Everybody has ambitions: An ambition is something we want to do, want to be, or want to have. A student's ambition, for example, might be to pass his or her exams and then get a good job. A player's ambition could be to win an important competition. A businessman's ambition is usually to make a lot of money.

　　Not all ambitions are about success at work, however. Some people just want to be good people, have a happy family or help others.

　　Ben's ambition is to be a sports writer. He writes the sports reports for his class newspaper. He likes sports best, and swimming and football are his favorites. Mary's ambition is to be an artist. She is very serious about it and practices drawing every day with her best friend, Lily. It's important to her. Harry's ambition changes every day. Today he wants to be an astronaut like Yang Liwei who made the first space flight in China. The next day be wants to be a pop singer. Some day he wants to drive racing car. But his mother would be happy if his ambition was to, get up in time for school every day.

　　根据短文内容，判断正 (正) 误 (F)

(1) The writer thinks that if a student has his or her own ambition now, he or she must be successful in future.

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(2) The writer tells us that everyone has different ambitions.

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(3) Ben's ambition is to be a football star.

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(4) Mary and Lily are good friends and they also have the same ambition.

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(5) Although Harry has many ambitions, it is difficult for him to be successful.

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完形填空

　　Everybody has one of those days when everything goes wrong. This is what happened to Harry.

　　One morning, he got up very 1 because his clock stopped. He 2 to shave quickly and cut himself. When he got dressed, he got blood all over his 3 . So he had to find another one. The only other shirt that was clean 4 ironing. While he was ironing it, there was a knock at the door. It was the man to collect money for water. After he paid the water 5 and showed the man out, he found the iron had burnt a hole in his shirt. So he had to wear the one with the blood on it after all. By this time it was very late, so he 6 he couldn't go to work by bus. He 7 for a taxi to take him to work, the taxi arrived and Harry 8 in.

　　In another part of the town, a man had killed a woman 9 a knife and was seen to run away in a taxi. When Harry's taxi stopped outside his office, a policeman happened to be standing there. He saw the blood on Harry's shirt, and took him to the police station. He was kept till 3 o'clock p. m. 10 the police found out that he was not the man they wanted. When he finally arrived at the office at about 4p. m., his boss took a look at him and told him to find another job.

阅读理解

　　Everybody has a home. People have homes. Animals have homes, too. People live in different kinds of homes. Animals also have different kinds of homes.

　　Some animals live in holes under the ground. The woodchuck lives under the ground His home has two doors. If any enemy comes through one door, the woodchuck goes out of the other. Some animals live in holes in trees. Some squirrels build nests high in trees. Some birds live in holes in trees. Most of the birds live in nests. Crows build their nests high in trees. But hawks build their nests high in the mountains.

　　Some animals even carry their homes on their backs.

　　注释　　1．woodchuck[V(DCM)E]n．土拨鼠　　2．nest[Q-KC]n．窝

　　3．squirrel[KEV!T+S]n．松鼠　　4．crow[ET+(]n．乌鸦

根据短文内容，选择正确答案。

1．The text is about ________.

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A．some trees

B．some animals and birds

C．animals' homes

D．different animals

2．________ live under the ground.

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A．All the animals

B．The woodchuck and the squirrel

C．Some animals

D．Some birds

3．How many doors has the woodchuck in his house?

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4．Animals' homes are ________.

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5．Which animal carries his home on his back?

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　　Some animals live in holes under the ground. The woodchuck（土拨鼠）lives under the ground. His home has two doom. If any enemy comes in one door, the woodchuck goes out the other. Some animals live in holes in trees. Some squirrels build nests（巢穴）high in trees. Some birds live in holes in trees. Most of the birds live in nests. Some birds build their nests high in trees. Crows（乌鸦）build their nests high in trees. But hawks build their nests high in the mountains.

A．some animals and birds

B．animals' homes

C．different animals

A．The woodchuck and the squirrel

B．Some animals

C．Some birds