We have always been warned of the dangers of forest fires. They cause _____ 85 _____ to a forest. They kill many plants and animals in an eco-system, which is a group of living things and their environment. But have you ever heard of a forest fire that can be _____86_____  for a forest? People start some of the fires with a special reason to actually do good to the eco-system.
In fact, fires are a natural part of any eco-system. Without fires, the oldest and largest trees would stop sunlight from reaching the forest floor. Fires can _____87_____ some of these old trees. When the trees die, they provide something good for the earth. New trees can grow strong and healthy in their place.
Some trees even need fires to grow. These trees hold their seeds (种子) inside. Heat from a fire allows the coat of the seeds to open up. Then the seeds fall to the ground and have the _____88____ to grow/
Scientist, who know about nature’s needs, start some of these fires, called controlled burns. A fire is started and kept under control. This way, the fire does not spread out of the area or _____89_____ a after forest fires, they can go hungry _____90_____ their food has been damaged in the fire. Small, controlled fires mean than animals will not have to move far to find food. After some time, small plants begin to grow. Animals return soon after the plants return. This _____91_____  makes an eco-system.
So the next time you hear about a forest fire, think about the good as well as the bad. It may take a new eco-system a while to return, but it will likely come back stronger and healthier than ever.

In the jungle of Africa, there lives a family of monkeys. There is a Mama Monkey and a Papa Monkey, and they have a young daughter named Hananh. The monkey family lives very happily，swinging and playing in the trees. But it isn’t all play. Papa Monkey has to make sure their home is warm and safe. Mama is responsible for the sewing and cooking of the family’s meals. Hannah helps with the cleaning ,but her main job is to collect all the bananas and other fruit for the monkey family’s meals

1.There are ____monkeys in the family .

A．two              B．three             C．four              D．five

2.Who must keep their home warm and safe?

A．Mama monkey                         B．Papa monkey

C．Hannah                               D．the son

3.The daughter does the cleaning and collects ____

A．apples                                B．bananas

C．other fruit                             D．B and C

4.Where do they live?---They live___________.

A．in the jungle                           B．near the beach

C．in the lake                             D．under the sea

Today is the last Saturday before Christmas. Almost everyone in the USA  31  shopping for presents.   32 is falling and people are walking fast. They are trying   33  warm as they move from shop to shop. Inside the shops the children are   34  at the toys and talking to a man called Father Christmas. He is asking them what they want for Christmas.
In the USA it is warm and beautiful in summer, the trees and fields are green then. But now it is winter and   35 is white. The white snow is as almost   36  as Father Christmas.
At   37  there are different colours. Thousands of lights decorate(装饰)the houses and buildings of every town. These bright red, green, blue, orange and yellow lights help to make Christmas a beautiful   38  of year.
Christmas Day always begins    39   breakfast. The children wake up very early and can’t wait to open the   40  from their parents. Then they wake their parents up calling  "Merry Christmas! "

One day a man found a cocoon(茧) of a butterfly in the forest. He sat there for several hours and watched the butterfly. Suddenly a small opening appeared, and the butterfly made its great effort to force its body through that little hole. Then it seemed to stop making any progress. It appeared as if it had gotten as far as it could and it could go no further.

So the man decided to help the butterfly. He cut off the remaining bit of the cocoon so that the butterfly could come out easily. But to his surprise, the butterfly got a heavy body and very small wings when it came out of the cocoon.

The man continued to watch the butterfly because he expected that the body would grow smaller at any moment and the wings would become larger and be able to fly. But neither happened! In fact, the butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling (爬) around with a heavy body and small wings. It was never able to fly.

The man was in his kindness, but he did not understand the nature rules. Before the butterfly came out of the cocoon, fluid(流体) from its body must be forced into its wings, and then it would be ready for flying. It must have a hard struggle (拼搏) to get through the small opening to get its freedom from the cocoon.

Sometimes struggles are exactly what we need in our life. If God allowed us to go through our life without any difficulties, it would make us fail. We would not be as strong as we could have been; we could never fly.

1.What was the butterfly doing at the beginning of the story ?

A．It was trying to make a cocoon for itself.

B．It was struggling to get out of its cocoon.

C．It was flying among the trees in the forest.

D．It was crawling around quietly on the ground.

2.The man cut off the remaining bit of the cocoon

A．to take the butterfly home

B．to help the butterfly come out easily

C．to kill the butterfly

D．to stop the butterfly growing bigger

3.What do you think of the man?

A．Patient but cruel.

B．Careful and wise.

C．Kind but unwise.

D．Brave and funny.

4.What does the last paragraph（段落） tell us?

A．Struggles are sometimes necessary in our life.

B．Nothing is difficult if we put our heart into it.

C．Every good deed will come back with good result.

D．The greatest happiness in the world is to help others.

5.What is the best title for the story?

A．The Love for the Cocoon.

B．The Joy of Helping Each Other.

C．The Lesson of the Cocoon.

D．The Expectation for the Butterfly.

Once there were two brothers. They were very good to each other. They were half brothers because the elder brother’s mother was dead, and then his father married again. The stepmother （继母）was not kind to the elder brother, but the younger brother loved him and often helped him.

One day, the mother gave each of the brothers a box of seeds(种子) and enough food for a few days. She said to them, “Take them. Go and plant them. One of you must plant them on the east hill, and the other on the west hill. Don’t come back if the seeds don’t come out. ” The mother gave very bad seeds to the elder brother, but the two brothers didn’t know this, and set out the next morning.

When they came to a bridge, they sat down to rest. After that, they got up to say good-bye to each other, but they took the wrong boxes of seeds!

Ten days later, the elder brother’s seeds began to grow and he came back. But the younger brother did not return home because his seeds didn’t grow. At last, he died on the hill.

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1.One day, the mother gave two boxes of seeds _________

A. only to the elder son      B. only to the younger son  

C. to their father           D. to the two sons

2.The mother asked the two brothers to _________.

A.plant the seeds on the west hill     B. come back soon after they planted the seeds

C. plant the seeds on two hills       D. take the trees and plant them.

3. In fact the mother wanted __________      

A. the two brothers to plant trees   B. the two brothers to work hard  

C. the elder brother to die         D. the younger brother to die

4.Which of the following is NOT true?     

A. The mother was not kind to the elder brother  

B. The younger brother loved the elder brother

C. The younger brother had two mothers               

D. The elder brother had two mothers

5.The story tells us that ________.     

A. one mustn’t do bad things       B. one mustn’t take the wrong box 

C. one must help others           D. one must use good seeds