In the middle of a dark forest, there lives an owl(猫头鹰). All the animals know that he is the wisest(聪明的) among all of them. So they often go to him and tell him their troubles. Then the owl always teaches them what they should do.
One day, a little bird goes up to the owl. She is crying. “what’s wrong with you?” asks the owl.
“I’m not happy at all. I don’t want to be a bird,” the bird says.
“Why don’t you want to be a bird?” asks the owl.
“I am so small, weak and useless,” she cries. “I want to be big and strong like the lion. He is very important, but I am not”
Then the owl whispers(耳语) something in her ear. At once the bird dries her tears and goes away. One week later, the bird came back. “Oh, thank you very much. You are a very wise owl,” she says to the owl. “I am very happy now. Every day, I sit on top of the tallest tree and watch for(监视) lions and tigers. When they come near, I shout at the top of my voice. Then my friend all run and hide. They are very thankful to me. I am useful and important now”
The wise owl smiles and says, “No one in this world is useless.”
【小题1】The animals in the forest visit the owl because_____________

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New Concept English    Lesson 9
It was the last day of the year and      【小题1】     of people had gathered under the Town Hall Clock. It would      【小题2】     in twenty minutes’ time.
…The big clock      【小题3】     welcome the New Year. At that moment, everybody began to laugh and sing. 
New Concept English    Lesson 14
After I had left a small village in the south of France, I      【小题4】     to the next town.      【小题5】    , a young man waved to me. …I said good morning to him and he      【小题6】     in the same language. Apart from a few words, I don’t know any French       【小题7】    .
New Concept English    Lesson 17
My aunt Jennifer is an actress. She must be      【小题8】     thirty-five years old. In spite of this, she often appears on the stage     【小题9】    a young girl. …If anyone ever asks her how old she is, she always answers, “Darling, it must be                                               terrible to be      【小题10】    !”

One day, early in the morning on my way to work, I saw a little girl carrying a small Cambridge schoolbag. I could imagine that she must be proud of her schoolbag. The bag is designed for students, which can hold a lot of things, such as textbooks, pens and pencils, snacks and water! Students just carry it on their shoulders, and it is easy for them. I was really amazed by the wisdom of businessmen.

I remembered I had a green cloth bag, which was very rough, but strong. At that time I was short, so my mom made the bag rope shorter. After eating all the meals prepared by my mother, I said to her, “I will go to school now. Bye!” I ran to school with my classmates. At that time, this schoolbag was so light. When I jumped, it jumped. All things in this bag had a collision (碰撞.. They gave out cheerful sounds all the way along. At the time I was so happy.

As I grew older, the schoolbag became heavier and heavier. My green schoolbag could not be used any longer. The bag was worn down, the mouth was opened, and finally it came to an end. My mother bought me another bag, and it was very big. I liked the Mickey Mouse pattern. The bag had a few pockets and both sides of the bag could carry a bottle. It was convenient! I was happy to go out every day with the new bag. Five or six miles of the trip to school seemed as if it were a few steps away. That year I was 12 years old. Though my first schoolbag wasn’t made in the UK, and it was made by my mother herself, it was still a real Cambridge schoolbag in my mind.

1.________ caught the writer’s attention on his way to work.

A. A beautiful girl                B. A businessman                C. A Cambridge schoolbag          D. A student

2.The writer’s first schoolbag  ________.  

A. was a real Cambridge schoolbag             B. had many pockets                  

C. gave out cheerful sounds                         D. was made by his mother

3.“They” in the 2nd paragraph here refers to “________”.

A. the writer’s classmates

B. all the things in the schoolbag

C. the meals prepared by Mom

D. the ropes of the schoolbag

4.The writer changed his green schoolbag because ________.

A. it was broken                                    

B. the family got rich                                     

C. he wanted a new pattern               

D. it wasn’t made in the UK.

5.We can learn from the passage that ________.

A. wise businessmen make best schoolbags in the world

B. schoolbags brought the writer happiness when he was little

C. Cambridge schoolbags are very popular among the children

D. the writer’s mother was fond of making schoolbags

6.The best title of the passage is ________.

A. A clever mother

B. The history of schoolbags

C. My sweet childhood memory

D. Schoolbag and me

根据句意和汉语解释，在空格内写出各单词的正确形式（10%）

1.He is here in body , but not in ______ (精神)

2.The young man went to Moscow to have _________(进一步的) study.

3.It is ____________ (不必要的) for her to finish the work in half an hour.

4.Gao Xiaosong got a               (惩罚) because he drove his car after he drank on May 9th.

5．Wang Xiaoli is so _________ (幽默) that he is always making us laugh.

6. Carol won the first prize in the English competition.She must be very proud  of       (she).

7.Tomorrow is my grandmother’s ____________ birthday. (ninety)

8. ________, he hurt himself badly in the traffic accident. (luck)

9.Doing some exercise every day can keep you even _______(health )

10.She likes staying in a place alone and doesn’t like sports.She is an_______girl.(active)

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New Concept English    Lesson 9

It was the last day of the year and      1     of people had gathered under the Town Hall Clock. It would      2     in twenty minutes’ time.

…The big clock      3     welcome the New Year. At that moment, everybody began to laugh and sing. 

New Concept English    Lesson 14

After I had left a small village in the south of France, I      4     to the next town.      5    , a young man waved to me. …I said good morning to him and he      6     in the same language. Apart from a few words, I don’t know any French       7    .

New Concept English    Lesson 17

My aunt Jennifer is an actress. She must be      8     thirty-five years old. In spite of this, she often appears on the stage      9    a young girl. …If anyone ever asks her how old she is, she always answers, “Darling, it must be                                               terrible to be      10    !”