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

 

 

afford, notes, volunteer, sleepy, concentrate, member, studying, wrong, points, stay up

Paula: Hi Bob. You look (1)          !

Bob: I don’t feel great, Paula.

Paula: Is there something (2)          ？Have you been to the doctor’s?

Bob：No, I’m not ill. I’m just a bit tired. I’m probably not sleeping enough.

Paula: You shouldn’t go out so late then.

Bob：I’m not going out at all actually. I’m too busy (3)          . I (4)          

last night.

Paula: Staying up? But the exams are two months away.

Bob：I know, but I’ve got a lot to do. I didn’t do much last term. I wish I’d been more like you!

Paula: Well, yeah, I went to every class and I took lots of (5)          . After class I spent time looking through all the key (6)          I made during class.

Bob：Have you started preparing for the exams yet?

Paula: Not yet. I’ll probably start next week, but I’m not going to stay up all night doing it! If you don’t sleep enough, you can’t (7)         and you don’t learn anything. Anyway you should have a weekend off.

Bob：I don’t think so. I can’t (8)         the time.

Paula: Of course you can! Why don’t you go to do some (9)         work with me? You used to be a (10)         of our Helping Team.

Bob：I know, I do need some time to relax.

 

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.
【小题1】The story about the dog happened _______.

A．in autumn

B．in winter

C．in spring

D．in summer

【小题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

【小题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

【小题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

根据对话大意从方框中选出恰当的词或词组完成对话，每个单词或短语限用一次。

afford, notes, volunteer, sleepy, concentrate, member, studying, wrong, points, stay up

Paula: Hi Bob. You look (6)           !

Bob: I don’t feel great, Paula.

Paula: Is there something (7)           ？Have you been to the doctor’s?

Bob：No, I’m not ill. I’m just a bit tired. I’m probably not sleeping enough.

Paula: You shouldn’t go out so late then.

Bob：I’m not going out at all actually. I’m too busy (8)           . I (9)          

 last night.

Paula: Staying up? But the exams are two months away.

Bob：I know, but I’ve got a lot to do. I didn’t do much last term. I wish I’d been more like you!

Paula: Well, yeah, I went to every class and I took lots of (10)           . After class I spent time looking through all the key (11)           I made during class.

Bob：Have you started preparing for the exams yet?

Paula: Not yet. I’ll probably start next week, but I’m not going to stay up all night doing it! If you don’t sleep enough, you can’t (12)          and you don’t learn anything. Anyway you should have a weekend off.

Bob：I don’t think so. I can’t (13)          the time.

Paula: Of course you can! Why don’t you go to do some (14)          work with me? You used to be a (15)          of our Helping Team.

Bob：I know, I do need some time to relax.