Dou Kou, a Chinese boy, is called “the youngest writer in the world”. He has written three books till now. Dou Kou was born in Jiangsu in 1994. When he was 7 months old, his parents started working in over 30 different cities, such as Xi’an and Shenzhen. This kind of life gave him things to think and write about. When he was 9 months old, he could speak and at the age of one, he could say five to six hundred words. At three, he could look up words in the dictionary. At four, his father taught him how to learn by himself. His parents like reading very much. So does he. At the age of 5, he began writing fairy tales. At the age of 6, he wrote a novel about his life in different cities with his parents. His fairy tales are all from his life. One day, he found many mice in the house. They not only ate their food but also hurt his mother’s hand. So he thought, “If we give mice the stomach of cows, they will eat grass and they will be helpful to people.” This was his first fairy tales Change Stomach for Mice. Now he studies well in a middle school. He has written his third book, the novel called Eyes of Children. He says, “I am not different from other children. I just wrote several books.

56．Thanks to his _____, Dou Kou could write his books.

A．mother　　　　　　　　　 B．father　　　　 C．school life　　　 　　　 D．life in different cities

57．Dou Kou began to use a dictionary _____.

A．when he wrote fairy tales

B．before his father taught him how to learn something

C．after he went to school

D．after his mother taught him how to learn something

58. The underlined(划线的) sentences show us that Dou Kou _____.

A．is different from other children 　　　　 B. doesn’t tell the truth.

C. is the same as other children　　　　　　　　　 D. likes his books

59. Which is the best title?

A. Three Books by a child　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. How to Write a Fairy Tales

C. How Clever the Boy is　　　 　　　　　　 D. Dou Kou, the Youngest Writer

A large cat arrived at a farm where many mice lived.None of them dared go outside for fear of being __36__by the cat.

The mice decided to hold a __37__ to find a way of stopping themselves from being in__38__.One day，when the cat was out，mice of all ages__39__into the meeting room.

“Let’s build a big trap，”one mouse__40__.When this idea was__41__，another said，“What about poisoning(毒死)her？”But __42__knew where to buy the poison.One young mouse，whose mother had become the cat’s food，__43__said，“Let’s cut her teeth，so she can do no more harm.”But the meeting did not accept his__44__.

At last，one mouse，__45__than the rest，jumped onto a table.Waving a bell，he called for__46__，“Be quiet！We’ll tie this bell to the cat’s tail，so we’ll always know__47__ she is！We’ll have__48__ to escape，and the slower and weaker mice will hear her coming and be able to__49__！”Hearing the words，everyone got__50__ and they congratulated him on his good idea.

“We’ll tie it so tightly(紧紧地)that it will never__51__！”

“She’ll never be able to walk__52__ again！Why，the other day，she suddenly appeared right in front of me！Just imagine...”

However，the wise mouse said，“We must__53__who is going to tie it on her tail.”There was not a sound in the room.Nobody was__54__ enough to put the plan into action.The meeting ended without any decision being made.

It’s often very__55__to have bright ideas，but putting them into practice is a more difficult matter.

36．A.trained       B．caught     C．invited      D．taught

37．A.party         B．game           C．meeting      D．test

38．A．danger        B.return             C．fact         D．need

39．A．flew        B．stepped     C.rushed    D．swam

40．A.questioned        B．suggested   C．answered    D．explained

41．A.supported         B．accepted    C．refused      D．discussed

42．A.everybody         B．somebody        C．anybody      D．nobody

43．A．carefully         B．slowly      C.angrily      D．happily

44．A.present      B．idea              C．excuse       D．reason

45．A.younger     B．longer      C．stronger     D．wiser

46．A.pleasure     B．help             C．information  D．silence

47．A．how        B．who         C.where         D．what

48．A．time        B．space       C.experience    D．power

49．A.shout         B．stay             C．hide         D．watch

50．A.worried     B．excited     C．surprised     D．tired

51．A．get up     B．put off      C.drop off     D．turn up

52．A.gladly         B．quietly        C．directly     D．quickly

53．A.believe       B．imagine     C．decide      D．learn

54．A.honest         B．brave        C．rich       D．old

55．A．important  B．difficult    C．strange       D.easy

 _________ of the houses in the town _______ destroyed in the flood.

   A. Three-fifths; have been                           B. Three-fives; has been

   C. Third-five; have been       D. Third-fifths’ has be

 Have you ever taken exercises designed to _____ the chest muscles?

   A. extend              B. spread                   C. expand                  D. enrich

 It was winter _______ I arrived there.

   A. that                     B. since                        C. where                       D. when

 To our surprise, he ______ the big earthquake in the basement where he stayed for 7 days without anything to eat.

   A. lived                B. struggled                C. avoided                  D. survived

 The oil price _________, but I doubt whether it will remain so.

   A. went down                                     B. will go down

   C. has gone down                                  D. was going down

 _____ the money _________ in his pocket, Tom bought a book.

   A. With; remained                              B. Using; remained

   C. With; remaining                             D. In; remaining

---Can you ______ me _____ for the night?

--- Of course!

　 A. put…up　　 B. take…up　 　　　　　　　 C. keep…up　 　　　　　　 D. save…up

 I would appreciate ____ if you would like to teach me how to play the piano.

   A. that                 B. this                    C. it                      D. you