七、完形填空：阅读下面的短文，选出适合填在横线上的最佳选项。
A frog is born (出生) in a small river. When he is (1) ______, the river is his home. He doesn't (2) ______ his parents, but he has a lot of brothers (3) ______ sisters. He swims and plays all day (4) ______ them. At the time, he doesn't look like his parents. He has no legs, but he has a long (5) ______. So he looks like (6) ______. Then his tail gets shorter and shorter (越来越短). And he has four (7) ______ and a very short tail. He (8) ______ his parents now. Then he begins to eat a lot of bad insects.
( ) 1. A. big B. small C. long D. short
( ) 2. A. like B. want C. know D. look
( ) 3. A. and B. but C. or D. with
( ) 4. A. and B. with C. to D. at
( ) 5. A. head B. neck C. tail D. leg
( ) 6. A. a frog B. a fish C. a crab D. a hamster
( ) 7. A. legs B. friends C. eyes D. ears
( ) 8. A. looks at B. looks to C. looks after D. looks like

八、阅读理解：阅读下面的材料A，完成练习。
A
Mr Liu has a parrot. It is blue and green. It can talk like a man. Every morning, Mr Liu goes to talk with it. But the parrot doesn't say anything to him. One morning, Mr Liu is not happy with it. He doesn't give it any food. The parrot is not happy either. The next morning Mr Liu goes to see the parrot again. He says something to it. But the parrot still doesn't talk. At last, Mr Liu says, "You're not clever." Soon he hears the same words from the parrot. He laughs, "You're a clever parrot."
判断下列句子与短文内容是否相符，相符的打“√”，不相符的打“×”。
() 1. Mr Liu has a blue and green parrot.
() 2. Mr Liu's parrot can't talk like a man.
() 3. Mr Liu isn't happy with the parrot because it eats too much.
() 4. The parrot isn't happy because Mr Liu doesn't give it any food.
() 5. The word "same" means "不一样的".