There are many kinds of ants in America. One kind is very strong. People are afraid of it, and animals are afraid of it, too. These ants move in large groups（大量地）. They eat all the animals on their way. They can kill and eat elephants（大象）and they can eat wooden houses. Sometimes the ants can kill people. When the ants come near, people leave（离开）their homes. But people are sometimes glad after the ants pass through（通过）, because they can see no insects（虫子）or snakes.

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2. People and animals fears（害怕）________in America.

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4. Why do the insects or snakes disappear（消失）after the ants pass through?

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A. They hide（隐藏）themselves under the ground.

B. The ants have killed and eaten（吃）the insects and snakes.

5. Which is the best title（标题）for the story?

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Once a great boxer(拳击家), Tom Brown, went to a restaurant(餐馆) for 1 . He put his bag near the door, but he was afraid(害怕) that someone would 2 it. 3 he got 4 a pen and a piece of paper and wrote 5 it. “The great boxer, Tom Brown left his bag. He'll come back 6 a few minutes.” He put the paper on his bag and went to 7 his dinner. 8 he came back, his bag wasn't 9 . But he found a piece of paper on the. It said. “A great runner took away your bag and he will 10 come back.”

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One midnight（午夜）, a little girl woke up （醒来）to pass water. She by herself got up and down her bed, walked to the bedroom door and opened it. She looked outside and walked back, for it was so dark in the hall that she feared（害怕）.
Her mother said, “Don’t be afraid, honey. Take courage（勇敢些）!”
“What’s courage（勇气）?” she asked, running to her mother’s bed.
“Courage is the brave（勇敢的） breath（呼吸）,” her mother answered.
“Mum, do you have courage?”
“Certainly.”
The girl held out（伸出） her little hands, saying, “Mum, blow（吹） some of your breath of courage to me.”
After her mother blew out two mouthfuls（口） of breath into her little cold hands, the little girl clenched her fists(握拳) nervously（紧张地）, afraid that the “breath of courage” would run away（跑掉）. Then with her fists clenched, she walked out of the bedroom towards the bathroom with nothing to fear.
Her mother said to herself, “It will be nice if someone can blow some kinds of ‘breath’ to me. Then I can hold it in my hands too when I feel terrified or lost.”
In fact, mostly, what we are terrified of is nothing but the fear in our mind（心）. Who we should defeat(战胜) is nobody but ourselves.

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   The girl walked back because __________.

   1. A.
      the bathroom was too far away
   2. B.
      her mother wouldn’t go with her
   3. C.
      she was too afraid of the dark                  
2. 2.

   We learn from the reading that ___________.

   1. A.
      the girl went to the bathroom by herself       
   2. B.
      the girl pretended to be terrified of nothing
   3. C.
      the girl’s mother was able to blow brave breath
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   To stop “mother’s breath” from running away, the girl __________.

   1. A.
      held out her little hands
   2. B.
      clenched her fists          
   3. C.
      talk to her mother
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   The writer mainly wants to tell us that ________.

   1. A.
      adults are always brave enough                
   2. B.
      children learn to be brave quickly
   3. C.
      the fear in one’s mind is the real problem
5. 5.

   Which is the best title of the passage?

   1. A.
      The Fearless Mother         
   2. B.
      One Lonely Girl      
   3. C.
      The Breath of Courage