1 . A man was sitting in the park watching the ducks on the pond. When a woman approached him. She had a white poodle(鬃毛狮子狗) on a leash (系狗的链子).
She sat down on a bench, took out a magazine and began to read .
After it had been sitting quietly for about ten minutes, the poodle turned and looked up at the man.
“Excuse me,” the dog whispered. “But you look like a kind man. Please buy me from this awful woman.”
The man could hardly believe his ears. A dog was whispering to him. In English!
“She is so mean to me,” the dog continued. “She never pets me or plays with me when she’s in a bad mood, which is most of the time.”
The man was amazed to hear the dog say all this. He was even more surprised when the dog added, “And I’m really a very good dog. I’m quite famous, too. I won a medal in the last war and was twice wounded in action. I’ve rescued three children-two from drowning and one from a fire.”
The man decided that he would try to buy the dog from the woman. He would pay a lot of money if necessary. The dog would soon earn tens of thousands of dollars on television. It would be the world’s first talking dog.
“Excuse me,” he said to the woman, “but I love your little dog. Will you sell him to me?”“I’ll be delighted to sell him,” the woman said. “You can have him for ten dollars.”
“Ten dollars!” the man said. “Only the dollars? Why so little?” “Because,” the woman said, “he’s a trouble-making liar.”
1. The poodle______.| A．sat on either side of man and woman | B．could read the magazine |
| C．was leading the woman | D．belonged to the woman |
| A．insulted the man | B．asked the man to buy it |
| C．started talking as soon as it sat down | D．couldn’t speak properly |
| A．to hear it speak | B．to see it feed |
| C．to hear it bark | D．to see if being beaten |
| A．stopped a fireman from saving three children |
| B．never been in the war |
| C．acted heroically in dangerous situations |
| D．refused a medal in the last war |
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3 . Once there was a very old lion. As he grew older, he became weak and slow. He could no longer hunt animals. So he was not able to eat any food.
The lion was sure he would soon die. He was very sad. As he slowly walked home, the lion told a bird about his sad situation.
The other animals felt sorry for the lion. “That’s awful,” they said. “We should visit the lion and see how he is doing.” So one by one, they went to visit the lion in his cave.
The lion was old and weak, but he was also very smart. When each animal came into his cave, they were easy to catch and eat. Soon the lion became fat.
Still he kept pretending to be sick. And the animals kept going into the lion’s cave. After a while, many of the animals of the forest had disappeared.
One day, early in the morning, the fox went to the lion’s cave. The fox was very smart, too. He slowly walked close to the cave. Standing outside the cave, the fox called out, “Hello. How are you feeling now?”
The lion answered, “I am not doing well. Why don’t you come in? I can’t see you. Come closer and tell me some kind words. I am old and will die soon.”
While the lion was talking, the fox was looking closely at the ground. The fox suddenly realized what the lion was doing.
Finally, the fox looked up and answered, “No, thank you. I can see many footprints (脚印) entering your cave. But I cannot see any footprints leaving your cave.”
1. The other animals felt _________for the lion when hearing about his situation.| A．surprised | B．happy |
| C．interested | D．sorry |
| A．they were caught and eaten by the lion |
| B．they moved to live in another forest |
| C．the bird asked them to leave the forest |
| D．there wasn’t enough food for them |
| A．The lion was too busy to hunt the animals. |
| B．Though the lion was stupid, he was strong. |
| C．The fox knew the truth through the footprints. |
| D．The fox thought the lion was very honest. |
| A．Work hard today to prepare for tomorrow. |
| B．Slow and steady(稳) wins the race. |
| C．A wise person learns from the bad luck of others. |
| D．No one believes liars even when they tell the truth. |
