Jessie felt her life so boring one summer day. She was tired of watching TV, she read all her books, and her friends were on vacation. She wanted something different to do. Suddenly, she saw the lawn mower(割草机) sitting in the yard.

“Mom,” she shouted, “I think I will mow the lawn.” Her mom ran into the yard and said, “Oh no, you don’t. You’re too young to mow the law.”

“I’m fourteen years old and know how to do it,” Jessie said. “Besides, it would help Dad out, and he won’t have to worry about it over the weekend.”

Mom thought for a while and then decided to let Jessie give it a try. After all, she was home and would keep an eye on her. Jessie already knew how to start the lawn mower from watching her dad. Jessie checked the gas(汽油) to make sure it was full, and put on her gardening gloves to protect her hands. Mom watched from the kitchen window. Jessie really does know how to mow the lawn. She was very careful around the flowers and trees. When she finished, she felt so good, but she was so hot. Mom brought her some ice tea and said, “You sure did a great job. Dad will be very surprised.”

Later that day, Dad came home and said to Jessie’s mom, “You didn’t have to mow the lawn. I was going to do it on Saturday. It looks great. Thanks.”

“I didn’t mow it. Jessie did.”

“Wow, our little girl is growing up!” Dad told Jessie what a great job she had done.

“It was fun, and I will do it again next week,” said Jessie.

The neighbor next door came by and asked Jessie if she wanted to mow his lawn and make some money. “Sure!” said Jessie. Jessie began mowing his lawn. Two other neighbors asked so, then another three. Jessie was now mowing lawns for them all and making some money. She was no longer bored! “I won’t have time to spend my money,” she laughed to herself.

根据材料内容选择最佳答案，并将其标号填入题前括号内。

1.In order to do something different, Jessie decide to _______.

A．read books        B．travel             C．mow the lawn      D．watch TV

2.What does “keep an eye on” mean?

A．保护             B．注视             C．培养             D．瞄准

3.Before Jessie mowed the lawn, she ______.

A．washed her hands                       B．bought some gas

C．read some instructions                   D．put on her gloves

4.How did Jessie’s father feel when he knew Jessie had mowed the lawn?

A．Proud.            B．Angry.            C．Relaxed.          D．Worried.

5.What does the text mainly tell us?

A．Neighbors should learn to help each other.

B．Mowing the lawn is a good way to make money.

C．Doing something helpful can make people happy.

D．Children should help their parents at an early age.

 

Helen loved small animals. One morning while she was walking in the forest, she found two weak birds in the grass. She took them home and put them in a small cage. She looked after them with love and the birds both grew well. They thanked her with a wonderful song every morning.
But something happened one day. Helen left the door of the cage open. The larger bird flew from the cage. She thought that it would fly away, so she grasped it. She was very excited to catch it. Suddenly she felt strange. She opened her hand and looked sadly at the dead bird. Her great love had killed the bird!
The other bird was moving back and forth (来回地) in the cage. Helen could feel the bird want to go out. It wanted to fly into the blue sky. At once, Helen took the bird out of the cage and let it fly away. The bird circled, twice, three times…
Helen enjoyed watching the bird flying and singing happily. Suddenly the bird flew closer and landed softly on her head. It sang the sweetest song that she had ever heard.
The easiest way to lose love is to hold too tight. The best way to keep love is to give it freedom.
根据短文内容，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出正确选项，并将所选答案涂到答题卡（填在答题卷）的相应位置上。
【小题1】 What was Helen doing when she found two weak birds?

A．Singing	B．Walking
C．Dancing	D．Playing

【小题2】 The underlined word “grasped” in the second paragraph means _____________.

A．抓住	B．控制
C．保护	D．击打

【小题3】 Something happened one day, _______________ .

A．the larger bird was moving back and forth in the cage

B．the smaller bird was dead in Helen’s hand

C．Helen left the door of the cage open. The larger bird flew from the cage

D．the other bird thanked Helen with a wonderful song every morning

【小题4】Why did Helen let the second bird fly away?

A．Because Helen hated the bird.

