When Sandy was a little girl, she liked keeping pets. She had many books about animals and many pictures of animals on the walls of her bedroom. She often said that she would work in a  41  when she grew up.
Most of Sandy’s pets were quiet small—parrots, cats, dogs and so on. But one day she met something quite  42 .
That afternoon, Sandy’s mother was surprised to see a big animal with long hair in the kitchen. He  43  a T-shirt and was sitting on the chair, trying to put on a pair of glasses and making faces at her. In front of him, on the table, were a basket of fruits and a glass of water. “Sandy, where are you?” the mother shouted. Then suddenly she remembered that a few days before a young gorilla (大猩猩) called Jim had run away from the zoo.
“I found him in the city square,” Sandy said. “He seemed so  44 . I talked to him. We became friends at once and he followed me home.”
“Well, you know you  45  keep him,” her mother said. “You must send him back to the zoo. You’d better phone the police.”
Soon a  46  came and also a truck from the zoo.  47  was angry with Sandy when she told her story. The policeman knew Sandy loved animals. And the zookeeper said, “Thank you for your kindness. I can see Jim likes you,  48  we need to take him back.” Sandy agreed. She hugged Jim and said that she would go and see him  49 .
These days Sandy has stopped collecting  50 , but you can still find her with her friend Jim at the zoo on Saturdays and Sundays.

【小题1】

A．hospital B．zoo C．school D．supermarket

【小题2】

A．small B．long C．short D．big

【小题3】

A．wore B．made C．sold D．lent

【小题4】

A．easy B．hard C．difficult D．lonely

【小题5】

A．must B．can C．can’t D．have to

【小题6】

A．teacher B．policeman C．student D．friend

【小题7】

A．Everyone B．The zookeeper C．Nobody D．Sandy’s mother

【小题8】

A．and B．but C．or D．so

【小题9】

A．every day B．after school C．at the weekdays D．at the weekends

【小题10】

A．clothes B．glasses C．animals D．fruit

Yesterday my grandfather told me about his early days.        he left school, he found a job in a post office. He worked hard there. Soon he had more money than his friends because of his hard work. It seemed that he would have a        future.

When he was 25 years old, however, he began to be        his job. He wanted a more exciting one, so he left the post office. Two months       , he found a new job in a big       . Workers in this company        traveled a lot. At first he really enjoyed the traveling. But after a year, he began to        it. He had to move around and he was always in a car or on a train. The        thing was that he couldn’t make any new friends. Even so, his boss was not satisfied with him. Two years later he        the company.

He was so        at that time that he sold his house. He had to accept a part-time job in a         shop. He was surprised to find that he loved it! He made new friends every day and he        reading books. Three years later, he        the shop owner's daughter. Soon they had their first child. In the next ten years, they had another three        and four more book shops! He became very rich indeed.

“Life is wonderful,” he told me. “The most        thing is that you should always try your best. Never give up!”

1.A. While                           B. When                     C. Until                                 D. If

2.A. bad                         B. bright                       C. coming                            D. interesting

3.A. tired of                         B. crazy about                      C. interested in          D. afraid of

4.A. ago                          B. before                     C. later                                 D. afterwards

5.A. factory                          B. shop                                  C. school                               D. company

6.A. hardly                          B. usually                             C. seldom                            D. never

7.A. like                           B. prefer                                C. hate                                  D. practise

8.A. worst                   B. happiest                           C. best                                   D. strangest

9.A. reached                        B. called                                C. left                                    D. started

10.A. happy                        B. energetic                       C. rich                                 D. poor

11.A. cloth                           B. fruit                                 C. book                      D. dress

12.A. enjoyed                B. finished                    C. began                               D. forgot

13.A. married                    B. knew                     C. met                                 D. visited

14.A. sisters                        B. brothers                      C. cousins                            D. children

15.A. difficult             B. important                         C. amazing                            D. Boring

 

