1 . 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.

2. After the fox tried climbing the tree, how did he feel?

A．Angry.

B．Excited.

C．Happy.

D．Sad.

3. The fox said “those grapes probably don’t taste good” because __________.

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

4. How many animals are mentioned in the passage?

A．One.

B．Two.

C．Three.

D．Four.

5. What might the bear learn from the fox?

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.

2 . 阅读下面短文，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。

DEEP MAGIC FROM THE DAWN OF TIME

“Fall back, all of you,” said Aslan, “and I will talk to the Witch alone.”

They all     1    (obey). It was a terrible time this-waiting and wondering while the Lion and the Witch talked earnestly together in low voices. Lucy said, “Oh, Edmund!” and began to cry. Peter stood with his back to the others looking out at the distant sea. The Beavers stood holding each other’s paws     2    their heads bowed. The centaurs stamped     3    (unease) with their hoofs. But everyone became perfectly still in the end,     4    you could notice even small sounds like a bumble-bee flying past, or the birds in the forest down below them, or the wind rustling the leaves. And still the talk between Aslan and the White Witch went on.

At last they heard Aslan’s voice, “You can all come back,” he said. “I     5    (settle) the matter. She has renounced the claim on your brother’s blood.” And all over the hill there was a noise as if everyone had been holding their     6    (breathe) and had now begun breathing again, and then a murmur of talk.

The Witch was just turning away with     7    look of fierce joy on her face when she stopped and said,

“But     8    do I know this promise will be kept?”

“Haa-a-arrh!” roared Aslan, half     9    (rise) from his throne; and his great mouth opened wider and the roar grew     10    (loud), and the Witch, after staring for a moment with her lips wide apart, picked up her skirt and fairly ran for her life.

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。

Hurriedly, Melissa came running to Rocky’s house out of breath. “Come with me quickly! There is a dog near the shrubs behind my house which is barking loudly. I think something is wrong with him. Let’s go and see what happened,” said Mel.

After putting down the book he was reading, Rocky went with Mel and saw a small dog trying to untangle himself from the shrubs. Being unable to set himself free, he thought barking would help him. Seeing this, Rocky and Mel immediately helped him out and he walked with a limp. Just then, Jason, Jenny, and Lindsay walked towards them.

“Hi, whose dog is this?” asked Lindsay, “We don’t know. I heard him barking and called Rocky to help him come out of the shrubs,” replied Mel. “He has cuts on his body and is bleeding,” observed Jenny.

“What should we do?” questioned Mel. “He hasn’t got a collar around his neck so I suppose he is a stray dog. Let’s hand him over to the center for stray animals,” said Jason.

The friends took him to the center. The vet treated his wounds and gave him some milk. When the friends were about to leave, the dog looked at them with sad eyes and barked softly. Jason went to him and said, “Rest up, old fellow. We will come to visit you soon.”

A few days later, the friends visited the center and met the stray dog. He ran to them barking happily. They played with the dog that they named Bruno. After half an hour, the friends returned home.

The next morning, Rocky said, “Today is ‘World Animal Day’. Let’s go and meet Bruno.” The friends walked to the center and saw that Bruno was wearing a collar with the words “Brave Bruno” written on it. They were all surprised at this and wondered why he was wearing such a collar.

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。
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The manager told them about the special collar.

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“Wow, Bruno, you are the best dog ever,” said Mel.

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4 . One day, a raven happened to fly past a lake. Looking at the lake, he saw the most beautiful animal he had ever seen. It was a swan and its feathers were as white as snow. The swan was playing with other birds happily, talking and dancing. And it seemed that the other birds all liked to stay with it. When he looked at his own feathers, they were as black as coal. The raven was very angry with the swan. "How can the swan have such wonderful feathers?" said the raven. What should he do with his feathers? He thought it over and over.

Then, the raven decided that he also wanted to have white feathers like the swan's. From that day on, the raven began to live like the swan. He moved his home from the woods to the lake. He also started to eat water plants like the swan. He tried his best to talk and dance with the other birds. The most important was that each day, the raven would wash his feathers, hoping that they would turn white. Even he went to the nearby rivers and ponds to wash his feathers, because he thought the water in the lakes was not enough for him to wash them. But no matter how hard he washed his feathers, they remained black.

As he only ate water plants he soon grew thinner and thinner. Not many days later, the raven died.

