完形填空（共12分，每小题1分）

阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳选项。

When I was in the third grade, I was picked to be the princess in the school play.

For weeks my mother had helped me   1  my lines. But once on stage, every word   2   from my head. Then my teacher told me she had written a narrator's (旁白) part for the play, and asked me to change   3  . Though I didn't tell my mother what had happened that day, she  4 my unhappiness  and asked if I wanted to take a walk in the yard.

It was a lovely spring day. We could see dandelions(蒲公英)popping（炸开）through the grass in bunches, I watched my   5  carelessly bend down by one of the bunches. “I think I am going to dig up all these weeds(杂草),” she said. “From now on, we’ll have   6 roses in this garden.”

“But I like dandelions,”I said.“All flowers are   7  —even dandelions!”

My mother looked at me seriously. “Yes, every flower gives pleasure in its own way, doesn’t it?”she asked thoughtfully. I nodded. “And that is   8  of people, too,”she added.

When I   9  that she had guessed my pain, I started to cry and told her the truth.

　“  10   you will be a beautiful narrator,” she said, reminding me of how much I loved to read stories aloud to her.

Over the next few weeks, with her continuous   11  , I learned to take pride in the role. The big day finally came. A few minutes before the play, my teacher came over to me. “Your mother asked me to give  12  to you,” she said, handing me a dandelion. After the play, I took the flower home, laughing that I was perhaps the only person who would keep such a weed.

1.                A．practice        B．write           C．train     D．read

2.                A．left            B．developed      C．disappeared   D．failed

3.                A．roles           B．lines           C．plays D．teachers

4.                A．touched        B．heard          C．reached D．sensed

5.                A．teacher        B．friend          C．classmate D．mother

6.                A．only           B．hardly          C．still  D．also

7.                A．perfect         B．beautiful        C．natural   D．lively

8.                A．kind           B．same           C．true D．clever

9.                A．remembered    B．realized         C．explained D．promised

10.               A．Or            B．So             C．And  D．But

11.               A．talking         B．management     C．helping    D．encouragement

12.               A．that           B．this            C．it D．them

In our town， there is a big zoo with a lot of animals in it. There are some beautiful tigers and two old lions. They eat a lot of meat every day.

There are also two big elephants and one baby elephant. The elephants are kind animals. They eat a lot every day. They like children. Children often give them bread and bananas. Elephants like bananas best.

In our zoo there are also brown bears（熊）, black bears and white bears. They stand on their hind（后面的）legs，hold up their fore（前面的）legs and ask for（要）food. They like cakes very much.

There’s also a children’s corner in our zoo. Children ride horses（马）and donkeys（驴）and watch the monkeys there. The monkeys are very funny. They climb up ropes（绳子）and jump （跳）down again and play with each other（彼此，互相） like small children.

根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。

1. Which animal likes bananas best?

A. Monkeys.       B. Tigers.    C. Elephants.     D. Lions.

2. The zoo is           .

A. very beautiful    B. very big   C. very small    D. far from our town

3.Which animal plays like small children?

  A. Monkeys.       B. Tigers.    C. Bears.        D. Lions.

4.Why do bears stand on their hind legs?

  A. They are tired and want to have a rest.   

B. They want to jump out.

  C. They want to ask for food.            

D. They want to sleep.

5. How many kinds of bears there in the zoo?

  A. One.           B. Two.      C. Three.       D. Five.

In our town， there is a big zoo with a lot of animals in it. There are some beautiful tigers and two old lions. They eat a lot of meat every day.
There are also two big elephants and one baby elephant. The elephants are kind animals. They eat a lot every day. They like children. Children often give them bread and bananas. Elephants like bananas best.
In our zoo there are also brown bears（熊）, black bears and white bears. They stand on their hind（后面的）legs，hold up their fore（前面的）legs and ask for（要）food. They like cakes very much.
There’s also a children’s corner in our zoo. Children ride horses（马）and donkeys（驴）and watch the monkeys there. The monkeys are very funny. They climb up ropes（绳子）and jump （跳）down again and play with each other（彼此，互相） like small children.
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。
【小题1】 Which animal likes bananas best?