阅读理解

　　During all this time I never stopped thinking about escape．When I traveled across to the other side of the island(岛屿), I could see the other islands, and I said to myself,“Perhaps I can get there with a boat．Perhaps I can get back to England one day．”

　　So I decided to make myself a boat．I cut down a big tree, and then began to make a long hole(洞)in it．It was hard work, but about six months later, I had a very fine canoe(独木舟)．Next, I had to get it down to the sea．How silly I was!Why didn't I think before I began work?Of course, the canoe was too heavy．I couldn't move it!I pulled and pushed and tried everything, but it didn't move．I was very unhappy for a long time after that．

　　That happened in my fourth year on the island．In my sixth year I did make myself a smaller canoe, but I did not try to escape in it．The boat was too small for a long journey, and I did not want to die at sea．The island was my home now, not my prison, and I was just happy to be alive．A year or two later, I made myself a second canoe on the other side of the island．I also built myself a second house there, and so I had two homes．

　　My life was still busy from morning to night．There were always things to do or to make．I learnt to make new clothes for myself from the skins of dead animals．They looked very strange, it is true, but they kept me dry in the rain．

　　I kept food and tools(工具)at both my houses, and also wild goats(山羊)．There were many goats on the island, and I made fields with high fences to keep them in．They learnt to take food from me, and soon I had goats' milk to drink every day．I also worked hard in my corn(玉米)fields．And so many years went by．

完形填空

　　One day in September we were doing some repairing on my parents' old house to get it ready for my youngest daughter's wedding．We had to 　　1　　 a great climbing plant that had grown 　　2　　 a roof beam(房梁), so that we could repair the roof and 　　3　　 the walls．

　　When my husband was taking the plant away, he found a nest(鸟巢)of a blackbird that had made its home in the leaves．He then 　　4　　 something 　　5　　 among that mass of earth and straw(稻草)of the nest．He broke the earth around it into pieces with his finger tips and, to his 　　6　　, saw glittering(闪闪发光)gold．It was a child's bracelet(手镯)．He ran into the house to show me．

　　“You won't believe that the blackbirds not only steal the best fruit we 　　7　　 to feed on,”he said,“but they also want their children to 　　8　　 in a cradle(摇篮)of gold!”

　　When my daughter came over on the eve of the 　　9　　, we told her about this 　　10　　 thing．

　　“Don't you remember, Mother?”she said with a loud laugh．“When I was eight, you gave me a bracelet that I 　　11　　 a few days later while out playing in the yard?It was this one!”

　　As the bracelet no longer 　　12　　 its owner and was dirty, I decided to take it into my safekeeping(保管箱)．

　　In December of the following year, the young couple's baby son was baptized(受洗礼)．Among the 　　13　　 the newborn baby received, I placed his mother's bracelet, now shining like 　　14　　．I hope that if my grandson ever loses it, one of the 　　15　　 that live in my backyard is somewhere nearby．

阅读理解

　　In 1993 an unknown American called Clarence Nash went to see the filmmaker Walt Disney．He had an unusual voice and he wanted to work in Disney's cartoon(动画片)film for children．When Walt Disney heard Nash's voice, he said“Stop!That's our duck!”

　　The duck was the now-famous Donald Duck, who first appeared in 1934 in the firm The Wise Little Hen．Donald lived in an old houseboat(水上住家)and wore his sailor jacket and hat．Later that year he became a star after an eight－minute Mickey Mouse film．The cinema audience liked him because he was lazy and greedy(贪婪的), and because he lost his temper(发脾气)very quickly．And they loved his voice when he became angry with Mickey's eight nephews(侄子)．Soon Donald was more popular than Mickey Mouse himself, probably because he wasn't a goody-goody like Mickey．

　　In the 1930S, 40s and 50s Donald and his friends Mickey, Goofy and Pluto made hundreds of Disney cartoons．He also made educational films about the place of the USA in the world, and safety in the home．Then in 1966 Donald Duck and his voice disappeared－there were no more new cartoons．

　　Clarence Nash died in February, 1985．But today's children can still see the old cartoons on television and hear that famous voice．