Are animal brains too simple for thoughts and choices? Stories about animal kindness have really changed my point of view. In fact, some stories are amazing, especially when animals are meeting with people. Here are two stories that interest me.

  James, a wildlife writer, told a story that an African woman had placed her baby in the shade of a tree while she was working. An elephant group walked by and saw the baby. Several elephants pulled leafy branches from the tree covered the sleeping baby. Flies can be a problem in Africa and the branches protected the baby from the flies. The elephants were so gentle and quiet that they did not even wake up the baby. Then the elephants walked away.

  An English magazine offers another story. Bill, a cat, stayed at home while its master was away on a trip, but the man was injured in a railway accident and died a few days later in a hospital. At the funeral, the Man’s brother was surprised to see that Bill was there. The faithful cat had traveled a long way to the hospital, looked at the coffin(棺材), and then sadly returned home.

  Humans are only one part of the earth. The beautiful flowers are our sisters; the deer, the horses and the great eagles, these are our brothers. The sky and mountains, the cows and men, all belong to the same family. These stories, I hope, will inspire more people to treat animals as our friends rather than pets or our next meal.

57. What did the author used to believe?

A. people meet with animals often.

B. Animals brains are too simple to make choices.

C. We should change our old views about animals.

D. Animals stories have many amazing facts

58. What did the elephants do when they saw the baby?

A. they woke up the baby by pulling branches.

B. They helped to protect it from the flies.

C. They walked away by doing nothing.

D. They ate some branches and walked away.

59. Though it is a long way to travel, the faithful cat managed to ____?

A. appear at its master’s funeral.  B. catch up with his master on his trip

C. see its master’s brother.       D. see it master die in an accident.

60. Why does the author write this passage?

A. He wants to make animals become our sisters and brothers.

B. He wants to inspire more people to treat animals as friends.

C. He wants to warn people against having more food or pets.

D. He wants to make readers know the elephants and the cat.

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53. The Browns are looking for a new house. Mr. Brown wants to live in the north of the town near his workplace. Mrs. Brown wants a house with four bedrooms. The Browns’ children don’t care what the house is like as long as the garden is big enough. Why doesn’t the Browns buy the house in the advertisement?

A. it is on the wrong side of the town.

B. there aren’t enough bedrooms.

C. there is no dinning room.

D. the garden is too big.

54. Man: why don’t we rent one of the Sea View Holiday Flats for our holiday, Mary? They sound just as good as the Sea View Hotel, and it would be much cheaper.

Mary: there’s one big difference between the flats and the hotel. There would be much less work in the hotel.

Why would Mary rather stay in hotel?

A. They wouldn’t have to cook.

B. it’s not so expensive

C. She would enjoy the beautiful gardens.

D. it’s near the sea.

55. Tom: there’s a new football team standing in the village, mum. I’m old enough to play in it. We stop school at half past three, so I’d have plenty of time.

Mum: well, I suppose you could do your homework later. But look, Tom, you haven’t read the advertisement carefully. You can’t possibly play for this team.

Why can’t Tom play for the new football team?

A.He’s not old enough.

B.Tom hasn’t read the advertisement carefully.

C.School stops too late.

D.He has to do his homework.

56. Man: I’m looking for a room to rent. It doesn’t matter how big it is. I don’t care what color the walls are or how old the furniture is. I’ve got to study for my exams, so the house must be quiet and near the school.

  Girl: there are some advertisements fro houses in the paper. What about this one?

  Man: yes… yes… that’s all right. Oh, dear, no, I don’t think it would do.

A.It’s too small.    B. the color of the walls is wrong.

C.The man likes old furniture better.  D. it’s too noisy.

     Most animals have little connection with animals of a different kind, unless they hunt them for food. Sometimes, however, two kinds of animals come together in a partnership which does good to both of them. You may have noticed some birds sitting on the backs of sheep. This is not because they want a ride, but because they find easy food in the parasites ( 寄生虫) on sheep. The sheep allow the birds to do so because they remove the cause of discomfort. So although they can manage without each other, they do better together.

     Sometimes an animal has a plant partner. This relationship develops until the two partners cannot manage without each other. This is so in the coral (珊瑚) of the sea. In their skins they have tiny plants which act as " dustmen", taking some of the waste products from the coral and giving in return oxygen which the animal needs to breathe. If the plants are killed, or are even prevented from light so that they cannot live normally, the corals will die.

49. Some birds like to sit on a sheep because        .

A. they can eat its parasites 

B. they depend on the sheep for existence

C. they enjoy travelling with the sheep

D. they find the position most comfortable.

50. The underlined word "they" in the last sentence of the first paragraph refers to .

A. birds and parasites       B. birds and sheep

C. parasites and sheep       D. sheep birds and parasites

51. It can be learnt from the text that the coral depends on the plant for   .

A. comfort       B. light     C. food     D. oxygen

52. Which is the best title of this passage?

A. Birds and Sheep          B. Birds, Sheep and Parasites

C. A Partnership D. Corals live on plants

Speaking and Reading

    In learning a foreign language, one should first pay attention to speaking. It is the groundwork of reading and writing. You'd better try your best to speak. Don't be afraid of making mistakes. While you are doing this, a good exercise is to write --keep a diary, write notes or letters and so on. Many mistakes in your speaking will be easily found when you write. Through correcting the mistakes, you can do better in learning a language.

    If you are slow in speaking, don't worry. One of the helpful ways is to improve your English by reading, either aloud or low to yourself. The important thing is to choose something interesting to read. It mustn't be too difficult for. When you are reading in this way, don't stop to look up the words if you can guess their meaning of if they are not important to the sentence. You can do that some other time.

45. Which is the groundwork while you are learning a foreign language?

A. Spelling     B. Speaking    C. Reading    D. Writing

46. The best way to learn through mistakes is        .

A.  to keep a diary and write notes or letters and so on

B.  to try your best to speak

C.  to pay attention to speaking

D.  to keep on correcting mistakes in speaking

47. When you write, you will         .

A. learn how to speak     

B. do better in your pronunciation

C. remember what you have said

D. easily find the mistakes in your speaking

48. When you find some new words in reading, you'd better not      .

A. guess their meaning first

B. go on reading if they are not important

C. stop to look them up in the dictionary

D. keep on reading if you can't guess their meanings

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