Bringing a giraffe into the world is a tall order. A baby giraffe is born 10 feet high and usually lands on its back. Within seconds it rolls over its legs under its body. Then the mother giraffe rudely introduces its children to the reality of life.
In his book, A View from the Zoo, Gary Richmond describes how a new-born giraffe learns its first lesson.
The mother giraffe lowers her head long enough to take a quick look. Then she puts herself directly over her child. She waits for about a minute, and then she does the most unreasonable thing. She throws her long leg and kicks her baby, so that it’s sent sprawling(四脚朝天).
When it doesn’t get up, the process is repeated again and again. The struggle to rise is important. As the baby giraffe grows tired, the mother kicks it again. Finally, it stands for the first time on its shaky legs. Then the mother giraffe kicks it off its feet again. Why? She wants it to remember how it got up. In the wild, a baby giraffe must be able to get up as quickly as possible to stay with its group, where there’s safety.
Another writer named Irving Stone understood this. He spent a lifetime studying greatness, writing stories about such men as Michelangelo, Vincent van Gogh, Sigmund Freud, and Charles Darwin.
Stone was once asked if he had found something that runs through the lives of all these great people. He said, “I write about people who sometime in their life have a dream of something. They’re beaten over the head, knocked down and for years they get nowhere. But every time they stand up again. And at the end of their lives they’ve realized some small parts of what they set out to do .”What does the underlined part “a tall order” in Paragraph 1 mean?
| A．A happy thing. | B．A difficult task. |
| C．A big dream. | D．A beautiful scene. |
Which of the following statements is True according to the passage?
| A．This passage is a description of giraffes’ living habits. |
| B．Baby giraffes can’t stand up until three months old. |
| C．Irving Stone spent a lifetime studying and writing stories about great people. |
| D．The great people can’t stand up after they’re knocked down for years. |
What would be the best title for the passage?
| A．How to keep a baby giraffe. |
| B．Learning to Get Back Up. |
| C．Stories about the great people. |
| D．A mother giraffe and its baby giraffe. |
Mr Robin（知更鸟）had his house in a tree.
His four baby robins lived in it. They grew very fast. Soon the house was too little for them.
“It is time for you to fly,” said Mr Robin.
“Oh, we can not fly,” said the baby robins.
“You can, if you try, ” said Mr Robin.
A robin tried. He flew into a tree.
“Oh, how interesting!” said the little robin. “I like to fly. See me go!”
Then the other robins tried.
In a little while they could all fly.
The robins could fly, but they could not sing.
“No, Dad, we can not sing.”
“You can, if you try. Hear the other birds sing. Look at the pretty flowers and the blue sky. Then you will want to sing. Hear me sing to you. Now sing for me.”
One little robin sang.
Then they all sang.
A little girl came by. “Wow, hear the birds sing!” she said. “How happy they are!”How many baby robins lived in the house?
| A．3. | B．4. | C．6. | D．7. |
What did Mr Robin ask his babies to do first?
| A．To fly. | B．To jump. |
| C．To look for food. | D．To build houses. |
How did the little robin feel when he flew into a tree?
| A．Interested. | B．Bored. | C．Tired. | D．Worried. |
What else did the baby robins learn to do?
| A．To have dinner. | B．To take a trip. |
| C．To have a party. | D．To sing. |
What did the girl think of the birds?
| A．They were poor. | B．They were rude. |
| C．They were happy. | D．They were sad. |
It was very cold. It snowed heavily and blew very strongly. It was not a good night to go out. But David had to walk home from work “I can be warmer,” he thought, “I wear my coat backwards(反方向地).” He took off his coat and put it on backwards. “That’s much better.”He thought and walked on. About ten minutes later a car hit him. The driver stopped his car and got out of it. He ran to help David.
Soon a police car arrived. The policeman ran to look at David. “I’m afraid he’s dead.”The policeman told the driver.
The driver could not believe it.“He can’t be dead.”He cried,“I did not touch him. Look at my car. There is not a mark(印记) on it.”
