Once upon a time, a boy was walking through a wood and he thought he could hear a sad cry. Following the sound he came to a big, round, mysterious, grey fountain. The sad sound seemed to be coming from the fountain pool. The boy swept aside the pool’s dirty surface water and saw a group of grey fish swimming in a slow circle through the pond.
Amused by this, the boy tried to catch one of these incredible talking fish. But when he stuck his arm into the water it turned grey right up to the elbow. As this happened, a huge sadness entered into him, and he suddenly understood how sad the fish were feeling.
He quickly pulled his arm out of the water, and ran from that place. But the arm stayed grey, and the boy continued feeling sad. He tried so many times to cheer himself up, but nothing worked. That was, until he realized that if he were to make the Earth happy then that happiness would be, in turn, transmitted back to him, through the earth on his arm. X|k | B|  1  .  c|O  |m
From then on, he set about looking after countryside. He cared for the plants, and he did what he could to keep the water from being polluted. He encouraged others to do the same. He was so successful that his arm started to recover its normal color. When the grey had disappeared completely, he started feeling happy again, and he decided to go and visit the fountain. When he was still some way from the fountain he could hear the fish singing happily.
【小题1】 What happened to the boy when he stuck his arm into the water?

Forgetful President

    George Washington was the first president of the United States.   1.   But it seems that the president was not a perfect person.

    A New York library recently found that Washington borrowed two books from the library in 1789.    2.   If he were still alive, he would have to pay the library$300, 000 in fines（罚款）, for it has been late for over 220 years.

    On October 5, 1789, George Washington went to the New York Society Library.

      3.   He didn’t sign his name in the borrower’s book. He just wrote “President” to show who had taken them out.

    The two books should have been brought back a month later, but they were never returned. Workers at the library realized the books were missing when they organized the library’s old records. The New York Society Library doesn’t expect anyone to pay the fine.   4. 

阅读理解。（每小题2分，共30分）

阅读下列材料，从 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出最佳答案，并把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。

A

People say that George Washington, the first president of the United States, never told a lie. But it seems that the president was not without faults.

A New York library recently found that Washington borrowed two books from the library in 1789. He didn’t return them.

If he were still alive, he would have to pay the library ＄300,000 for being 220 years late.

On October 5, 1789, when the first president borrowed the books form the New York Society Library, he didn’t sign his name in the borrower’s book. He just wrote “president” to show who had taken them out.

The two books should have been brought back a month later but were never returned. Workers at the library realized the books were missing.

The New York Society Library doesn’t expect anyone to pay the fine. But it hopes that someone will return the books.

1.Gorge Washington is__________.

2.Gorge Washington borrowed a book from ________.

3.The library hopes _________.

Forgetful President
George Washington was the first president of the United States.   【小题1】  But it seems that the president was not a perfect person.
A New York library recently found that Washington borrowed two books from the library in 1789.    【小题2】  If he were still alive, he would have to pay the library$300, 000 in fines（罚款）, for it has been late for over 220 years.
On October 5, 1789, George Washington went to the New York Society Library.
  【小题3】  He didn’t sign his name in the borrower’s book. He just wrote “President” to show who had taken them out.
The two books should have been brought back a month later, but they were never returned. Workers at the library realized the books were missing when they organized the library’s old records. The New York Society Library doesn’t expect anyone to pay the fine.   【小题4】 

从方框中选择恰当的句子完成下面对话，并将答题标号写在答题处。

Tom: Mom, can I go out to play?

Mother: 1._______________

Tom: If you let me go out, I will finish it later.

Mother: No, Just sit down and finish it now. You’d never do it if I didn’t make you, would you?

Tom: Yes, I would. 2.______________

Mother: Never mind about football. You will never do well at school if you don’t do your homework..

Tom: 3._______________

Mother: Well, we would. 4.______________

Tom: I don’t know, but just think how happy he’d be if I got on the football team.

Mother: 5.________________

A.   But if I don’t go now, it will be too late to play football with my friends.

B.   He says he would play football all day if he were my age again.

C.   If you’ve finished your homework.

D.   What would your father say if you got the lowest mark in the class again?

E.    I wouldn’t mind if I didn’t.

F.    He would be more pleased if you got the higher marks.

G.? Never mind about the football