1 . I can’t say if it was love at first sight, but the dog’s strange look captured our hearts. That’s why we welcomed this rescue dog into our home.

Dixie had recently been found on a country road. We agreed to adopt her, relying on my son’s experience with the dog at the shelter. We gave her a safe place to sleep and her own area for food and water. Thankfully, Dixie became more comfortable with her new surroundings and began to show her personality. She found joy in being able to run free and play with other dogs, the bigger the better.

We wondered what kind of breed or mix she was. Her ears, the size of her body and coloring suggested to me she was a mix. While researching, we found that she had some characteristics similar to a pit bull (比特犬). One opinion I had was that pit bulls are aggressive and a danger to society. It was not their fault, I reasoned, and they had been bred to fight. How could I keep these beliefs when this little animal had warmed my heart?

At first, I was secretive (有所隐瞒的) when people asked Dixie’s breed. “I am not sure, she is a rescue,” I said, Because I was afraid of the response: “A pit bull? Oh, dear!” But I adored this animal! Dixie did not show the awful characteristics so widely publicized. Dixie and I have befriended many dogs and their owners who love her spirit, playfulness and friendliness. More importantly, she exposed one of my problems: a fear of being judged by others. There is no doubt that Dixie taught me not to be so quick to judge.

Now, I am a proud owner of this pit bull-like dog.

1. What can we find out about Dixie frown the first two paragraphs?

A．She was not open to humans.	B．She adapted to her new host me well
C．She was brought up at a dog shelter.	D．She was adopted because of her cleverness.

2. Why was the author unwilling to mention Dixie’s breed?

A．She was afraid of being judged.

B．She was unsure about her origin.

C．She thought the dog was bred to fight.

D．She found Dixie either aggressive or dangerous.

3. Which of the following can best describe Dixie?

A．Loyal and playful.	B．god-looking and mild,
C．Warm and friendly.	D．Naughty and competitive.

4. What is the author’s purpose in writing this text?

A．To show we shouldn’t judge other people.

B．To introduce effective ways to train a dog.

C．To call on people not to abandon pet dogs.

D．To share the lessons she learned from her dog.

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

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.”

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。
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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3 . Cindy, my dog, was six years old when my son Tony was born. And she was immediately very protective over him. We lived near a busy road. As my son was too young, we were super vigilant for fear that he should go out of the front door.

Cindy knew that our son wasn’t allowed to go through the front door without us, so whenever Tony touched the front door handle, she would push him back. One morning, around 4 am, our son somehow managed to “escape” through his bedroom window, and Cindy had to follow.

At 5 am, the police woke us knocking on the door. They said, “Your son was nearly killed but the dog saved him.” They then repeated what the truck driver had said.

He told them that he was driving along in the dark and in the distance he could see something “light coloured” moving on the road. As he got closer, he could see a dog at the side of the road barking at it. At the last moment, he realized that it was a child and was about to change the direction. The dog was still barking, glancing(扫视) between the truck and the child. While the driver was braking(刹车), the dog ran out into the road, jumped at the child’s back and threw him out of the path of the truck. At the same time, the truck hit the dog and she was killed.

The driver said that he’d never believe what he saw unless it was with his own eyes. He thought that the dog definitely knew the danger, which was why she was barking so anxiously. He said “that dog just saved that kid’s life and it knew what it was doing.”

That was 39 years ago and I still miss Cindy every day.

1. Which of the following is the closest in meaning to the underlined word “vigilant”?

A．Careful.	B．Desperate.
C．Upset.	D．Confident.

2. What did the driver first see on the road?

A．An on-duty policeman.

B．A frightened dog.

C．A moving light.

D．A small child.

3. Which of the following best describes Cindy?

A．Serious and fierce.

B．Brave and loyal.

C．Helpful and mild.

D．Quiet and cute.

4. What is the best title for the text?

A．A Terrible Accident

B．A Dangerous Escape

C．A Barking Hero

D．A Careless Driver

4 . Any dog’s love can feel like a miracle(奇迹). Mason is a strong _________, and he may be the kind one that can bring happy surprise on Earth. He _________ a storm last spring. His family thought he would be _________ there, but the storm broke the garage door and Mason _________.

That day a lot of people _________ a lot. Mason’s family was _________ that they were just to be alive, _________ the storm had left their home broken. But they were _________ at the thought that their sweet friend had died. They _________ the neighbourhood, hoping to find him, but Mason didn’t ____________ up.

