Beethoven (贝多芬) was born in a small city near the Rhine in Germany. His father always drank and his mother was a maid (女仆). They lived a poor life.

Beethoven was a talented (有天赋的) child in music. People at that time thought he was as clever as Mozart. His father wanted to make money from his talent, so he told him to practice and play all the time. If he didn’t do that, his father would be angry with him and beat him.

Beethoven was very short and ugly. He couldn’t hear well from the age of 22 and later he heard nothing, but all these unhappy things didn’t make him dislike music. He began to write sonatas (奏鸣曲) at 12, and later he became a great musician.

His life was so short that he didn’t leave many works. But people think he was one of the best musicians in the world.

根据短文内容，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选择正确答案，并将其字母代号填入答题卷相应空格内。（共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分）

1.Beethoven was from a        in a small city near the Rhine in Germany.

A．educational family                       B．teacher’s family

C．rich family                             D．poor family

2.Beethoven’s father told him to practice and play all the time because his father wanted to make   .

A．him be a great musician

B．him not drink too much like him

C．himself rich

D．him beat Mozart in music

3.What did people think of Beethoven at that time ?

A．He wasn’t a rich boy.

B．He did as well as Mozart in music.

C．He didn’t love his parents.

D．He would be a great singer.

4.He was ugly and deaf ,       .

A．that often made him dislike music

B．but all these things didn’t make him dislike music

C．that made him stressed out

D．but he didn’t regard all these things as challenges

5.Which of the following is NOT true ?

A．His father would be angry with him and beat him unless he practiced and played all the time.

B．His father never stopped drinking wine.

C．He left so many works that people think he was one of the best musicians in the world.

D．After writing sonatas at 12, he became a great musician.

Mr Black was walking in the forest（森林） He was scared when he heard a terrible noise. But he could not get out of the forest. His friends were waiting for him in a village outside the forest. They would give him a lot of money if he took a tiger to them, or they were going to laugh at him.

Mr Black liked hunting(打猎). He usually killed some birds and animals. But a week ago, after he drank too much, he called himself a brave hunter. So his friends bet(打赌) him twenty thousand dollars if he could kill a tiger.

Suddenly, he heard a little noise. He ran to a big tree,and climbed up it quickly.He didn’t come down until he saw it was a farmer. He went close to him and asked, “Excuse me, sir.Are there any tigers in the forest?”

“Yes,” said the farmer. “I saw a lot of tigers’ tracks（足迹）about a kilometer north near here.”

“Good!”Mr Black said in a hurry. “Which way is to the south,then?”

1.Mr Black was good at________

A drinking   B hunting small animals  C running   D betting

2.Which is NOT true?

A Mr Black was a brave hunter.

B Mr Black was scared of tigers.

C He thought a tiger was close to him, so he climbed up the big tree quickly.

D Mr Black asked the farmer the way to run away.

3.We can guess ________ finally.

A Mr Black got twenty thousand dollars

B his friends would think he was very brave

C Mr Black won the bet

D Mr Black lost the bet

Eagles are members of the bird family. More than 60 kinds live in Africa. Once there was a baby eagle living in a nest on a cliff(悬崖). The baby eagle loved his nest. It was warm, soft and comfortable. And even better, he had all the food and love that his mother could give. Whenever the baby eagle was hungry, his mother would always come just in time with delicious food he liked.

He was growing happily day after day. But suddenly his world changed. His mother stopped coming to the nest. He was full of sadness and fear. He thought he would die soon. He cried, but nobody heard him.

Two days later his mother came with some nice food. The baby eagle was wild with joy. But his mother put the food at the top of the mountain and then looked down at her baby. The baby eagle cried out, “Mom, why did you do this to me? I’m hungry. Don’t you know I will die if I have nothing to eat?”

“Here is the last meal I give you. Come and get it by yourself.” his mother said. Then she flew down and pushed the baby out of the nest.

The baby eagle fell down, faster and faster. He looked up at his mom, “Why do you abandon me?” He looked down at the earth. The ground was much closer. Then something strange happened. The air caught behind his arms and he began to fly! He wasn’t moving to the ground any more. Instead, his eyes were pointed up at the sun. “You are flying! You can make it!” His mother smiled.

1.Which of the following is true about the baby eagle’s life before his mother stopped coming to the nest?

A．He lived in a nest in a tree.                B．His mother gave him nice food.

C．He was always cold and hungry.             D．He lived very happily with his friends.

2.How did the eagle feel as soon as he saw his mother coming again?

A．Sad.              B．Happy.            C．Afraid.            D．Angry.

3.What did the baby eagle’s mother do when she came the last time?

A．She put some food in the nest.

B．She just came to see him again.

C．She shouted at her baby eagle and flew away.

D．She pushed her baby eagle out of the nest..

4.The underlined word “abandon” means _________ in Chinese.

A．抛弃             B．保护             C．歧视             D．拯救

5.We can infer from the story that the baby eagle ___________.

A．lost his mother                         B．fell down and died

C．could get food himself                    D．was still angry with his mother