阅读理解，阅读短文，根据其内容，选择最佳选项完成下列各题。

A young man from a village called Nawalapitiya married a young woman from Maiyuwa, a small village. They lived with the man’s big family－his parents, his brothers, their wives and husbands and children. The family kept an elephant, in which the woman soon took a great interest. Every day she fed it with fruit and sugar.

Three months later, having quarreled with her husband, the woman went back to her parents’ home. Soon the elephant refused to eat and work. It appeared to be ill and heartbroken. One morning after several weeks the animal disappeared from the house.

It went to the woman’s home. On seeing her, the elephant waved its trunk and touched her with it. The young woman was so moved by the act of the animal .So she went back to her husband’s home.

1. The woman left her new home ______.

A. to visit her own parents in Maiyuwa

B. to see if the elephant would follow her

C. because she was angry with her husband

D. because she was tired of the large family

2. The word “disappeared” in the reading means “______”.

    A. ran away                  B. lost                   C. hid                    D. remained

3. After the young woman left her husband’s home, the elephant______.

A. returned to the forest                             B. was sad because it missed her

C. went to look for a new home                  D. was sick because nobody fed it

4. How did the elephant express its feeling when it saw the young woman?

A. It waved its trunk and smiled.                B. It touched her with its trunk.

C. It touched her and cried.                        D. It waved its trunk and ran around her.

5. The writer wrote the story in order to______.

    A. show that elephants are very clever

    B. tell how a woman trained a wild animal

    C. show that women care more for animals than men do

D. tell how an animal got a husband and a wife together again

完形填空

通读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从所给的A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出一个可以填入短文空白处的最佳选项。

“You speak very good English”

The other day I heard an American say to a Chinese student of English. “You 1 very good English.” But the student answered, “ No, my English is very poor.” The foreigner was quite

2 at the answer. Thinking he had not made himself 3 or the student had not heard him clearly, he said, “Yes, indeed, you speak it very well.” But the Chinese student still 4 saying “No”. 5 the foreigner gave up and didn’t know what to say.

What’s wrong with the student’s answer? It is because he didn’t accept a compliment as the American people 6 . He should have said “Thank you” instead of “No”. He actually understood what the American had said. But he thought he should be modest. If someone says to a woman, “ You look 7 beautiful with the new clothes 8 .” she should be very happy and answer, “Thank you.” In our country we think 9 modest is a virtue and showing off is a bad behavior. But in the West, if you are modest and say, “ No, 10 I can’t do it well,” then the others will take it for granted (理所当然)that you 11 can not do it. If you often say,“No”, you will certainly be looked down upon by 12 . When 13 for a job, if one says something like “Yes, I can certainly do it” instead of “ Let me have a try on the job”, he or she can expect to get it. So in the West, one should always be confident. 14 self-confidence, he can’t go anywhere. Confidence is of great 15 to one in a country where competition is quite keen.(激烈)

1. A. say B. talk C. speak D. tell

2. A. surprising B. surprised C. laughed D. laughing

3. A. understood B. understand C. to understand D. understanding

4. A. keep B. keeping C. keeps D. kept

5. A. At first B. By the way C. In the end D. First of all

6. A. did B. done C. to do D. do

7. A. such B. such a C. so D. so a

8. A. for B. on C. in D. into

9. A. being B. be C. having D. have

10. A. I’m afraid B. I’m not sure C. I don’t mind D. I don’t know

11. A. hardly B. really C. badly D. luckily

12. A. another B. other C. the other D. others

13. A. asking B. ask C. provide D. providing

14. A. With B. Without C. by D. under

15. A. importantly B. unimportant C. important D. importance

 －Have a nice weekend!           － ______.

   A. You’re so kind                                        B. You do ,too             

   C. The same to you                                     D. With pleasure

－Can I park my car here , sir?

－______. You see, there’s much traffic here.

A. Never mind             B. You’d better not    C. Of course not    D. Yes, please

 There’s little important news in the newspaper today, ______?

   A. isn’t there               B. is there                 C. is it                   D. are there

－Many boy students think math is ______ English.

－I agree. I’m weak in English.

A. much difficult than B. so difficult as

C. less difficult than D. more difficult than

 －I want to borrow the book, but I don’t know how long it may ______.

－For two weeks.

   A. keep                       B. be borrowed          C. borrow             D. be kept

The new-designed car is on show now. I wonder ______.

   A. how much it cost                                    B. how much it costs

   C. how much did it cost                              D. how much does it cost

 Tommy is looking for ______ in the cinema. He has drunk too much water .

A              B             C              D

How kind you are ! You always do what you can ______ others .

A. help                       B. helping                 C. helps                 D. to help