Henry was a boy of nine. He was born in a   41   family. His father was often ill and couldn’t go to work.  42   his mother worked in a factory. She worked hard and hoped to give her four children and husband   43   food and clothes. But she failed. Her family was sometimes   44  . Of course, she couldn’t send Henry to school. She was   45   it but she didn’t know what to do. The boy was very clever and taught himself to read and write and   46   at home in the evening. And in the daytime he was polishing（擦）shoes in the street, so he could make some   47   for his family.

One afternoon the boy saw a young man’s shoes were   48  , so he said to him, “ Let me polish your shoes.”

“No, thank you,” the young man said and walked   49  .

“You may pay me only one dollar, sir,” the boy shouted   50   him. But the young man said no again. Then the boy   51   for a while and told him that he would polish his shoes for nothing. The young man   52   to this, and soon one of his shoes was shining brightly. The man   53   the other shoe to the boy, but the boy said no to polish it if he wasn’t paid two dollars for his work. The young man refused（拒绝）to   54   anything on it and went away.

But his shoes were so different that he had to   55  . He turned back and gave the boy two dollars. In a very short time the shoe was as bright as the other one.

(    ) 41. A. happy         B. lucky          C. rich            D. poor

(    ) 42. A. Only          B. Except         C. Or             D. Because

(    ) 43. A. much          B. little            C. enough         D. no

(    ) 44. A. full            B. hungry          C. happy           D. pleased

(    ) 45. A. afraid of       B. sorry for        C. useful to        D. friendly to

(    ) 46. A. play          B. swim           C. count           D. sleep

(    ) 47. A. books       B. clothes          C. shoes           D. money

(    ) 48. A. dirty          B. clean            C. old             D. new

(    ) 49. A. over                B. away           C. out            D. in

(    ) 50. A. under               B. above           C. in front of      D. behind

(    ) 51. A. thought      B. read            C. wrote          D. saw

(    ) 52. A. liked          B. agreed          C. worried        D. surprised

(    ) 53. A. threw               B. passed          C. kicked           D. showed

(    ) 54. A. pay         B. cost            C. spend          D. give

(    ) 55. A. stop                B. run             C. hurry off       D. fly away

A hare was very popular with the other animals who all said they were her friends．But one day she heard the hounds（猎犬）getting close and hoped to escape them by the aid of her many friends． So，she went to the horse，and asked him to carry her away from the hounds on his back．But he refused，because he had important work to do for his master． He felt sure that all her other friends would come to help her．

She then came to the bull，and hoped that he would repel the hounds with his horns （角）．The bull replied，"I am very sorry，but I have an appointment with a lady；but I feel sure that our friend the goat will do what you want．" The goat，however，feared that his back might do her some harm if he took her upon it．The sheep，he felt sure，was the proper friend to ask for help．

So she went to the sheep and told him the situation．The sheep replied，"Another time，my dear friend． I do not like to have anything to do with it，as hounds have been known to eat sheep as well as hares．"

The hare then went，as a last hope，to the calf （小牛），who regretted that he was unable to help her，as he did not like to take the responsibility （责任） upon himself，as so many older persons than himself had refused the task．By this time the hounds were quite near，and the hare took to her heels and luckily escaped．

根据材料内容选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

1.What do we know about the hare?

A．She was strong enough to face all the dangers．

B．She was friendly and all animals loved to help her．

C．She was ready to help other animals when necessary．

D．She got along well with other animals and had a lot of friends．

2.What happened to the hare one day?

A．The horse carried her away on his back．

B．Her enemy came near and she was in danger．

C．She had an argument with her friend，the bull．

D．The goat hurt her when taking her upon his back．

3.What does the underlined word "repel" mean in Chinese?

A．击退????????????? ????????????? ????????????? B．厌恶????????????? ????????????? ????????????? C．排斥????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D．拒绝

4.What do you think of the sheep?

A．Helpless．????????????? ????????????? B．Brave． ????????????? ????????????? C．Friendly．????????????? D．Smart．

5.What does the story want to tell us?

A．Don't judge a book by its cover．

B．One's mind works fast in time of danger．

C．Sometimes enemies can become good friends．

D．Having too many friends means no friends sometimes．

词汇运用（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）

(A) 根据下列句子及所给汉语注释，写出空缺处各单词的正确形式，每空只写一词。

1. The dog’s           （死亡）made him very sad.

2.We’re thinking about _______________( 拒绝 ) their invitation.

3.Man and woman think and behave __________ (不同)in many ways.

4.She tried to stop smoking, and she        (成功).

5.I think we should be _________(允许) to wear our own clothes.

(B) 在下列各句的空格内填上一个适当的完整的单词，该词的首字母已给出。

6.The growing population is one of the biggest c          of the world today.

7. Do you read a d_________ newspaper?

8.I’m busy doing my homework. Please don’t b__________ me.

9.How can you take my money without my p__________?

10. I think it’s n_________ to work hard and improve our life.