1 . We found him a few weeks ago, walking along the road in the countryside. He was jumping on cars, and we _______ maybe his family was camping somewhere nearby, _______ we passed him by. A few hours later, on our _______ trip, he was still in the same place, _______, trying to get people to _______ for him. When he _______ us, he lay down in the middle of the road, so we were unable to _______ him.

We stopped the car and looked around for a few minutes, trying to find his owner. But we _________. Then we took a(n) _______ look at the dog. He had no collar (项圈) and he was really ________. We decided he was abandoned.

My husband said, “________ he doesn’t bite me when I try to pick him up to put him in the car, then we have a ________ dog.” The dog ________ joined us with no fight at all. He kept sticking his head between the two front seats and ________ us for picking him up.

The dog must have been ________ on the road for some time. He was so thin. So, we ________ him a lot over the next two weeks and he gained over twenty pounds. We took him to the doctor for ________, who said the dog appears to be in good health. The vet ________ the dog is about two or three years of age, from the condition of his teeth.

We do ________ this dog. He has been mistreated and yet, he still is very sweet. He had no manners, but he is a ________ learner. He no longer tries to get on the bed, but he does like sitting in chairs. Since then, he has become a member of our family.

1.

A．discovered

B．remembered

C．thought

D．knew

2.

A．so

B．unless

C．or

D．because

3.

A．cheap

B．long

C．business

D．return

4.

A．excitedly

B．luckily

C．again

D．instead

5.

A．stop

B．leave

C．fight

D．sing

6.

A．protected

B．saw

C．missed

D．helped

7.

A．talk with

B．search for

C．get around

D．worry about

8.

A．failed

B．regretted

C．refused

D．changed

9.

A．honest

B．good

C．different

D．last

10.

A．beautiful

B．normal

C．healthy

D．thin

11.

A．If

B．Though

C．As

D．While

12.

A．strange

B．sick

C．big

D．new

13.

A．sadly

B．happily

C．fearfully

D．proudly

14.

A．asking

B．thanking

C．excusing

D．pardoning

15.

A．clearly

B．impossibly

C．willingly

D．safely

16.

A．trained

B．taught

C．fed

D．walked

17.

A．men

B．women

C．children

D．animals

18.

A．guessed

B．doubted

C．realized

D．expected

19.

A．trust

B．forget

C．love

D．dislike

20.

A．quick

B．slow

C．bad

D．future

3 . When Rudyard Kipling created the character of Mowgli, an orphaned boy who was adopted and raised by wolves in the forests of India, he would have never guessed that one day there would be a child that would actually live a similar life.

Born in Windhoek, Namibia in 1990, to Sylvie Robert and Alain Degre, both wildlife photographers, Tippi was exposed to the wild residents of the African jungles since the day she was born. Her parents traveled a lot through the country in search of exotic (异国的) animals and the three often ended up sleeping in a tent in the middle of the jungles.

However, unlike Mowgli, Tippi’s parents were always around to protect her and the only wild animals that she interacted with were the orphaned wildlife that had been raised by humans in national parks. Having said that, these animals were still wild and little Tippi did have a few close encounters like when an ape tried to steal her milk bottle or when a Meerakat thought her nose looked good enough to eat and took a couple of nips (捏; 掐). The most serious one that her mom can recall is when Cindy, a baboon, became a little jealous of Tippi’s thick hair and decided to pull out a handful. But overall, the young girl, who many locals believed had a special connection with animals, led a rather magical life.

While her magical life ended when she turned ten and her parents decided to move back to Paris, her memories were shown in a book called Tippi, My Book of Africa, which not surprisingly has become a huge hit among animal fans. We wonder if the now 23-year-old girl who is studying cinema in Paris, will some day decide to follow her parents’ example and take her kids back to experience what she did.

