Once there lived a man in a small town. He often said, “If I have lots of gold(黄金), I shall be the happiest man in the world.” One day he was traveling in North Africa. He lost his way and he was so hungry and thirsty that he couldn’t walk any more. There were only stones and sand around. Just then he saw a bag on the sand. He took it up. But when he opened it, he saw it was full of gold. He left the bag on the sand and cried, “What is the use of gold to a hungry man?”

1.What did the traveler love best?

A. Food??????? B. Drinks????? C. Stones???????? D. Gold

2.When he lost his ways in the desert(沙漠) of North Africa, __________.

A. he had nothing to eat or to drink????

B. he saw a bag full of stones and sand

C. he was happy to find a bag of gold???

D. he found a bag full of drinks

3.“He lost his way” means____________________.

A. “he didn’t know where he was and where to go

B. “he didn’t know where he came from”

C. “he didn’t know how to return home”??

D. “he lost what he had on the way”

4.When he found a bag full of gold he felt______________.

A. happy????? B. hungry???? C. thirsty????? D. sad

5.What’s the most useful to a hungry man? _____________.

A. Food?????? B. Gold????? C. Drink????? D. Stones

动词填空

阅读下面短文，用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空 (必要时可加情态动词或助动词)。

Afel was only a small boy when he first saw snow in a picture book. In the pictures he saw a lot of children 1.______ (play) in the snow.

Afel didn’t understand what snow was. But he dreamed about snow all the time. He dreamed of being able 2.______ (fly) across the snow.

One day when he was twelve, Afel3. ______ (watch) TV at his uncle’s house. The program was full of snow. Not only snow – there were people flying across the snow.

“Look! They 4. ______ (fly)!” he shouted excitedly.

The snow, and the people… It was just like one of his dreams.

“They’re skiing. It needs snow,” said his uncle, “it’s the Winter Olympics. It 5. ______ (hold) every four years.”

Afel 6._________ （find）out that the next Winter Olympics would be in Sochi, Russia in 2014.

“Perfect,” he thought. “Enough time for me to become a good skier. I 7.______ (go) to the Winter Olympics, and win the gold medal for skiing.”

“But there’s no snow here!” people told him. “Where are you going to ski?”

Afel made himself a pair of skis and skied across the sand. At first he couldn’t move, but he practiced and practiced until he could move quite quickly.

“How will you go to the Winter Olympics?” people asked him. “Our country 8.______ (not, have) a team at all. Why 9.______ (not, do) athletics (田径) instead? We have lots of good runners. And we 10.______ (win) lots of medals at the Olympics.”

Now Afel is practicing skiing down sand dunes (沙丘). He dreams that the yellow sand and brown earth of the desert (沙漠) is the white snow.

I go to Australia for a meeting with my workmate, Chris. We decide(决定) to drive across the country after the meeting. The drive will take four days and most of it was across the desert（沙漠）.

The first day is a lot of fun because we are happy to hear each other's jokes（玩笑）. But on the third day, we begin to get bored. We are quite quiet for some hours when(这时) Chris sees some kangaroos（袋鼠）.We are both excited and decide to take a closer（近一点的） look. Chris drives very quickly to catch up with（赶上）them. We got closer and closer. Suddenly(突然), we hear a loud BANG!

Chris stops the car and we get out. Beside the car is a large kangaroo(袋鼠) lying on the ground. Chris goes over to it and puts his cap on its head. He takes off his sunglasses and puts them on the kangaroo and does the same with his jacket. Then he puts his arm around the kangaroo and tells me to take a photo of them together. I take out my camera. When I am focusing（调整焦距）the camera, I sees the kangaroo move(移动). It suddenly wakes up, and runs away before we can do anything.

I start laughing(大笑) but Chris looks worried. He says his wallet is in the jacket. I start laughing even louder(更大). I stop laughing when he says that our car keys are also in the jacket.

1.Why does the writer go to Australia?

A. For a meeting. B. For a trip. C. For a holiday. D. To see his friend.

2.How long will the drive take according to their plan?

