1 . 《伊索寓言》相传为公元前六世纪，被释放的古希腊奴隶伊索所著，搜集有古希腊民间故事，并加入印度、阿拉伯及基督教故事，共三百五十七篇。《北风和太阳》就是其中的一则寓言故事，请就下面的故事梗概写一篇寓言评论。

故事名称	The wind and the sun
作者	Aesop
故事梗概	冬日里，北风和太阳在一起争论谁最强。争来争去，谁也不服谁，最后他们决定：谁先把路上行人的衣服脱下来，谁就算胜利。北风开始用全身的力气吹起大风来，可是无论他如何努力，都无法使行人脱下衣服。太阳一下子放出全身的光芒，不一会儿，行人就将身上的衣服脱下来了。
我的评价	每个人都有各自的本领，要看到别人的长处，取人之长，补己之短。

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2 . Long, long ago, rain stopped falling in China. The people prayed(祈祷)for rain to the Jade Emperor, who controlled everything in heaven(天庭), on the land and in the sea, but no matter how much they prayed, rain did not fall.

Four dragons in the East China Sea saw what was happening, and saw people eating grass from the ground, for the people had nothing else left to eat.

They thought of a way to help. They started swimming this way and that, scooping up water with their bodies. Then all four flew into the sky. Black Dragon flew to the north, Long Dragon to the west, Pearl Dragon to the south of China, and Yellow Dragon to the center of the country. All at once, they let the water fall from their mouths, arms, legs, and even their tails.The people could not see the dragons,         _ .“Rain!” they cried happily, and all the people and animals ran out into the rain and started to dance.

When the Jade Emperor saw the rain, he was very angry. Then he saw the four dragons flying around in the sky. He ordered Mountain God to kill the dragons.

When the four mountains landed on top of them and tried to crush(压扁) the four dragons, a strange thing happened. Suddenly four rivers formed, spreading across the whole country.

This is how the four great rivers (the Yangtze, the Yellow, the Pearl and the Heilongjiang) of China were created.

1. Why did the people pray Jade Emperor for rain?

A．Because he controlled the rain.	B．Because he had lots of rain.
C．Because he didn’t allow rain to fall.	D．Because there was much rain on earth.

2. What does the underlined word“they” refer to(指的是)?

A．The people.	B．The rivers.
C．The mountains.	D．The dragons.

3. Which of the following sentences can be put in the_      ?

A．but they could see the clouds from the sky

B．but they could see the rain falling from the sky

C．but they know the Jade Emperor helped them

D．but they think the Jade Emperor helped them

4. Which one is the best title for this passage?

A．Birth of four Chinese rivers	B．Punishment from Jade Emperor
C．Four Dragons and the Rain	D．Jade Emperor and Four Dragons

3 . 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。

Once there were two mice. They were friends. One mouse lived in the country; the other mouse lived in the city. After many years the Country mouse saw the City mouse; he said, “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 come and live in the city. You would live in a nice house made of stone. You would have nice food to eat. You must come and see me at my house in the city.”

注意：

1.续写词数应为150词左右；

2.开头已给出。

The Country mouse went to the house of the City mouse.

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After some time they came out.

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4 . Read the beginning of The Little Mermaid and use the proper forms of the verbs in brackets to fill in the blanks.

Far out in the ocean, where the water is as clear as glass, lives the Sea King. The ocean is too deep    1    (measure). We may imagine there is nothing except yellow sand under the sea, but actually it is not rare    2    (see) the most unique flowers and plants    3    (dance) in the fast-moving water. In the deepest spot of all stands the Sea King’s castle, which has walls of coral and a roof    4    (form) of beautiful shells. The mother of the king, a wise woman who is proud    5    (be) born into the royal family, takes care of his six daughters. Among the six sea-princesses, the youngest is the prettiest. Although she has delicate skin like a rose-leaf and eyes as blue as the deepest sea, she has no feet but a fish tail just like her sisters. The most common way for the princesses    6    (play) a day long is    7    (swim) in the halls of the castle or among the flowers growing out of the walls, feeding and touching the fish    8    (swim) up to their hands through the windows. They seem    9    (not worry) about anything except for the youngest, who…

5 . The king of Kamera in Africa was a proud and cruel man. His men ______ him and immediately carried out his orders. But one day when he was saying proudly that all men were his servants, a ______ old man called Boukabar criticized (批评) him, saying, “All men are ______ of one another.”

