Once an Arab was traveling in the desert. When the sun went down in the west, he stopped and _36_ his tent then, made a fire and have a _37_ meal. When night fell, he_38_ down to sleep.

He had_39_ fallen asleep when he felt a soft _40_ on his elbow(手肘). He woke up to find that his camel had put his head inside the tent. The camel said: “Would you please let me keep my head in the tent to get warm? It is so cold outside. I will not take up too much  41  .”

The Arab was a  42  man, “All right, do as you  43  .” he said. Then he turned on his _44_  and went back to sleep.

It wasn’t long  45  he felt a push on his shoulder. It was the camel again. “Dear master,” the camel said, “my head is quite warm now, but my neck is still cold. Do you mind  46  I keep it inside the tent, too?”

“ _47_ .” the man said. But this time he felt a bit  48  , as camel had such a long neck.

No sooner had he shut his eyes  49  he got a harder push in his side. This time the camel said, “will you please allow me to bring my front legs inside and warm then a little?”

The Arab_ 50_ over to one side of the tent. He made _51_ as small as he could. It was not _52_ comfortable, and sleep was now out of  53  .Soon after that the camel gave his a rough push and said, “The tent is too small for the two of us.  54  , my two hind legs are still left in the cold. It is only_55_ that you should leave the tent wholly to me.” And with that, the camel kicked the poor man out.

1.                A．built           B．made          C．put up    D．set

 

2.                A．simple         B．rich            C．excellent D．ordinary

 

3.                A．laid            B．lay             C．lied  D．went

 

4.                A．seldom         B．not            C．almost    D．hardly

 

5.                A．touch          B．beat           C．kick  D．bite

 

6.                A．place          B．tent            C．room D．blanket

 

7.                A．hard-hearted    B．kind-hearted     C．absent-mined  D．careless

 

8.                A．please         B．willing          C．are like   D．want

 

9.                A．light           B．head           C．arm  D．side

 

10.               A．after           B．before         C．since D．then

 

11.               A．whether        B．as             C．that  D．if

 

12.                                A．Yes, of course    B．No, not at all

C．Don’t, please                    D．No, you can

 

13.               A．crowded       B．comfortable     C．warmer   D．narrower

 

14.               A．than           B．then           C．when D．after

 

15.               A．went          B．walked         C．climbed   D．moved

 

16.               A．the tent.        B．himself         C．room D．ground

 

17.               A．very           B．much          C．a bit  D．a little

 

18.               A．question        B．the question     C．quite possible   D．possibility

 

19.               A．Except         B．Besides         C．After all   D．But

 

20.               A．fair            B．wrong          C．satisfied   D．right

 

 

Once an Arab was traveling in the desert . When the sun went down in the west , he stopped and put up his tent , made a fire and had a   36  meal . When night fell , he  37  down to sleep .

He had  38  fallen  asleep  when he felt a soft  39  on his elbow(肘) . He woke up to find that his camel had put his head inside the tent . The camel said , “Would you please let me keep my head in the tent to get warm ? It’s so cold outside . I won’t take up much room . ”

The Arab was a  40  man . “All right ,do as you please , ”he said . Then he turned on his side and went back to sleep .

It wasn’t long  41  he felt a push on his shoulder . It was the camel again . “Dear master ,”the camel said , “my head is quite warm now , but my neck is still cold . Do you mind 42  I keep it inside the tent ,too ? ”

“No , not at all , ”the man said . But this time he felt a bit 43 , as the camel had such a long neck .

Hardly had he shut his eyes when he got a harder push in his side . This time the camel said , “Will you please  44  me to bring my front legs inside and warm them up a little ?”

The Arab moved over to one side of the tent .He made  45  as small as he could . It wasn’t a bit comfortable , and sleep was now  46  .

After a while, the camel gave him a rough push and said , “The tent is too small for the two of us .Besides , my two hind legs are still left in the cold.  47  is only reasonable that you should leave the whole tent to me .”