A. One day.B. Four days.C. Half a month. D. Two months.

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

A. 无聊的 B. 口渴的 C. 饥饿的 D. 困倦的

4.Why do they hear a loud BANG?

A. Because there is something wrong with their car.

B. Because someone else is hunting(捕猎) kangaroos.

C. Because something falls off (从---掉下) their car.

D. Because their car knocks down(撞倒) a kangaroo.

5.What can we know from the passage?

A. The writer takes a photo of Chris and the kangaroo.

B. The kangaroo runs away together with Chris’s wallet and their car keys in his jacket.

C. They decide to walk across the desert.

D. The writer is still（仍然）very happy at the end of the story.

根据短文内容，从每小题A、B、C三个选项中选出一个最佳答案。

There are many unusual hotels around the world. In Greenland, there is a hotel made out of ice, open between April and December every year. In Turkey, there is a cave hotel with a television, furniture, and a bathroom in each room. And in Bolivia, there is the Salt Palace Hotel.

    Thousands of years ago, the area around the Salt Palace Hotel was a large lake. But over time, all the water disappeared. Today, the area has only two small lakes and two salt deserts.

    The larger of the two deserts, the Uyuni salt desert, is 12,000 square kilometers. During the day, the desert is bright white because of the salt. There are no roads across the Uyuni desert, so local people must show guests the way to the hotel.

    In the early 1990s, a man named Juan Quesada built the hotel. He cut big blocks (块) of salt from the desert and used the blocks to build it. Everything in the hotel is made out of salt: the walls, the roof, the tables, the chairs, the beds, and the hotel’s bar.

    The sun heats the walls and roof during the day. At night the desert is very cold, but the rooms stay warm. The hotel has 12 rooms. A single room costs＄40 a night, and a double room costs＄60.

A sign on the hotel’s wall tells guests, “ Please don’t lick the walls－it doesn’t taste good!”

1.People can go to __________ to visit the ice hotel in April.

   A. Greenland             B. Turkey               C. Bolivia

2.The Salt Palace Hotel is unusual because __________.

   A. it has a long history        

B. it’s made out of salt      

C. the rooms stay cold all day

3.Where did the salt used for the hotel come from?

   A. A salt factory.           B. The desert.              C. The lakes.

4.The underlined word “lick” means __________ in Chinese.

   A. 摸                        B. 踢                   C. 舔

5.The best title for the passage is _________.

A. Unusual Hotels           B. Salt Desert              C. A Story of Juan Quesad

There are many unusual hotels around the world .In Greenland ,there is a hotel made out of ice ,open between December and April every year .In Turkey ,there is a cave hotel with a television ,furniture ,and a bathroom in each room .And in Bolivia ,there is the Salt Palace Hotel .

Thousands of years ago ,the area has the Salt Palace Hotel was a large lake . But over time ,all the water disappeared . Today ,the area has only two small lakes and two salt deserts .

The larger of the two deserts the Uyuni salt desert ,is 12000 square kilometers .During the day ,the desert is bright white because of the salt .There are no roads across the Uyuni desert ,so local people must show guests the way to the hotel .

In the early 1900s ,a man named Juan Quesada built the hotel .He cut big blocks of salt from the desert and used the blocks to build it. Everything in the hotel is made out of salt ;the walls , the roof , the chairs , the tables ,the beds ,and the hotels bar .

The Sun heats the walls and the roof during the day . At night is very cold , but the rooms stay warm . The hotel has twelve rooms . A single room costs 40 dollars a night .and a double room costs 60 dollars .

A sign on the hotels wall tells guests ,Please do not lick ??the walls.

1.What is unique about the Salt palace hotel ?

A. Its long history

B. The  price  of the rooms.

C. The guests that stay there

D. What it is made of

2.Which sentences about the area around the Salt palace hotel  is  NOT true?

A. It was a lake many years ago .

B. It is white during the day .

C. There are several roads to the hotel.

D. It is more than 10,000 square kilome ters.

3.Who is Juan Quesada?

A. A hotel guest           B. A guide

C. The hotels owner        D. An expert .

4.who keeps the rooms warm at night ?

A. Heat from the walls.       B. The desert air ,

C. The sun.                 D. The furniture .