1 . A bird went to look for her happiness everywhere.

She flew and flew when she suddenly saw a little flower, whose face was full of smile. Not knowing why, the bird asked the little flower, “You are going to die. Why are you still so happy?”

“Because my dream will come true,” said the little flower.

“What is your dream?” “To produce sweet and delicious fruit.”

Then the little bird saw it: happiness is a hope in the heart.

The little bird kept flying and then she saw a lame (跛足的) duck. The duck was happy to sing a song. She asked the duck, “Life is not fair (公平的) for you. Why are you still so happy with yourself?”

“Because I saw a little duck fall, and I helped him stand up again,” said the duck.

So the little bird saw it: happiness is a love in the heart.

The bird went on her journey and she suddenly saw a weak spider climbing up a wall. The spider fell off the wall midway, but it kept climbing again and fell off again. However, the spider didn’t give up. Not knowing why, the little bird asked the spider in surprise, “You failed (失败) again and again. Why don’t you have pain but happiness on your face?”

“I keep trying my best, there is still hope to climb up the wall. So I’m so happy,” said the spider.

Then the little bird saw it: happiness is a faith (信念) in the heart.

The little bird was so happy because she finally knew: the true happiness is in our own heart, we don’t need to look for it everywhere.

根据语篇内容，选择最佳选项。
1. Who did the bird meet first?

A．A spider.

B．A duck.

C．A flower.

2. Why was the duck so happy?

A．Because it helped others.

B．Because it saw a spider fall off the wall.

C．Because it saw the flower produce delicious fruit.

3. What was the spider like?

A．It never gave up easily.

B．It was friendly.

C．It was careful.

4. What would the bird probably do next?

A．She might go on her journey.

B．She would fail to find happiness.

C．She would go back home with pleasure.

5. Which is the best title for the passage?

A．A bird and its friends.

B．Happiness is in your heart.

C．How can a bird be happy?

2 . Once upon a time, there was a salt seller. He used to carry the salt bag on his donkey to the market. On their way to the market, they had to cross a river.

One day, while they were crossing the river, the donkey slipped and the salt bag also fell into the water. The salt seller helped the donkey to get out of the water. The donkey noticed that the load (负荷) on his back had become lighter—some of the salt had dissolved (溶解) in the water. The donkey was so happy.

Next day, as they were crossing the river, the donkey deliberately (故意) slipped in the water. Like the day before, his load soon became lighter. The excited donkey decided to keep using this trick to ease (减轻) his work.

On the third day, the donkey played the same trick. This time, however, the salt seller came to understand the trick and decided to teach the donkey a lesson.

Next day, he loaded a cotton bag on the donkey. As they reached the river, the donkey once again played the same trick. What happened this time? The cotton was soaked (浸透的) with water.

When the donkey came out of the water, he noticed how heavy his load had become. He could hardly walk, but the salt seller made him carry on until they arrived at the market.

1. Picture ______ shows the meaning of the underlined word “slipped” in Paragraph 2.

A．

B．

C．

D．

2. Why is the donkey so happy on the first day?

A．The donkey liked to play with the salt seller.

B．The salt seller fed the donkey with some salt.

C．The salt seller helped him get out of the water.

D．The donkey thought he found a way to ease his work.

3. What is the donkey like?

A．Funny.

B．Lazy.

C．Kind.

D．Serious.

4. We can infer (推断) that after learning the lesson, ______.

A．the donkey will never think of using tricks

B．the salt seller will sell cotton instead of salt

C．the donkey’s load will be lighter than usual

D．the salt seller will go another way to the market

5. Where can you read the text?

A．A newspaper.

B．A guidebook.

C．A report.

D．A story book.

3 . 选词填空。

break   China   English   health   late   run   think   train   with   not   farmer

There is a     1     story about an old farmer who had an old horse for farming. One day the horse     2     away into the hills and when all the other neighbors took pity on the old man over his bad luck, the farmer replied, “Bad luck? Good luck? Who knows?”

A week     3    , the horse returned     4     a lot of wild horses from the hills. This time the neighbors congratulated (祝贺) the farmer on his good luck. His reply was still, “Bad luck? Good luck? Who knows?”

Then when the     5     son was going to     6     one of the wild horses, he fell off its back and broke his leg. Everyone     7     this was very bad luck, but     8     the farmer, whose only reaction was, “Bad luck? Good luck? Who knows?”

Some weeks later, the army came into the village and made every     9     man join the army. When they saw the farmer’s son with his     10     leg, they let him off. Now was that good luck? Who knows?

4 . 从A—F选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项补全对话。（选项中有一项是多余的）
Lily: Cindy, do you like the story of Cinderella?
Cindy: Yes, I like it very much.
Lily:     1    
Cindy: She is so beautiful and very kind to others. I like her very much.
Lily: I like her, too.     2    
Cindy: She is too bad. She doesn’t like Cinderella and asks her to do all the housework.
Lily:     3     She is really bad and her two daughters are as bad as her.
Cindy: Yes. They don’t like Cinderella. They ask Cinderella to help them make dresses and cut Cinderella’s dress up with scissors.
Lily:     4    
Cindy: What is it?
Lily: It’s about the crystal (水晶) shoe.     5    
Cindy: En. Don’t be too serious. It’s just a fairy tale.

A．What about her stepmother?

B．I agree with you.

C．But I have a question about the story.

D．I don’t know why so many girls can’t wear the lost crystal shoe.

E．What do you think of Cinderella?

F．I have a different idea.

