Prana, our beautiful dog whose name means ‘breath of life’, isn’t with us any more. But she brought such joy and love that we still miss her.

There are so many wonderful stories about the love in this dog, but my favorite is this one.

It was an autumn day in Minnesota, but the weather didn’t know the difference between autumn and winter. Unexpectedly, we were hit with a big snow fall for which no one was prepared.

We have two apple trees in our backyard. Prana loved apples. When she went outside, she’d take hold of an apple, put it far back in her mouth, and sneak into the house to save for eating later. The apples had been on the ground and were often dirty so I wasn’t always happy that Prana had brought them into the house. Feeling my displeasure, she would turn her head so I wouldn’t see her hidden treasure.

On the day that it snowed too early in the season, Prana went outside and I watched her from the window. I noticed that she was madly digging holes and brought the apples to the surface so they could be seen above the snow. I wondered why she was doing this. She seemed to be completely busy with some kind of important task to dig up as many apples as possible during her yard time.

When I called her back into the house, she had her usual one apple in her mouth. About five minutes later, I looked outside. The yard was completely covered with birds. Prana had dug up all those apples for her bird friends to eat. She knew that they wouldn’t have stored enough food to live through such an early winter.

1.The story about the dog happened _______.

A．in autumn         B．in winter          C．in spring          D．in summer

2.What does the underlined phrase sneak into mean in the fourth paragraph?

A．enter quickly       B．enter secretly      C．enter happily       D．enter slowly

3.Prana was busy digging up the apples in the snow because________.

A．she liked digging holes and eating apples

B．she was always saving the apples for eating later

C．she wanted to leave the apples to her bird friends

D．she loves playing with snow

4.From the story we can learn that______.

A．Prana is helpful to the writer

B．Prana is devoted to the writer

C．Prana is not only beautiful but also joyful

D．Prana is especially loving and thoughtful

请先阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入相应空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卷上将该项涂黑。（每小题1分）

You've Got a Cold!
You feel tired and you have no energy.  You can't breathe out of your nose and your throat hurts Don't be afraid. you have probably just got a     . Every year, many kids experience this sick feeling Some kids have up to eight colds every year. So, what_  is a cold?
Well, a cold is an infection（传染. It affects（影响） your nose,  ears and throat and makes you feel sick and weak.  It's very      to catch a cold.  When someone sneezes or coughs near you, bacteria  (细菌）  travel through the air and     your body and then make you sick.
Also, if you touch your nose or eyes after touching something that has bacteria on it,    a door or your desk at school, you can get sick.
Some of the symptoms（症状） of a cold _  a fever, a sore throat and a cough. If you sneeze, or if your nose is runny and your _   are watery, you've probably got a cold. Most people who have got a cold feel very tired and don't have much energy to do anything.
A cold is not a pleasant thing to      . However, there are some things you can do to feel better.  You should have hot drinks      you've got a sore throat and cough.
You should eat healthy foods and get a lot of rest so your body can be strong enough to  fight  your cold. If you've got a fever, or if you aren't feeling better within a few days, you should visit your doctor and take some medicine.
A cold can be frustrating,      just remember that there are many things you can do to feel better and get stronger. Take care of your body and stay healthy.

In the USA, children start school when they are five years old. In some states(州) they must stay in school          they are sixteen. But most students are seventeen or eighteen years old when they          secondary(中等的) schools. There are two kinds of schools in the USA: public schools and private(私立的) schools.        children go to public schools. Their parents don’t have to         their education because the school get         from the government（政府）.
If a child goes to a private school, his parents have to get enough money for his schooling. Some parents         like private schools though they are much more expensive.
Today about half of the high school students         in universities after they finish secondary schools. A student at a state university doesn’t have to pay very much         his parents live in that state. Many students         while they are studying at universities. In this way they get into         working habits(习惯) and live by their own hands.

Dreams can happen in any of the four stages of sleep. The most memorable and clearest dreams happen in the last stage of sleep (also known as REM sleep). The sleep cycle repeats about four to five times every night. So you can see how a person has several different dreams in one night. Most people only remember dreams that happen closer to the morning when they are about to wake up. That you can’t remember those dreams does not mean they never happened.
The stages in the sleep cycle are organized by the changes in different brain activities.

Stage 1: You are entering into light sleep. In this stage, your eyes move rapidly. We call this NREM. The body gets relaxed and your body temperature lowers. Your heart rate lowers, too. The body is preparing to enter into deep sleep.
Stage 2: Also characterized by NREM. In this stage, the body temperature and heart rate drop again. You are completely asleep.
Stage 3: Still in the NREM stage, this is a deeper sleep still.
Stage 4: In this stage of sleep, your eyes move back or forward. We call it REM sleep. This stage happens at about 90-100 minutes after the beginning of sleep. Your blood pressure rises, heart rate speeds up. The majority of your dreams happen in this stage.
These stages repeat themselves throughout a night’s sleep.
【小题1】 Dreams can happen in ___________.
A. Stage 1 and 2           B. Stage 3 and 4            C. every stage
【小题2】Which of the following sentences is TRUE according to the passage?
A. These stages will happen once or twice one night.
B. Most people only remember the dreams that happen when they are about to wake up.
C. If one can’t remember his dreams, he never dreams at all.
【小题3】What will happen in Stage 2?
A. Eyes move rapidly.   B. People enter into light sleep.    C. Heart rate drops.
【小题4】The first REM sleep happens about ___________ after the starting of sleep.
A. 1 to 2 hours                     B. 2 to 3 hours                     C. 10 minutes
【小题5】The passage is mainly about ___________.
A. the stages of sleep     B. types of dreams         C. remembering dreams