When I was five years old, my mother first asked me a  41   . “What’s the most  42 Part（部分）of one’s body（身体）?” she asked me. At the moment, I  43   listening to songs very much, so I answered, “My  44  , Mom.” “I don’t think so,” said my mother. She always asked me this question, but I  45  gave her the right (正确的) answer.

Last year, my grandmother  46  the world. For the first time, I saw my mother  47  so sadly. All the people in my family were very 48  . That night, my mother asked the  49 question again. “You need to  50   this important lesson today, my dear,” she said to me. “The most important part of one’s body is the shoulder (肩膀).”

“  51   ?” I asked.

“Because your shoulders can hold the head of a friend or one of your family,” my mother said. “Everyone  52   a shoulder to cry on when he or she  53   something sad. I hope that you have  54   love and strong (强壮的) shoulders. Then your friends and family can cry on them.”

“My shoulders are  41   strong now,” I said. “You can cry on each of them, Mom.”

1.                A．joke           B．lesson          C．subject   D．question

 

2.                A．interesting      B．important       C．expensive D．dangerous

 

3.                A．enjoyed        B．stopped        C．forgot    D．disliked

 

4.                A．feet           B．ears            C．arms     D．hands

 

5.                A．often          B．usually         C．never    D．always

 

6.                A．left            B．loved          C．started   D．improved

 

7.                A．see            B．cry            C．run  D．dance

 

8.                A．free           B．sad            C．happy    D．relaxed

 

9.                A．good           B．second         C．same D．different

 

10.               A．teach          B．watch          C．plan  D．learn

 

11.               A．Who           B．Why           C．How D．What

 

12.               A．needs          B．buys           C．sells  D．rents

 

13.               A．keeps          B．meets          C．takes D．believes

 

14.               A．no            B．a few          C．any   D．lots of

 

15.               A．only           B．not            C．very D．hardly

 

 

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The world of the out-of doors is full of secrets. And 1. ________ are so interesting  that quite a lot of people are busy studying them. All around us are birds, animals, trees and flowers. The facts about 2.________ they live and grow are as interesting as anything could be.

Do you know that one of the great presidents of the United States 3 ________ hours and hours studying birds? A businessman who lives near New York City became so interested in insects(昆虫) that he began to collect them. He now has more than one thousand different kinds 4. ________ kept in the glass boxes.

Come then with me, and I will help you find some of Nature’s secrets. Let us go quietly through the woods and fields. Here we shall find how a rabbit tells the other rabbits that there is danger. We shall follow a mother bear and her young ones as they search for food and get ready for 5. ________ sleep. We shall watch bees 6. ________ in the air to let other bees know where they can find food. I will 7.________ you many other interesting things, but the 8. ________ thing that I can teach you is to keep your eyes and ears 9.________ when you go out of doors. Nature tells her secrets 10.________ to people who look and listen carefully.

Once an old man was walking in a street with his horse. It was raining hard. The old man was cold because he was walking in the rain. He wanted to stay in a restaurant.
It was a quarter past three in the afternoon. The old man got to a small restaurant. A lot of people crowded in it. The old man couldn't come near the fireplace. He thought and thought.At last he said to the waiters, “ Take some fish to my horse.” The waiter and the other people were very surprised. The waitered said, “A horse doesn't eat fish.” The old man told the waiter, “ The horse is versatile. It can sing, dance and does all kinds of things. It can eat fish, too.” So the waiter took some fish to the horse.
All the people in the restaurant rushed out to see the horse eat fish except（除了……之外） the old man. Now the old man sat beside the fire. After a while the waiter returned and said. “Your horse didn't eat any fish.” The old man said, “All right, take the fish back and put it on the table. I’ll eat it.”
【小题1】The old man felt very cold because_______.

A．it was a cloudy and windy day.

B．it snowed heavily for a long time

C．he was travelling in a heavy rain

D．he was hungry and thirsty

【小题2】The people in the restaurant all ran out because_________

A．They want to see the old man

B．they wanted the horse eat fish

C．the old man told them the horse came

D．There was no fire over the stove

【小题3】The underlined word “versatile” means:

A．笨的

B．滑稽的

C．兴奋的

D．多才多艺的

【小题4】All the people in the restaurant rushed out _____ except the old man.

A．to see the horse sing

B．to watch the horse play games

C．to look for the horse

D．to see the horse eat fish

【小题5】Why did the old man ask the waiter to take some fish to his horse?  Because ________

A．his horse like eating fish

B．he had a special fish

C．he wanted to sit near the fire, but wasn’t able to do so at first.

D．he himself also liked to eat fish