“So I am your servant, am I?” said the king very ______. “Then prove it. Force me to work for you before sunset, and I will ______ you a hundred cows. If you ______, I will kill you.”

“Very well,” said Boukabar.

Being a very old man, he had to use a stick for ______. Just as he took it up and was about to go out, a beggar came to the door.

“Allow me,” said Boukabar, “to give this ______ man something to eat.”

Taking some food in both hands, Boukabar tottered (蹒跚) past the king. His stick ______ from under his arm and got ______ on his clothes, and nearly tripped (绊倒) him up. He cried to the king, “Please pick up the stick or I shall fall.”

The king picked it up without thinking, and Boukabar then laughed ______and said, “You see all ______ men are servants of one another. I am serving the ______ and you are serving me. But I do not want the ______. Give them to the poor.”

The king did so, and took Boukabar as his chief ______.

1.

A．liked

B．feared

C．avoided

D．doubted

2.

A．wise

B．common

C．strict

D．polite

3.

A．rulers

B．servants

C．workers

D．students

4.

A．happily

B．hurriedly

C．angrily

D．hopefully

5.

A．find

B．give

C．show

D．lend

6.

A．argue

B．finish

C．fail

D．agree

7.

A．walking

B．fighting

C．talking

D．climbing

8.

A．funny

B．clever

C．brave

D．poor

9.

A．jumped

B．rose

C．fell

D．appeared

10.

A．broken

B．hurt

C．taken

D．caught

11.

A．merrily

B．bitterly

C．secretly

D．openly

12.

A．rich

B．foolish

C．old

D．good

13.

A．waiter

B．beggar

C．king

D．soldier

14.

A．sticks

B．money

C．cows

D．food

15.

A．advisor

B．king

C．cook

D．designer

6 . 一、作业主旨
寓言故事是一种中西方皆有的文学体裁，它的篇幅一般不长，语言精辟简练，情节简单却极富表现力，多使用拟人、比喻、象征等修辞手法，以借喻的方式来揭示有教育意义的主题或深刻的道理。必修三第二单元的主题是道德和美德，它们隐含在每一个寓言故事中，但是如何挖掘这个道德和美德吗？这就需要我们自己去读这个故事、自己根据的认知和理解去续写这个故事的结尾、最后依据这个结尾体现道德教育意义。

7 . 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。

December 16 was an old man's 75th birthday. His health had not been good over the past few years and it was hard for him to run his family business. So he had to decide which one of his sons would take his place.

As they gathered to celebrate their father's birthday, he announced his retirement.“Dad,I can't imagine a day without you as the head of the business,"one said.

There was a silence. Surely the question playing on their minds was “Who would take his place?"The old man turned and walked toward the corner of the room where there were three empty boxes.“Come and take one box each. They are of equal size. On the first day of the New Year when we return here to celebrate, I want you to bring your box filled with what you believe to be the most valuable of this business, then I'll decide who will be chairman,” the old man said.

During the next fifteen days,the families and workers could feel a strong competitive spirit between the three boys.

One carried the box nearly everywhere he went.Another ran department to department asking for records. The third man simply left the box empty at his desk.

On January 1,the family gathered to celebrate. Right after dinner, the old man said,“Well, please share with men what you have placed in your box.” The first son pulled the business ledger(分类账本）from his box. Saying nothing, the old man asked for the second son to share. The son showed him to the safe,where he could see a box full of jewels.

注意：
1.续写词数应为150左右；
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Disappointed,he said to the third son,“What valuables do you have to share?”
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Sitting on his chair, the old man waited for his third son's explanation.
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8 . Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper from of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.

