阅读下面的材料，从每题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳答案。

　　Kelly is an African elephant．Now she is 19 years old．She lives in the zoo．Kelly has produced more than 100 paintings since last year．She has made over ＄ 3,500 for the zoo．Zoo leaders say Kelly first showed the art ability about 5 years ago．Zoo workers watched her make the marks in the sand with her trunk(象鼻)．She rubbed out(抹去)the marks, then made the new ones．The zoo workers gave her brushes and paints．Soon Kelly was painting pictures．Newspaper reporters wrote about Kelly, and then people went to buy her pictures．And in this way she made a lot of money for the zoo by painting．

　　This is how Kelly does the painting．A zoo worker holds different color paints and Kelly touches the colors she wants．Then the worker gives her the chosen colors to the brushes in her trunk and Kelly begins to paint．

阅读下面的材料，从每题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳答案。

　　Jackson was driving back home along a road one evening．He just lost his job．It was winter and it was very cold, just like his feelings．

　　An old lady with her car was standing on one side of the road．She needed help．No one stopped to help her．Jackson stopped in front of her and got out of his car．The lady looked very worried．Even when he put a smile on his face, the old lady still looked worried．Was he going to hurt her? He didn't look safe, and he looked poor and hungry．

　　Jackson knew how she felt．He said．" I'm here to help you, madam．Why don't you wait in my car? By the way, my name is Jackson．"

　　The lady thought for a while and then went into his car．There was something wrong with her car．Jackson went under her car to repair it．When he finished, he got dirty and his hands hurt．Then the lady told him that her name was Anie．She asked Jackson how much she should pay for his help．

　　Jackson never thought about getting money．This was not a job to him．This was helping i someone in need．He told her that if she really wanted to pay him back, the next time she saw someone who needed help, she should give that person help．

理解选择

　　Television has a huge influence on our lives．It is one of the most important ways of getting information．People spend part of their spare time watching television, and much of what they learn comes from it．

　　What we see on TV－movies，news shows, sports shows, advertisements and so on have increased our knowledge and have changed the way we learn about the world today．However, not everything on TV is true．

　　Most of the viewers(观众)are children．Television sometimes is like a baby-sitter．It spends more time with children than parents do．But it keeps them in the living room away from healthy outdoor activities．They spend less time playing soccer or walking in the park or playing games in the yard．

　　Of course, there are some programs on TV that are good for children．But there are also some shows which are bad．Children should not watch unhealthy shows．Maybe we can't change what is on TV, but we can choose what we watch．Do you agree?

阅读短文或图表，从每题所给的A、B、C三个选项中，选出最佳选项，回答问题或完成句子。

　　One day a red rose blossomed(开花)in a forest．A pine tree not far away said："What a beautiful flower．I wish I could he that lovely．

　　The rose said："I am the most beautiful plant in this forest．"

　　Then the rose looked at a cactus(仙人掌)and said_：" Look at that ugly plant．It is full of thorns(刺)"

　　The pine tree said："Red rose, you have thorns, too．" Sometimes, the rose would look at the cactus and say："This plant is useless．How sorry I am to be his neighbor．"

　　Summer came and the plants and animals needed water, but no rain fell．One day the rose saw birds stick(刺)their beaks(鸟嘴)into the cactus and then fly away．The rose asked what the birds were doing．The pine tree explained that the birds got water from the cactus．The pine tree told the rose_："You can also drink from it．The birds can bring water to you if you ask the cactus for help．"

　　The rose fell ashamed(羞愧的), but asked the cactus for help．The cactus kindly

　　agreed and the birds filled their beaks with water for the rose’s roots(根)．

　　So the rose learned：never judge(判断)anyone by appearance(外表)．

选择

阅读理解

　　Smoking in indoor public places including public working places, public transport vehicles and some other special outdoor working places has been banned(禁止)in China since January 2011．Let's look at the following advantages of banning smoking．

　　First, banning smoking will not only help in saving smokers from health problems and diseases, but will also be good for passive(被动)smokers．When the smoker is smoking in a restaurant, the people around him are sure to breathe in the smoke and suffer from the diseases an active smoker gets．If smoking is banned, spread of these diseases can be controlled．

　　Next, banning smoking will put stress on smokers to give up．Since a smoker is prevented from smoking, he will learn how to live without smoking for long hours．When a smoker doesn't smell or see anybody around him smoking, it might reduce his wish to smoke too．As a result, people have to give up smoking．

　　Smoking in public places influences non-smokers to start smoking, especially adolescents．When teens see people around them smoking, they will follow them easily．Thus the number of teen smokers will increase．Also asthma(哮喘)and other problems are often seen in children living around smokers．So if it is banned, these places will become safe for children and teenagers．

　　Looking from the economic point of view, smoking should be banned to increase work productivity(生产率)．Employees(雇员)who smoke usually take breaks to smoke while working．So the number of hours they put in their work is smaller．

　　If you see from the environment point of view, smoking should be banned．Smoking causes air pollution．If it is banned, it will help keep the environment from getting worse．

阅读理解

　　Yesterday I was shopping for a few items(物品)．With nothing to do at home, my son, who just left university, was ready to go together with me．

　　As I pushed the basket towards the register(收银机),I checked my items to see how many I had, thinking I might go to the Express Line(快速通道)where the sign said “Ten items or less”．

　　I started to go to that line and my son said, “Mon, you have twelve items!” I said, “You know, but they're close．” He said, “Why are you in such a hurry to get home? You should go to the Regular Line because you have over ten items．”

　　Knowing he was right．I agreed and then pushed the basket to the next line．So I was waiting for my turn there and I was just removing my items from the basket to pay for them when a young man came up behind me in line with two items．

　　I just left the Express Line because I had too many and now I really wanted to get finished．Again, my son came up．“Mom, he has only two items and the Express Line is very long now．Won't you just let him go first?”I agreed, and the young man smiled widely and thanked me several times．

　　It felt good to be with my son and have him remind me not to live a hurried life．Do what's right and also be kind．I really take pride in him．

阅读理解

　　Chen Guangbiao was born in Jiangsu in July,1968．He is the chairperson of a company in Jiangsu．Now he is one of China's richest men and he has donated a great amount of money to charity projects．He says he will donate everything he has to charity after he dies．

　　When people are in need of help, he will appear at once．He helped people during the Wenchuan earthquake, the Yunnan earthquake and the Taiwan earthquake．He also gave a helping hand in Japan's earthquake．He has built many Hope Primary Schools to support the education in poor areas．

　　He doesn't do charity for honour．He wants to encourage more people to make contributions to charity．After announcing he would donate everything to charity after his death, many businesses, overseas(海外)Chinese people and common people encouraged by him have also promised to do something for charity．

　　As a philanthropist(慈善家),he is asked for help every day．Sometimes he gets very tired, but he has never stopped caring．

　　So far, he has received a lot of awards, including Pioneer of the Year, and National May Day Labour Medal(全国五一劳动奖章)．He is considered as one of china's top philanthropists．

阅读理解

Traditional Chinese festivals are now getting their own logos(标识)．Here're logos for China's seven important traditional festivals．

阅读短文。从每小题所给的A，B，C，D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项

Mr Smith is an English teacher．He comes from America．He has a daughter．Her name is Amy, and she is a good engineer(工程师)in New York．Mr Smith likes traveling(旅行)very much．He can speak Spanish very well．Now he is in China, so he wants to learn Chinese．He studies very hard, and he goes to Chinese classes every evening．He has a lot of friends in China and they often help him．He likes to talk with them．He tells his daughter that he can speak Chinese now．