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　　Susan had a pet bird which she loved very much. She hung its cage above the bedroom window. Every day, she gave it food and fresh water.

　　One day, Susan got sick and had to stay in bed. She asked her brother Sam to feed her pet. Sam was about to go out to play with his friends. He hurriedly took down the cage and gave the bird some rice and water. Then he ran to meet his friends.

　　When Susan woke up, she saw a red feather on her blanket. She thought her bird was beside her. Then she saw a cat jumping out of the window. There were some feathers in its mouth. Susan quickly got out of bed and looked for her bird. The cage was empty. Feathers were scattered on the floor.

　　Susan cried bitterly. She would not eat. Her mother was worried and Sam was very sorry. He went out with his savings in hand. “I must do something for Susan. ” he said.

1．The bird's cage is ________ .

[　　]

A．in the big tree

B．in the small garden

C．above the bedroom window

D．above the readingroom window

2．Susan asked her brother to ________ when she was sick.

[　　]

A．go out to play with her friends

B．take down the cage

C．give the bird some water

D．feed the bird

3．When Susan woke up, she saw ________ .

[　　]

A．a red feather on her blanket

B．a cat in her room

C．a cat eating the bird

D．her bird flying out of the cage

4．While Susan was looking for her bird, ________ .

[　　]

A．the bird's cage was broken

B．the bird's cage was empty

C．the bird was in the cage

D．the bird was on the ground

5．Sam wanted to do something for Susan because he saw ________ .

[　　]

A．Susan crying bitterly

B．his mother was worried

C．his friends running away

D．the bird was not in the cage

阅读理解

　　Susan had a pet bird which she loved very much. She hung its cage above the bedroom window. Every day, she gave it food and fresh water.

　　One day, Susan got sick and had to stay in bed. She asked her brother Sam to feed her pet. Sam was about to go out to play with his friends. He hurriedly took down the cage and gave the bird some rice and water. Then he ran to meet his friends.

　　When Susan woke up, she saw a red feather on her blanket. She thought her bird was beside her. Then she saw a cat jumping out of the window. There were some feathers in its mouth. Susan quickly got out of bed and looked for her bird. The cage was empty. Feathers were scattered on the floor.

　　Susan cried bitterly. She would not eat. Her mother was worried and Sam was very sorry. He went out with his savings in hand. “I must do something for Susan. ” he said.

1．The bird's cage is ________ .

[　　]

A．in the big tree

B．in the small garden

C．above the bedroom window

D．above the readingroom window

2．Susan asked her brother to ________ when she was sick.

[　　]

A．go out to play with her friends

B．take down the cage

C．give the bird some water

D．feed the bird

3．When Susan woke up, she saw ________ .

[　　]

A．a red feather on her blanket

B．a cat in her room

C．a cat eating the bird

D．her bird flying out of the cage

4．While Susan was looking for her bird, ________ .

[　　]

A．the bird's cage was broken

B．the bird's cage was empty

C．the bird was in the cage

D．the bird was on the ground

5．Sam wanted to do something for Susan because he saw ________ .

[　　]

A．Susan crying bitterly

B．his mother was worried

C．his friends running away

D．the bird was not in the cage

“Wow!”¨said Susan．“I have finished my homework and I’m going to paint a picture of our stairs(楼梯)．It’s for a competition in school tomorrow．”

    “Do you need any help?”Mr．Cooper asked．“It’s almost time for bed．”

    “I’ll be quick．”said Susan．“I wonder what colour to use．”

    “Well, our stairs are brown,”said her father．“Thanks，Dad．”said Susan.

    When she finished her picture，Susan began playing with her brush which was still wet．Then something happened．She dropped the brush right on the picture! There in the middle of her picture was a blob(污点)of brown paint!

    “Oh，Dad! What will I do?”Susan cried．

    “My picture is ruined(污损)．And it’s too late to paint another．”

    “Let me see．”said her father．“The paint blob looks just like a spot(斑点)on a dog．All you have to do is to draw a dog around the spot!”

    “That’s a wonderful idea!”cried Susan．She drew a dog around the blob of brown paint．“That looks just fine．You know，few things are as bad as they seem at first．With a little  imagination you can turn bad into good，”said Susan’s father．

    The next day Susan went to school early．

    When the competition began，Mr. King said，“I’ve chosen three pictures，and I want you to say which one you like best．That picture wins!”The children did not like the first one．The next picture was on black paper，but the stairs were red．So it was not so good．Then Mr. King showed the third painting．It was Susan’s!

    “The stairs are straight．”said Joe．

    “Yes．and the brown paint shows up well on the white paper，”said Lucy．

    “And look at the little dog．”said Terry．“He seems to belong there．”

    The children voted and Susan’s painting won．Mr. King handed her the prize-some paints．

    “Susan had a good idea．”Mr. King said．”That little dog finished a good painting．It made the stairs seem real．”

    Susan smiled．She would not give away her secret．But she could hardly wait to tell her father the news．He was right．With a little imagination you can turn something bad into something good!

1．Susan was going to draw a picture for _________．

    A．fun                             B．her homework

    C．a competition                     D．an exam

2．Susan drew the colour“brown”on the white paper because _________

A．she thought“brown”and“white”looked beautiful together

    B．she didn’t like“red”on black paper

    C．she thought her classmates would like it

    D．the stairs in her house were brown

3．What does the word“something”in this passage mean?

    A．Susan began to paint the picture．

    B．Susan finished painting the picture．

    C．Susan played with her wet brush．

    D．Susan dropped the brush on the picture．

4．Mr．King thought that the picture was ____________．

    A．bad        B．good           C．colourful         D．dark

5．Susan’s father thought that_______．

  A．imagination sometimes could turn bad into good

  B．the colour“brown”looked quite nice on white paper

  C．the little dog made the picture bad

  D．the stairs in the picture looked straight

Tea bag drinking is most Westerners' favorite way of drinking tea. Do you know how it came about?
The tea bag was invented in 1908 by Thomas Sullivan, an American tea seller. He was sending out free tea in silk bags for people to try. People put the bags together with the tea leaves into the cup and added(增加) hot water. The tea tasted good, and people thought it was easy to clean the cup. They were not happy when Sullivan started sending them loose (散的) tea again.
Sullivan realized that he had a hot new thing in his hands, and he built a machine to pack the bags. As tea bags became popular, they were changed from silk to gauze (薄纱) and later paper. In 1952, Lipton Tea made the tea bag even more popular with its invention of the four-sided tea bag. Tea bags were soon a hit in the UK, and today 85%of the tea in the UK is packed in paper bags.
However, many people still prefer loose-leaf tea.  This is because some tea companies put not very good tea in their tea bags. But for most drinkers, tea bags are still the easy and tasly way to go.
【小题1】Who invented the tea bag?

A．An English tea seller.	B．Chinese.
C．Lipton.	D．Thomas Sullivan.

【小题2】The tea in silk bags was welcome because________.

A．the tea in bags was free and very good

B．the tea tasted good and the cup was easy to wash

C．people were happy, with the loose tea

D．people didn't know any better way to enjoy the tea

【小题3】The material of the tea bags is usually_________now.

A．silk

B．gauze

C．paper

D．plastic

【小题4】The underlined sentence "Tea bags were soon a hit in the UK" probably means “_______in the UK”.

A．Tea bags soon became popular

B．Tea bags surprised everyone very much

C．Tea bags kicked the loose-leaf tea out of the market

D．Tea bags weren't allowed to be sold

【小题5】The reading mainly talks about________.

A．the invention of tea

B．the way of drinking tea

C．the history of tea bags

D．people' s favorite tea in the world