Mr Dawson was an old man with a bad temper (脾气), and everyone in town knew it. Kids couldn’t go into his yard to pick a delicious apple, even off the ground.

One Friday, 　46　 Janet was going to stay all night with her friend Amy. They had to walk by Dawson’s house 　47　 the way to Amy’s house. But when they got close to Dawson’s house, Janet saw him 　48　 in the front porch and suggested they crossed over to 49　 side of the street. Like most of the children, she was afraid of the old man 50　

the stories she had heard about him.

　 Amy told Janet 　51　 . Mr Dawson wouldn’t hurt anyone. Still, Janet was growing

52　 nervous with each step closer to the old man’s house. When they got close enough,

Dawson looked up with his usual frown, but when he saw it was Amy, he suddenly smiled and said, “Hello, Miss Amy. I see you’ve got a little friend with you today.”

Amy smiled back and told him Janet was staying overnight and they were going to listen to music and play games. Dawson gave them each an apple of his tree. When they got out, Janet asked Amy，“Everyone says he is hard to get along with, but why he is so friendly

　 53　 us?”

Amy explained, at first he wasn’t very friendly and she was afraid of him, but she pretended he was wearing an invisible (看不见的) smile and so she always smiled back at him. It 　 54　 a long time, one day he half-smiled back at her.

“An invisible smile?” asked Janet.

“Yes.” answered Amy. “My grandma told me if I pretended not to be afraid of him and I smiled at him, he would really smile　 55　 . Grandma says smile is contagious.” ( 有感染力的)

If we remember what Amy’s grandma said that everyone wears an invisible smile, we will find that most people can’t resist(抗拒)our smile after a while.

46.A.12 years old　 B.12-year-old　 C. 12-years-old　　 D.12-year old

47.A. on　　　　　 B.in 　　　　　C.at　　　　　　 D. to

48.A. sit　　　　　 B.sat　　　　　 C.sitting　　　　　 D.to sit

49.A. another　　　 B.others　　　 C. the other　　　 D .the others

50.A.because of　　 B.because　　　 C.as　　　　　　 D.as if

51.A.not worry　　 B.not to worry　 C.not worried　　 D.don’t worry

52.A. much　　　 B.more　　　　 C.less　　　　　 D.little

53.A. with　　　　 B. for　　　　 C.to　　　　　　 D.at

54.A.paid　　　　 B. took　　　　 C.spent　　　　 D.cost

55.A.sooner or later B.at once　　　 C. right now　　 D.just now

阅读理解

　　In 1933 an unknown American called Clarence Nash went to see the film-maker Walt Disney. He had an unusual voice and he wanted to work in Disney's cartoon films (动画片) for children. When Walt Disney heard Nash's voice, he said, “Stop! That's our duck!”

　　The duck was the new famous Donald Duck, who first appeared(出现) in the film. The wise little duck Donald lived in an old houseboat and wore his sailor(海员) jacket and hat. Later that year he became a star after an eight minutes' Mickey Mouse film. The cinema audience(观众) liked him because he was lazy and greedy(贪婪), and because he lost his temper(脾气) very quickly. And they loved his voice, when he became angry with Mickey's eight nephews(侄儿). Soon Donald was more popular than Mickey Mouse himself, probably because he wasn't goody-goody like Mickey.

　　In the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s Donald and his friends Mickey, Coody and Pluto made hundreds of Disney cartoons. He also made educational(教育的) films about the place of the USA in the world, and safely in the home. Then in 1966 Donald Duck and his voice disappeared(消失)…there were no more new cartoons.

　　Clarence Nash died in February, 1985. But today's children can still see the old cartoons on television and hear that famous voice.

1．Who made Donald Duck films?

[　　]

2．What did the Donald Duck film begin?

[　　]

3．Who was Clarence?

[　　]

A．A cartoonist in American.

B．A famous duck in the world.

C．A person who produced films.

D．The man who gave Donald Duck's voice.

4．Why did Walt Disney choose Clarence Nash? Because ________.

[　　]

A．he was famous

B．he was a film-maker

C．he went to see Walt Disney

D．he had a strange voice

5．Where do today's children see Donald duck?

[　　]

　　In 1933 an unknown American called Clarence Nash went to see the film-maker Walt Disney. He bad an unusual voice and he wanted to work in Disney's cartoon films（动画片）for children. When Walt Disney heard Nash's voice, he said,“Stop! That's our duck!”