“He’s dead.”The policeman said again.
“I don’t understand it.”The driver said,“As soon as I hit him. I ran to help him. He was lying on the road, but he was breathing and there was no blood(血).”
“Did you touch him?”The policeman asked.
“Yes,”The driver said,“but I only turn his head around the right way.”
Read the passage and answer the following questions.（阅读短文，回答问题。）Why was David walking in such bad weather?
______________________________________________________________________________. How did David make himself warmer?
______________________________________________________________________________.Did the driver run to help David?
______________________________________________________________________________.What did the policeman say again?
______________________________________________________________________________.Who killed David?
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One day a Chinese student went to study English in England. His family name is Sun. It is the same as the word “sun”. England is a country with bad weather. It is often cloudy or misty, and it rains now and again. So the people there don’t get much sunshine in the whole year. When the Chinese student went to London, a tall English policeman with a large face opened his passport to examine(检查) it. The policeman was interested to find the Chinese name “sun” in the passport. He thought it was pronounced just like the English word “sun”，so he said to the Chinese student, “ I see your name is sun. You are wanted here.”
The Chinese student was greatly surprised. But after a moment the policeman began to smile, “Mr. Sun, you’ve brought sunshine to England! So we don’t want you to go away.”
根据短文内容，判断正(T)误(F)。The Chinese student’s family name is pronounced just like the English word “sun”.
London, the capital of England, is called “The misty city”.
In London, a tall Englishman with large eyes examined the Chinese student’s passport.
The policeman in London was interested in the Chinese name “sun”.
Mr. Sun was really to bring sunshine to England.
One day, Mr. Smith went to a dinner party. He was wearing very old clothes. He came into the room. But people in the room didn’t look at him. They didn’t ask him to sit at the table. He wasn’t happy. But he said nothing.
Mr. Smith went home quickly and put on （穿上） his best clothes. He went back to the party. Everyone in the room stood up and looked at him. They gave him good food to eat.Mr. Smith took off his coat, and put it on the food and said, “Eat, coat!”The other people were surprised and asked, “What are you doing? Why do you do that?” Mr. Smith answered, “I am asking my coat to eat food. When I wore old clothes, you didn’t look at me. You didn’t ask me to sit down.
Now I am wearing these nice clothes. And you give me good food. Now I see, you give the food to my coat, not to me.” One day, Mr. Smith went to__________.
| A．a birthday party | B．a dinner party |
| C．an English party | D．a movie |
When he came into the room, the people didn’t look at him. Why?
| A．Because the people didn’t ask him to come. |
| B．Because Mr. Smith wore old clothes. |
| C．Because Mr. Smith didn’t say hello to them first. |
| D．Because it was night, they didn’t see him. |
Why did he go home quickly?
| A．Because he didn’t want to stay here. |
| B．Because he went home for his best clothes. |
| C．Because the people there asked him to leave. |
| D．Because he didn’t like the food there. |
What’s the meaning of “surprised”in Chinese?
| A．高兴的 | B．不满的 |
| C．感到奇怪的 | D．生气的 |
Which statement is right?
| A．A person in good clothes should eat good food. |
| B．A good coat should eat good food. |
| C．We can’t judge(判断)a man by his clothes. |
| D．Mr. Smith is stupid(愚蠢的). |
根据短文内容回答问题
Joy always rides her bike to school．It’s four miles to school and it takes her about fifteen minutes．Joy likes riding to school．She says it’s good for her health．
Edward usually goes to school by bus．He likes talking with his friend on the bus．It’s about ten minutes’ journey(旅程) to school by bus．
Mary’s home is next to the school．She usually walks to school．It’s about five minutes’ walk．Mary says she likes taking walks after meals．
根据短文内容回答问题How does Joy go to school？
_____________________________________________________________________How far is it from Joy’s home to her school？
_____________________________________________________________________Why does Joy like riding to school？
_____________________________________________________________________How long does it take Edward to get to school by bus？
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（5）How far is it from Mary’s home to her school？
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