3. Is that an English name? It sounds (奇怪的) to me.

2. He said it in a (耳语) ，so I couldn’t hear him.

五、 根据句意及中文提示写出单词。(10分)

1. It’s (惊人的) that fish sleep in the water with their eyes open.

四、 任务型阅读。(10分)

 A mother camel was walking with her son through the desert (沙漠) .They were looking for water and grass. The son asked his mother what water and grass looked like. The mother replied that water was blue aiid looked like the sky,while grass was green and nice. After they walked a day and a night,her son suddenly cried ,“Look,mother,there’s water and grass over there. ”“What a foolish talk,child!”The water and grass were on the left,while the desert was on the right. Because the mother camel was blind in her left eye,she could see nothing with her left eye. After they went on another day and night,the young camel found a second oasis (绿洲) ，but his mother still did not believe him. She said that was not an oasis,but a desert. She said she knew more than her son and couldn’t be wrong. Her son got angry. When he saw an oasis again,he left his mother without telling her. He ran into the grass and ate his full.

根据短文内容填空。(每空词数不限)

1. A mother camel was walking with her son through the desert for .

2. The mother camel told his son that water was blue and the sky.

3. The mother camel couldn’t with her left eyes.

4. Another day,the young camel found .

5. When the young camel found an oasis again,he left his mother and ate his full.

                                B 

    People have strange ideas about food. In the 18th century,Americans never ate tomatoes. They grew them in their gardens because tomato plants are so pretty. But they thought the vegetable was poisonous. They called tomatoes “poison apples”.

    President (总统) Thomas Jefferson,however,knew that tomatoes were good to eat. He was a learned man. He had been to Paris,where he learned to love the taste of tomatoes. He grew many kinds of tomatoes in his garden.The President; taught his cook a way,for a cream of tomato soup (汤) . This beautiful pink soup was served at the President’s next dinner party. The guests (客人) thought the soup tasted really good. They never thought their President would serve (上菜) his dinner guests poison apples. Jefferson never spoke to his honored guests about the fact.

() 6. Which of the following is TRUE?

   A. Americans never ate tomatoes after the 17th century.

   B. Even now Americans don't eat tomatoes.

   C. It was not until after the 18th century that Americans began to grow tomatoes for food.

   D. Americans didn’t eat tomatoes before the 19th century.

() 7. Jefferson was a president of.

   A. a European country   B. the United States

   C. England   D. France

() 8. Jefferson learned that tomatoes were good to eat .

   A. even when he was a little boy   B. because his parents told him so

   C. from books   D. while he was in Paris

() 9. From the passage,we know all the honored guests invited by Jefferson were .

   A. people of his own country   B. people from other countries

   C. Frenchmen   D. men only

() 10. According to the passage,which of the following is WRONG?

   A. All the guests thought the cream of tomato soup was nice.

   B. All the guests thought the soup had a good taste.

   C. All the guests thought the taste of the beautiful pink soup was nice.

   D. None of the guests ever thought if the soup was poisonous or not.

三、阅读理解。(20分)

                   A 

   The ostrich (鸵鸟) is a bird of the deserts of Africa. It is the largest of all birds. It is often 10 feet high. Sometimes the ostrich is called the “camel bird”. Like the camel it lives in the desert,and can live a long time without water.

   The ostrich,s legs are very long and strong,but its wings are small,and it cannot fly. The ostrich can run very quickly—about 30 km an hour. The nest of the bird is a great hole in the sand. There the ostrich lays (产生) 10 or 12 large eggs. She watches her nest and leaves it only during the hottest part of the day.

   People often hunt the ostrich,but it is not easy to catch it. The hunter must know that the ostrich runs only Zig-Zag (z字形路线) .

() 1. The ostrich can run quickly so .

   A. its legs become longer and stronger   B. its wings become smaller and smaller

   C. it isn’t easily caught   D. people call it the “camel bird”

) 2. According to the passage above,we can see that a couple of (—对) ostriches can have at most children.

   A. 30   B. 4   C. 10   D. 12

() 3. The ostrich watches her nest and seldom leaves it because .

   A. her eggs are in it

   B. people often hunt her

   C. she wants to have a good rest after she has laid eggs

   D. she is afraid of the hottest hours of the day

() 4.，so people call it the “camel bird”.

   A. The ostrich has a larger body than any other bird in the desert

   B. The ostrich’s character is like the camel’s

   C. The ostrich is a bird of the deserts of Africa

   D. The ostrich can run about 30 km an hour

() 5. If there is no water,the ostrich .

   A. will die in no time

   B. can still stay alive for some time

   C. the ostrich can still live well

   D. may leave her nest without laying any eggs