根据短文内容，填入适当的单词，每空一词。

An elephant wants to have some friends. He sees a monkey in a tree. “Can you be my friend?” asks the elephant.

“You are too big. You can’t swing (摇荡) in the trees like me.”

Then the elephant meets a rabbit. “Please be my friend,” he says.

“How can I? Sorry, sir. You are too strong.”

The elephant is very sad. Then he goes home.

The next day, he sees all the animals running(跑). He doesn’t know why. The monkey says a tiger is near(在……附近)here. He will come to eat the animals.

The elephant goes to the tiger. “Please, Mr Tiger. Don’t eat the animals.”

“Go away（走开）!” says the tiger.

The elephant is not happy and kicks (踢) the tiger. Then the tiger goes away. At last, all the animals want the elephant to be their friend.

1. The monkey is in the          when the elephant sees him.

2.The elephant is too         , so the monkey and the rabbit don’t want the elephant to be their friend.

3. The elephant isn’t afraid (害怕) of the tiger because (因为) he is big and         .

4.All the animals are          when they see the tiger go away.

5. There are          kinds of（种类）animals in the story (故事).

Jack is a twenty-year-old young man. Two years ago, when he finished middle school, he found work in a shop. Usually he works until ten o'clock in the evening. He is very tired when he gets home. After a quick supper he goes to bed and soon falls asleep. His grandma lives downstairs. She is happy with him.

One day, on his way home, he met Mary. They were both happy. He asked the girl to his house, she agreed happily. He bought some fruit and drinks for her. And they talked about their school, teachers, classmates and their future . They talked for a long time.

"Have a look at your watch, please," said the girl. "What time is it now?"

"Sorry, something is wrong with my watch," said Jack. "Where's yours?"

"I left it at home."

Jack thought for a moment and found a way. He began to stamp his foot on the floor, "Bang! Bang! Bang!"

The sound woke his grandma up. The old woman shouted downstairs, "It's twelve o'clock in the night, Jack. Why are you still jumping upstairs?"

1.Jack was ________ when he finished middle school.

A. sixteen　 B. eighteen　 C. twenty　 D. fifteen

2.The old woman is happy with Jack because ________.

A. he's her grandson　　  B. he's clever

C. he can keep quiet　　  D. he gets home on time

3.The word "stamp" in the story means ______ in Chinese.

A. 盖印　　   B. 跺　　 C. 贴邮票　 　  D. 承认

4.Jack stamped his foot on the floor in order (为了) ________.

A. to wake his grandma up

B. to make his grandma angry

C. that his grandma was going to tell him the time

D. that his grandma was going to buy him a watch

An artist went to a beautiful part of the country for a holiday and stayed with a farmer. Every day he went out with his painting brushes and painted till evening. When it got dark, he went back to the farm and had a good dinner before he went to bed.

    At the end of his holiday he wanted to pay the farmer, but the farmer said, “No, I don’t want money. But give me one of your pictures. What’s money? In a week it will all be finished, but your picture will still be here.”

The artist was very pleased and thanked the farmer for saying such kind words about his pictures. The farmer smiled and answered, “It’s not that. I have a son in London. He wants to become an artist. When he comes home next month, I’ll show him your picture, and he will not want to be an artist any more, I think.”

1. Every day, the artist ___________.

A. helped the farmer to do some farming B. went out to visit his friends

C. painted pictures outside                                    D. enjoyed the beautiful scenery

2. The artist wanted to pay the farmer, but the farmer ___________.

A. wanted nothing

B. wanted much more money

C. didn’t want any things at all

D. wanted one of his pictures instead of money.

3. After hearing the farmer’s words, perhaps the artist would be ___________.

A. sad                      B. happy                C. thankful          D. excited

按所给的汉语，用英语完成下列句子，并将答案写在答题卡标有题号的横线 上。

1.虽然他病得重，但是他仍然与疾病进行了顽强的斗争。

 Although he was badly ill , he still                           his disease.

2.韩梅宁愿再等两个小时也不愿叫醒她母亲。

Han Mei                                 rather than wake up her mother because her mother was too tired.

3.他父母回来时，他没有选择，只好把电脑关了。

He __________________________________________ the TV when his parents came home.

4.她很随和，和别人相处融洽。

It’s easy-going of her                                                .

5.目前为止，他们还没有决定如何处理这些旧电脑。

So far, they _______________________________the old computers.

6.这些网络对青少年们有不良的影响，请远离他们。

These websites ________________________. Please stay away from them.

After my husband died, my world crashed around me. My six children were ten, nine, eight, six, three and 18 months, and I was overwhelmed(不知所措的) with the responsibilities of earning a living, caring for the children and simply keeping my head above water.

I was lucky to find a wonderful housekeeper to care for the children during the week, but from Friday nights to Monday mornings, the children and I were alone, and frankly(坦诚地) I was uneasy. Every unusual noise or any late-night phone call filled me with fear. I felt really alone.

One Friday evening I came home from work to find a big beautiful German shepherd(牧羊犬) on our doorstep. It was obvious he wanted to make the house his home. The children took an instant liking to “German” and asked me to let him in. I agreed to let him sleep in the basement(地下室) until the next day. That night I slept peacefully for the first time in many weeks.

The following morning we made phone calls and checked lost-and-found ads for German’s owner, but with no results. Saturday night he was still with us. 

On Sunday I had planned to take the children on a picnic. Since I thought it best to leave German behind in case(以免) his owner came by, we drove off without him. When we stopped to get gas at a local station, we were amazed to see German racing to the gas station after us. He stayed again Sunday night.  

Monday morning I let him out for a run while the children got ready for school. He didn’t come back. We thought we’d never see him again. On Friday evening, German was back again. We took him in, and again he stayed until Monday morning, when our housekeeper arrived. It went like this for almost 10 months. We looked forward to his coming. Each Monday morning he left home.

Each week, between German's visits, I grew a little braver, but every weekend I enjoyed being with him . Then one Monday morning we patted his head and let him out for what turned out to be the last time. He never came back. We never saw or heard from German again. I think of him often. He came when I needed him the most and stayed until I was strong enough to go on alone. I believe German was sent because he was needed, and because no matter how abandoned(被放弃的) and alone we feel, somehow, somewhere, someone knows and cares. We are never really alone.

1.What does the underlined part “keeping my head above water” in the first paragraph mean?

A．trying to keep calm in public

B．trying to get attention from other men

C．showing her high spirit in the face of trouble

D．trying to continue to live

2.When the author’s husband died, ______.

A．she couldn’t raise the six children on her own

B．she couldn’t relax at weekends

C．The housekeeper only came at weekends

D．she was too busy to feel lonely

3. Which of the following is WRONG according to the article?

A．German was fond of living with the family.

B．The writer felt safe and protected with German around.

C．The dog stayed until the writer was strong enough to go on alone.

D．The writer was too busy that weekend to go to find the dog’s owner.

4.Which is the best title for the passage?

A．A homeless dog                        B．A friend’s strength

C．How to keep a dog                      D．Keep up when in trouble