Long ago，in a small village of Wakefield lived two farmers，Harry and Peter．Harry was very hard．working while Peter was  36  ．Every day Harry got up early and came home late，but Peter walked around for fun．

  One summer there was no   37  and the crops(庄稼)were dying．Harry thought，“I must do something to save these crops，or they shall die．”With this  38  in mind，he went out to find a river so that he could dig a canal(沟渠)to his field．He walked on and on, feeling tired and thirsty．After a  39  search，he found a river full of blue water．He was

very happy．He started digging a canal to his field.  40  it was noon his wife sent their daughter to bring Harry home  41  lunch．But Harry did not go．He did not want to

leave his work unfinished．He completed his work  42  at night．He Was very satisfied．

He went home。had a good meal and  43  into a sound sleep．

    Peter did the same．But he was not at all determined(有决心的)．He also  44  digging a

 canal to his field but he didn’t have his work completed．His field did not get  45  water

 and all his crops died．

  Harry’s field would be watered when needed．He had a good harvest because of his hard work．

(  )36．A．cruel     B．1azy        C．careless      D．silly

(  )37．A．rain      B．wind        C．cloud        D．river

(  )38．A．feeling    B．dream      C．problem      D．thought

(  )39．A．quick     B．long        C．slow        D．special

(  )40．A．Whether  B．Although    C．When        D．Unless

(  )41．A．for       B．to          C．with         D．at

(  )42．A．early     B．far          C．1ate         D．deep

(  )43．A．fell      B．1ooked      C．turned       D．walked

(  )44．A．stopped  B．1oved        C：forgot       D．started

(  )45．A．clean    B．enough       C．1ittle        D．fresh

Mr. Klein told the class that a new student, Inez, would join them soon. He ______32______ that Inez was deaf. She “talked” with others by using sign language. Mr. Klein knew sign language, and he decided to teach his students so that they could also “talk” with Inez.

First, they learned to sign the letters. Some letters were hard to ______33_______. Other letters, such as C, were easier because the shape of the hand was the same as the shape of the letter.

The next thing they learned was finger spelling. They signed one letter after another to spell a word. They ____34_______ with two-letter words such as at and on. Then they spelled ___35_______ words.

Finally, Mr. Klein showed that ___36_______ one sign could be used for a whole word. To make the sign for the word fine, a person spreads out the fingers on one hand, ___37___ the thumb to the chest, and moves the hand away from the chest. Signing is not just ___38______with the hands. Expressions on the face are also ___39_____. The students learned to sign a question mark by using expressions on the face.

When Inez first entered the classroom, she looked ____40_______. But the students signed, “Good morning, Inez.” She gave the class a big smile and signed back, “What a wonderful ____41_____!”

1.	A．hoped B．said C．guessed D．thought

 

2.	A．spell B．check C．remember D．write

 

3.	A．met B．started C．agreed D．helped

 

4.	A．newer B．easier C．longer D．nice

 

5.	A．never B．perhaps C．still D．just

 

6.	A．joins B．fixed C．touches D．ties

 

7.	A．made B．done C．given D．chosen

 

8.	A．important B．different C．difficult D．strange

 

9.	A．serious B．surprised C．frightened D．nervous

 

10.	A．welcome B．congratulation C．progress D．success

 

Although I’m not in my childhood, I still prefer reading fairy tales. They often make me think of some special experiences and feelings. This summer I’ve reviewed this kind of tales, The Little Prince. It was published in 1940. It’s the world-famous fairy tale by the French author Antoine.

“I”, the narrator(讲述者) of the story, is a pilot. His plane has something wrong and lands in the Sahara. The little prince lives on a small planet, and he grows a flower called ROSE there. One day they have a quarrel(争吵), so the little prince runs away. On his all-alone journey, he meets different kinds of people. From these people he gets a conclusion(结论) that grown-ups are strange. And with the help of the man he meets, he descends in the Sahara.

This book moved me a lot. It is not only a fairy tale for children and teenagers, but also for grown-ups.

根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。

1.The author loves fairy tales, because _____.

A．they are very interesting

B．they are not about real life

C．they make him or her think of special feelings

D．they often have a happy ending

2. The writer of The Little Prince is from _____.

A．France	B．China
C．Canada	D．America

3. The little prince runs away, because _______.

A．he doesn’t love his hometown

B．he is a naughty boy and loves adventures

C．he has made mistakes

D．he has quarrelled with ROSE

4.The underlined word “descend” means ______ in the passage.

A．end	B．die
C．land	D．fly

5. The best title for this article is “_____”.

A．A fair tale

B．My favourite fairy tale—The Little Prince

C．How to choose the story

D．How I spent my childhood

 

One day a wise man was walking along the beach when he saw a young man far away picking up something and very gently throwing it into the sea. As he got (31) he called out to the young man, “Good morning! What are you doing?”?
The young man (32), looked up and replied, “Throwing starfishes into the sea.”? “Why are you throwing starfishes into the sea?”?
“The sun is up and the (33) is going away. And if I don't throw them in they'll (34)?.”?
“But, young man, don't you (35) that there are miles and miles of beach and starfishes all along it. You can't (36) make a difference!”?
The young man (37) politely. Then he picked another starfish and threw it into the sea, and said, “It made a difference for that (38).”?
There is something very (39) in each and every one of us. We have all been given the ability to make a difference to shape the future. We must each find our own starfish. And if we throw our starfish wisely and well, the (40) will be better.

【小题1】

A．better B．farther C．closer D．faster?

【小题2】

A．continued B．stopped C．watched D．answered?

【小题3】

A．water B．wind C．boat D．fish?

【小题4】

A．leave B．die C．run D．lose?

【小题5】

A．believe B．realize C．expect D．guess?

【小题6】

A．possibly B．hardly C．especially D．fortunately?

【小题7】

A．replied B．argued C．spoke D．listened?

【小题8】

A．day B．time C．place D．one?

【小题9】

A．special B．brave C．strange D．lucky?

【小题10】

A．family B．village C．country D．world

Pandas live in the forests and mountains of Southwest China. They mainly   1  bamboo, and each panda   2 a lot of bamboo every day. The area of bamboo is becoming smaller for many different   3 ,so pandas have  4  land to live  5  . Pandas don’t have many babies, and baby pandas often   6 . The situation is becoming very serious.

Our government is working hard to save pandas. There are more than 30 natures reserves to protect pandas but these are not enough. The government has made a new plan   7 pandas. The nature reserves will be bigger and the bamboo will grow 8  .Then the pandas will have enough food to eat and enough places to live in. Pandas born in the zoos may   9 live in the nature reserves.

Most people love pandas. The panda is one of the best-known   10  in the world. It is the symbol for the World Wide Fund for Nature.

1.                A．live in          B．live on          C．live for   D．live at

 

2.                A．need eating     B．needs eating     C．need to eat    D．needs to eat

 

3.                A．causes         B．excuse         C．reasons   D．result

 

4.                A．fewer and fewer  B．more and more   C．less and less   D．bigger and bigger

 

5.                A．on            B．in             C．at   D．into

 

6.                A．dying          B．die            C．death    D．dead

 

7.                A．help           B．helping         C．to help   D．helps

 

8.                A．well           B．better          C．bad  D．worse

 

9.                A．goes back       B．go back to       C．go back   D．goes back to

 

10.               A．animals         B．animal         C．an animal  D．the animals