Three weeks after the ____________, Mason’s family stopped by the house to collect some things that once ____________ to them. There Mason sat on the front door, so ____________ to see his family that his entire body was shaking. Where had Mason stayed during the storm? What did he eat for those long weeks? How did he ____________ his way back home without any help from the others? There was no answer to those ____________ and no time to think. Mason was thin and couldn’t stand well. The family quickly found the ____________ and learned their dog had returned home on broken front legs. “He was ____________ badly,” says Doster, who had spent days helping pets with their owners. He also got in touch with Dr. William, who ____________ to perform the operation for free.

Mason was hurt so bad that he needed weeks to ____________. By the time he returned home to his family in September, he was jumping around like a ____________ dog again. “It is really a miracle!” Doster says.

1.

A．cat

B．by

C．dog

D．horse

2.

A．went through

B．looked for

C．died from

D．fell into

3.

A．safe

B．lovely

C．lonely

D．brave

4.

A．woke

B．escaped

C．disappeared

D．starved

5.

A．gained

B．found

C．enjoyed

D．suffered

6.

A．upset

B．calm

C．grateful

D．dangerous

7.

A．so that

B．even though

C．as if

D．now that

8.

A．honest

B．certain

C．special

D．sorry

9.

A．designed

B．searched

C．protected

D．solved

10.

A．get

B．turn

C．end

D．pick

11.

A．disaster

B．miracle

C．festival

D．celebration

12.

A．belonged

B．went

C．got

D．fell

13.

A．tired

B．excited

C．frightened

D．determined

14.

A．find

B．decide

C．prepare

D．keep

15.

A．stories

B．reasons

C．experiences

D．questions

16.

A．rest

B．medicine

C．result

D．help

17.

A．beaten

B．hurt

C．paid

D．fixed

18.

A．volunteered

B．tried

C．continued

D．struggled

19.

A．leave

B．count

C．recover

D．develop

20.

A．weak

B．healthy

C．clever

D．hopeful

5 . 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。

Wylie lived in Scotland, far up on the hills, and helped her master take care of his sheep.

Wylie watched over the sheep and the little lambs like a soldier, and never let anything hurt them. She drove them out to pasture when it was time, and brought them safely home when it was time for that. She loved her work, and was a wonderfully fine sheepdog.

At last her master grew too old to stay alone on the hills. Before he left, he gave Wylie to two kind young men who lived in the nearest town; he knew they would be good to her. They grew very fond of her, and so did their old grandmother and the little children; she was so gentle and handsome and well behaved.

But after a while, the family noticed something very strange indeed about their dog. Every single Tuesday night, about nine o'clock. Wylie disappeared. And she would be gone all night. But every Wednesday morning, she was at the door, waiting to be let in. Her silky coat was all sweaty and muddy and her feet heavy with weariness, but her bright eyes looked up at her masters as if she were trying to explain where she had been.

Week after week, the same thing happened. Nobody could imagine where Wylie went every Tuesday night. They tried to follow her to find out, but she always slipped away. It grew to be a real mystery. Where in the world did Wylie go?

In the city near the town where the kind young men lived was a big market. On Tuesday nights, the farmers used to come down from the hills, and drive their sheep through the city streets into the pens, ready to sell on Wednesday morning; that was the day they sold them. The sheep weren’t used to the city noises and sights, and they always grew afraid and wild, and gave the farmers and the sheepdogs a great deal of trouble. They broke away and ran about, in everybody’s way.

注意：
1、所续写短文的词数应为150以上；
2、请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

But just as the trouble was worst, about sunrise, the farmers would see a little silky dog come running.

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One day, Wylie went to walk with her two masters.

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6 . On Friday morning when 53-year-old Thong Pham broke into the house through the unlocked back door, he took a steak knife from the kitchen.

It was dark, and the family didn't know what Marley was barking (吠) at. Taylor, Amber and their girls Finley, 6, and Sadie, 4, soon woke up and came downstairs, too. “Well, it was dark so we couldn't see anything, only could hear Marley,” Amber recalled, saying her husband then went for the lights. “And once he turned the hall light on, we realized that the guy was holed up in the corner trying to hide.”

“So I think he got to the front door and realized he couldn't get out, and by that point in time, Marley's got him cornered,” Taylor said. Pham slashed (砍) both Marley and Taylor, and blood went everywhere. Taylor shared a video summary to his Facebook page, where he said Marley was stabbed (刺) up to six times, mostly around the head and neck area. “And as I pulled back, blood shot out of my arm,” Taylor continued. “She got him pretty good and I got him pretty good in the face.”

“But it was really hard because I was trying to make sure that my husband wasn't going to die,” Amber explained, adding that she was trying to protect their two girls. “When he realized that the two girls were in the house, that's when he kind of backed up and started running. "

Taylor expressed gratitude to everyone for their thoughts and prayers. And the family is thankful for their dog Marley.