5 . 阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。
       A king had two sons and asked famous teachers to teach them. After a few years, the king fell     1     (bad) ill. So he wanted to choose one of his     2     (son) as the next king, but which one would be the right person? He thought it over for a whole night. At last he decided     3     (test) his sons. One day, he gave a room to each of     4    . “You must fill the room completely with anything you wish. But there should be no space     5     (leave) and you can’t ask     6     advice from anyone!” The next day, the king     7     (visit) his elder son’s room. The room was completely filled with glass. The king felt sorry about it. Then he went to     8     other room, which was closed. His     9     son asked him to get in and closed the door again. It was dark everywhere, so the king shouted at him angrily. But suddenly, the second son lighted a candle and the room was     10     of light. The king felt very excited and hugged him proudly. Wisdom is more important than simple answers that are easy to get.

6 . Once upon a time, a good-looking hawk (鹰) lived in a tree alone. He felt ________ because he had few friends.

One day, he saw a beautiful she-hawk and wanted to ________ her. But the she-hawk refused, ________ he had no friends. “Will you be with me if I make three friends?” he asked. She answered yes.

The hawk flew to ________ friends. Along the way, he met some animals, ________ a huge bear, a fox and a tiger. He asked them if they could make friends with ________. They said, “Of course. Call us when you are ________ need and we shall come to your side.”

The hawk was very ________. He flew back and became the she-hawk’s ________. Some months later, after their marriage, they got two baby hawks and had a happy life.

One day, two hungry hunters (猎人) came and sat under that tree. They had ________ to eat. Suddenly, they heard the baby hawks ________. And then they decided to catch them and eat them.

The parent hawks became worried. So they had to turn to their friends and told them ________. With their help, the two hunters ran away, and the ________ became safe.

As an old saying goes, “A friend ________ is a friend indeed.” The hawk thanked his three friends. He found that the she-hawk was very ________ in advising him to make friends before marriage.

1.

A．alone

B．lonely

C．happy

D．excited

2.

A．call

B．cheat

C．eat

D．marry

3.

A．because

B．and

C．or

D．although

4.

A．look for

B．look after

C．look like

D．look through

5.

A．include

B．included

C．including

D．includes

6.

A．him

B．he

C．his

D．her

7.

A．on

B．in

C．with

D．into

8.

A．upset

B．happy

C．bored

D．angry

9.

A．husband

B．wife

C．child

D．parent

10.

A．something

B．nothing

C．anything

D．everything

11.

A．cry

B．crying

C．to cry

D．cried

12.

A．the whole thing

B．whole the thing

C．all thing

D．the all thing

13.

A．friends

B．parents

C．hunters

D．babies

14.

A．in trouble

B．in danger

C．in surprise

D．in need

15.

A．silly

B．nervous

C．smart

D．honest

8 . 阅读短文，从方框中选择适当的词或词组并用其正确形式填空，使短文通顺、意思完整。每项限用一次。

asleep     point     be     see     piece

Goldilocks tried the three chairs and liked the small chair, but she was very heavy and soon the small chair was in     1    . Then she walked into the bedroom. There were three beds. She tried the middle bed and the big bed, but they     2     comfortable. So she tried the small bed. It was very comfortable and she was     3     in it very soon.

Then the Three Bears returned to their house. They walked up to their bedroom. Baby Bear     4     at Goldilocks, “That’s her! She finished my food and... look at my chair!” Goldilocks opened her eyes. She     5     the Three Bears were all around her, so she jumped up and hurried out of the house without her basket.

9 .

Winnie the Pooh is about 100 years old. It is my favourite, and I’m sure it’s also yours. Do you know how it came to our life?

Winnipeg is a place in Canada. Many years ago, Harry, a soldier (士兵) , went to Europe from here. When he stopped at a train station, he saw a man selling a little black bear. Harry bought it and named it Winnipeg. The name became Winnie in short later.

Harry went to a lot of places. When he got to London, he left Winnie in the London Zoo. He thought they could look after Winnie.

Near the zoo, there was a boy named Robin. He loved to visit the London Zoo with his dad. Winnie was his favourite animal. Robin’s father was a writer. He wrote the bear in one of his poems for the first time. Later he wrote stories about Winnie and Robin. Slowly, the father wrote more characters (人物) like Piglet, Rabbit, Roo and Tigger and so on in his stories.

1. Harry went to Europe from ________.

A．a zoo in London

B．Winnipeg in Canada

C．a train station

D．a store in the station

2. What did Harry see at the station?

A．A man was selling a bear.

B．A little bear was lost.

C．A boy was playing with a bear.

D．A man was playing with a bear.

3. Harry left Winne in the London Zoo because he thought ________.

A．people could watch the bear.

B．children liked bears very much.

C．he didn’t like the bear.

D．the zoo could take good care of the bear.

4. What did Robin like to do with his dad?

A．Write poems.

B．Read stories about animals.

C．Go to the zoo to watch Winnie.

D．Play with him at home.

10 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Once upon a time there was a boy living in a village. His name was Ma Liang. He loved to draw,     1     he didn’t have a brush. He was too poor     2     buy one. He often used sticks to draw pictures on the ground. He said to     3     (he), “How I wish I had a brush!”

One night, when Ma Liang was     4     (sleep), he had a dream. In his dream, he met an old man. The old man gave him     5     magic brush. The old man said to Ma Liang, “I give the brush to you, you can use     6     to help the poor in your village.”

The next morning, when he woke     7    , he found a real brush in his hand. Ma Liang felt very     8     (excite).

One year, the weather was so dry that no food could grow. Some villagers said. “Unless it rains, all the people will     9     (death).” When Ma Liang heard this, he took out the magic brush and drew some black clouds. Then it began to rain     10     (heavy). The villagers were thankful to Ma Liang.