A man bought a donkey at the market one day and took him home. Now the man owned several donkeys already and he knew each one’s character very well. One of the donkeys was very strong and brave. Another always wanted to make people happy by working quickly but soon got tired. One donkey was very lazy. He hated going to work in the morning and he did as little as he       possibly could all day long. When the other animals were being loaded up(装载), he always tried to be the last so that he would get the lightest load.

        The man led the new donkey into the yard. For a moment the new donkey stood sniffing(闻，嗅) at his new friends. Then, without hesitation, he came up to the lazy donkey and began eating comfortably at his side.

        Though it was late in the day, the man immediately led the new donkey out of the yard, straight back to the market.

       “You can’t have given him a fair trial yet,” said the seller, “It is only ten minutes since you bought him.”

       “I don’t need to try him any more,” replied the man, “I know just what he is like from the friend he chose for himself. Take him away and give me my money back. I can do without donkeys like him.”

1.Why did the man buy a new donkey in the market?

A. Because he liked it.

B. Because he knew the donkey very well.

C. Because he needed another donkey to help him with his work.

D. Because the new donkey wasn’t lazy at all.

2.The man led the new donkey to the yard in order to _______.

A. see if he is lazy          

B. let him choose a new friend  

C. let the new donkey eat something    

D. let him work

3.What’s the meaning of the underline phrase　“without hesitation” ?

A.没有吃饭       B.未经许可       C.毫不犹豫地  D.　很不乐意地

4.How did the man know the character of the new donkey?

A. By letting him work       

B. By watching how he chose his new friend

C. By leading him to the yard  

D. by pleasing people

5.What’s the best title of the story?

A. How To Buy Donkeys        B.　The Owner and The Donkeys

C.　The lazy Donkey            D.   The Man and The Donkey

词语运用（10分）
用括号中所给词的正确形式填空，将正确的词写在短文下面的横线上。
　　I have a good friend Lily. She 1              (come) from Australia. Her mother is a teacher and her father is a doctor. Now they 2             (be) in China. Her mother 3          (teach)us English. We4          (love)her because she is very nice. Lily 5          (like) eating Chinese food. Dumplings are her favorite. Lily can 6        (play)the guitar and she wants 7     (join) the music club. She 8      (have) a lot of books because she likes reading. She often 9         (help) me with my English and I 10         (help) her with her Chinese.We are very happy.

It’s good for you 　　　 healthy food and 　　　 more exercise.

A. eat; taking     B. eating; take           C. to eat; take        D. eat; take

Mr. Black was working in a factory in a big town. He liked 　1　 very much, and was very good　2　 it. When he was free, he　3　 down to a small river behind the factory and tried 　4　 some fish, but there were very few there, 　5　 the water wasn’t clean. One summer he went to the seaside during his holiday and stayed at a small cheap hotel.

“I have never fished in the 　6　 before.” He thought. “It will be more interesting than fishing in our river.”

　7　 first he caught a lot of fish and was very 　8　 . He gave them to the hotel and they cooked them for guests, and he enjoyed himself very much. After　9　, he did this every day. But 　10　 he got his bill(账单) at the end of the week, he saw it, “For oil（油） to cook fish(7 days), 70 dollars（美元）.”

综合填空(首字母已给出)

An old woman o　26　 her window and looks out of it.The sun shines b　27　.There’s a man in the g　28　 in front of her house.The old woman looks at him and says,“He is eating g　29　!”

She goes o　30　 and asks the man,“Why are you eating grass?Are you h　31　?”

The man says,“Yes,I am very poor.I have n　32　for my breakfast today and I am hungry now.”

The old woman tells him to go to the b　33　 door of her house,and she goes in again.

The man s　34　 and goes to the back door of the house.

Then the old woman opens the door and says to the man,“The grass here is l　35　.”