1 . 阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

There is a zoo in our city. My parents often take me there on _______. I like animals. I have a lot of _______ animals in my room. In the _______ I can see tigers, elephants, monkeys, pandas, bears, snakes and many other _______. Some animals are friendly but some are not. Tigers, bears, lions are _______. That is why they have to stay in _______. But I do not think it is good for animals to stay in cages. They should be free. The animals in cages can’t be _______.

I think the most interesting animals in the zoo are the dolphins. I like _______ them swim and jump. They swim so fast and jump so high. They can play with a ball. They can stand up and walk _______ the water! They are very ________ to people. If you fall into the water and can’t swim, they may come to help you.

1.

A．summer

B．weekends

C．weekdays

2.

A．real

B．ugly

C．toy

3.

A．zoo

B．library

C．bank

4.

A．people

B．animals

C．friends

5.

A．dangerous

B．ugly

C．interesting

6.

A．houses

B．pools

C．cages

7.

A．sorry

B．happy

C．sad

8.

A．looking

B．listening

C．watching

9.

A．in

B．on

C．at

10.

A．friendly

B．shy

C．cold

2 . It is known to us all that elephants are the biggest animals on land. There are two kinds of elephants: African elephants and Indian elephants.

The African elephant has a round head and very big ears. It has long teeth. Each of them can be as long as 3.4 meters and as heavy as 103 kilograms. African elephants live in forests in Africa. They eat leaves, roots and fruits.

Indian elephants are smaller than African elephants. They are found in forests in India, Malaysia and some other countries in Southeast Asia. They live on grass. They can be trained to do a lot of heavy work and amuse (逗乐) people.

An African elephant lives as long as a man does. But an Indian elephant does not live that long.

1. How many types of elephants are mentioned in the article?

A．3.

B．4.

C．2.

D．1.

2. All the following about elephants are mentioned except ________.

A．appearance

B．living environment

C．eating habit

D．interest

3. From the passage, we know that ________.

A．African elephants live on grass

B．Indian elephants has a round head and very big ears

C．Indian elephants live in Thailand

D．all of the elephants can amuse people

3 . 阅读下面的短文，从每题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

Long long ago, the Jade Emperor (玉皇大帝) organized an animal race. The first 12 animals to win could get a ________ in the Chinese Zodiac (十二生肖) and have a year named after them.

The cat and the mouse both ________ the ox (公牛) to wake them up early on the day of the race. On that day, the ox ________ to wake them up, but without success (成功). So the kind ox carried them on ________ back and started running when the race began. The mouse________ just when the ox was going across the last river. He knew that he could ________ beat the cat. So he pushed the ________ off the ox’s back. When the ox reached the other side of the river, the mouse jumped off and ran to the finishing line, just ________ the ox. The tiger came third.

So the 12-year cycle (循环) begins with the mouse. The ox comes after him. The tiger ________ the ox. The rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, goat, monkey, rooster (鸡), dog and pig come after them. The cat was ________ to finish the race, almost dying in the river, but she had no place in the zodiac.

So that’s why cats kill mice. They can never forget what happened in that race long long ago!

1.

A．place

B．skill

C．sign

2.

A．promised

B．helped

C．asked

3.

A．forgot

B．refused

C．tried

4.

A．her

B．his

C．their

5.

A．made up

B．took up

C．woke up

6.

A．never

B．still

C．surely

7.

A．monkey

B．cat

C．tiger

8.

A．before

B．behind

C．after

9.

A．leads

B．cheats

C．follows

10.

A．fast

B．lucky

C．easy

5 .

Last month, I took my son Tom to see his grandparents in the countryside. His grandpa took him out to the yard to play. Tom was curious about everything.

At lunch, Tom told me, “Dad, I saw a hen flying.” “Impossible!” I said without thinking, “How can a hen fly?” “Dad, the dog ran after the hen in the yard. The hen was trapped(困住) in a corner. When the hen saw no other way out, she suddenly flapped her wings (拍打翅膀) and flew up to the roof. Dad, I didn’t know hens could fly. How can she fly?” my child asked. I thought for a while and said, “Maybe because of love. The hen loves her own life and that helps her fly!” Tom nodded. He seemed to have understood.

Last weekend, we visited Tom’s grandparents again. This time I heard Tom shouting from the yard, “Dad! The dog is chasing the hen again! Come and see!” I ran out of the house. The hen was running after a group of chicks(小鸡), followed closely by the dog.

Then the hen suddenly stopped and turned around–she raised up her wings and clucked (咯咯叫) at the dog. I ran over and got between the dog and the hen, shouting at the dog to drive it away. “Dad, why didn’t the hen fly away? She knows she can’t fight the dog,” Tom asked. I thought for a while and said, “Maybe because of love. She loves her babies more than anything in the world.” Tom thought for a long time and nodded. He seemed to have understood.

1. Where did the story happen?

A．In the city.

B．In the countryside.

C．In the school.

2. Why did the hen stop running and stand in front of the dog the second time?

A．Because she knew how to ask people for help.

B．Because she knew the dog couldn’t fight her.

C．Because she was trying to protect her children.

3. Which is right according to the story?

A．Tom had never seen a hen before.

B．The writer and his son lived in a city.

C．Tom couldn’t understand what the writer said.

4. What is the best title for this story?

A．Feel the power of true love.

B．Love yourself.

C．Don’t run away.

6 . These years some pandas from China are taking their special vacations in some other countries. They will get back home at the planned time. But this May, two pandas living in Canada had to get back to China before their vacation really ended.

The two pandas were happy to live in the Calgary Zoo in Canada, but when COVID-19 broke out (爆发), there was problem—it was difficult for the zoo to get them enough bamboo (竹子).

Er Shun and Da Mao arrived in the Calgary Zoo in 2018 after spending five years in their first home—the Toronto Zoo. They were to live in the Calgary Zoo until (直到) 2023. Over the difficult times, there were no flights from China to Canada, so bamboo from China couldn’t get to Canada by plane. The Calgary zoo tried to get bamboo from the U.S to feed the two pandas, but they said the pandas didn’t like to eat it at all. In the end, they had to ask China for help and decided to let the pandas go back home early.

The two cute pandas were the stars in the Calgary Zoo. People in Canada liked them very much. Many of them weren’t happy to see the animals leave. But in China the pandas can get enough bamboo to eat. The Calgary Zoo had to do this.

1. Why did the two pandas get back to China this May?

A．Because they couldn’t have enough food to eat in Canada.

B．Because they were not popular with the people in Canada.

C．Because they had to get back to China at the planned time.

2. What does the underlined word “flights” mean?

A．协议

B．航班

C．捐赠

3. What did the Calgary Zoo do when there wasn’t enough bamboo?

A．They fed other things to the two pandas.

B．They flew to China to get enough bamboo.

C．They tried to get bamboo from another country.

4. What can we learn from the passage?

A．The two pandas got to Canada in 2013.

B．Bamboo cannot grow well in America.

C．Our country asked to let the pandas come back early.

5. What does this passage mainly tell us?

A．Pandas in other countries had no food to eat.

B．Pandas became popular stars around the world.

C．The two pandas in Canada came back home early.