A spider (蜘蛛) was looking for a suitable place to make its web. He wanted his web to be in such a place where a lot of insects and flies would come and get trapped in his web. In this way he wanted to spend his life eating, drinking and relaxing happily.
Soon, he found a corner (角落) of the room of a house and started preparing to make his web there.
Just when he started weaving (织网) the web, a cat passing by started laughed loudly after seeing him. When the spider saw the cat laughing, he asked, “Why are you laughing?”
The cat replied, “I am laughing because you are foolish. Can’t you see how clean this place is? No flies or insects will come here. Who will fall in your web?”
After listening to the cat, the spider gave up the idea of making a web in that corner and started looking for another place.
Then he saw a window and started weaving his web there. The spider had prepared half of the web. Then a bird came and started making fun of him, saying, “Have you lost your mind? Why weaving your web near this window? A strong wind will blow and your web will fly away.”
The spider understood and stopped weaving the web on the window and started looking for another place. While searching, his eyes fell on an old cupboard (橱柜). The door of that cupboard was slightly open. He went there and started weaving a web. Just then a cockroach (蟑螂) came and said, “It is useless to make a web at this place. This cupboard is very old. It will be sold in few days. All your hard work will go fruitless.”
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Para 1: The spider listened to the advice of the cockroach and stopped making the web in the cupboard and started searching for another place.
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Para 2: An ant who was watching all this went to the spider and said.
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2 . When Byron Thanarayen and his wife Melissa returned to their home recently, their 13-year-old dog named Chucky was completely wet. The couple assumed the dog had splashed around in his water bowl and made a mess in the house. When no evidence could be found inside, they turned to their security footage (录像).
What they saw made the blood freeze in their veins. Chucky was walking near their backyard swimming pool when he stumbled (绊倒) and fell in. Since the dog is so tiny, he was unable to get a purchase on the slick sides of the pool. Instead, he paddled around, searching in vain for a way out. After a few desperate moments, the couple's other dog appeared on the scene. Jessie is a 7-year-old dog who became noticeably upset when she saw her friend struggling to keep his head above the water. She began circling the pool's edge, following Chucky as if she was encouraging him not to give up.
For 34 minutes, Jessie worked to rescue her friend. She repeatedly tried to grab hold of the smaller dog with her mouth, but Chucky kept slipping out of her grasp. Finally, after several failed attempts, Jessie succeeded in grasping Chucky's neck and dragging him out of the pool.
When Byron and Melissa realized Jessie was a hero, they were unspeakably grateful for their sweet girl! “We still struggle to watch that video today, just thinking of what could have happened if Jessie was not there,” Byron said. “I'm really proud of her, considering she is the youngest.” The family now plans to install a pool cover to keep their pets safe. Thankfully, they have a wonderful life-dog on duty just in case anything ever goes wrong!
1. What was the couple's first thought finding their messy house?| A．Someone had broken in. |
| B．The dogs had been too naughty. |
| C．They had forgotten to clean the house. |
| D．Chucky had swum again in the swimming pool. |
| A．Shocked. | B．Scared. |
| C．Excited. | D．Annoyed. |
| A．She encouraged him to stay above the water. |
| B．She circled the pool's edge to find a way out. |
| C．She used her mouth to pull him out of the pool. |
| D．She ran out immediately to ask others for help. |
| A．Clever and inspiring. | B．Wise and energetic. |
| C．Naughty and lazy. | D．Brave and loving. |
3 . My parents’ new dog Mercy would rush out of bed and go-go-go all day long. So when they brought home a Christmas tree, they expected
A few days before Christmas, Polly, my step mom, awoke early as usual. As she
Nature took
Mercy presented the problem, so Mercy provided the
| A．risk | B．chaos | C．fun | D．change |
| A．suddenly | B．naturally | C．gradually | D．immediately |
| A．used to | B．adapt to | C．react to | D．appeal to |
| A．left | B．found | C．heard | D．approached |
| A．dust | B．leaf | C．decoration | D．present |
| A．switch | B．tree | C．pet | D．alarm |
| A．waited | B．lay | C．appeared | D．moved |
| A．cleaned-up | B．fixed-up | C．chewed-up | D．used-up |
| A．failed | B．worked | C．counted | D．improved |
| A．discovered | B．wasted | C．gone | D．rescued |
| A．punishment | B．respect | C．comfort | D．pity |
| A．changed | B．remained | C．ended | D．repeated |
| A．love | B．answer | C．luck | D．food |
| A．guiltily | B．hopefully | C．regretfully | D．regularly |
| A．created | B．offered | C．explained | D．announced |
4 . One night Buck woke up and heard the call again, a long howl. He ran into the forest. And there, his nose pointing to the sky, sat a wolf. The wolf started to run, and Buck followed him. They ran for hours through the forest, and then suddenly Buck remembered John Thornton. He turned and started to run back.
