1 . 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 eats 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 old woman’s house. There were too many cats. The old woman couldn’t (不能) feed them all. Then she had an idea (主意). “The children love my cats,” she thought (想). So she gave each child a cat. Then she was very happy. And the children were very happy, too. And the cats were pleased, too, because they each had a room.

1. The old woman didn’t like ________.

A．old cats

B．baby cats

C．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.

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

A．give food to

B．look after

C．live with

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

5. Finally (最后) the woman ________.

A．began to love children

B．sold (卖掉) all her cats to children

C．could get enough (足够的) food for the cats in her house

2 . 正误判断。阅读短文，根据短文内容判断所给句子正（T）误（F）。

The ants and the grasshopper（蝗虫）lived in the same big field. The ants always worked hard, and tried to prepare and harvest enough food for winter.

Their happy neighbor, the grasshopper, couldn’t understand them. He just kept singing. One winter day, the ants were busy spreading their grain（谷物）in the sun to dry. The grasshopper was nearly dying of hunger, so he went to the ants to ask for some food.

“Why don’t you have any food of your own?” asked an old ant. “There was a lot of food in the big field all summer. What did you do?”

“Oh,” said the grasshopper, forgetting his hunger, “I sang all day long, and all night long.” “Well, then,” said the ant, “if you can sing all summer, you should dance all winter.” And the old ant went back to her work, singing the ant song. “We ants never borrow; we ants never lend.”

1. The ants and the grasshopper lived in different fields.
2. One winter day, the grasshopper invited the ants to sing with him.
3. While the grasshopper was singing, the ants were preparing food for winter.
4. The grasshopper sang day and night all summer.
5. The ants agreed to lend the grasshopper some food in the end.

3 . 阅读短文，完成内容摘要，每空不超过三个单词。

Chinese dragons aren’t real animals, but they are very important in Chinese culture.

●Ruler (统治者) of water

Long long ago, Chinese people built temples (庙宇) for the “Dragon King”. When there was drought or flood (旱灾或水灾), people went to the temples to worship (敬奉) the “Dragon King”.

●A symbol of strength (实力)

For Chinese people, the dragon is a symbol of strength. If a person is excellent, they usually compare him to a dragon.

● A symbol of emperors

In China, emperors usually used the dragon as a symbol of their power (权力). They called their beds “Dragon Beds”

●Chinese dragons VS Western dragons

In Chinese culture, dragons are kind and friendly. However, in Western culture, dragons are bad. So dragons are always killed by brave people in Western stories.

Chinese dragons
Ruler of water	★In old times, Chinese people     1     temples for the “Dragon King”. ★They worshiped the “Dragon King” when there was drought or flood.
A symbol of     2	Chinese people usually compare a(n)     3     person to a dragon.
A symbol of emperors	They called their beds “Dragon Beds”.
4     VS Western dragons	Chinese dragons are     5    , but Western dragons are bad.

4 .

Elephant —is 350 cm tall —weights 5,000 kilos —eats 150 kilos of food a day	Panda —is 150 cm tall (standing on two legs) —weights 100 kilos —eats 10 kilos of food a day

1. How heavy is the panda?

A．100 kilos.

B．350 kilos.

C．5,000 kilos.

2. The elephant is ________ taller than the panda.

A．150 cm

B．200 cm

C．250 cm

3. How much food does the elephant eat a day?

A．10 kilos.

B．100 kilos.

C．150 kilos.

5 . Once there were two mice. They were friends. One mouse lived in the country ,   _________mouse lived in the city. After many years the Country Mouse saw the City Mouse , he ________ , “Do come and see me at my house in the country.” So the City Mouse went. The City Mouse said , “This food is not good , and your house is not good ,   _______ . Why do you live in a hole in the field? You should   ________   and live in the city. You would live in a nice house   _______stone(石头). You must come and see me at my house in the city. ” The Country Mouse went to the house   ________ the City Mouse. It was a very good house. Nice food was ready for them to eat. But just as they began to eat they heard a great   _______ . The City Mouse cried , “ Run! Run! The cat is coming! ” They ran away ______   and hid. After some time they came out. When they came out , the Country Mouse said , “ I     _______   living in the city. I like living in my hole in the field. For   _________ is nicer to be poor and happy , than to be rich and afraid.”1.

A．the other

B．other

C．others

2.

A．spoke

B．said

C．told

3.

A．too

B．either

C．also

4.

A．come

B．came

C．comes

5.

A．be made of

B．made of

C．making of

6.

A．at

B．on

C．of

7.

A．sound

B．voice

C．noise

8.

A．quickly

B．more quickly

C．the most quickly

9.

A．like

B．don’t like

C．am not like

10.

A．it

B．this

C．that

6 . 阅读短文，判断正（T）误（F） （10%）
The biggest tree in the world is General Sherman Tree. The man came from an American general(将军).It is in the Giant of the Sequoia National park, near Visalia, California, USA. Can you imagine how big the tree is? In 2002 it was about 1.487cubin meters. That means you have to join hands with more than twenty of your friends and make a circle in order to embrace it,
The biggest tree is also very tall. It is about 84 meters tall. However, it’s not the tallest tree in the world. The tallest tree is about 156 meters, It is in Australia.
__________________________and it is still growing now. Scientists think it may live for another 2000 years .What will the world be like in 2000 years?
Only General Sherman Tree will know.
1. General Sherman might be a great general in the USA.
2. people named the biggest tree in world according to an American solider.
3. The General Sherman Tree is more than 1.487cubic meters now.
4. The writer uses the underline sentence to show how old the tree is.
5. The last paragraph mainly tells us that the tree will die very soon.