Mary loved small animals．One morning while she was walking in the forest，she found weak birds in the grass．She took them home and put them in a small cage．She cared them with love and the birds both grew ．They thanked her a wonderful song every morning．
But something happened one day．Mary left the door of the cage open．The larger bird flew from the cage．She thought that it would ．As it flew close，she grasped(紧抓)it．She was very excited to catch it．Suddenly she felt strange．She opened her hand and looked sadly at the bird．Her great love had killed the bird!
The other bird was moving back and forth(来回)in the cage．Mary could its great need for freedom(自由)．It wanted to fly into the clear and blue sky．At once，Mary took the bird the cage and let it fly away．The bird circled once，twice，three times…
Mary enjoyed watching the bird flying and singing ．Suddenly the bird flew and landed softly on her head．It sang the sweetest song that she had ever heard．
The easiest way to lose love is to hold it too tight．The best way to keep love is to it wings．
A．some B．several C．two D．three
A．small B．strong C．thin D．tired
A．with B．for C．about D．at
A．return B．die C．fly back D．fly away
A．1iving B．interesting C．lucky D．dead
A．take B．feel C．say D．get
A．out of B．out from C．out off D．away of
A．sadly B．happily C．friendly D．angrily
A．higher B．farther C．closer D．1ater
A．show B．give C．pass D．Buy
When someone says, “Well, I guess I’ll have to face the music”, it doesn’t mean that he is planning to go to hear a singer or a concert. It shows you may feel uncomfortable when you are called in by your leader to why you did this and that or why you did not do this or that. If you “face the music”, you are sure to be less unhappy than that.
Every one of us has to “face the music” at some time or another, especially as . We can all remember father’s words “I want to talk to you”. And only because we did not listen to him. What a(an) thing it was!
In the middle or at the end of every , we students have to “face the music”. The result of the exam will whether we will face the music or not. If we don’t get good , that means parents’ cold faces and contempt (轻视) of the teachers and classmates.
“To face the music” is to every American, young or old. It is at least 100 years old. It really that you have to do something, no matter how terrible the whole thing might be, because you know you have no choice.
A．manage B．attend C．miss D．forget
A．discover B．believe C．explain D．encourage
A．friends B．teachers C．leaders D．children
A．angry B．magical C．exciting D．honest
A．terrible B．important C．interesting D．careful
A．season B．term C．year D．month
A．follow B．change C．decide D．realize
A．chances B．marks C．tools D．choices
A．known B．strange C．safe D．harmful
A．discusses B．covers C．develops D．means
A strange thing happened to me last Sunday. It was such a beautiful day that I to go for a look in the country.
On the way back home, my car stopped. It was out of gas(汽油) on a road far from a town! I decided to walk until I found someone who could sell some gas. I walked almost a mile before I finally found a near the road.
I knocked at the door and a little old lady with long white hair . She said, “I’ve waited for you here for a long time. Come in. is ready.”
“But I only came for some gas.” I answered.
“Oh, Alfred! Gas? You like tea.” said she.
I quickly explained that my car was out of gas, but she didn’t to listen to me. She just kept calling me Alfred. She was very strangely. As soon as she went to get tea, I went out of the house quickly.
Luckily, there was another house down the road and I was able to the gas. When I told the man about my , he said, “Oh, that’s Miss Emily. She lives alone in that big house. She’s , but she wouldn’t hurt anybody. She is still waiting for the man she was going to marry thirty years ago. The man left home and never came back because of the war.”
A．walked B．rode C．hurried D．drove
A．busy B．quiet C．modern D．noisy
A．hotel B．restaurant C．house D．market
A．answered B．returned C．noticed D．served
A．Gas B．Tea C．Juice D．Coffee
A．promise B．remember C．learn D．seem
A．shouting B．crying C．acting D．jumping
A．touch B．buy C．borrow D．sell
A．experience B．advice C．result D．plan
A．famous B．strange C．wonderful D．friendly
Do you know pigeons（鸽子）? They are a ____ bird. They are ___ and gray. Some people say they are not ____, but they are cute and ____. Many people keep them as pets. ____ do people say pigeons are smart? Because pigeons can ____ letters from ____ place to another(另一个). And they know how to ____ home. We often ____ the pictures of pigeons with olive branch(橄榄枝)in __ _ mouths. We give the name—peace pigeons(和平鸽) to them. They are the symbol of peace.
A．kind of B．kinds C．kind D．kinds of
A．green B．red C．white D．yellow
A．ugly B．nice C．lazy D．interesting
A．small B．fun C．smart D．big
A．Why B．What C．Where D．When
A．give B．have C．look D．take
A．some B．two C．one D．no
A．go to B．get C．arrive at D．get to
A．look B．read C．watch D．see
A．their B．them C．they D．theirs
完形填空。（每小题1分）
Dear mother,
Today is Sunday. I ____ go to school. I stay ____ home. I'm writing to you now. Every day, I go to school ____ seven thirty in the morning. We have four lessons in the morning. We read and write Chinese ____ school.
____fifty-five students in my class. Four____them are Americans. The other students are Chinese. The Chinese people are friendly. Now I have ____ Chinese friends. My classmates are all my friends. They teach ____Chinese. I can ____ a little Chinese now. Please ____ worry about me.
Yours,
Kate
A．don't B．am not C．doesn't D．isn't
A．in B．at C．on D．of
A．from B．with C．at D．in
A．behind B．about C．on D．at
A．There's B．There're C．They're D．it's
A．of B．to C．about D．from
A．any B．much C．many D．little
A．I B．my C．I'm D．me
A．speak B．talk C．tell D．say
A．not B．no C．don't D．can't
It’s sunny today. Mrs. White goes out of her _____ . She sees a young man in her garden(花园). He is _____ grass(草) there. Mrs. White comes to the young man and asks, “____ are you eating grass?” the young man looks at ____ and says, “I don’t have any food ____ breakfast.”
“Why don’t you go to work and_____ some food?”
“I don’t like working. I just like eating. Can you give me some_____?”
“Come with me,” says Mrs. White.
The young man thinks he can get some food from the old woman, _____ he goes with her.
They _____ to the back door of the house. Mrs. White says to the young man, “Go out! Then you can find the grass there is very _____. Eat the grass there.”
A．car B．bus C．house D．school
A．watching B．saving C．cleaning D．eating
A．Why B．When C．How D．What
A．him B．her C．us D．them
A．with B．to C．for D．of
A．get B．see C．cook D．taste
A．water B．food C．paper D．clothes
A．but B．because C．or D．so
A．arrive B．cross C．come D．listen
A．delicious B．short C．healthy D．bad