1 . The shark was not an accident. He had come up from deep down in the water as the dark cloud of blood had settled and dispersed in the mile deep sea. He had come up so fast and absolutely without caution that he broke the surface of the blue water and was in the sun. Then he fell back into the sea and picked up the scent and started swimming on the course the skiff and the fish had taken.

Sometimes he lost the scent. But he would pick it up again, or have just a trace of it, and he swam fast and hard on the course. He was a very big Mako shark built to swim as fast as the fastest fish in the sea and everything about him was beautiful except his jaws. His back was as blue as a sword fish’s and his belly was silver and his hide was smooth and handsome. He was built as a sword fish except for his huge jaws which were tight shut now as he swam fast, just under the surface with his high dorsal fin knifing through the water without wavering. Inside the closed double lip of his jaws all of his eight rows of teeth were slanted inwards. They were not the ordinary pyramid-shaped teeth of most sharks. They were shaped like a man’s fingers when they are crisped like claws. They were nearly as long as the fingers of the old man and they had razor-sharp cutting edges on both sides. This was a fish built to feed on all the fishes in the sea, that were so fast and strong and well armed that they had no other enemy. Now he sped up as he smelled the fresher scent and his blue dorsal fin cut the water.

When the old man saw him coming he knew that this was a shark that had no fear at all and would do exactly what he wished. He prepared the harpoon8 and made the rope fast while he watched the shark come on. The rope was short as it lacked what he had cut away to lash the fish.

1. Which of the following books is the excerpt from?

A．Charlotte’s Web	B．The Old Man and the Sea
C．Tow Sawyer’s Adventure	D．Robinson Crusoe

2. What is the purpose of the writer’s describing the shark very comprehensively?

A．To show what a shark is like	B．To draw readers’ attention
C．To demonstrate the coming danger	D．To introduce a sea monster

2 . 阅读下面短文，根据汉语提示和利用定语从句填写空白部分，使之构成一个完整的故事。

The school bus honked from the road.

“Run!” commanded Mrs. Arable,     1    (抓取芬手中的猪并塞了一个甜甜圈到她的手中). Avery grabbed his gun and another doughnut.

The children ran out to the road and climbed into the bus. Fern took no notice of the others in the bus. She just sat and stared out of the window,     2    (想着这是一个多么美好的世界而她是多么幸运地能拥有一只猪). By the time the bus reached school, Fern had named her pet,     3    (选择她能想到的最美丽的名字). “It’s name is Wilbur,” she whispered to herself.

She was still thinking about the pig when the teacher said:“Fern, what is the capital of Pennsylvania?”

“Wilbur,” replied Fern,     4    (像在做梦一样). The pupils giggled. Fern blushed.