Once a circle lost a piece of its own. The circle wanted to be whole, so it went around looking for its missing piece. But because it was incomplete(不完整的)，it could only roll(滚) very slowly. It enjoyed the flowers and the sunshine along the way. It talked with insects(昆虫). It found lots of different pieces, but none of them fitted. So it left them all by the side of the road and kept on looking for the missing piece. Then one day the circle found a piece that fitted perfectly, it put the missing piece into itself. It could be whole, with nothing missing. It was so happy and began to roll. Now that it was a perfect circle, it could roll very fast, too fast to see flowers or talk to insects. It realized how different the world was when it rolled so quickly. It felt so sad that it stopped, left the piece it found by the side of the road and rolled away slowly.

Sometimes, we are perfect when we lose something. A man who has everything is a poor man in some ways. He will never have hopes, dreams or something better.

We couldn’t be perfect, but we must be brave enough to love, kind enough to share happiness with others and clever enough to know there is enough love around us.

1.The circle rolled very slowly because it __________.

     A. spent much time talking with insects

B. wanted to enjoy the sunshine

     C. was looking for its missing piece

D. lost a piece of its own

2.After it was whole again and rolled fast, the circle__________.

     A. felt unhappy

B. could see more beautiful flowers

     C. was too proud to talk with any insect

D. would go anywhere

3.why did the circle stop when it rolled quickly?

A. Because it found a different world   

B. Because it wanted to look for a better piece

C. Because it wanted to enjoy the world as before

D. Because it felt tired.

4.If a man owns everything, he’ll __________.

     A. be perfect in every way

B. have other trouble

     C. share happiness with others

D. have enough love around him

5.The story mainly tells us that__________.

A. nobody loves us if we give nothing

B. a man who has everything is the happiest

C. losing something may not be a bad thing sometimes

D. we are not whole when we lose something

 

A．An animal that helped an unhappy man． B．An animal that died of a broken heart． C．An animal that knew when its owner was coming back． D．An animal that loved classical music． E．An animal that tried to find the old friend．

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1．Mr. and Mrs. Roper had a clever bird．Their son，Robert，often travelled a lot in his work．The bird always started calling “Robbie” a few hours before Robert appeared at the door．______

2．My friend and I had a picnic in a quiet place and played some Mozart on a CD player．Later, we were amazed to find some cows listening to the music carefully around us．______

3．In France, a man with his dog had to move to a new job 200 kilometers away．He left his cat at his old house．About three weeks later, the dog went away．Then seven weeks later, the dog and the cat came back together．They were tired and  hungry after their long travel．_______

4．A friend was moving to another country, so we took his pet goldfish back and put it in a bowl with our goldfish．After six months, my friend came back and took it home．The next day both his goldfish and mine died．I believed the departure （分离）broke their hearts．_____

5．Bill Bowell always felt sad．His friend told him to swim with a dolphin．He made friends with a dolphin called Simo．Then his life changed．Simo made him happy again．______

Allan was born in the city．His father has several big factories and he’s very  1  ．The young man is now studying in a university．Last week he came to the small town to   2  his grandma．And he began to take his summer  3  here，too．He thought he was  4  than any other person here．And he was supercilious（目空一切的）．He often  5  the villagers and wouldn’t talk to  6  here．At first they were still  7  to him．now no one would say  8  to him．

One day a friend of his grandma’s had a birthday  9  ．The old woman told her grandson to go there with her．He had to do as she said．But he didn’t say a  10   and sat alone．At dinner a beautiful girl just sat  11  him．He hoped to talk with her，but she didn’t even  12  him．Suddenly she found there was a fly in his glass，but she didn’t  13  him about it．Soon he found it，too，and  14  ，“Oh，dear! There’s a fly in my glass!”

“Don’t be  15  ，sir,”the girl said with a smile．“It won’t be able to drink much!”

1．A．poor                         B．rich                        C．good                      D．tired

2．A．see                           B．look after                C．work for                D．telephone

3．A．day                          B．night                       C．holiday                   D．school

4．A．stronger                   B．tidier                       C．better                     D．more clever

5．A．laughed at                 B．helped                     C．watched                 D．looked over

6．A．somebody                 B．nobody                   C．anybody                 D．everybody

7．A．cold                         B．friendly                   C．careful                   D．bad

8．A．sorry．                    B．yes                         C．no                         D．hello

9．A．meeting                    B．party                      C．cake                             D card

10．A．story                      B．passage                   C．word                      D．sentence

11．A．next to                    B．behind                    C．in front of               D．far from

12．A．pull                        B．push                       C．see                        D．look at

13．A．speak                            B．say                         C．tell                         D．talk

14．A．shouted                  B．jumped up               C．danced                   D．sang

15．A．happy                     B．angry                      C．sad                        D．sure

Most People don’t like mice, but they love one mouse -- Mickey Mouse. In their mind, this mouse is their favourite animal. About 70 years ago, an American man called Walt Disney created（创造） a cartoon mouse for films. He named this mouse Mickey Mouse. From the beginning, Mickey Mouse is a clean mouse. He always does many interesting things. That’s why many children and people love him. He makes them happy and tickles them. In the film, Mickey Mouse also has a lot of friends, for example, Donald Duck and Pluto. Donald can do many things that Mickey cannot. Pluto is a dog. He always does foolish things and makes foolish mistakes. Many children like these cartoon animals, but they like Mickey most because the mouse is a star of beauty and wisdom(智慧).

1.Mickey Mouse comes from____________.

A．England

B．Spain

C．Japan

D．America

2._________ created Mickey Mouse.

A．An old man	B．A young boy
C．A man named Walt Disney	D．A man named Charlie Chaplin

3.Many children and people like Mickey Mouse because_________.

A．He never makes mistakes	B．He is like a real mouse.
C．He always does many interesting things	D．He has many friends.

4.What does the underlined phrase “ tickles them” mean in the passage?

A．Make them happy.	B．Make them angry.
C．Make them sad.	D．Make them tired.

5.In the cartoon, Pluto is a _________ dog.

A．clever

B．smart

C．foolish

D．bad