1 . Last October, a fire broke out in Georgia. The family got their kids out
Taka had
Taka took his treatment dog training test and
| A．in time | B．beyond control | C．on duty | D．at work |
| A．breathed | B．bothered | C．panicked | D．fled |
| A．left | B．encountered | C．caught | D．collected |
| A．astonished | B．ashamed | C．terrified | D．moved |
| A．tiny | B．dirty | C．clear | D．deep |
| A．rest | B．care | C．support | D．test |
| A．part with | B．look after | C．get ready for | D．make use of |
| A．admitted | B．became | C．recognized | D．preferred |
| A．burnt | B．scared | C．greedy | D．stubborn |
| A．sleeping | B．interacting | C．standing | D．working |
| A．unfit | B．foolish | C．perfect | D．grateful |
| A．connect | B．help | C．share | D．compare |
| A．passed | B．missed | C．entered | D．failed |
| A．argument | B．encouragement | C．experiment | D．advantage |
| A．focused on | B．joined in | C．dreamed about | D．gone through |
Frog is a wise and brave frog, living happily with his neighbors as well as good friends – Duck, Pig, Hare and Rat. One day, dark clouds were gathering in the sky, hiding the sun from view. “It’s going to rain,” thought Frog happily. The first drops were already falling on his bare skin. Frog loved the rain. He danced for joy as the raindrops fell thick and fast, which was a bit too much even for Frog.
He ran home dripping wet and made himself a nice hot cup of tea. The raindrops pattered against the window but it was cozy inside. After three days of rain however, Frog began to feel restless. He wondered how his friends were, because he hadn’t seen them since the rain started.
On the fifth day, the river began to rise. It wasn’t long before water came streaming into Frog’s house. Full of worry, he hurried over to Duck’s house only to find it was flooded as well. Wading (蹚) through the watery landscape, they decided to go to Pig’s house. Pig was leaning out of his attic (阁楼) window. “All my things are wet,” he cried desperately. The room was in a mess, with tables and chairs floating around. “Let’s go and see Hare,” suggested Frog.
Hare’s house was on an island in the middle of the water. Hare stood at the door and waved to them. “Come inside,” he shouted. “It’s dry in here.” Gratefully, they dried themselves in front of the stove and told Hare how their houses had been flooded. Hare invited them to stay as there’s plenty of room and plenty of food in the house. So they all sat down to a big pot of stew (炖菜) Hare had made. So hungry were they that they ate everything up. Then they settled down to a cosy evening and stayed there for days, while outside it kept raining.
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Then, one day, they found they only had one loaf of bread left.
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Pig, Duck and Hare cheered when they saw Frog return in a boat.
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3 . Why I Hate Cats
My name is Oreo, and I’m a ten-year-old, black-and-white Portuguese Water Dog. I’m well-mannered, polite, and friendly. But there is one thing that does set me off: cats. Frankly, I can’t stand them. With their messy hair, beady little eyes, and pointy teeth, they just set my curly coat on end.
I’m particularly not fond of the cat — the gray-colored creature across the street. If she would just stay in her house or even her yard, it wouldn’t be so bad. But, unlike me, she gets to go wherever she wants. No collar, no leash, and no boundaries from what I can see.
Like any responsible pet, I generally stay within my owners’ enclosed back yard. And when I do go out, it’s on a leash held by a human and attached to a collar. Ms. Gray Puss, on the other hand, wanders collarless across the street any time she likes. She even does her business anywhere and anytime she prefers, including on my owners’ lawn.
If she would just stay off my property, I’d be okay with her superior airs and standoffish attitude. But that’s not how she rolls. Sometimes, she comes over and pollutes my owners’ front garden, knowing full well that I’m only a few yards away on the other side of the fence and powerless to stop her.
Sometimes, when my owner takes me for a walk, I’ll spot that animal and take a run at her. Unfortunately, I always forget that I’m on a leash. Before I know it, I’m being dragged backwards. What’s particularly awkward is that the gray one doesn’t even move. I guess she knows I can’t get at her, and that’s why she doesn’t even deign to get up on all fours and at least hiss at me.
Mark my words: Someday, one of my owners will forget to lock the front gate, one of the fence boards will fall off, or my male owner Dave will forget to fully secure the leash. And when that day comes, someone’s going to suffer. I’m not sure why, but Dave keeps saying he thinks it will be me.
