A rat looked through a crack in the wall to see the farmer and his wife opening a package. What food might it contain? He was alarmed to discover that it was a rat trap (捕鼠夹).
Going back to the farmyard the rat gave a warning: “There is a rat trap in the house, a rat trap in the house!” The chicken raised her head and said: “Excuse me, Mr Rat, I can tell this is a big concern to you, but it is of no business to me. I cannot be bothered with it.”
The rat turned to the pig and told him: “There is a rat trap in the house, a rat trap in the house!”“I am so very sorry, Mr. Rat,” sympathized the pig, “but there is nothing I can do about it but pray. I will make sure that you are in my prayers.”
The rat turned to the cow. She said, “Like wow, Mr. Rat. A rat trap. I am in grave danger. Duh?”
So the rat returned to the house, head down and dejected, to face the farmer’s rat trap alone.
That very night a sound was heard throughout the house, like the sound of a rat trap catching its prey (猎物). The farmer’s wife rushed to see what was caught. In the darkness, she did not see that it was a poisonous snake whose tail the trap had caught. The snake bit the farmer’s wife.
The farmer rushed her to the hospital. She returned home with a fever. Now everyone knows you treat a fever with fresh chicken soup, so the farmer took his hatchet (短柄斧) to the farmyard for the soup’s main ingredient.
His wife’s sickness continued so that friends and neighbors came to sit with her around the clock. To feed them the farmer killed the pig.
The farmer’s wife did not get well. She died, and so many people came for her funeral that the farmer had the cow killed to provide meat for all of them to eat.
So the next time you hear that someone is facing a problem and think that it does not concern you, remember that when there is a rat trap in the house, the whole farmyard is at risk.

1. 1.

   The underlined word “dejected” in Paragraph 5 is closest in meaning to        .

   1. A.
      disappointed
   2. B.
      surprised
   3. C.
      confused
   4. D.
      doubtful
2. 2.

      Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the article?

   1. A.
      The chicken showed great concern for the rat.
   2. B.
      The pig helped the rat get rid of the trap.
   3. C.
      The cow didn’t care about what the rat said.
   4. D.
      The snake was killed after being caught in the trap.
3. 3.

     We can conclude from the article that        .

   1. A.
      the farmer’s wife got good treatment in the hospital
   2. B.
      the farmer regretted setting up the rat trap
   3. C.
      the rat was very wise in avoiding the trap
   4. D.
      none of the other animals felt threatened by the rat trap
4. 4.

      What message does the story intend to convey?

   1. A.
      We should mind our own business.
   2. B.
      Everything is related to something else.
   3. C.
      Helping others is always a virtue.
   4. D.
      We should treat animals in a friendly way.

Part B: Vocabulary 9%

F. negative       G. failures         H. defined          I. mark          J. reliable  

We might be surprised at the progress made in every field of study, but the methods of testing a person’s knowledge and ability remain as primitive as ever they were. It is really extraordinary that after all years, educationists have still failed to devise something more 41 than examinations. For all the 42 that examinations test what you know, it is common knowledge that they more often do the exact 43. They may be a good means of testing memory, or the knack of working rapidly under extreme pressure, but they can tell you nothing about a person’s true ability.

As anxiety-makers, examinations are 44 to none. That is because so much depends on them. They are the 45 of success or failure in our society. Your whole future may be decided in one fateful day. It doesn’t matter that you weren’t feeling very well, or that your mother died. Little things like that don’t 46: the exam goes on. No one can bring out the 47 in him when he is in terror, or after a sleepless night, yet this is precisely what the examination system expects him to do. The moment a child begins school, he enters a world of fierce competition where success and failure are clearly 48 and measured. Can we wonder at the increasing number of “dropouts”: young people who are written off as 49 before they have started a career? Can we be surprised at the suicide rate among students?

Part B: Vocabulary 9%

A. claim         B. second         C. opposite         D. count         E. best     

F. negative       G. failures         H. defined          I. mark          J. reliable  

       We might be surprised at the progress made in every field of study, but the methods of testing a person’s knowledge and ability remain as primitive as ever they were. It is really extraordinary that after all years, educationists have still failed to devise something more 41 than examinations. For all the 42 that examinations test what you know, it is common knowledge that they more often do the exact 43. They may be a good means of testing memory, or the knack of working rapidly under extreme pressure, but they can tell you nothing about a person’s true ability.

       As anxiety-makers, examinations are 44 to none. That is because so much depends on them. They are the 45 of success or failure in our society. Your whole future may be decided in one fateful day. It doesn’t matter that you weren’t feeling very well, or that your mother died. Little things like that don’t 46: the exam goes on. No one can bring out the 47 in him when he is in terror, or after a sleepless night, yet this is precisely what the examination system expects him to do. The moment a child begins school, he enters a world of fierce competition where success and failure are clearly 48 and measured. Can we wonder at the increasing number of “dropouts”: young people who are written off as 49 before they have started a career? Can we be surprised at the suicide rate among students?

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A man and his wife were very poor. They kept 1 for new 2 and good food. The man enjoyed 3 , and he especially liked pancakes (甜煎饼). One night an old woman came to their house and told them she would let them 4 three wishes. They could wish for 5 they wanted.

The man had just finished 6 a piece of bread 7 his dinner, and he was still hungry. He said, “I wish I 8 a big pancake!”

Suddenly a pancake 9 on his plate.

“You fool!” his wife cried. “You 10 for a house 11 wonderful food, but you wished for a pancake. I wish that pancake 12 on the end of your foolish nose!”

Immediately the pancake 13 the end of h is nose.

Then the man and his wife started 14 15 . “It's your fault!” the man cried. “No, it's your fault!”she answered. What 16 they do? The pancake was still on the husband's nose.

“Oh!”the wife cried. “I wish none of this 17 !”

Immediately the pancake was 18 , and the man was saying, “I'm still hungry. How I wish I had some pancakes!”

But of course 19 20 .

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I paid 30 yuan for a watermelon the other day. When I ate it at home I found it more bitter than sweet. I was 36   to throw it away for it cost me money 37  . But to eat it was a 38  thing no better than tasting goldthread(黄连)
Things like this  39  occur in our daily life. For example, last week when going on a tour we failed to find the  40  we had been seeking.  41  we were so uncomfortable as if on pins and needles(如坐针毡).In such a case we had better  42  home immediately, but most of us tourists still chose to  43  our way until we finished visiting all the scenic spots,  44  actually we did not quite enjoy them.
If we   45   , we’ll get nothing; we would have spent money  46  .If we don’t give up, what we’ve got is something to cause suffering or pain, or    47  disaster. Since that’s the case, why are we still unwilling to  48 with it? The only 49 _ is: it means money.
Then what 50 __does money contain? Its importance lies in none 51 __the following two aspects: (1) it can be used for our living;(2) it can be used for daily life. When a sum of money that should be able to obtain joy or enjoyment is certain to 52 the purpose, isn’t it wise to give it up? Isn’t it a sort of 53 for money-spending or even for enjoying ourselves?
To abandon and forget a sum of money that is to be of no value or to produce   54  values can be counted as   55 value of money. Isn’t it so?