B．Because Helen could call the bird back again.

C．Because Helen thought the bird could fly back itself.

D．Because Helen realized the bird wanted freedom very much.

【小题5】What is the best title for this passage?

A．How to feed birds.	B．Helen’s favorite birds.
C．How to keep love.	D．The story of the two birds.

在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，词首字母已给。Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of America, was born in a poor family. A 【小题1】 a little kid, he did a lot of housework every day. And sometimes he had to h【小题2】 his parents on the farm. But when he was free, he enjoyed reading books very much.
One day, he b【小题3】 a book from his neighbor. He loved the book so much that he kept reading it until 12 o’clock at night. When he went to sleep, he put the book in the gap (裂缝) of the wall. It rained heavily that night. When little Lincoln woke up the next morning, he found that the book was all w 【小题4】.
Lincoln carried the book to the owner. He felt very s 【小题5】and nervous. “What’s wrong with my book? It can’t be read a【小题6】!” the neighbor said. He asked Lincoln to pay for a new book. Little Lincoln had no money, and he didn’t want to ask his parents for money to pay his neighbor. “Let me work for you to pay for a new book, please!” Lincoln asked. He cut grass in the neighbor’s garden for three days to pay for the book.
It doesn’t matter if you make a m 【小题7】, but you should be responsible (负责的) for it.

根据对话内容，从方框内选择词的适当形式填空，每空只能填一词，每个词只能用一次。

interesting     protect    danger    they    panda

A: Did you like the zoo?

B: Yes, I was so excited to see the 1___________! They were so cute.

A: It was 2____________to learn about the Wolong Panda Reserve.

B: But it’s sad to think about all those animals in 3___________. It makes me mad!

A: The surprising thing is to hear how many animals are in danger.

B: I think we need to 4____________ them better.

A: Let’s find out what we can do to save 5_____________.

 

完形填空（共 15小题，每小题 1 分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，从每小题A、B、C三个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并将其字母标号填入题前的括号内。
A well-dressed man came into a famous jewellery （首饰）shop. He explained that he wished to buy a pearl（珍珠）for his wife’s birthday and that the  16  did not matter since business had been very good for him that year. After examin;ing a number of beautiful and valuable pearls, he chose a nice black one that _17_ $5000. He paid for that pearl , shook hands with the jeweler and left.
A few days later the man returned and said his wife had liked that pearl _18_ that she wanted another one just like it. It had to be exactly the _19_ size and quality as she wanted a pair of earrings made. “Can you give me any advice on _20_ to get such a pearl?” said the man. The jeweler replied , “I would say it’s _21_ to find an exact one like that pearl.”
The rich man _22_ the jeweler to advertise in the newspaper, and offered $25.000 for that matching pearl. Many people answered that ad, _23_ nobody had a pearl that was just right. Just when the jeweler had _24__  hope, an old lady came in. To his _25_ , she took a wonderful pearl from her handbag. “I don’t like to sell it, ” she said _26_. “I inherited (继承)it from my mother, and my mother inherited from _27_, but now I really need money.”
The jeweler was quick to pay her _28_ she changed her mind. Then he called the rich man’s hotel to tell the good _29_ to him. The rich man, however, was _30_ to be found. He had fled with the old woman a few more minutes before.
【小题1】 A. size                B. shape             C. price
【小题2】A. spent               B. cost              C. took
【小题3】 A. a little              B. so much           C. at all
【小题4】 A. same               B. different           C. common
【小题5】A. what               B. why               C. how
【小题6】 A. possible            B. easy               C. impossible
【小题7】 A. let                 B. make              C. asked
【小题8】 A. so                 B. but                C. and
【小题9】 A. found out           B. given up            C. come up with
【小题10】 A. disappointment      B. surprise             C. fear
【小题11】A. happily             B. loudly             C. sadly
【小题12】A. mine               B.his                 C. hers
【小题13】 A. when               B. before             C. after
【小题14】 A. news               B. advice             C. way
【小题15】 A. somewhere          B. anywhere           C. nowhere