“She's our hero,” Amber said. “If it hadn't been for her, that guy could have gone in the...he could have gone to their rooms or something.” Taylor added, “Yeah, I mean, the story plays out very differently if Marley's not there.”

1. Why did the family come downstairs before daybreak?

A．To stop a break-in.	B．To lock the back door.
C．To check on Marley.	D．To turn the hall light on.

2. What happened during the fight?

A．Pham dug a hole in the corner.

B．Marley was injured but bit back.

C．Taylor had a backup from neighbors.

D．Amber fought back to protect her girls.

3. What does Taylor mainly express on his Facebook?

A．Forgiveness.

B．Concern.

C．Anger.

D．Appreciation.

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。续写的词数应为150左右。

Once there lived a kind man named Alvin in a small village with his wife. They had a little son. One day, as Alvin was returning home from a nearby village, he came across a baby mongoose (猫鼬) crying next to his mother’s dead body.

“Oh, what a poor creature!” thought Alvin. “If I leave him here, he will surely die.” He picked him up and took him home.

“Gowri, I found this little creature on my way home. Let us take care of him,” Alvin said to his wife. “Very well along with our son, I will take care of the mongoose too,” replied Gowri.

The mongoose grew up with a lot of love and care in their house. He slept next to their son in the cradle (摇篮), drank milk and played with the boy every day. The little mongoose’s days were full of joy. As both the boy and mongoose grew up, their friendship changed to a relationship between two brothers.

The mongoose grew up fast and as days went by, Gowri began to get doubts in her mind. “After all, this is a wild animal. Sooner or later, he will show his true colors,” she thought to herself. She put the mongoose’s bed separately and would watch him carefully whenever he played with her son.

One day when Alvin was away, Gowri decided to go to the river to fetch a pot of water. She looked around and saw her son sleeping soundly in his cradle. The mongoose was also asleep on the floor at the foot of the cradle. “It should take only a few minutes. I hope I can trust that mongoose not to harm my little son,” she said to herself and hurried to the river.

Suddenly, the mongoose woke up with a start. He had heard a very low noise. Looking up, the mongoose saw a large black snake crawling (爬行) in through a hole in the wall.

“The snake will harm my brother. Mother and Father are away. I will have to protect my little brother,” thought the mongoose, as the snake came crawling towards the cradle.

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
Paragraph 1:

The brave little mongoose jumped quickly on the huge black snake.

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Paragraph 2:

But as soon as Gowri saw blood on the mongoose’s mouth and teeth, she thought, “This wild animal has killed my little son.”

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8 . One of the most powerful forces of nature is motherly love. It is found not just in humans but is _________ among many other types of creatures. It is well known the mother bears are fiercely _________ of their young and can easily attack any _________ human being. About 20 years ago, a homeless _________ drew international headlines. In Argentina a man was walking on a_________ night when he heard the cries of a baby. Following the sound, he found a newborn human baby being warmed by a dog. The baby, who had been _________ by her mother, was later taken to hospital with only minor _________

An animal's maternal (母性的) instinct can be so strong that the mother will often _________ her own life to save her young. When cases of this type of _________ are reported, the stories can be heartwarming or __________, depending on the circumstances. One story related to Australia's deadly wildfires touched people across the world. A firefighter__________ a female koala (考拉) lying on top of her young, __________ its baby from smoke. Another story however, ended sadly. Last year, people in America found an opossum (负鼠) that had been __________ by a car, lying in the street, but __________ the pocket of skin on its stomach were nine protected babies, still drinking milk from their dead mother's body.

The love of a mother indeed knows no__________.

1.

A．complex

B．crucial

C．specific

D．evident

2.

A．proud

B．protective

C．skeptical

D．sick

3.

A．threatening

B．inspiring

C．annoying

D．striking

4.

A．man

B．woman

C．dog

D．bear

5.

A．hot

B．cold

C．clear

D．quiet

6.

A．abandoned

B．protected

C．tended

D．wrapped

7.

A．setbacks

B．concerns

C．errors

D．injuries

8.

A．cherish

B．risk

C．lengthen

D．change

9.

A．romances

B．fantasies

C．sacrifices

D．memories

10.

A．tragic

B．funny

C．thrilling

D．scary

11.

A．looked into

B．ran into

C．burst into

D．got into

12.

A．distinguishing

B．separating

C．sheltering

D．releasing

13.

A．seized

B．carried

C．killed

D．stopped

14.

A．inside

B．outside

C．over

D．beyond

15.

A．benefits

B．boundaries

C．results

D．secrets