I think the most terrible thing in life for my little brother is getting up in the morning. He is almost sick when my mother calls, "Herbert! It's seven o'clock! Get up!"

Herbert answers, "I'm coming!" and goes right back to sleep. I'm not at all like my brother. I don't like to go to bed at night but I don't mind getting up in the morning. I usually wake up before my mother calls me. I jump out of bed and go into the bathroom to take a shower. I get dressed, brush my teeth, comb my hair, and get ready to go downstairs for breakfast as soon as my mother calls.

But not Herbert. He just sleeps. A military band (军乐队) in our bedroom could not wake him up. I call him and say, "Get up! Mum will be up here to pull you out of bed if you don't get up immediately!"

But he just sleeps. After calling a few more times my mother has to come upstairs and pull Herbert out of bed. It's that way every day with my little brother. Perhaps some day he'll learn to get up on time, but I really don't think so.

1.The most terrible thing in life for my little brother is going to school.　

2.I usually jump out of bed and go into the bathroom for a shower before my mother calls.

3.When mother calls, Herbert doesn't answer and still stays in bed.

4.Sometimes we have to send for a military band to wake Herbert up.

5.The writer thinks some day Herbert will learn to get up on time.

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　　I was born in a small river. when I was young, the river was my home. I did not know my parents, but I had hundreds of(数百个) brothers and sisters. I swam about(到处) and played with them.

　　At that time I did not look like my parents. I had no legs, but I had a short tail(尾巴), so I looked like a fish. Then my tail became(变) shorter and now I have four legs and a very short tail. I know I will have no tail at all soon. I shall be like my parents. Then I'm going to jump out of the water. I'm going to live on the land and in the water, too. I'm going to eat a lot of insects(昆虫)－bad insects. So I am a good friend for the farmers. Do you know what I am?

1．－What is it?

－________.

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2．When it was young, ________.

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3．When it was young, ________.

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4．Now it is like its parents, and it has ________.

A．four legs and no tail

B．two legs

C．four legs and a very short tail

D．no legs or tail

5．It will live ________.

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A．only on the land

B．only in the river

C．on the land and in the river

D．with the insects

　　Each day a red cock flaps his wings and sings,“Get up. It's time to get out of bed.”All of the animals jump out of bed. They love to hear the cock's voice and the cock loves to sing.

　　“He sings so well,”the hens say. The cock nods and feels very happy when he hears this.

　　One day a fox is out and looks for food for lunch. He sees that the cock flaps his wings and sings to the hens.“I am going to catch this big fat cock,”says the fox.

　　When the hens see the fox, they run away at once.“We will not be the fox's food,” they say. “Don't run, Mr Cock,”says the fox.“I only want to listen to your songs. I think you are the best singer in the world, and you are the champion.”The cock is very happy. He thinks he sings best, too. But suddenly the fox grabs（抓取，抓住）him and says,“Let me take you home for lunch.”

　　The other animals notice that the fox is taking the cock away and they run to the fox. The fox can't run very fast because the cock is big and fat. “If I run with you, we can get away,”says the cock. “Run with me then,”orders the fox, and he lets the cock go.

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(2)“You are the champion”is the same as “________”.

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A．You are the last

B．You are the second

C．You are the best

D．You are right

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A．has a red tail

B．has wings

C．can sing in the morning to wake up others

D．can jump

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A．He makes the cock feel very happy.

B．He runs faster than the cock.

C．He becomes the cock's friend.

D．He sings for the cock.