One day when some government officials were rebuilding a house, they found a mouse hole in a corner and used smoke to make the mice inside the hole come out. A while later they saw mice running out, one after another，but they saw two mice didn’t run away immediately. It seemed that one was trying to bite(咬) the tail of the other.
Everyone waspuzzled, so they came nearer to take a look. They realized that one of the two mice was blind, and the other was trying to allow the blind mouse to bite his tail in order to pull the blind one with him to run away.
During the meal time, they started to talk about the two mice. One serious American said, “I think the relationship between those two mice was that of king and guard.”
A smart Frenchman said, “I think the relationship between them was that of husband and wife.”
A Japanese said, “I think the relationship between them was that of mother and son.”
At that moment, one Chinese asked, “Why did those two mice have a certain relationship?”
Suddenly, they looked back at the Chinese. The American, the Frenchman and the Japanese who had spoken earlier all lowered (低下) their heads in shame, and didn’t answer.
In fact, the great love is not built on friendship or blood relationship. Instead, it is based on no relationship.
【小题1】The two mice didn’t go away immediately because _______.

A．one was playing with the other	B．one was trying to help the blind one
C．they were not afraid of smoke	D．the mouth of the hole was too small

【小题2】The underlined word “puzzled” in the passage means_____ in Chinese.

A．困惑的

B．害怕的

C．紧张的

D．不安的

【小题3】 We know from the second paragraph(段) that _______.

A．the mouse carried the blind one out of the hole on its back

B．the mouse ran out of the hole after the blind one

C．the mouse led the blind one out of the hole with its tail

D．the two mice came out of the hole hand in hand

【小题4】 Which of the following is NOT true?

A．There were many mice in the hole.

B．After the meal, the officials began to talk about the two mice.

C．The other officials felt shamed when hearing the Chinese’s words.

D．The government officials came from different countries.

【小题5】 The best title for the passage is _____.

A．Two Lovely Mice	B．Help Produces Love
C．Friends in Need	D．Love Is All

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用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空，使短文通顺、正确、连贯（每个单词限用一次）。

this  lot  be  kind   arm  feel   grate  blow   some  for

One evening, it was raining and the wind was    1.hard. An old couple came to an inn and prepared to put up for the night there. A young man received them with open  2., but said “I’m sorry! Our guest rooms here are all full and the inns nearby   3. all full, too, for there will be an important meeting to be held here tomorrow. ”

Hearing the young man’s words, the old couple   4.very disappointed, and turned around to leave.

Just as they were leaving, the young man came up to them and stopped them: “Madam and sir, if you don’t mind, you can sleep in my bedroom5.a night……. ”

The next evening, the old couple took out  6.of money to give it to the young man, but he refused to take it.

“No！You needn’t pay me   7.money, for I only lend my room to you. ” said the young man with a smile on his face.

“You’re great, young man! It’s very 8.of you. Maybe one day, I’ll build a hotel for you!” said the old man    9. .

With   10. words, the old couple left.

 

All the fans became ______, when hearing the news that Kobe got hurt in the match against Golden State Warriors.

A．worried           B．cheerful          C．impossible         D．unhealthy

 

Four men who would become fathers were in a hospital waiting room while their wives were going to give birth to their babies. The nurse arrived and proudly said to the first man, “Congratulations, sir. You’re the father of twins!”
“What a surprise! Believe it or not! I work for the Minnesota Twins Baseball teams!”
Later the nurse returned and congratulated the second father on the birth of his triplets (三胞胎).
“Wow! That’s unbelievable! I work for the 3M Company.”
An hour later, the nurse returned to congratulate the third man on the birth of his quadruplets (四胞胎). Surprised, he only could answer, “I don’t believe it! I work for the Four Seasons Hotel!”
　　After this, everyone turned to the fourth man who had just fallen down. The nurse ran fast to his side. As he slowly came to himself, they could hear him speak in a very low voice over and over, “I should never have taken that job at 7-Eleven. I should never have taken that job at 7-Eleven. I should never have taken that job at 7-Eleven.”
【小题1】Why were the fathers there?

A．They were waiting for their wives.

B．They were seeing doctors.

C．They were waiting for their babies to be born.

D．They were working at men nurses there.

【小题2】Which of the following is true about the third man?

A．He thought the nurse made a mistake.

B．He was very surprised at the nurse’s words.

C．He didn’t want to have these babies.

D．He should never have worked at 7-Eleven.

【小题3】Why did the fourth man fall down after hearing the nurse’s words?

A．He was afraid of having so many babies.

B．He was seriously ill.

C．He was too excited.

D．He was very glad to have 7 babies.

【小题4】At least how many babies would be born according to the story?

A．9.

B．10.

C．11.

D．16.

You may know the song Happy Birthday very well. But do you know about its writer? It was written by an American girl. And she became very rich after that.
When she was a child, she was poor. Once, she was invited to her friend’s birthday party. She was pleased but sad because she didn’t have enough money to buy a gift for her.
“The party is coming soon, but now I have little money.” Tears ran down her face.
Later that night she was in bed, thinking about the gift when the door opened and her grandma came in.“ What happened? ” her grandma asked. Hearing the girl’s story, she said, “Don’t worry. I think I can help you. How about singing a song together? Happy birthday to …”What a beautiful song! They sang and sang. Suddenly she woke up. It was a dream! She decided to write it down at once and sing it to her friends at the party.
When she sang the song at the party the next day, her friends were very happy. “How wonderfully you sing! We haven’t heard such a beautiful song before. Thank you for giving me the special gift.” said her friend. And they learnt to sing it together. Later the girl became well-known in America.
【小题1】The song Happy Birthday was written by                    .

A．an American girl

B．an American girl’s grandma

C．an American boy

D．an American girl’s friend

【小题2】The girl was sad because                     .

A．she didn’t want to go to the party.

B．she would be busy that day.

C．she didn’t have enough money to buy a gift.

D．she wasn’t invited to the party.

【小题3】What gift did she give her friend?                    

A．A flower.

B．A toy.

C．An interesting book.

D．A song.

【小题4】What did her friends think of the song?  It was                 .

A．boring

B．beautiful

C．exciting

D．interesting

【小题5】Which of the following is TRUE?

A．The girl was still poor after writing the song .

B．The girl sang the song with her grandpa in her dream.

C．The girl’s friends had heard the song before.

D．The girl became famous because of the song.