The fairest woman in the world was Helen.     1     was the fame of her beauty that there was not a single young prince in all of Greece that didn’t wish to marry her. When her suitors assembled in her home to make a formal proposal for her hand there were so many from such powerful families that her reputed father King Tyndareus, was afraid to select one from amongst them, fearing that the others would unite against him. He therefore demanded first a solemn path from all     2     they would stand up for the cause of Helen’s husband, whoever he might be, if any wrong was done to him through his marriage. Then Tyndareus chose Menelaus, the brother of Agamemnon, and made him King of Sparta as well.

So matters stood when Paris gave the golden apple to Aphrodite. The Goddess of Love and Beauty knew very well where the most beautiful woman on earth was     3     (find). She led the young shepherd straight to Sparta, where Menelaus and Helen received him graciously as their guest. The ties between guest and host were strong. But Paris broke that sacred bond. Menelaus, trusting completely to it, left Paris in his home and went off to Crete.

Menelaus returned to find Helen gone, and he called upon all of Greece to help recover her. The chieftains responded     4     they were obliged to do. They eagerly arrived for the great expedition,    5     (cross) the sea and lay mighty Troy in ashes. Two of the first rank, however, were missing: Odysseus. King of the Island of Ithaca, and Achilles, the son of Peleus and the sea nymph Thetis. Odysseus, who was one of     6     (shrewd) men in Greece, did not want to leave his house and family to embark on a romantic adventure overseas for the sake of a faithless woman. He pretended, therefore, that he had gone mad, and when a messenger from the Greek

Army had arrived, the King was plowing a field and sowing it with salt     7     seed. But the messenger seized Odysseus’ little son and put him directly in the way of the plow. Instantly the father turned the plow aside, thus     8     (prove) that he had all his wits about him. However reluctant, he had to join the Army.

Achilles was kept back by his mother. She sent him to the court of Lycomedes and made him wear women’s clothing, hiding him among the maidens. Odysseus was dispatched by the chieftains to bring him out. Disguised as a peddler he went to the court     9     Achilles was said to be, with gay ornaments in his pack such as women love, and also some fine weapons. While the girls flocked around the trinkets, Achilles fingered each of the swords and daggers. Odysseus knew him then, and he had no trouble at all in making him disregard what his mother had said and     10     (go) to the Greek camp with him.

So the great fleet made ready.

9 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。

There was once an architect    1    hated his job. After 10 years of working for the same company, he decided to resign. However, his boss wanted him to help with one final job before he    2    (leave) the team. So he asked him to build one final house. The architect unwillingly agreed. He spent the whole summer    3    (build) this house, but his heart just wasn’t in it. He used cheap materials and rushed to finish the job quickly. The result was the    4    (bad) house he had ever built.

When he had finished, his boss came to meet him one last time. Seeing the terrible work, the smile disappeared from his face. “I wanted to do something special    5    you, to say thanks for your 10 years of hard work…So I’m giving you this house as a gift.” The architect was very    6    (anger). “Why didn’t you tell me from the start? If I had known that I would have put in more effort.”

This story has a    7    (power) message. The architect had all the skills    8    (need) to build something amazing, but his negative mindset (心态) held him back.

We should take note, because every day we are building our future.    9    we have a negative mindset, we will miss our chance    10    (create) the best life and future possibilities.

10 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

The Chinese people call flattery(奉承) to someone's face “presenting a tall hat” to someone.

In the past,     1     official in the imperial court in Beijing was appointed to an official post outside the capital. Before leaving, he went to his teacher’s home     2    (say) farewell. His teacher warned him, “It is not easy to be an official outside the capital. You should be     3    (care).” “Please don’t worry. I     4    (prepare)100 ‘tall hats’ already and will present one to every person I meet. I’m sure all the local people will be pleased.”

The teacher said    5    (angry), “We are all honest     6     (gentleman). How can you do that?”

The official,     7     pretended he had no way out, said, “Very few people under heaven are like you who dislike being flattered or presented with tall hats.”

    8    (hear) this, the teacher was very much pleased. He nodded and said, “    9     you said is true, too.”

After the official said farewell to his teacher and     10     (go) out, he said to his friend, “Of my 100 ‘tall hats’, now only 99 are left.”