1.	A．simple B．rich C．excellent D．ordinary

 

2.	A．laid B．lay C．lied D．went

 

3.	A．seldom B．not C．almost D．hardly

 

4.	A．touch B．beat C．kick D．bite

 

5.	A．hard-hearted B．kind-hearted C．cruel D．careless

 

6.	A．after B．before C．since D．then

 

7.	A．whether B．as C．that D．if

 

8.	A．crowded B．comfortable C．warmer D．narrower

 

9.	A．let B．allow C．make D．have

 

10.	A．the tent B．himself C．room D．ground

 

11.	A．impossibly B．impossible C．quite possible D．possibility

 

12.	A．It B．That C．What D．This

 

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　　He had 4 fallen asleep when he felt a soft 5 on his. elbow (肘). He woke up to find that his camel (骆驼) had put his head inside the tent. The camel said, “Would you please let me keep my head in the tent to get warm? It's so cold outside I won't take up too much 6 .”

　　The Arab was a 7 man. “All right, do as you 8 .” he said. Then he turned on his 9 and went back to sleep.

　　It wasn't long 10 he felt a push on his shoulder. It was the camel again. “Dear master,” the camel said, “my head is quite warm now, but my neck is still cold. Do you mind 11 I keep it inside the tent, too?”

　　“ 12 ,” the man said. But this time he felt a bit 13 , as the camel had such a long neck.

　　No sooner had he shut his eyes 14 he got a harder push in his side. This time the camel said, “Will you please allow me to bring my front legs inside and warm them up a little?”

　　The Arab 15 over to one side of the tent. He made 16 as small as he could. It wasn't 17 comfortable, and sleep was now out of 18 .

　　Soon after that the camel gave him a rough push and said, “The tent is too small for the two of us. 19 , my two hind legs are still left in the cold. It is only 20 that you should leave the tent wholly to me.”

　　And with that, the camel kicked the poor man out.

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Bertie knew there was something in the wind. His mother had been sad in recent days, not sick, just strangely sad. The lion had just lain down beside him, his head warm on Bertie's feet when Father cleared his throat and began," You'll soon be eight, Bertie. A boy needs a proper education. We've found the right place for you, a school near Salisbury in England."

His heart filled with a terrible fear, all Bertie could think of was his white lion. "But the lion," he cried, "What about the lion?"

"I'm afraid there's something else I have to tell you," his father said. Looking across at Bertie's mother, he took a deep breath. Then he told Bertie he had met a circus(马戏团) owner from France, who was over in Africa looking for lions to buy. He would come to their farm in a few days.

"No! You can't send him to a circus!" said Bertie. "People will come to see him. He'll be shut up behind bars. I promised him he never would be. And they will laugh at him. He'd rather die. Any animal would! " But as he looked across the table at them, he knew their minds were quite made up.

Bertie felt completely betrayed. He waited until he heard his father's deep breathing next door. With his white lion at his heels, he crept downstairs in his pyjamas, took down his father's rifle from the rack and stepped out into the night. He ran and ran till his legs could run no more. As the sun came up over the grassland, he climbed to the top of a hill and sat down, his arms round the lion's neck. The time had come.

"Be wild now," he whispered. "You've got to be wild. Don't ever come home. All my life I'll think of you. I promise I will." He buried his head in the lion's neck. Then, Bertie clambered down the hill and walked away.

When he looked back, the lion was still sitting there watching him; but then he stood up, yawned, stretched, and sprang down after him. Bertie shouted at him, but he kept coming. He threw sticks. He threw stones. Nothing worked.

There was only one thing left to do. With tears filling his eyes and his mouth, he lifted the rifle to his shoulder and fired over the lion's head.

1.Bertie's mother was sad probably because she ______.

A．had been seriously ill recently

B．had decided to send Bertie to school

C．knew selling the lion would upset Bertie

D．knew Bertie would hate to go to England

2.The underlined word "they" in Para.4 probably refers to ______.

A．some audience     B．other animals       C．Bertie's parents     D．circus owners

3.In the last paragraph, the boy lifted the rifle to ______．

A．kill the lion out of fear

B．threaten the lion back to the wild

C．protect himself from the lion

D．show his anger towards his father

4.The passage intends to show that ______.

A．animal-hunting is popular in Africa

B．parents are sometimes cruel to their children

C．animals usually lead a miserable life in circuses

D．people and animals can be faithful to each other