Prana was a beautiful dog, whose name means “breath of life”. Although he died several years ago, I can still remember the days we spent together and what he has taught me about love.

I have two apple trees in the garden. Prana loved apples. When he went outside, he’d catch an apple and take it into the house to eat later. The apples had been on the ground and were often dirty so I wasn’t always happy that Prana had brought them into the house.

It was an autumn day in America, but it was very cold. A big snow fell and we had not done anything for its coming. On that special day, Prana went outside and I watched him through the window. I noticed that he was madly digging(挖) holes and bringing the apples to the ground so they could be seen above the snow. I did not know why he was doing this. He seemed to want to do something special.

When I called him back, he had his usual one apple in his mouth. About five minutes later, I looked outside. The garden was completely covered with birds. Prana had dug up all those apples for his bird friends to eat. He knew that they wouldn’t have stored enough food for the coming winter!

1.Prana was                .

2.I wasn’t always happy because                .

3.On the snowy day, Prana                .

4.The birds flew to the garden to                .

5.The topic of the story is about                .

Several years ago, I became very sad. There was something 1_____ with my left eye. At last, the doctors told me that I could never see from that eye again. This was the saddest 2_____ for me.
At the time, I 3 ____so lonely. So I went to my boss and asked for some help. He told me to go back to work.
One night I was waiting for the train. I wanted to jump in front of it. Then a man came and sat down 4_____ to me. He turned to me and 5_____ ,then he said, “You look like you need a 6_____ to talk to.” We sat there for hours just talking like old friends. His 7_____ were so kind. Then he gave me a wonderful hug(拥抱). I will never 8_____ it. Then he went to get on the train. He gave me another of his big smiles and said, “Remember, when you smile, it is because the angels are lifting the corners of your mouth up heaven(天堂).
I never saw him again. But he will be in my memories forever.
A smile can 9_____ doors and tear down(拆开) walls, You can smile at 10 _____ in the street. He will smile back and you will be filled with happiness, too.
【小题1】A. wrong   B. strange   C. different
【小题2】A. thing B. news C. result
【小题3】A. feel  B. felt  C. fell
【小题4】A. near   B. next   C. beside
【小题5】A. silent   B. smiled   C. talked
【小题6】A. friend   B. chance   C. way
【小题7】A. heart   B. smile  C. words
【小题8】A. remember   B. forget   C. miss
【小题9】A. close   B. open   C. break
【小题10】A. people   B. friend   C. stranger

  Mr Beckman  1.  in a company for nearly twenty years. His job is 2.  all the documents the manger writes. His office is on the first floor and the light in it is always poor unless it’s fine. So his sight 3. shorter several years ago. He has to wear a pair of glasses when he’s working. Of course, it brought him a lot of trouble. He can’t see anything clearly without glasses. Sometimes he can’t recognize his wife when they 4. with each other in the street.

 The man looked tired this evening. After supper he 5.to bed while his family 6.TV. Mrs. Beckman didn’t turn off the television until the interesting TV play was over. She came into their bedroom in the dark at half past ten. As soon as she7._ down, there was a great noise under the bed. She understood a mouse came in again. She jumped off and had to turn on the light and tried to beat it with a stick. She made some noise and it made her husband 8.up.

 “You have never worn glasses when you were sleeping before,” the woman said in surprise. “But why___you ____9._ them this time?”

 “Well,dear,” said the man. “I had a lot of dreams last night. I saw my late parents, but I couldn’t see them clearly. So I have  10. so!”

Do you kow that animals have love for each other and their children just like us humans? Let me tell you some moving stories of great animal parents.

    Several years ago a heavy rain hit a town and made the river go up. When the rain stopped, people found that a dog swam to an island in the river twice a day for two weeks. Why did she do so? Her four children were there. The mother swam there every day to feed her babies. This true story moved many people.

    Another story is about chimpanzees(猩猩). A scientist named Jane Goodall spent 4 years living with chimpanzees in Africa. She found that chimpanzees also cared for those that were hurt or got lost. “It is not only humans who have duties, animals also do,” she said.

    Two birds in Chengdu also showed their parental(父母的) love. Their baby was hurt and fell on the street in the center of the city. Cars were driving past but the brave parents rushed down to the road and took the little bird away with their claws(爪子).

1.After the heavy rain, the mother dog swam to the island ________.

    A. to look for food                 B. to feed her babies

    C. to move some people              D. to carry things to her owner

2. The scientist found chimpanzees ________.

A. cared for the hurt or lost ones      B. often left for a far place

    C. always stayed in the same place      D. didn’t care about each other

3.The two birds rushed down and took the little one away because ________.

    A. they didn’t like their baby          B. they were not kind enough

    C. they wanted to teach their baby      D. they wanted to save their baby

4. From the passage we know ________.

    A. dogs like to swim across the river in a heavy rain.

    B. mother birds don’t want to save their children

    C. animal parents love their children a lot

    D. all animals want to move people very much