1. What do the characters Mowgli and Tippi have in common?

A．They were both orphaned kids.	B．They both grew up in the wild.
C．They were both very aggressive	D．They were both adopted by wolves

2. Sylvie Robert and Alain Degre often traveled in the wild in Africa because _______.

A．they enjoyed living with wild animals	B．they wanted to help out endangered animals
C．they were taking photographs of exotic animals	D．they were looking for animals for national parks

3. We know that after Tippi went to live in Paris, she _______.

A．didn’t want others to know about her past

B．often had nightmares because of her experience

C．never wanted to go back to live in the wild again

D．wrote a book based on her experience in the wild

4. What would be the best title for the passage?

A．Tippi, My Book of Africa.	B．Meet Tippi – the real life of Mowgli.
C．Mowgli – a boy who was raised by wolves.	D．The new life of Tippi who grew up with animals

4 . There are fifty states in the United States. The largest in population is California, the largest in area is Alaska. Alaska is the smallest in population and Rhode Island is the smallest in size. The oldest states are the ones along the Atlantic coast. The newest states are Alaska and Hawaii. Alaska is also the coldest state. California and Florida are the warmer. Henry and his family live in Seattle, a big city, on the Pacific coast. But Los Angeles and San Francisco, also on the Pacific coast, are larger than Seattle. Henry's cousin, Susan, lives in New York. It is the largest city in the United States. Thousands of people visit New York each year. The most important city in the United States is Washington, D. C. It is the capital, but it is much smaller than New York.

1. How many states are there in the U. S. A.?

A．Five

B．Forty- Five.

C．Fifty

D．Fifteen.

2. Which state is the largest in population?

A．California.

B．Rhode-Island.

C．Alaska

D．Los Angeles.

3. Which of the following is true?

A．The oldest states are the ones along the Pacific coast.

B．Washington is the most important and the largest city.

C．New York is the largest city in the United States.

D．Henry's cousin lives in the Seattle.

4. Why is Washington, D. C. the most important American city? Because _________.

A．it is the largest city	B．it is the largest in population
C．it is the most beautiful city	D．it is the capital of the United States

5 . 语篇填词。
根据课文大意，完成短文，每空一词。
Working at the     1    station, I had     2    whales killed many times with my own eyes. On the afternoon I arrived at the station, as I was     3    out my accommodation, I heard a loud noise coming from the bay. Running down to the shore in time, we saw an     4    animal. “It is called Old Tom, the killer.” George said as he ran ahead     5    me.
    6    the distance we could see that something was happening. As we     7    near, I could see a whale     8    by a     9    of about six sharks. Being badly wounded, the whale soon died. Very soon, its body was dragged by the sharks down into the     10    of the sea.

6 . Last Friday a storm swept through two villages in the south China, destroying fourteen homes. Seven others were so badly damaged that their owners had to leave them, and fifteen others had broken windows or broken roofs. One people was killed, several were badly hurt and taken to hospital, and a number of other people received smaller hurt. Altogether over two hundred people were homeless after the storm.
A farmer, Mr. Tan, said that the storm began early in the morning and lasted for over an hour. “I was eating with my wife and children,” he said, “When we heard a loud noise. A few minutes later our house fell down on top of us. We tried our best to climb out but then I saw that one of my children was missing. I went back inside and found him, safe but very frightened.”
Mrs. Woo Mei Fong said that her husband had just left for work when she felt that her house was moving. She ran outside at once with her children. “There was no time to take anything,” she said, “A few minutes later, the roof came down.”
Soldiers helped to take people out of the flooded area and the welfare department (福利机构) brought them food, clothes and shelter.
1. How many homes altogether were damaged in the storm?

A．Fourteen	B．Twenty-one
C．Twenty-nine.	D．Thirty-six

2. Mrs. Woo and her family didn’t get hut because            .

A．her husband knew there would be a storm

B．they were all outside the house when the storm became worse

C．she felt the house was moving

D．the welfare department helped her

3. The underlined word “shelter” in the last paragraph in this passage means            .

A．something to eat	B．something to wear
C．somewhere to study	D．somewhere to stay

4. Which of the followings may be the best title for this passage?

A．A Terrible Storm	B．A Lucky Woman
C．Good Soldiers	D．Clever People