1 . They boy ran to his father’s bag, while Jeb started shouting as well as hitting, to keep the cougar’s attention away from Tom.
How did Jeb try to hold the cougar’s attention?| A．By keeping shouting and hitting. | B．By making a wall out of his arms. |
| C．By throwing himself on the cougar | D．By swinging his fists at the cougar’s eyes. |
2 . Mr. Robin (知更鸟) had his house in a tree.
His four baby robins lived in it. They grew very fast. Soon the house was too little for them.
“It is time for you to fly,” said Mr. Robin. “Oh, we can not fly,” said the baby robins.
“You can, if you try, ” said Mr. Robin. A robin tried. He flew into a tree.
“Oh, how interesting!” said the little robin. “I like to fly. See me go!”
Then the other robins tried. In a little while they could all fly.
The robins could fly, but they could not sing. “No, Dad, we can not sing.”
“You can, if you try. Hear the other birds sing. Look at the pretty flowers and the blue sky. Then you will want to sing. Hear me sing to you. Now sing for me.”
One little robin sang. Then they all sang.
A little girl came by. “Wow, hear the birds sing!” she said. “How happy they are!”
1. How many baby robins lived in the house?| A．3. | B．4. | C．6. | D．7. |
| A．To fly. | B．To jump. | C．To look for food | D．To build houses. |
| A．Interested. | B．Bored. | C．Tired. | D．Worried. |
| A．They were poor. | B．They were rude. | C．They were happy. | D．They were sad. |
3 . Dorothy and her friends the Scarecrow (稻草人), the Tinman (铁皮人) were walking through the forest with Toto. Suddenly, a great Lion came running at them from the trees. With one blow of his paw, he turned the Scarecrow over and over to the edge of the road, and then he struck at the Tinman with his sharp claws. But, to the Lion’s surprise, he could make no impression on the tin, although the Tinman fell over in the road and lay still. Then little Toto ran up to the Lion and started barking. The Lion was going to hit him too, but Dorothy came between him and the dog, shouting:
“Don’t you dare to bite Toto! A big animal like you is going to bite this poor little dog? You are nothing but a coward (胆小鬼)!”
The Lion’s face suddenly changed from mad to sad.
“I know it,” said the Lion, hanging his head in shame. “I’ve always known it. But how can I help it?” he sighed.
“Look at what you did to Scarecrow!” said Dorothy. She picked up the Scarecrow and set him upon his feet, while she put him into shape again.
“I’m terribly sorry, Scarecrow,” said the Lion. “You seemed so scary that I had to try and make you run away. Usually, when people and animals see me, they run, but you didn’t.”
“Why are you so scared of us?” asked Dorothy. “You’re a lion! Lions are the kings of the forests.”
“I can’t help being scared. Whenever there is danger, my heart beats fast.”
“Well,” said the Tinman, “maybe you can join us. I have no heart and Scarecrow has no brain. Dorothy and the little dog are dying to go home, very far away. We are going to find the Wizard of Oz for help. Why not come with us and ask him for courage?”
“But I am scared to go!” said the Lion.
“Everything will be fine,” comforted Dorothy. “There’s nothing to fear when we are all together. We’ll all become better.”
“Then, if you don’t mind, I’ll go with you,” said the Lion. “As long as I know myself to be a coward, I shall be unhappy!”
1. What does the underlined “him” in paragraph 1 refer to?| A．The Scarecrow. | B．The Tinman. | C．The Lion. | D．Toto. |
| A．Strong but not brave. | B．Wild but open-minded. |
| C．Smart but not honest. | D．Shy but warm-hearted. |
| A．They tried to beat it. | B．It was afraid of them. |
| C．They wanted to catch it. | D．It was the king of the forest. |
| A．He could free the Wizard of Oz. | B．He wanted to go home far away. |
| C．He invited the Lion to join them. | D．He was a robot with no thoughts. |
| A．It hated to work for long. | B．It would live a simple life. |
| C．It minded joining the team. | D．It would try to find courage. |
4 . On a wild mountain, two goats met on a road just over a high cliff(悬崖). The road was so narrow that there was neither room for them to pass each other nor to turn round and go back. What do you think the two goats did?
One of them with great care laid himself down on the narrow road, pressing as close to the rock as he could. Then the other goat softly walked on his friend, till, safely past him,he could lightly jump away.
The goat that had lain down then stood up slowly from his place, safe and sound, free to jump again from rock to rock, and enjoyed the sweet grass on the hills happily.
However,two other goats met on the banks of a rushing river. A tree had fallen across the river, and became a bridge from the one side to the other.
The two goats looked at each other, and each wished to pass over first.
They stood for a while one foot on the tree, each thinking that the other would turn back. But neither of them would give way, and they met at last on the middle of the narrow bridge!
They then began to push and fight with their horns, till at last their feet missed, and both the goats fell into the running river, and were lost in the water!
Both might have been saved, if either of them had known how to give way at the right time.
1. Where did the first two goats meet?| A．On the hills. | B．On a bridge. |
| C．On a narrow road. | D．At the bank of a river. |
| A．By lying down. | B．By working together. |
| C．By jumping away. | D．By pressing to the rock. |
| A．A tree. | B．A stone. |
| C．Some stones. | D．Some trees. |
| A．They pushed and fought. | B．They lay on the bridge. |
| C．They looked at each other | D．They stood on the-bridge. |
| A．we should face the challenge in life |
| B．we should be careful to cross the bridge |
| C．we should give way to others at right time |
| D．we should be brave to climb the mountains |