Thornton was eating dinner when Buck returned. Buck jumped all over him, and for two days never left his side. But after two days the call of the wild came again, and he remembered the forest and the wolf that had run with him.
He started to sleep out in the forest at night, sometimes staying out for three or four days. He ate well, and he grew stronger and quicker and more alive. His golden brown coat shone with health as he ran through the forest, learning its every secret, every smell, and every sound.
Nobody saw the change that happened when Buck was inside the forest. At once he became a thing of the wild, stepping softly and silently, a passing shadow among the trees.
In the autumn, Buck started to see moose (驼鹿) in the forest. One day he met a group of about twenty. The largest was two meters tall, and his antlers were more than two meters across. When he saw Buck, he got very angry. For hours Buck followed the moose; he wanted the big one, but he wanted him alone. By the evening Buck had driven the big old moose away from the others, and then he began his attack.
The animal weighed six hundred and fifty kilos—he was big enough and strong enough to kill Buck at once. Patiently, Buck followed him for four days, attacking and then jumping away. He gave him no peace, no time to eat or drink or rest, and slowly the moose became weaker. At the end of the fourth day Buck pulled the moose down and killed him. He stayed by the dead animal for a day and a half, eating, and then turned towards camp and John Thornton.
1. Why did Buck run into the forest according to Paragraph 1?| A．He was curious about the call. |
| B．He wanted to find something to eat. |
| C．Thornton was there studying the sky. |
| D．He wanted to do some morning exercise. |
| A．He enjoyed staying out in the forest. |
| B．He made friends with wild animals. |
| C．His fur changed from brown to golden. |
| D．He ate a lot and put on too much weight. |
| A．He insisted on fighting Buck alone. |
| B．Buck got timely help from his friends. |
| C．He was too old and weak to fight Buck. |
| D．Buck had employed effective strategies. |
| A．Gentle and cautious. | B．Patient and smart. |
| C．Realistic and motivated. | D．Energetic and caring. |
Two fast friends were Willie and his little dog Bounce. Willie could never think of taking a walk without Bounce. Cake and play were equally shared between them. Willie taught his dog many cunning tricks, and often said that Bounce could do almost anything in the world but talk. Then on a bright summer afternoon, Willie had strolled with Bounce down to the river, which was not more than two blocks from his father’s store—Mr. Brown’s store.
Willie began to throw stones into the water, and to watch ripples as they made one circle after another. Bounce lay on the grass, watching the flies buzzing around his nose, and catching any that came too near.
There were some logs floating in the river near the bank. Willie jumped upon one of them to see if he could throw a stone across the river. He drew back, sent the stone with all strength, just as it left his hand, the log turned and he fell into the water. He was frightened, for he did not know how to swim, and there was no one to hear, though he called as loud as he could for help.
If he had been a big water dog, he could have jumped in and brought his master out.
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He ran up and down the bank two or three times, barking, looking first at Willie and then around.
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Finally, the father came to the river.