1. What do the underlined words “set me off” in Paragraph 1 mean?| A．To see me off. | B．To make me laugh. |
| C．To make me annoyed. | D．To set out. |
| A．Ms. Gray Puss. | B．Dave. | C．Oreo. | D．Portuguese Water Dog. |
| A．Because she always shows off in front of me. |
| B．Because I envy her freedom. |
| C．Because she pollutes my owner’s front garden. |
| D．Because she walks around without a leash. |
| A．It’ll be my fault to forget to lock the front door. |
| B．It’ll be careless of me to forget to secure the leash. |
| C．It will be I who will suffer if anything mentioned above happens. |
| D．It will be I who will break the fence boards. |
4 . Szczecin, an ancient city in northwestern Poland, has plenty to offer to visitors. Without doubt, the Pomeranian Duke’s Castle and Kasprowicza Park are two of its most popular tourist attractions, but when it comes to online reviews, both pale in comparison to a fat cat named Gacek.
Gacek, whose name means “long-eared bat” in Polish, has nearly 2,600 reviews, more than any other attraction in Szczecin. According to a local woman, Gacek first appeared on Kaszubska Street in downtown Szczecin about 10 years ago. He stuck around and people started feeding him, so from a skinny feline (猫科动物), he soon turned into a thick-fleshed boy, which only made him more adorable. The cat rose to fame in 2020, after a local news site featured it in a video that then went viral on social media, and people have been showering him with positive reviews ever since.
Also known as the “King of Kaszubska Street”, Gacek, the city’s online influencer, now lives in a roofed wooden box outside a shop on Kaszubska Street, and even though he doesn’t technically have an owner, the people who run the shop act as his caretakers. There is a sign outside his house that tells passers-by to leave whatever treats they have for the cat in a sealed (密封的) container and not to pet him when he’s sleeping. Most people who posted a review awarded the feline the maximum 5 stars, making him the top-rated tourist attraction in the city. Most of those who have interacted with Gacek claim that he is a “fantastically handsome and superb fellow”.
But Gacek does have a few one-star reviews, mostly from people who criticize his caretaker or express worry about his weight. Some even complained that he scratched (抓伤) their hands or stole a sausage. “Gacek seems to have become their envy now,” a citizen jokingly commented.
1. Why are the two tourist attractions mentioned?| A．To illustrate the city’s history. |
| B．To present an online influencer. |
| C．To display comments on the city. |
| D．To show their rising popularity. |
| A．His Polish name. | B．His past experiences. |
| C．A featured video. | D．A local woman’s care. |
| A．Szczecin citizens are considerate to it. |
| B．He now lives in a well-furnished room. |
| C．Many people are envious of his fame. |
| D．Tourists are not allowed to disturb him. |
| A．Sympathetic. | B．Worried. | C．Objective. | D．Favorable. |
When Brantley Harrison and her family rescued a tiny, injured squirrel back, then released her back into the wild, they didn’t expect to ever see her again. Nine years later, however, little Bella, they called the squirrel Bella, still comes to visit them almost every day—as long as snacks are provided, of course.
As a baby, the terrible attack made by an owl (猫头鹰) left Bella near death, she was carefully taken in by the Greenville County, South Carolina family, and raised by them alongside three other squirrels named Larry, Curly, and Moe. Bella stayed with the Harrisons until she had healed successfully thanks to a regular diet of fruit, nuts, and baby food, and was ready to jump on the trees in the forest. The sweet squirrel never goes too far from her adopted home, though, and stops by to say hello whenever she can, despite how much time has passed.
“Bella sits right at the front door waiting for someone to notice she has come by for a visit. If no one notices her, she will jump over to the dining room window to wait for someone to see her,” Brantley told The Dodo. The little lady just isn’t ready to part with the family that succored her life. Whenever she stops by, she asks for nothing more than a handful of nuts.
What is the most amazing part? A few years after Bella’s original stay at the Harrison house, she found her way back to them with an injured foot—and a belly full of babies—spending another few months of recovering. “It was truly amazing to watch the baby I raised raise her own babies,” Brantley said. Bella now even has her own Instagram page, where her human family documents her adventures, with almost 4 thousand followers!