　　The duck was the new famous Donald Duck, who first appeared（出现）in the film. The wise little duck Donald lived in an old houseboat and wore his sailor（海员）jacket and hat. Later that year he became a star after an eight-minute Mickey Mouse film. The cinema audience liked him because he was lazy and greedy（贪婪）, and because he lost his temper（脾气）very quickly. And they loved his voice, when he became angry with Mickey's eight nephews（侄子）Soon Donald was more popular than Mickey Mouse himself, probably because he wasn't goody-goody like Mickey.

　　In the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s Donald and his friends Mickey, Coody and Pluto made hundreds of Disney cartoons. He also made educational（教育的）films. Then in 1966 Donald Duck and his voice disappeared（消失）... there were no more new cartoons.

A．A cartoonist in American.

B．A famous duck in the word.

C．A person who produced films.

D．The man who gave Donald Duck's voice.

　　　 “You'll have to take care of the baby today,”a woman told her husband. "I'm not feeling well." "Then you must stay in bed and rest, dear" her husband said. "I'll be pleased to look after our baby." "By the way, shall I do the shopping for you as well? " her husband asked.

　　　 The woman was very glad and said, "That will help me very much. I'll give you a list of things to buy"　 She wrote out the list and gave it to him.

　　　　 The man took the baby to the supermarket and put him in the shopping cart. Then he pushed the shopping cart along the rows of things and looked for those that were on his list.

　　 At first everything was OK, but then the baby began to cry. Then he started to scream. And scream! And SCREAM!

　　 “Keep calm, George,” the man said. “Don’t get excited. Don’t shout, George. Don’t lose your temper, George.”

　　　 A woman in the supermarket heard him saying so. She walked up to him.

　　　 “I think you are wonderful,” she said. “You are so patient with your little George.”

　　 “Madam,” the man said, “I’m George. He’s Edward.”

36.The man took care of the baby instead because his wife was ________ 　　 .

A. ill　　　 B. busy　　　　 C. pretty. D.angry

37.The baby cried so hard ________ 　　 .

A. at home　　　　 B. in the supermarket　　 C. in the street D. in the city.

38.When the baby was crying, the father kept taking to ________ for relaxing.

A. his baby　　　　　　　 B. the woman　　　　　　　 C. himself

39. The underlined sentence “Don’t lose your temper.” in this passage means“______　 ”.

A. calm down　　　　 B. shut up　　　 C. walk on

40. The baby’s name is ______　　　 .

A. George　　　　 B. Edward　　　　　 C. Scream

阅读理解

　　In 1933 an unknown American called Clarence Nash went to see the film-marker Walter Disney. He had an unusual voice and he wanted to work in Disney's cartoon films for children. When Walter Disney heard Nash's voice, he said,“Stop! That's our duck!”

　　The duck was the now-famous Donald suck, who first appeared in 1934 in the film, the Wise Little Hen. Donald lived in an old houseboat and wore his sailor jacket and hat. Later that year he become a star after an eight-minute Mickey mouse film. The cinema audiences(观众) liked him because he was lazy and greedy(贪婪), and because he lost his temper(发怒) very easily. And they loved his voice, when he become angry with Mickey's eight nephews(侄儿). Soon Donald was more popular than Mickey mouse himself, probably because he wasn't goodyGoody(伪善者) like Mickey.

　　In the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s Donald and his friends Mickey, Goofy and Pluto made hundreds of Disney cartoons. He also made educational film about the place of the USA in the world, and safety in the home. Then in 1966 Donald Duck and his voice disappeared——there were no more new cartoons.

　　Clarence Nash died in February, 1985. But today's children can still see the old cartoons on TV and hear that famous voice.

1．The first Donald duck film appeared in ________.

[　　]

2．Clarence nash was ________.

[　　]

A．a cartoon film

B．a writer of the film Donald duck

C．a film-marker

D．the man who made the voice for Donald Duck

3．From the passage we know that ________ made Donald Duck cartoons.

[　　]

4．Walter Disney hired(雇佣) Clarence Nash because ________.

[　　]

A．his voice sounded like a duck

B．he looked just like a duck

C．he was Walter Disney's good friend

D．people loved his voice

5．Which of the following is true?

[　　]

A．Clarence Nash was very famous before he went to see Walter Disney.

B．Mickey Mouse was lazy and greedy, and more popular than Donald Duck.

C．Because Clarence Nash Duck died, no one could even hear the famous voice.

D．People liked Donald duck better than Mickey Mouse because he wasn't a Goody-Goody like Mickey.