A small boy lived with his mother and grandmother in a big house. His father had died.

A bucket（桶）of water fell on the small boy’s left foot, and it began hurting a hot. His mother said, “I’m going to put something very hot on your foot tonight. That’s always very good. Tomorrow your foot won’t hurt any longer.”

In the evening, the small boy’s mother came to his bedroom. She had a hot poultice（膏药）in a bowl. The small boy looked at it and said, “I don’t want that. I had one a month ago. Poultices hurt.”

His mother sat down on his bed and said, “You’re going to have this poultice on.” She pulled his sheets（床单）and blankets（毯子）away, and put the poultice near his foot, but the boy pulled it away quickly, and poultice fell on the bed.

His mother was angry. She went down stairs and came back with his grandmother and a stick. She said to her son, “Your grandmother’s going to put the poultice on your foot, and I’m going to hold this stick. Now don’t be a stupid boy.”

She held the stick over the boy, and the grandmother took his foot and put the poultice near it. The boy said. “Stop, you…” but his mother brought the stick nearer, and he did not say anything else.

The grandmother brought the poultice near the foot again, and the boy stopped her again, but his mother was angry now and said, “I’m going to hit you.” The boy did not finish his words, and his grandmother put the poultice on his foot. He let it there for a few minutes and then took it off again.

The boy’s mother and grandmother put the sheets and blankets over him again and he said, “My left foot hurts, but you put the poultice on my right foot. I stopped you twice, but you didn’t listen to me.”

1. The small boy’s foot hurt because ____.

A．he fell off the bike

B．a bucket of water fell on his foot

C．he fell and hurt his foot

D．he was ill

2. In the evening ___ first came to the small boy’s room.

A．his mother

B．his father

C．his grandmother

D．his grandfather

3. The small boy ____ his mother.

A．agreed with

B．didn’t stop

C．thanked

D．didn’t agree with

4. The small boy took the poultice off because ____.

A．his foot didn’t hurt

B．he hated his mother and grandmother

C．his left foot hurt

D．his right foot hurt

5.The best title for this passage is ____.

A．Left or Right

B．A Small Boy

C．The Poultice

D．A Small Boy’s Mother

 

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Lots of people in the world like listening to folk songs. A folk song is a song that is “from the p  1.  ”. Every c  2.   has folk songs. Usually, they are quiet, simple songs. People often sing them with just a g  3.   of a few other instruments. Some folk songs are so o  4.   that no one knows who wrote them or when they were written. Other folk songs are by songwriters who are interested in people’s l  5.   and experiences. Woody Guthrie was one of those songwriters.

Woody Guthrie was born in a very small town in Oklahoma in 1912. Guthrie first learned to play the guitar from his grandfather in 1917. He soon began to p  6.   with other people in the area. Step by step, people liked his music.

In 1929, the economy was bad. Many people were not working, and there were many poor people. Guthrie began to travel around the country looking for work. Guthrie became interested in singing about people and their p  7.   during this period.

In the winter of 1940, Guthrie decided to go to New York. On his way, he created “This Land is Your Land.” The song talks about places and things people love. The last line of the song says, “This land was made for you and me.” These words tell people that e  8.   is equal.

Woody Guthrie died in 1967, but his music l  9.   on. His music is an important part of American h  10.  and culture. And to this day, people love to sing the folk songs written by him.

 

Last summer vacation, I volunteered to work at a vet’s（兽医诊所）. There I saw a lot of dogs. Minnie was the funniest-looking dog I’d ever seen. Short thin curly hair covered her sausage-shaped（香肠形）body. Her eyes always seemed surprised. And her tail looked like a rat’s tail.
She was brought to the vet because her owners didn’t want her any more. I thought Minnie had a sweet personality, though.“No one should judge her by her looks,”I thought. Finally, I advertised Minnie in the local paper.“Funny-looking dog, well-behaved, needs a loving family.”
When a boy called, I warned him that Minnie was strange-looking. The boy on the phone told me that his grandfather’s sixteen-year-old dog had just died. They wanted Minnie no matter what. I gave Minnie a good bath. Then we waited for them to arrive. At last, an old car pulled up in front of the vet’s. Two kids raced to the door. They picked Minnie up and rushed her out to their grandfather, who was waiting in the car. I hurried behind them to see his reaction to Minnie. Inside the car, the grandfather held Minnie in his arms and stroked her soft hair. She licked（舔）his face. Her tail wagged（摇摆）around so quickly that it looked like it might fly off her body.
“She’s perfect!”the old man said happily.
I was thankful that Minnie had found a good home.
Suddenly, I saw that the grandfather’s eyes were a milky white colour—he was blind.
【小题1】The last three sentences in the first paragraph tell us      .

A．how funny Minnie looked	B．how well Minnie behaved
C．Minnie was a beautiful dog	D．Minnie was dying

【小题2】Why did the writer advertise Minnie in the local newspaper?

A．Because he wanted to sell her at a good price.

B．Because he didn’t want her any more, either.

C．Because he wanted to find a family for her.

D．Because he wanted to have another dog.

【小题3】Why did the boy who called the writer want Minnie?

A．Because he loved all kinds of dogs very much.

B．Because he had seen Minnie and loved her very much.

C．Because his grandfather’s dog was too old.

D．Because his grandfather’s dog had just died.

【小题4】The underlined word“stroke”may mean      .

A．抚摸

B．拔

C．剪

D．揪

【小题5】Which of the following is TRUE?

A．Minnie wasn’t the type of dog the old man loved.

B．The old man couldn’t see how funny Minnie looked.

C．Minnie knew very well how to make others dislike her.

D．Minnie was like the old man’s dog which had just died

His grandfather and grandmother _____Chongqing for 40 years. They like living there.

        A. have been in               B. have been to    

C. have gone to              D. have moved to 

 

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1.Animals are our friends. We shouldn’t be ________ (残酷的) to them.

2.The noise here almost makes me __________ (发疯).

3.Do you know who will play the _________ (角色) of the Monkey King in the new film?

4.More and more foreign people are interested in Chinese ________ (文化).

5.It’s not polite to make the OK __________ (手势) with your fingers in some countries.

6.He is too young to ___________ ___________ (照顾) his sister.

7.The student was so careless that he __________ __________ (掉进) the river.

8.Her mother will _________ the supper _________ (为……准备) her family.

9.Tom _________ the __________ (度过晚上) at his grandfather’s house last night.

10.__________ __________(起初), I didn’t like English.