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6 . Kathleen Rooney knew that writing Cher Ami and Major Whittlesey, from the point of view of a pigeon, was a risk. Rooney, perhaps best known for her 2017 bestseller, Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk, says her interest in a feathered narrator was excited by one of her students at DePaul University, where she is an English professor. “A student named Brian mentioned Cher Ami in a poem. It blew my mind that this pigeon was so heroic and is stuffed and on display in the Smithsonian National Museum of American History.”
Rooney learned that Cher Ami, a British homing pigeon, helped save a group of American troops during a horrific, multi-day World War I battle. The story of this amazing pigeon and the extraordinary man who commanded the battle, Major Charles Whittlesey, was altogether attractive.
In Cher Ami and Major Whittlesey, Charles reflects on his happier prewar days in New York City, where he ran a law firm with a college classmate. When it came time for battle, though, he and his fellows found themselves cut off from supply lines, surrounded by enemy German troops.
Carrier pigeons were the group’s only hope of contacting headquarters and getting the other Americans to stop dropping bombs on them. Cher Ami flew through gunfire to deliver Charles' message, which finally stopped the attack. She lost an eye and a leg, among other wounds, but was eventually able to hobble (蹒跚) on a tiny wooden prosthesis (义肢) that the Army made for her. She lived another year before dying of her injuries in 1919, but in the novel she continues speaking to readers behind glass in the Smithsonian where she’s been since her death.
There’s an interesting lesson to be learned from Charles’ decisions in the battle, too. “He was famous for something we’d describe as passive,” Rooney says. “Once they were in the pocket, he waited as long as he could. I’m an impatient, active person ... His act was stillness, waiting, keeping everybody’s spirits up. The way he did that was amazing.”
Rooney also hopes the book, with its portrayal of the charming and brave Cher Ami, will boost the appreciation of our furry and feathered friends.
1. What inspired Rooney to write the book?| A．Visiting a national museum. | B．Reading a student’s poem. |
| C．Some comments on her bestseller. | D．Experiences of raising pigeons. |
| A．An exhibition featuring a heroic battle. |
| B．Historic events happening to Cher Ami. |
| C．Americans’ poor strategies during the war. |
| D．Charles’ methods for training Cher Ami. |
| A．Charles’ humor and optimism. |
| B．Charles’ affection for carrier pigeons. |
| C．Charles’ patience and motivation. |
| D．Charles’ quick response to the attack. |
| A．A message of hope | B．Braving World War I |
| C．An effort to protect pigeons | D．Finding the lost commander |
7 . One spring morning, I was searching for gold on an Island in Alaska. Abruptly, I froze in my tracks. No more than 20 paces in the bog (沼泽) was a huge wolf
I
So I decided to search for her babies. I looked for
No sound inside. Wolf pups are shy and
I extended my hands. They tentatively
With her young to
| A．lost | B．killed | C．caught | D．buried |
| A．Frightened | B．Pleased | C．Motivated | D．Depressed |
| A．princess | B．beauty | C．widow | D．mother |
| A．guessed | B．predicted | C．regretted | D．admitted |
| A．asleep | B．alive | C．fragile | D．healthy |
| A．forgive | B．honor | C．attack | D．fail |
| A．streams | B．tracks | C．rocks | D．forests |
| A．Swiftly | B．Roughly | C．Randomly | D．Fortunately |
| A．marks | B．figures | C．shadows | D．reflections |
| A．innocent | B．adventurous | C．cautious | D．playful |
| A．operation | B．announcement | C．disturbance | D．response |
| A．swallowed | B．sucked | C．scratched | D．chewed |
| A．tolerance | B．love | C．curiosity | D．fear |
| A．headed | B．struggled | C．edged | D．wandered |
| A．waiting for | B．thinking of | C．picking up | D．working out |
| A．complained | B．raced | C．bowed | D．submitted |
| A．meet | B．amuse | C．tease | D．protect |
| A．wondered | B．explained | C．choked | D．smiled |
| A．sympathy | B．freedom | C．energy | D．assistance |
| A．hatred | B．threat | C．appreciation | D．annoyance |
8 . One day, a fox was walking through the woods when he saw some tasty grapes hanging from a branch high above him. He was quite hungry, as he’d been walking all day and hadn’t had anything to eat. So he decided to get some grapes to eat.
