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A man had a little dog， and he liked it a lot． He would pat （拍） its head， put it on his knee and talk to it． Then he would give it some food from his own plate．

A donkey looked in through the window and saw the man and the dog．

"Why doesn't he choose me as his pet？" said the donkey． "It is not fair． I work hard， but the dog only shakes its tail， barks and jumps onto the master's knee． It is not fair．"

Then the donkey said to himself， "If I do what the dog does， the master may choose me as his pet．" So the donkey ran into the room． He brayed （嘶叫） at the top of his voice． He shook his tail so hard that he knocked over a jar on the table． Then he tried to jump onto the master's knee．The master thought the donkey was maniacal ， and he shouted， "Help! Help! " Some men came running in with sticks in their hands and they beat the donkey until he ran out of the house．

"I only did what the dog did，" said the donkey， "and yet they still regard the dog as their pet and they beat me with sticks． It is not fair． "

51． Why did the donkey do what the dog did？ He wanted 　　

A．	his master to choose him as a pet．
B．	his master to give him food．
C．	to make his master angry．
D．	to turn into a dog．

52． What does the underlined word "maniacal" in Paragraph 6mean in Chinese？　　

A．	高兴的．
B．	疯狂的．
C．	放松的．
D．	疲倦的．

53． What did the master do when the donkey tried to jump onto his knee？　　

A．	He took the donkey on his knee．
B．	He patted the donkey's head．
C．	He ran into the room．
D．	He called for help．

54． What do you think of the donkey from the passage？　　

A．	Brave．
B．	Clever．
C．	Lazy．
D．	Foolish．

55． What does the passage want to tell us？　　

A．	Everyone has his value．
B．	People treat animals differently．
C．	Dogs are cleverer than donkeys．
D．	Everyone can change if they try hard．

Liverpool

Discover the best music，sport，culture …in the UK

Liverpool MUSIC

The Beatles Story

The world-famous 1960s music group came from Liverpool．Find out about The Beatles at the Beatles Story．

Open every day except Dec.25th and 26th．

Adult：￡15.95

Child：￡7.00

Child under five：Free

Liverpool SPORT

Liverpool FC

This city loves football．Visit Anfield Football Stadium，home of Liverpool FC，Liverpool's favorite football club，and take a tour．

Closed on weekends．

Adult：￡15.00

Child：￡9.00

Child under five：Free

Liverpool MUSEUM

The Museum of Liverpool

Learn all about the history and culture of Liverpool．

Open daily 10：00 a．m．-5：00 p．m．Free!

Liverpool SHOPPING

Liverpool ONE

Find the best shopping in the center of Liverpool at Liverpool ONE，a big shopping center．

Opened in 2008．More than 160 shops，restaurants and cinemas．

（1）How much will Jack，a boy of 6，and his father pay if they visit the Beatles Story？　　

A．	￡15.95．
B．	￡14.00．
C．	￡22.95．
D．	￡31.90．

（2）What can we learn about Anfield Football Stadium？　　

A．	It costs ￡9.00 for an adult to take a tour in the stadium．
B．	It is home of Liverpool FC，Liverpool's favorite football club．
C．	The stadium is open every day．
D．	It opened in 2008．

（3）How long is the Museum of Liverpool open every day？　　

A．	For 5 hours．
B．	For 7 hours．
C．	For 10 hours．
D．	For 12 hours．

（4）What's Liverpool ONE？　　

A．	It's a restaurant．
B．	It's a cinema．
C．	It's an amusement park．
D．	It's a shopping center．

60．We might read the material 　　．

A．	in a geography textbook
B．	in an English dictionary
C．	in a travel magazine
D．	in a storybook

Alex turned his computer off and lay down on his bed．He grabbed the packet of chewing gum that was lying on the floor，popped （塞） one in his mouth and chewed it hard．

He was bored．Today was Saturday and Steve，his best friend，was working as the newspaper boy again．Alex turned round and noticed the new skateboard under his desk that he'd won at his last skate contest．He decided to ride it to the skate shop，because the kids there would buy it from him immediately．

He got up，grabbed his skateboard，opened the front door and rode away．He began to think of what he could buy with the money from selling the skateboard．He thought of the rock CDs．After a while he'd sell them to his friends，and with that money，he'd be able to buy skateboarding books．He'd sell those books back to Steve，and buy a few DVDs．Later he'd sell the DVDs to his elder brother's girlfriend!He could then get the ice-skating video，sell it to his small sister and…

