Maybe everyone likes dogs, and almost everyone likes to read stories about dogs.

　　I have a friend. He has a large police dog named Jack. Police dogs are very clever. Every Sunday afternoon my friend takes Jack for a long walk in the park. Jack likes these long walks very much.

　　One Sunday afternoon a young man came to visit my friend. He stayed a long time. He talked and talked. Soon it was time for my friend to take Jack for his walk. But the visitor still stayed. Jack became very worried. He walked around the room several times and then sat down in front of the visitor and looked at him. But the visitor paid no attention to Jack. He went on talking. At last Jack got angry. He went out of the room and came back a few minutes later. He sat down again in front of the visitor, but this time he took the visitor's hat in his mouth. The visitor saw it and was surprised. He laughed and left.

1.--The young visitor stayed a long time, didn't he?

　　--_____.

　　A. Yes, he didn't 　　　　　　　　B. No, he didn't 

　　C. Yes, he did  　　　　　　　　　 D. No, he did

2.Jack became worried because _____.

　　A. he wanted to go out for a walk      

　　B. he wanted to play with him

　　C. he didn't know the young man    

　　D. he wanted to eat something

3.Jack sat down in front of the visitor because _____.

　　A. he wanted the visitor to talk to him

　　B. he wanted to talk with the young man

　　C. he wanted to show the visitor how clever he is

　　D. he wanted the visitor to leave

4.The visitor went on talking and _____.

　　A. he paid no attention to his hat     

　　B. he paid no attention to Jack

　　C. he didn't know that his hat was taken away by Jack

　　D. he didn't like Jack

5.Jack went out of the room, but came back with _____ in his mouth.

　　A. food

　　B. nothing

　　C. something

　　D. the visitor's hat

 

 

--- He didn’t go to the concert yesterday, did he?

--- _____. He was busy studying for the test all day.

A．No, he didn’t                         B．Yes, he did

C．No, he did                             D．Yes, he didn’t

 

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　　A woman was eating in a restaurant. She asked the waiter to do many 1 for her. Now she was 2 the waiter a lot of trouble. 3 , she asked the waiter to turn on the air conditioner(空调) because she 4 too hot. Then she asked him 5 it off because she was too cold. This went on and on for 6 half an hour.

　　But the waiter was very kind and 7 . He did everything the woman asked 8 to do without getting angry. 9 , someone else in the restaurant asked why the 10 didn't just throw the woman out. “Oh, I don't care,” the waiter said, smiling. “We don't even have an air conditioner.”

In the 1930s a young traveler was climbing the French Alps(法国阿尔卑斯山).He arrived at big piece of land without living things.It was ugly.It was the kind of place you hurry away from.

Then,suddenly,the young traveler stopped on the way.In the middle of this large land there was an old man.On his back was a bag of seeds.In his land was an iron pipe(铁管).

The man used the iron pipe to make a hole in the ground.Then from the bag he took a seed and put it in the hole.He did this again and again.

Later the old man told the traveler,“I’ve planted over 100,00 seeds.Perhaps only a tenth of them will grow.”

The old man’s wife and son had died,and this was how he chose to spend his final years.

“I want to do something useful,”he said.

(1)二十年以后那个年轻的游客已不再年轻。 He retutned to the place.What he saw amazed him.He could mot believe his eyes.The land was covered with a beautiful forest two miles wide and five miles long.Birds were singing,animals were playing,and wild flowers were here and there.

(2)The traveler stood there remembering the lifeless picture of the place that it once was.A beautiful forest stood there now,all because someone cared.

1.Why did the ola man plant seeds?_____________________________________________

2.How many seeds did the old man think could grow,all of them or only some?___________

3.What amazed the young traveler when he returned to the place?______________________

4.将短文中画线句子(1)翻译成英语。___________________________________________

5.将短文中画线句子(2)翻译成汉语。___________________________________________

 

 

There was a lovely vegetable patch (菜园). A large tree grew there. Both the patch and the tree gave the place a wonderful look, and they were the pride of the gardener. But no one knew that the vegetables and the tree couldn’t stand (忍受) each other. The vegetables hated the tree’s shadow (阴影), because it left them only just enough light to live. The tree, on the other hand, hated the vegetables because they drank nearly all the water, leaving him just enough to live.

The situation became so serious that the vegetables decided to use up all the water in the ground so that the tree would die. The tree answered back by not protecting the vegetables from the hot sun, so they began to dry up. Soon the vegetables were really weak, and the tree was drying up.

The gardener wondered why and stopped watering them. When he did that, both the tree and the vegetables realized that it was better to help each other. They learned how to live in harmony with those around them. So they decided to work together, using both the shade and the water to grow well. After seeing how well they were doing, the gardener gave the best care to his vegetable patch, watering and fertilizing (施肥) it better than any other patch for miles around.

1.Why didn’t the vegetables and the tree get on well with each other?

A. Because the vegetables wanted more light.

B. Because the tree drank almost all the water.

C. Because the vegetables weren’t the pride of the gardener.

D. Because the vegetables didn’t look as wonderful as the tree.

2.From the passage we know                   .

A. the vegetables were sorry to see the tree drying up

B. the gardener was very angry with the vegetables and the tree

C. the gardener didn’t know what was happening in the patch at first

D. the tree didn’t know how important the sun was to the vegetables

3.The underlined phrase “in harmony” means “                  ” in Chinese.

A. 长久地           B. 小心地           C. 有效地           D. 和谐地

4.Of the following, which order is right according to the story?

① The gardener worked on the patch even harder than before.

② The gardener stopped watering the vegetables and the tree.

③ The vegetables decided to use up all the water in the ground.

④ The tree and the vegetables realized the importance of helping each other.

A. ③②④①     B. ④②③①         C. ②①④③     D. ①③④②

5.The passage is mainly about                   .

A. why the sunlight and water were very important

B. how the gardener took care of his vegetable patch

C. why the gardener was proud of his vegetable patch

D. what happened between the vegetables and the tree