First, the fox tried to jump in the air and grab the grapes. But with each jump, he was just inches away from getting the grapes. As he jumped and jumped, he was getting further and further away from the grapes. After a short rest, he tried taking a few steps back and doing a running jump at the grapes, but again, he could not reach them.
He even tried to climb the tree to reach the grapes, but his paws weren’t strong enough for him to pull himself up the tree. How he wished he had the same paws as a monkey. He sat and stared at the grapes with an angry expression on his face.
Just then, a bear happened to walk by the fox. He saw the fox looking at the grapes. The fox turned to him and said, “Never mind. Those grapes probably don’t taste good anyway.” And with that, he turned once more and left.
The bear reached up, grabbed the grapes and ate them. They were, of course, quite delicious. “Why not ask me for help?” The bear thought.
1. What happened as the fox kept jumping?| A．He got closer to the grapes each time. | B．He got closer to the tree each time. |
| C．He got further and further away from the grapes. | D．The grapes were starting to fall to the ground. |
| A．Angry. | B．Excited. | C．Happy. | D．Sad. |
| A．most of the grapes were green | B．he could not have the grapes |
| C．he wanted to help the bear | D．he had never eaten grapes before |
| A．One. | B．Two. | C．Three. | D．Four. |
| A．Not all things in life are free. |
| B．It’s easy to be angry about something you can’t have. |
| C．When you think you’ve failed, try one last time. |
| D．Learn to ask for help when you need it. |
9 . The Dog and the Joey
Leonie Allan lives in an area of Australia where people often find wildlife in their yards. One spring morning, Leonie took her dog Rex for a walk as usual. The walk was casual, but Rex was acting strangely afterward. As Leonie worked in the yard, Rex kept looking down on the road where they had taken their walk. Then he began standing very still, with his nose pointing toward what he wanted Leonie to notice.
Rex, a mixed breed (血统), is part “pointer”. Pointers are dogs that naturally stand very still and point with their entire body in the direction of wildlife they see or smell. They are trained not to hunt animals but simply to point to where they are. They are excellent in tracking and finding animals.
Leonie became worried when Rex left to investigate (调查). She thought he might have found something dangerous. She called the dog back. But when Rex returned, in his mouth he had a joey, a baby kangaroo about four months old. Picking up an animal was unusual behavior for Rex, since he hadn’t been trained to do so. Leonie was surprised that Rex had taken the joey gently by the neck and brought it to her. The baby joey didn’t appear to be afraid at all.
“He obviously sensed the baby kangaroo was still alive,” Leonie said, “and somehow had gently took it by the neck and brought it to me.”
Rex and the joey, which Leonie named Rex Jr., spent the afternoon playing together. “The joey was snuggling (依偎) up to him, jumping to him, and Rex was sniffing and licking him — it was quite sweet,” Leonie told the newspaper reporter.
Rex Jr. was bottle-fed and raised at a wildlife sanctuary (庇护所). A year and a half later, he was released back into the wild in an area where he could be monitored. Now Rex Jr. is part of a group of kangaroos, living a normal kangaroo life — thanks to Rex, a gentle dog that knows how to point.
1. The “pointer” gets its name because of its ability to ______.| A．discover wildlife | B．be gentle with wildlife |
| C．avoid dangerous situations | D．get along with other animals |
| A．she thought he might get lost |
| B．she knew he was tired after the walk |
| C．she did not want to stop working in her yard |
| D．she did not want Rex to put himself in danger |
| A．Sympathetic. | B．Curious. |
| C．Protective. | D．Respectful. |
Once upon a time , there was a colorless tiger. His lack of color made him
Then along came Van Cough the painter. When he said he wanted to paint the colorless tiger, everyone had a good laugh. When entering the tiger’s cage, he began whispering in the animal’s ear, and moving his dry brush up and down the tiger’s body. And
Everyone was
Now you see how joyful the tiger seemed at the sight of
