Now a lot of people like to keep dogs as their pets．But do you know dogs were wild(野生的)animals long，long ago?

    The  1  wild dogs were trained by   2   in Europe about 10，000 years ago．These first“dogs”were not like  3  we have now．They may have been small wolves．These dogs often came near humans to  4  some food．Some of the young dogs were adopted(收养)by people and grew-up with them．

Humans believed the  5  were a help to them in many ways．The dogs helped them to hunt(狩猎)．They could smell and hear danger  6  people could．They helped to keep people    7  on cold night．So it was  8  to raise the dogs.

Now，there are many different kinds of dogs  9  they may look quite different from each other．Dog trainers think there are more than 400 different kinds in the world．The number keeps increasing with new kinds．

    Since those early days，humans and dogs have always been together，We should   10   them from now on because they are really our friends．

   1．A．whole     B，late       C．1ast      D．first

   2．A．wolves    B．eats       C．humans   D．students

   3．A．where     B．what      C．when     D．which

   4．A．serve      B．waste     C．make     D．steal

   5．A．cats       B．foxes      C．wolves   D．dogs

   6．A．when      B．after      C．before    D．as soon as

   7．A．cool       B．warm     C．hot       D．cold

   8．A．useful      B．useless    C．easy     D．hard

   9．A．so         B．and       C．but      D．although

   10．A．protect      B．kill       C．hurt     D．see

You have probably heard the expression，“It’s raining cats and dogs outside．”That means 16  it’s raining very hard I not that  17  cats and dogs are falling from the  18  ．However，one day in June，1882，it really did rain  19  over Dubuque，Iowa．The frogs  20  falling along with hailstones(冰雹)during a  21  storm．

    Hail is formed when drops of rainwater are  22  by heavy winds and are carried high up into the air．There the raindrops become frozen．Many drops may freeze  23  to form balls of ice；these ice balls，or hailstones，then  24  to earth．

    During the storm in Dubuque，the strong winds lifted small frogs from nearby ponds(池塘) 25  the air along with raindrops．When some of these frogs became covered with ice，both hailstones and“frog-stones”fell onto the ground．

1.A．that       B．how        C．why        D．if

2.A．careless    B． blind       C．dead        D．real

3.A．hill       B．tower       C．sky         D．building

4.A．cats       B．frogs       C．dogs        D．birds

5.A．stopped    B．enjoyed     C．began       D．forgot

6.A．popular    B．terrible      C．weekly      D．common

7.A．divided    B．added       C．changed      D．caught

8.A．together    B．alone       C．so           D．almost

9.A．hold       B．lose        C．keep         D．fall

10.A．from       B．into        C．after         D．by

 

I am a person who can get angry   26 . But after  27 a passage from my English teacher, things have changed  28 . I am studying at a boarding school, so I have to learn  29  how to study well, but how to get on well with others. Some of us are  30  while others are quiet. So it is  31 that people have problems and arguments.

Smiling at others is the easiest way to stop argument. Another way is to think  32 your ideas are right before having an argument. If others’ ideas are really not good, keep and open  33 . Try to forgive（原谅）them. Having a friend is  34 better than having an enemy after all. Also,   35 point out others’ mistakes  36 . If you really want to help them, send a letter  37 . On the other hand, if someone points out your disadvantages, don’t  38 . Just think this is a person who really wants to help you and make friends  39 you. Remember: Forgiving makes life  40 .

1. A．easily B．freely C．actually D．generally

2. A．reading B．read C．writing D．written

3. A．many B．a lot C．lots of D．many more

4. A．neither B．not only C．either D．both

5. A．serious B．shy C．outgoing D．athletic

6. A．unusual B．common C．strange D．nice

7. A．if B．why C．that D．how

8. A．mind B．head C．room D．hand

9. A．very B．kind of C．much D．enough

10. A．Not B．Never C．Do D．Please

11. A．in public B．with others C．later D．all the time

12. A．instead of B．instead C．rather than D．according to

13. A．worry B．fight C．cry D．laugh

14. A．with B．on C．to D．among

15. A．boring B．exciting C．frustrating D．disappointing

 

My name is Bill. I 31___an English boy. I am eleven. This is my school. It is No.4 Middle School. I am 32____Class Two, Grade Seven. Jim is my good 33____ .He is an English 34____. My father  and mother ___35__ teachers. They __36__ in Beijing now. They __37__ English in our school. They love _38___ work. I have a sister.Her __39__ is Nancy. She is only eight. We all like ___40__.

1.	A．be B．am C．is D．are

 

2.	A．to B．of C．in D．out

 

3.	A．girl B．teacher C．brother D．friend

 

4.	A．boy B．girl C．sister D．woman

 

5.	A．is B．am C．are D．be

 

6.	A．lives B．living C．live D．is living

 

7.	A．teaching B．teaches C．teacher D．teach

 

8.	A．our B．them C．their D．they

 

9.	A．names B．name’s C．name D．/

 

10.	A．she B．him C．he D．her

 

Some years ago there was an old woman.  She had no children because she did not like children at all.  But she loved cats.  She had mother cats and baby cats.  She had black cats and white cats.  The children in the neighborhood came to her house to play with the cats.  More and more cats came to the woman’s house.  There were too many cats.  The old woman couldn’t feed them at all.

Then she had an idea.  “The children love my cats, ” she thought.  So she gave each child a cat.  Then she was very happy.  And the children were very happy,  too.  And cats were pleased,  too.  Because they each had a room. 

1. The old woman didn’t like ________.

A. old cats                             B. baby cats

C. old people                           D. children

2. Why did the children come to the woman’s house? 

A. To look at her house.

B. To help the old woman.

C. To play with the cats.

D. To play young cats. 

3. The word “feed” in the passage means ________. 

A. give food to                     B. look after

C. live with                            D. play games

4. The woman gave each child a cat because ________.

A. the children liked the cats        

B. she couldn’t feed so many cats

C. more cats came to her house

D. children came to her house every day

5. Finally(最后)the woman ________.

A. began to love children

B. sold(卖掉)all her cats to children

C. bought enough food for the children’s cats

D. gave each child a cat