A crow(乌鸦) is about twenty inches(英寸) long and black all over. Crows are dirty birds because they live on bad food. Crows eat a lot of waste food. In this way they are more useful to us than any birds. They clean up the dirty things in our streets. Crows are always hungry. They look for food all day, and in the evening you can see them in large numbers flying back to their nests(巢) in the trees. They sleep there at night.
Crows are much noisier than other birds. Very often a large number of crows will get together on one house and talk. Sometimes they talk together, and sometimes they do it by turns(轮流) like human beings(人类). It is easy to tell(判断) from crow’s sound if they are pleased or angry. Perhaps crows talk a lot because they are friendly birds. A pair of crows will live together all their lives, and if one of them dies, the other one becomes very sad and quiet for the rest of its life and some time later it dies too.
【小题1】Crows “live on bad food” means “ _________ ”.

There was a lovely vegetable patch (菜园). A large tree grew there. Both the patch and the tree gave the place a wonderful look, and they were the pride of the gardener. But no one knew that the vegetables and the tree couldn’t stand each other. The vegetables hated the tree’s shadow (阴影), because it left them only just enough light to live. The tree, on the other hand, hated the vegetables because they drank nearly all the water, leaving him just enough to live.
The situation became so serious that the vegetables decided to use up all the water in the ground so that the tree would die. The tree answered back by not protecting the vegetables from the hot sun, so they began to dry up. Soon the vegetables were really weak, and the tree was drying up.
The gardener wondered why and stopped watering them. When he did that, both the tree and the vegetables realized that it was better to help each other. They learned how to live in harmony with those around them. So they decided to work together, using both the shade and the water to grow well. After seeing how well they were doing, the gardener gave the best care to his vegetable patch, watering and fertilizing (施肥) it better than any other patch for miles around.
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【小题1】Why didn’t the vegetables and the tree get on well with each other?

There was a lovely vegetable patch (菜园). A large tree grew there. Both the patch and the tree gave the place a wonderful look, and they were the pride of the gardener. But no one knew that the vegetables and the tree couldn’t stand (忍受) each other. The vegetables hated the tree’s shadow (阴影), because it left them only just enough light to live. The tree, on the other hand, hated the vegetables because they drank nearly all the water, leaving him just enough to live.
The situation became so serious that the vegetables decided to use up all the water in the ground so that the tree would die. The tree answered back by not protecting the vegetables from the hot sun, so they began to dry up. Soon the vegetables were really weak, and the tree was drying up.
The gardener wondered why and stopped watering them. When he did that, both the tree and the vegetables realized that it was better to help each other. They learned how to live in harmony with those around them. So they decided to work together, using both the shade and the water to grow well. After seeing how well they were doing, the gardener gave the best care to his vegetable patch, watering and fertilizing (施肥) it better than any other patch for miles around

1. 1.

   Why didn’t the vegetables and the tree get on well with each other?

   1. A.
      Because the vegetables wanted more light
   2. B.
      Because the tree drank almost all the water
   3. C.
      Because the vegetables weren’t the pride of the gardener
   4. D.
      Because the vegetables didn’t look as wonderful as the tree
2. 2.

   From the passage we know                   

   1. A.
      the vegetables were sorry to see the tree drying up
   2. B.
      the gardener was very angry with the vegetables and the tree
   3. C.
      the gardener didn’t know what was happening in the patch at first
   4. D.
      the tree didn’t know how important the sun was to the vegetables
3. 3.

   The underlined phrase “in harmony” means “                 ” in Chinese

   1. A.
      长久地
   2. B.
      小心地
   3. C.
      有效地
   4. D.
      和谐地
4. 4.

   Of the following, which order is right according to the story?
   ① The gardener worked on the patch even harder than before.
   ② The gardener stopped watering the vegetables and the tree.
   ③ The vegetables decided to use up all the water in the ground.
   ④ The tree and the vegetables realized the importance of helping each other

   1. A.
      ③②④①
   2. B.
      ④②③①
   3. C.
      ②①④③
   4. D.
      ①③④②
5. 5.

   The passage is mainly about                   

   1. A.
      why the sunlight and water were very important
   2. B.
      how the gardener took care of his vegetable patch
   3. C.
      why the gardener was proud of his vegetable patch
   4. D.
      what happened between the vegetables and the tree

When I was a teenager growing up in France, I wanted to leave school and have my own life. The only way I could   1  this was to work in the local paper factory in my town, or get married. I was very nervous when I told my   2  I wanted to leave school. I thought he would say, “  3  You are going to college (大学).” I was very   4  when he said, “OK. Let’s go to the paper factory.”

Two days later,   5  took me to the factory. I imagined everyone to be friends   6 together and having fun. I even imagined there would be music and singing. I   7  I had watched too many movies as a teenager.

When we   8  the factory gate, my father spoke to the guard (门卫) and one minute later we were   9 . I walked around the factory looking at the building, the workers, and listening to the noise. It was   10 . I ran back to my father and said, “I want to go home.”

He asked me, “What do you think of the   11 ?”

“Too bad,” I answered.

“And marriage(婚姻) is even  12 !” he said.

I went back to school the next day thinking about studying hard   13  I could get into a good college. I   14  studying English so I decided to major in languages at college. Thanks to my father and our   15  to the paper factory, I now work at the United Nations and my father is very proud of me. I married a very good man and my life is much better than it would have been working in the factory!

1.                A．say            B．do             C．receive   D．find

2.                A．teacher        B．friend          C．father    D．husband

3.                A．Yes!           B．No!            C．Really?   D．OK?

4.                A．angry          B．tired           C．nervous  D．surprised

5.                A．he            B．she            C．it    D．they

6.                A．working        B．studying        C．singing   D．farming

7.                A．guess          B．mean          C．say  D．hope

8.                A．looked at       B．returned to      C．arrived at D．left for

9.                A．outside         B．inside          C．back D．away

10.               A．terrible        B．wonderful      C．funny D．special

11.               A．workers        B．guard          C．building   D．factory

12.               A．better         B．harder         C．worse D．easier

13.               A．but            B．if             C．so    D．or

14.               A．enjoyed        B．stopped        C．disliked   D．minded

15.               A．way           B．idea           C．plan  D．trip