根据句意及首字母或汉语提示，填写句中所缺的单词。

1.There was a big fire in the office yesterday. L_________________, all the people were saved.

2.Li Lei is an h__________________ boy, he never tells lies.

3.The West Lake a__________________ thousands of tourists to Hangzhou every day.

4.The apartment is so expensive that Mr. Green can’t a__________________ it.

5. Mom, I’m so h__________________. Can I have something to eat?

6.There are __________________ (较少的) apples in this basket. I prefer that one.

7.Both of my best friends were born in ________________ (十月).

8.We are often told not to be __________________ (紧张的) in the examinations.

9. On my ________________ (第九) birthday, I got a computer from my aunt.

10.The camera was one of the greatest _________________ (发明) in the 19^th century.

Once there was a king who told some of his people to dig a pond (池子).The king then told his people that one person   15  each family had to bring a glass of milk during the night and put it into the pond. So, by the morning, the pond should be   16 of milk.
After   17  the order, everyone went home. As one man prepared his milk, he thought that since everyone was bringing milk, he would just   18  a glass of water and put that into the pond instead.   19  it was dark at night, no one would notice it, so he quickly went and put the water into the pond and  20  home.
In the morning, the king went to visit the pond. To his surprise, the pond was only filled with water! What happened? Yes! Everyone had the same idea   21  that man. They all thought, “I don’t have to waste my milk. Someone else will do it.”
Dear friends, when you plan to help poor people or people in trouble, do not think that   22  will take care of it.  23 , it starts with you. If you don’t do it, no one else will, so change yourself and make a   24  .

Once there was a little girl in a village. She spent summers on her grandfather’s farm. The year she was four, she knew some ducks. The ducks were white with orange feet. They lived in a little wooden(木头的) house near the road. The little girl liked these ducks very much.

Every day they walked down the road to the pond（池塘）. The ducks went into the water. The little girl sat on the bank（岸） and saw them swimming in the pond. The little girl talked to the ducks and they quacked back to her.

Then one day the ducks were gone. No one would say anything about them. The little girl was afraid to ask where they were. One night everyone sat down for dinner. The food looked a little like chicken. The girl didn’t want to eat. Can you guess why?

根据短文内容，从每小题后所给的四个选项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卷相应的位置用2B铅笔涂黑。

1.The story is mainly about _______.

A．eating chicken                         B．sitting by the pond

C．living on a farm                         D．a little girl and ducks

2.The ducks were _____________.

A．yellow and orange                      B．yellow and white

C．white and orange feet                    D．white and black

3.The underlined “quaked” in paragraph two means _________ in Chinese.

A．嘎嘎叫           B．与......交谈         C．跑开             D．飞起来

4.At the end of the story, the ducks were probably ______

A．under the water                        B．on the plate

C．in the wooden house                    D．swimming in the pond

5.The little girl didn’t eat because ______

A．she wanted nice cakes                   B．the food was ducks

C．the food was too hot                     D．the plate was empty

As the sun rose, a dewdrop (露珠) woke up. There it sat on a leaf, catching the sunlight. Proud of its simple beauty, it was very happy. Around it were other dewdrops, some on the same leaf and some on other leaves. The dewdrop was sure that it was the best, the most special dewdrop of them all.
Ah, it was good to be a dewdrop.
The wind blew and the plant began to shake, tipping (使倾斜) the leaf. The dewdrop became frightened as it started to move towards the edge of the leaf. Why was this happening? Things were comfortable. Things were safe. Why did they have to change? Why? Why?
The dewdrop reached the edge of the leaf. It was sure that this was the end. The day had only just begun and the end had come so quickly. It seemed so unfair. It seemed so meaningless. It tried hard to do whatever it could to stay on the leaf, but it was no use.
Finally, it fell. Below there was a mirror. A reflection(反射)of the dewdrop seemed to be coming up to meet it. Closer and closer they came together until finally... the little dewdrop became a part of the great pond (池塘). Now the dewdrop was no more, but it was not destroyed.
It had become one with the whole.
【小题1】According to Paragraph 1, we know that the dewdrop _____.