1. What happened after little Bella was injured by an owl? (No more than 10 words)2. How did the Harrisons take care of little Bella? (No more than 15 words)
3. What does the underlined word in the third paragraph mean? (Only 1 word)
4. What brought Bella back to the Harrisons a few years after its original stay? (No more than 10 words)
5. How does Bella’s story inspire you? Please explain in your own words. (no more than 20words)
6 . Once upon a time, there was a small boy called Kunta. One day, when he was walking along the riverbank, he found a crocodile
“Come nearer, please,”
The
“Is this how you
With its teeth still holding on to the boy’s arm, the crocodile spoke
First, came an old donkey. When the boy asked the donkey, he told them that his master had driven him out from the farm for the lions to eat as he was old and had lost the
“See?” said the crocodile.
Then along came a mouse deer. The crocodile asked the mouse deer for its opinion.
The mouse deer
| A．dropped | B．trapped | C．abandoned | D．raised |
| A．explanation | B．company | C．instruction | D．assistance |
| A．head | B．tail | C．eyes | D．legs |
| A．begged | B．ordered | C．warned | D．declared |
| A．hesitate | B．agree | C．promise | D．happen |
| A．demanding | B．energetic | C．wise | D．trusting |
| A．Cautiously | B．Casually | C．Eagerly | D．Proudly |
| A．slowed down | B．reached out | C．gave in | D．took off |
| A．owner | B．enemy | C．victim | D．friend |
| A．describe | B．repay | C．accept | D．assess |
| A．nervously | B．ambitiously | C．jokingly | D．unclearly |
| A．share | B．refuse | C．analyze | D．allow |
| A．satisfy | B．punish | C．disturb | D．swallow |
| A．questions | B．excuses | C．opinions | D．measures |
| A．courage | B．plan | C．ability | D．pressure |
| A．guessed | B．imagined | C．realized | D．pretended |
| A．remember | B．repeat | C．consider | D．answer |
| A．turned away | B．controlled | C．escaped from | D．broke |
| A．grateful | B．sensitive | C．accustomed | D．devoted |
| A．praise | B．protect | C．examine | D．teach |
7 . Brownie and Spotty were neighbor dogs who met every day to play together. Like pairs of dogs in most any neighborhood, these two loved each other and played together so often that they had worn a path through the grass of the field between their houses.
One evening, Brownie’s family noticed that Brownie hadn’t returned home. They went looking for him with no success. Brownie didn’t show up the next day, and, despite their efforts to find him, by the next week he was still missing.
For several days, Spotty showed up at Brownie’s house alone, barking, crying and generally pestering (纠缠) Brownie’s family. Busy with their own lives, they just ignored the nervous little neighbor dog.
Finally, one morning Spotty refused to take “no” for an answer, keeping bothering Ted, Brownie’s owner. Spotty followed Ted about, barking insistently, then darting toward a nearby empty lot and back, as if to say, “Follow me! It’s urgent!”
Eventually, Ted followed the anxious Spotty across the empty ground as Spotty stopped to run back and bark encouragingly. The little dog led the man under a tree, past clumps of trees, to a desert place a half mile from the house. There Ted found his beloved Brownie alive, lying in the bottom of a deep hole with one of his hind leg injured. Then Ted noticed something quite remarkable. Spotty had done more than simply led Brownie’s human owner to his trapped friend. In a circle around the injured dog. Ted found plenty of dog food and realized that Spotty had been feeding Brownie that week!
Spotty had been visiting Brownie regularly, in a single minded quest to keep his friend alive by giving up his own comfort. Spotty had evidently stayed with Brownie to protect him from being killed, sleeping next to him at night to keep him warm and comforting him to keep his spirits up.
1. Why did Spotty bark toward Brownie’s family?| A．He hated the family for they lost Brownie. |
| B．He tried to get their attention and love. |
| C．He wanted to lead the family to save Brownie. |
| D．He wanted to ask for some food for Brownie. |
| A．Brave and confident. | B．Anxious and noisy. |
| C．Dependable and helpful. | D．Smart’ and curious. |
| A．Brownie soon died because of the injury. |
| B．Brownie was treated and recovered eventually. |
| C．Spotty was allowed to play with Brownie later. |
| D．Spotty gave up his own comfort to save Brownie. |
| A．Every dog has its day |
| B．Better late than never |
| C．A friend in need is a friend indeed |
| D．Actions speak louder than words |
When we lived on a farm, a black-and-white Border Collie mix showed up at our gate one day. My young son Alec fell in love with this dog instantly, and within an hour, he had named him Oreo.
Within a day, I could see how he would make a house in a mess. The great outdoors itself barely seemed enough space for him to run. When he was let out of his fence, he became a mass of black-and-white fur rushing all over the place at breakneck speed. He never seemed to be tired of running, of jumping on people, or of barking. His high energy was entertaining, but also wearing (令人疲惫的). So it was usually my husband Gary’ s job to leash (栓链子) him up for walks.