1. The underlined word "it" in Paragraph 1 refers to ________.

A．the raven

B．the swan

C．the feather

D．the water

2. Why was the raven angry with the swan?

A．His own feathers were as white as snow.	B．The swan did not have black feathers like him.
C．The swan had beautiful white feathers.	D．The swan lived in the lake with other birds.

3. Where was the raven's natural home?

A．The lake.

B．The ponds.

C．The woods.

D．The rivers.

4. Why did the raven want to live like the swan?

A．He wanted to make friends with the swan.	B．He wanted to see the swan's white feathers.
C．He wanted to eat water plants.	D．He wanted to have white feathers.

5 . A group of dolphins (海豚) just came together to save an 11-year-old dog named Turbo.

Cindy Burnett, Turbo's owner, _______ that she was out when her dog wandered outside and _______ a wall separating his home from a canal in Marco Island, Florida. She was _______ when she got home and discovered he was missing, and she immediately went out _______ him.

It turned out that Turbo had been _______ in the canal as the wall he had fallen off was too _______ for him to climb over. After 15 long hours of paddling (划水), Turbo had become _______ and it became _______ he would not be able to stay above water much longer. That's when some dolphins stepped up to save him.

When the dolphins _______ that Turbo was drowning (溺水), they started swimming around him making as much ________ as they could. ________ , a neighbor heard them and looked outside to see Turbo stuck in the water.

“In fact, they made so much noise that some people who lived ________ happened to hear them and went to find out why they were being so loud,” reported Snackay. “Then they ________ the dog trapped (被卡住) below the wall in the canal water.”

Firefighters ________ to the scene and got Turbo out of the ________ . The dog had a few cuts, ________ he was otherwise totally fine. He was immediately returned to Cindy, who was just grateful that her dog was ________ .

Dolphins have long been known to be highly ________ creatures who know how to solve complex problems. They also have self-awareness, which is a ________ of higher intelligence. Thank goodness these dolphins were in the area at the time to ________ Turbo!

1.

A．insisted

B．knew

C．doubted

D．reported

2.

A．tore down

B．fell off

C．stepped onto

D．ran into

3.

A．excited

B．satisfied

C．disappointed

D．shocked

4.

A．looking for

B．picking up

C．waiting for

D．appealing to

5.

A．buried

B．hid

C．stuck

D．hit

6.

A．strange

B．cold

C．short

D．high

7.

A．bored

B．confused

C．exhausted

D．ashamed

8.

A．obvious

B．impossible

C．important

D．common

9.

A．remembered

B．saw

C．showed

D．predicted

10.

A．noise

B．pain

C．trouble

D．change

11.

A．Certainly

B．Particularly

C．Finally

D．Surprisingly

12.

A．apart

B．nearby

C．hopelessly

D．outdoors

13.

A．examined

B．controlled

C．fed

D．noticed

14.

A．walked

B．rushed

C．returned

D．pointed

15.

A．well

B．smoke

C．water

D．house

16.

A．because

B．or

C．but

D．so

17.

A．alive

B．strong

C．awake

D．famous

18.

A．curious

B．long-lived

C．intelligent

D．eye-catching

19.

A．sign

B．sense

C．memory

D．moment

20.

A．meet

B．save

C．raise

D．follow

6 . 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

2. When Rex went to investigate, Leonie was worried because ______.

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

3. Which word best describes Rex’s behaviour toward the joey?

A．Sympathetic.	B．Curious.
C．Protective.	D．Respectful.

7 . 阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。

My uncle was a forest officer of Pakhirrlay Island and this time he brought me there.

His house was in the forest. When we arrived, Sambhu saw us and rushed to open the garden gate. He was an elderly man who did my uncle’s cooking and other household work.

“How are you?” I called out.

“I’m all right.” he said, “but Payal isn’t.”

My uncle, who walked ahead of us, stopped.

“Why Sambhu, what is wrong with our friend?”

“From the day you left, she hasn’t been eating properly.”

My uncle looked worried.

“Who is Payal?” I asked Sambhu. “Why! Don’t you know? Here she is.”

I turned round. My heart skipped a beat. There was Payal, a well-trained dog, giving my uncle a warm welcome by licking (舔) his face.

Then she caught sight of me and came forward. I stood still while she sniffed my all over. Later I was told that Payal’s mother was killed when she was only ten days old. I felt sorry for her.

Soon my uncle left for work. I wondered how to pass my time. There was a small pond behind the house and I liked to sit beside it. I got up. Immediately Payal moved her tail to show she had seen me move. I could bear it no longer, this feeling of being constantly watched by two silent eyes. I walked off angrily and sat beside the pond.

