If you put a buzzard(秃鹰) in a cage without a roof(顶棚), the bird will be a prisoner. Even though it can fly, it can’t fly through the open roof. The reason is that a buzzard always begins a flight from the ground with a run of 3 or 4 meters. Without space to run, he will not even try to fly, but will stay in his small jail(监牢) for the rest of his life.

The ordinary bat that flies around at night cannot take off from the ground. If it is placed on the ground, all it can do is shuffle(穿梭) about helplessly. If it reaches a higher place, it will be able to throw itself into the air. Then it takes off quickly. But on flat ground, it will never fly.

A bee dropped into a cup will be there until it dies, unless it is taken out. It never sees the means of escape at the top, but keeps trying to find some way out through the sides near the bottom. It will look for away where none exists, until it completely destroys itself.

In many ways, there are lots of people like the buzzard, the bat and the bee. They are struggling with all their problems and frustrations(挫折)，not realizing that the answer is right there above them.

1.A buzzard can’t fly through the open roof of a cage because       .

A．it is too big and heavy to fly up

B．it feels the space is too small to start the flight

C．it gets used to living in the cage without a roof

D．it would like to spend the rest of his life in the jail

2.Paragraph 2 mainly tells us that        .

A．the bat is a kind of smart bird

B．the bat can take off quickly on flat ground

C．the bat flies only at night

D．the bat can only take off from a higher place

3.Which is NOT true about the bee?

A．The bee doesn’t try to find a way to escape.

B．The bee will die if it isn’t taken out of the cup in time.

C．The bee always wants to escape from the cup near the bottom.

D．The bee doesn’t see the way out at the top.

4.What’s the purpose of the story?

A．Many people are like the buzzard, the bat and the bee.

B．Animals will also give up when in trouble.

C．We should try new ways to deal with difficulties.

D．We should solve problems by ourselves.

完形填空（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）

For middle school students in China, it's really easy to spend money.There are so___1__ things,such as the latest clothes, video games, expensive handbags.

The habit of spending money like most bad habits, is ___2____ to break. When I was a middle school student, I __3___ lots of money on things. I _4__ I was very cool at that time. But now I feel very sorry because I ___5__ so much money.

When something is the latest and greatest, you want it at once because it’s new and you don’t want to wait ___6__ it’s old. The __7___ is that the latest things usually cost a lot of money. But once you own the things, they go out of fashion very__8__. How many things do you have in your bedroom? How often do you __9__ them?

The expensive things are not the coolest ones at all. It’s not necessary __10____ them.

1.A. little       B. much           C. many

2.A. easy         B. good           C. hard

3.A. cost        B.spent           C. took

4.A. realized     B. thought         C. wondered

5.A. wasted       B. saved           C. paid

6.A. as          B. before         C. till

7.A. reason       B. happiness       C. problem

8.A. quickly      B.difficultly      C. slowly

9.A. watch       B. use            C. move

10.A. to buy      B. buy             C.buying

A woman saw three o1d men sitting in her front yard. She said,“I don’t think I know you, but you must be very hungry. Please come in and have something to eat. ”
“We don’t go into a house together,”they replied．
“Why is that?” she asked.
One of the old men answered. “His name is Wealth，this is Success, and I am Love. ” Then he said,“Now go in and discuss with your family which one of us you want in your house. ”
Then the woman went in and told her family what was said. She said “Let’s invite Wealth.
Let him come in and bring us nice things. We have been so poor. ”His husband disagreed,“My dear,why don't we invite Success? Don’t you want me to be a successful man?. ”
Then the daughter asked,“Would it be better to invite Love? Our life will then be filled with 1ove!” “Let’s take our daughter's advice(建议)s,” said the father and mother.
So the woman went out and asked, “Which one of you is Love? Please come in and be our Guest. ”Love got up and started walking toward the house. The other two also got up and followed Him. Surprised, the lady asked Wealth and Success, “I only invited Love. Why are you coming along?” The two o1d men answered,“If you had invited Wealth or Success, two of us would have stayed out, but since you have invited Love, wherever he goes, we go with him. Where there is Love, there is Wealth and Success. ”
根据短文内容，判断以下句子的正误。你认为正确的在题前括号内写“T”，错误的写“F"。
【小题1】This is a true story that happened a 1ong time ago．
【小题2】Wealth could make the family very rich．
【小题3】The family had different ideas and didn't know whom to invite．
【小题4】The three o1d men all went into the house to get something to eat.
【小题5】The story tells us that 1ove is the most important of al1．

阅读短文，根据所读内容在短文后图表中的空格里填入一个恰当的单词

Trees should be pruned(修剪)when it is necessary. A good gardener will cut away the overgrown and unwanted branches(树枝). They can make the trees more beautiful and healthier. But sometimes we’d better leave the trees to grow in their own way. Because the inexperienced gardeners will damage(毁坏) the trees.

First, pruning may be done to make sure that trees in good shape or size. Maybe people want to get a tree of the right height and at the same time to help the growth of small side branches. Then people can make the tree’s appearance thick or give it a special shape.

Secondly, pruning may be done to make the tree healthier. You may cut out diseased or dead branches. The health of a tree may be encouraged by removing branches that are blocking up (封闭)the center and so stopping the free movement of air.

One result of pruning is that an open wound is left on the tree and this provides an easy chance for disease, but the wound will heal(愈合). Often there is a race between the healing and the disease as to whether the tree will live or die, so that there is a period when the tree is in danger. Every gardener should try to reduce that danger of death as soon as possible. It is important to make the area, which has been pruned, smooth and clean, because healing will be slowed down by roughness(粗糙). You should allow the cut surface to dry for a few hours and then pain it with one of the special materials. Pruning is usually done in winter, because you can see the shape of the tree clearly and also it is very unlikely(未必的) that the cuts you make will bleed. If this happens, it is impossible to paint them properly(合适地).

----- _________is that man?

------ He’s my uncle.

A．How             B．What             C．Who             D．How many