One day in late summer, Gary, Alec, and I walked with Oreo to the edge of the field and loosed the leash. He took off on his normal run across the juicy, green fields and soon disappeared over the top of a hill. My family walked on the path along the fence at a much slower pace, looking for four-leafed clovers (四叶草) when suddenly we heard barking behind us.
We turned to see two unfamiliar dogs speeding toward us, and they did not look friendly. Ears back, teeth bared, they flew toward us over the dirt path. Gary pushed Alec and me toward a tree with some low-hanging branches. “Get Alec in the tree,” he ordered as he picked up a heavy stick. Heart pounding, I lifted Alec onto a branch, and Gary squared off (摆好架势) to face the attacking dogs and give us time to get into the tree.
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Suddenly, a black-and-white ball shot over the hill and hit the bigger of the two dogs.
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9 . The Enduring Appeal of Peter Rabbit
“I don’t know what to write to you, so I shall tell you a story about four little rabbits, whose names were Flopsy, Mopsy, Cottontail and Peter,” wrote Beatrix Potter, an English writer, illustrator, natural scientist, and conservationist in 1893, in a letter to a little boy who was suffering from a serious infectious disease.
Like many children-story authors, Potter was not a writer by profession. Her chief enthusiasm was natural history. Childhood family holidays in Perthshire and the Lake District had given her the freedom to experience the natural world first-hand.
The Tale of Peter Rabbit was first published by Frederick Warne in 1902.
| A．Potter surely had a business mind. |
| B．A decade later, with slight adjustments, the lines formed the opening to what became the bestselling. |
| C．It was this experience that gave Peter Rabbit its unique atmosphere of believable wonder. |
| D．Potter was determined that the book should be small enough to fit into a child’s hands and inexpensive. |
| E．She spent holidays in the Lake District, developing a love of landscape, which she closely observed and painted. |
| F．Though her later stories would contain more strikingly detailed illustrations, The Tale of Peter Rabbit has charming pictures of its naughty hero. |
10 . Lions, tigers, and bears definitely aren’t meant to live as a pack. But not every animal has been through the misery that established the bond between three normally opposing male predators (捕食者).
Back in 2001, police searched a drug dealer’s house in Atlanta, Georgia. In the basement, they came across a heartbreaking sight. There sat three terrified cubs (幼崽) found skin and bones that certainly didn’t belong in anyone’s home.
The African lion, Leo, had been stuffed inside a small container with an open wound on his face. Shere Khan, the Bengal tiger, looked bony, and the black bear, Baloo, was wearing a chain so small that it had become embedded into his flesh.
But their nightmare was finally over. The Georgia Department of Natural Resources took them to Noah’s Ark Animal Sanctuary, a nonprofit animal rescue in Locust Grove. “When they were first brought to the sanctuary, Baloo, Shere Khan, and Leo were injured, frightened and clinging to one another for comfort,“guardian Allison Hedgecoth told HuffPost. And as they got more comfortable, they accompanied each other, cuddled, and played together. Clearly, they were a bonded trial .
Sanctuary staff anticipated the need to separate the friends once they reached maturity, as they would likely grow apart. After all, it’s the natural order in the animal kingdom. But the trio, known as BLT (bear, lion, tiger), never left each other’s sides. The sanctuary ultimately decided to keep them together.
Baloo, the playful one, loved teasing Leo with gentle bites. And the affectionate Shere Khan could often be found curling up to either of his brothers. “Even though they live in a three-acre enclosure, they’re usually within 100 feet of each other,” Allison told Inside Edition. “That’s proof that they’re not just coexisting or cohabiting, they actually do enjoy each other’s company.”
1. Why could the three animals live as a pack?| A．Because they preferred hunting in groups. |
| B．Because they shared a miserable experience. |
| C．Because they were terrified to be caught alone. |
| D．Because they were rescued from the basement. |
| A．A frightened animal. |
| B．A chemical bond. |
| C．An isolated individual. |
| D．A close community. |
| A．Baloo usually bit and clawed at his brothers. |
| B．They lived together for the sake of coexistence. |
| C．They took delight in being wonderful companions. |
| D．Shere Khan was the most playful and energetic one. |
| A．A diary entry. |
| B．A children’s fiction. |
| C．A feature story. |
| D．A science documentary. |