He skated along，a smile on his face，thinking of all the good things when he noticed a small bench on the side of the street．He just wanted to do one little trick on the skateboard，before selling it．He decided to do a kickflip boardslide．He didn't land on the bench and fell off the skateboard，hitting his knee on the curb （路缘）．

He tried to get up：It hurt．He looked at the skateboard．It was broken in half…

根据短文内容，回答下列问题．

81．Why was Alex bored that Saturday？

82．Did Alex want to play skateboard when he noticed it？

83．Do you think if Alex likes rock music？Why？

84．What happened when he did one trick on the skateboard？

85．Could Alex's dream come true？Why？

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Many years ago，there lived a very rich man who wanted to do something good for the people of his town．But first he wanted to find out if they deserved（值得）his help．So he put a very large stone in the middle of the main road into the town．Then he stood behind a tree，waiting and watching．

Soon an old man came along with his cow．"Who put this stone in the center of the road？"said the old man，but he didn't try to move the stone away．He passed around the stone with some difficulties and continued on his way．Another man came along and did the same thing； then another came，and another．All of them complained about the stone in the center of the road，but nobody tried to move it．

Late in the afternoon，a young man came along．He saw the stone and said，"It will be dark at night．Some people will come along later in the dark and will fall over the stone and get hurt．"The young man then began to move the stone．He pushed and pulled and tried everything he could to move it out of the road．But to his surprise，under the stone he found a bag full of money and this message，"This money is for the person who moves this stone from the road．The person deserves help．"

（1）Who put the stone in the center of the road？　　

A．	An old man．
B．	A rich man．
C．	A young man．
D．	Another man．

（2）Why did the young man move the stone out of the road？　　

A．	Because he was strong enough to move it．
B．	Because he knew there was a bag of money under it．
C．	Because he didn't want other people to fall and get hurt．
D．	Because the rich man wanted him to do so．

（3）When the young man moved the stone，he found 　　．

A．	a bag
B．	a message
C．	a bag full of money and a message
D．	a bag full of message

（4）All of the people coming along the road did nothing about the stone except 　　．

A．	people of the town
B．	the young man
C．	the rich man
D．	the old man with his cow

（5）What can we learn from the passage？　　

A．	If we do well，we will have well．
B．	If we move stones，we will have a lot of money．
C．	The young man was lucky．
D．	Other people were unlucky．

Thang﹣ga （唐卡） is a special kind of painting． It was found only in Tibet， China． It started from the Tang dynasty （唐朝）． Thang﹣ga paintings show Tibetan people's lives． In recent years， Thang﹣ga paintings have caught the public's attention． At the same time， the Chinese government has also tried hard to protect the art．

The colors of Thang﹣ga paintings look wonderful and special． Because of the special environment of Tibet and the excellent skills of artists， the paints （颜料） used in Thang﹣ga paintings are different from other paints． They were made from minerals （矿物质） like gold and silver， as well as some plants． The paints were made by hand and the beautiful colors could last （持续） for hundreds of years．

However， with the development of technology， people now use cheaper and easily﹣made chemicals to make Thang﹣ga paints． The traditional paints used in Thang﹣ga paintings took a lot of work and they were made in many secret ways． Later people stopped making the paints and forgot about them． So the skills needed to make them were almost lost． The traditional Thang﹣ga paintings are difficult to find now．

（1）What is Thang﹣ga？　　

A．	A photo．
B．	A painting．
C．	A book．
D．	A story．

（2）Who has tried to protect the Thang﹣ga art？　　

A．	Both teachers and students．
B．	An old person．
C．	Only old people．
D．	The Chinese government．

（3）What were the Thang﹣ga paints made from？　　

A．	Minerals and plants．
B．	Just water．
C．	Only ink．
D．	Only a mineral．

（4）How long can the colors of Thang﹣ga paintings last for？　　

A．	One year．
B．	A month．
C．	Hundreds of years．
D．	A few thousand years．

（5）Are there the traditional Thang﹣ga paintings now？　　

A．	Yes， there are．
B．	No， there aren't．
C．	I think they disappeared．
D．	When I read it， I don't know the answer．

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