One day a strong cowboy was traveling on his horse when he saw a bar. He decided to stop for a few drinks, so he tied(拴) his horse outside the bar, walked into the bar and ordered two bottles of beer. This cowboy was new in town. He looked around and noticed some people making faces to him. He guessed that they might play some tricks (把戏) on him, but he said nothing and continued to drink. After drinking, he walked out of the bar and found his horse lost.
However, he kept calm, came back into the bar, and said slowly, " I don't know what you fools did to my horse out there… but I'm leaving in five minutes, and by then if my horse isn't back where it's supposed to be, well … I have to do here what I did in Texas!" The cowboy added, "And I don't want to do what I did in Texas!" After hearing these words, the other customers seemed a little bit frightened.
The cowboy went back to his seat and ordered another two bottles of beer. After five minutes, he walked out and found his horse tied where it was supposed to be.
Just as he was leaving, the boss of the bar came up and asked curiously (好奇地) , "What was the thing that you did in Texas but you didn't want to do here?"
The cowboy turned to the boss and replied in a low voice, " I had to walk home!"
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。（5分）
【小题1】 That day the cowboy tied his horse outside __________ before he wanted to drink.

A．the bar

B．he hotel

C．the store

D．the restaurant

【小题2】After a few drinks, the cowboy found his horse__________.

A．ill

B．dead

C．asleep

D．lost

【小题3】The cowboy drank __________of beer at the bar in all.

A．five bottles

B．four bottles

C．three bottles

D．two bottles

【小题4】In Texas, the cowboy had to __________when he couldn't find his horse.

A．walk home	B．argue with others
C．call the police	D．ask the boss for help

【小题5】 From the passage, we can know__________ .

A．the cowboy's look frightened the customers

B．the cowboy kept calm because he was strong

C．the cowboy also played a trick on the customers at the bar

D．The cowboy would fight with others if he couldn't find his horse

用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空。(共8小题；每小题1分，满分8分)

1.When to go climbing _______________ (decide) by us last night.

2.The police said that they _______________ (remind) parents not to let their children go out alone on TV the next day.

3.While I was watching a football match on TV, my twin brother _______________ (pack) for the next day’s trip to Qingdao.  

4.Nothing much should ____________ (do) at the moment. All we can do now is to wait.

5.The goal of this lesson is ____________ (learn) how to make telephone calls in English.

6.They met happily yesterday. In fact, they ______ (not meet) each other for many years.

7.He seemed to have difficulty _______________ (control) his actions.

8.Why can’t you just believe me? I _____________(tell) you everything I know!

 

Prana was a beautiful dog, whose name means “breath of life”. Although he died several years ago, I can still remember the days we spent together and what he has taught me about love.

I have two apple trees in the garden. Prana loved apples. When he went outside, he’d catch an apple and take it into the house to eat later. The apples had been on the ground and were often dirty so I wasn’t always happy that Prana had brought them into the house.

It was an autumn day in America, but it was very cold. A big snow fell and we had not done anything for its coming. On that special day, Prana went outside and I watched him through the window. I noticed that he was madly digging(挖) holes and bringing the apples to the ground so they could be seen above the snow. I did not know why he was doing this. He seemed to want to do something special.

When I called him back, he had his usual one apple in his mouth. About five minutes later, I looked outside. The garden was completely covered with birds. Prana had dug up all those apples for his bird friends to eat. He knew that they wouldn’t have stored enough food for the coming winter!

1. Prana was                .

    A. the writer   B. a boy    C. a bird   D. a dog

2.I wasn’t always happy because                .

    A. Prana loved apples  

    B. Prana caught an apple and ate it

    C. the apples fell on the ground and were dirty

    D. Prana brought the dirty apples into the house

3. On the snowy day, Prana                .

    A. ate up all the apples

    B. dug holes to put the apples in them

    C. brought the apples under the snow to the ground

    D. left the house and died

4. The birds flew to the garden to                .

    A. look for Prana       B. eat the apples  

    C. make new homes       D. store food for the winter

5.The topic of the story is about                .

    A. apples   B. animals  C. love D. life