A rabbit is running into its hole. You will ask,“What has this to do with language?”

　　Well, when a rabbit sees something dangerous, it runs away. Its tail moves up and down as it runs. When other rabbits see this tail moving up and down, they run too. They know that there is danger. The rabbit has told them something without making a sound. It has given them a signal.

　　Many other animals use this kind of language. When a bee has found some food, it goes back to its home. It cannot tell the other bees where the food is by speaking to them, but it does a little dance in the air. This tells the bees where the food is.

　　Some animals say things by making sounds. A dog barks, for instance, when a stranger comes near. A cat purrs when pleased. Some birds make several different sounds, each with its own meaning.

　　But human beings have something that no animal has--a large number of words which have the meanings of things, actions, feelings or ideas. We are able to give each other information, to tell or inform other people what is in our mind or how we feel. By writing words down we can remind ourselves of the things that have happened, or send messages to people far away. No animals can do this. No animal has the wonderful power of language.

　　No one knows how man learned to make words. Somehow he learned to make them. As centuries went by, he made more and more new words. This is what we mean by language.

　　People living in different countries made different kinds of words. Today there are about fifteen hundred different languages in the world. A very large English dictionary, for example, contains four or five hundred thousand words, but we do not know all these. The words we know are called vocabulary. We should try to make our vocabulary larger. Read as many books as possible. When we meet a new word, look it up in the dictionary. A dictionary is the most useful book.

(1)When a rabbit gives the other rabbits a signal of danger, it _________.

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A．runs into its hole

B．stops to move its tail

C．runs with its tail moving up and down

D．stops moving its tail up and down as it runs

(2)A dog can tell something ___________.

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A．by giving signals

B．by making different sounds

C．by purring

D．by barking

(3)It has been proved that no animal is able to ___________.

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A．give the others information

B．tell the others how it feels

C．express its actions and feelings with words

D．make different sounds, each with its own meaning

(4)Generally speaking, what we mean by“vocabulary”is __________.

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A．all the words that we know

B．more and more words we use

C．all the words we need

D．the dictionary which contains thousands of words

(5)We must __________ in order to make our vocabulary larger.

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A．make more and more new words

B．learn more languages

C．look up any new words in a dictionary

D．try to read as many books as possible

The driver stopped the car ________ a dog ________ across the street.

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A．to let; walk

B．to let; walking

C．letting; walk

D．letting; walking

阅读理解

　　It was fine and warm one afternoon, and Will decided to go for a bicycle ride in the country. He was enjoying the sunshine and the peaceful roads, and when he came to a steep hill he let his bicycle run down it much too fast. But there was a sharp bend at the bottom of the hill. When he was nearly there, a dog rushed out of a farmyard, barking and jumping up at him.

　　Will put his brakes on. He managed not to hit the dog, but he was going too fast to get round the bend safely. The bicycle ran across the road and hit the bank at the other side. Fortunately, no traffic was passing, so there was no danger of collision. As Will was picking himself up, the farmer came out. When he saw that there was no damage, he brought Will back to the farmhouse and gave him a glass of fresh milk.

　　Will was soon ready to go on with his ride.“All's well that ends well,”he said to the farmer when they wished each other goodbye.

(1) In the second paragraph, “collision”means ________.

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(2) When a dog rushed out, Will ________.

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A．got round the bend safely

B．had to hit the dog

C．tried to stop his bicycle

D．let his bicycle run down the hill

(3) From the passage, we can see that ________.

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A．there was a dog by the roadside

B．Will's bicycle was damaged badly

C．no harm was done to Will in the end

D．Will and the farmer were good friends

(4) Which of the following is right?

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A．The accident was not caused by the farmer's dog.

B．Will was careful when he ran down the hill.

C．Will's bicycle was knocked down by the dog.

D．Will hit the bank of the road and fell to the ground.

(5) “All's well that ends well” means ________.

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A．Everything is going very well

B．It is all that ends well

C．All that is well ends well

D．All that ends well is well