WOOSH!!! I heard a splashing sound. I looked up. Payal had dived into the water and was swimming in the pond. Soon she came out of the pond and sat breathing behind me. Then Payal growled（咆哮）.

After a while, Payal growled again. This time there was a note of urgency in her growl. I could not help turning back and looking at her. She was staring at something. I looked in the same direction and broke into a cold sweat! There was a snake less than six feet away!

注意：
1. 所续写短文的词数应为150左右；
2. 应使用5个以上短文中标有下划线的关键词语；
3. 续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好；
4. 续写完成后，请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语。
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The snake was ready to attack.

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Realizing we were out of danger, I took Payal in my arms.

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8 . Once upon a time, there was a forest where all the animals lived happily together. One day a _________ went to spend the day in the countryside, and one little boy left his _________ there. Soon after the family left, a bear came by, and _________ the socks. The bear decided to try them on. They fit so well, and he _________ them so much that he wouldn't take them off. He spent his days walking _________ the forest in the socks.

All the animals talked about the bear's _________ look, and some of them were a bit envious (羡慕) that he was getting so much attention. Before long, in that forest, there began appearing squirrels in shirts, pigs in boots, and _________ rats with a hat on!

The forest doctor would shake his _________, telling people, “This can't be good. Animals don't wear clothes, and we don't _________ them.” But the rat didn't ____________ him. He said the doctor was just out of __________. One day, the rat tried to go into his ____________ without first taking his hat off. He was stuck in that hole all day. Those who listened to the doctor's advice stopped having ____________.

The animals ____________ that they didn’t need clothes at all. Starting to wear them had been very ____________, and they had only done it to make others envious of them, and to get attention.

1.

A．boy

B．team

C．class

D．family

2.

A．shoes

B．gloves

C．socks

D．pants

3.

A．lost

B．found

C．covered

D．passed

4.

A．liked

B．hated

C．threw

D．picked

5.

A．between

B．beside

C．against

D．through

6.

A．cute

B．serious

C．new

D．young

7.

A．even

B．ever

C．still

D．also

8.

A．hand

B．arm

C．head

D．feet

9.

A．collect

B．need

C．own

D．use

10.

A．listen to

B．go with

C．think of

D．look at

11.

A．time

B．memory

C．fashion

D．business

12.

A．hole

B．shirt

C．group

D．neighborhood

13.

A．results

B．reasons

C．clothes

D．accidents

14.

A．hoped

B．realized

C．forgot

D．ordered

15.

A．easy

B．silly

C．strange

D．dangerous

9 . 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

10 . 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。续写词数应为150左右。

The lumps after the allergy tests showed their terrible messages that I am allergic to cats, dogs and fur. I cried because I knew what this meant. Our pets would have to go.

Our family of five lived on the Naval Air Station in Key West, Florida. My mother found neighbors who were willing to take care of our sweet dog, Tramp. My sister gave her guinea pig to one of her friends at school. But I begged my parents to let us keep my beloved cat, Grungy.

We had adopted Grungy six years earlier in Turkey, from the Cat Lady, a kind figure who rescued wild cats. Grungy was once lost and found, in Rome, when he somehow missed our return flight back to the States, and again when he finally arrived at the base in Rhode Island, and escaped from his cage. For days, he walked around the airfield and followed an airmen until my dad learned from the airman and brought him home.

After that adventure, Grungy faced a new challenge: Because of my allergies, he would have to be given away. My mother wrote an announcement on the local newspaper. “Wanted: Loving family for a unique cat. Serious inquiries only. ” She added our phone number and placed the ad. But I prayed that no one would call, but several people did. And our parents decided to meet a young couple who lived two islands away on Boca Chica Key. The young man had no children, but the young man’s wife worked at home, so Grungy wouldn’t be lonely when he adjusted to his new life.

I stood silent the day that they arrived to see my cat. I didn’t want to like the soft-spoken man or his pretty, dark-haired wife. To our surprise, Grungy allowed them both to pick him up and hold him. Both of them stroked his soft head and promised to take good care of him. We were all sad to see Grungy go especially me. When I couldn’t control my tears, I ran to my room.

注:
1.所续写短文的词数应为150左右;
2.续写部分分为两段,每段开头语已为你写好;
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Two weeks later,the woman called, upset, to tell us that Grungy had somehow left their house.

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Weeks later, when I opened the door in the morning, I saw Grungy sitting there.

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