Once there was a little girl in a village. She spent summers on her grandfather’s farm. The year she was four, she knew some ducks. The ducks were white with orange feet. They lived in a little wooden house near the road. The little girl liked these ducks very much.
Every day they walked down the road to the pond（池塘）. The ducks went into the water. The little girl sat on the bank（岸） and saw them swimming in the pond. The little girl talked to the ducks and they quacked（嘎嘎叫）back.
Then one day the ducks were gone. No one would say anything about them. The little girl was afraid to ask where they were. One night everyone sat down for dinner. The food looked a little like chicken. The girl didn’t want to eat. Can you guess why?The ducks were _____________.
| A．yellow and orange | B．yellow and white |
| C．white and had orange feet | D．white and black |
At the end of the story, the ducks were probably ______
| A．under the water | B．on the plate |
| C．in the wooden house | D．swimming in the pond |
The story is mainly about _______.
| A．eating chicken | B．sitting by the pond |
| C．living on a farm | D．ducks and a little girl |
Mike has a sports collection(收藏品). He has four basketballs, five volleyballs and four soccer balls. He has seven tennis rackets and eight tennis balls. He has eight ping-pong bats and nine ping-pong balls, too. Mike has some bags in his room: four yellow bags and two green bags. He puts (放) the basketballs in a yellow bag, the volleyballs in a yellow bag, and the soccer balls in a yellow bag. He puts the tennis rackets in a yellow bag, the ping-pong bats in a green bag, and the tennis balls and the ping-pong balls in the last bag.. Mike has ________ volleyballs.
| A．four | B．five | C．six | D．seven |
Mike has seven ________.
| A．soccer balls | B．ping-pong bats |
| C．tennis rackets | D．volleyballs |
There are (有) ________ bags in Mike' s room.
| A．five | B．four | C．two | D．six |
Where are the ping-pong balls?
| A．In a yellow bag. | B．On a yellow bag. |
| C．In a green bag. | D．On a green bag. |
The tennis balls and the ________are in a bag.
| A．ping-pong bats | B．ping-pong balls |
| C．tennis rackets | D．basketballs |
阅读理解(共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分)
Lost and Found
Found
Is this your book? Please call Tony at 5010000.
Found
Is that your school bag? Please call Mary. Phone number 5013333.
Lost
My pencil box .Blue and white. Call Tom at 5014444.
Lost
My school ID card. My name is Mike. Please call 5016666.
Found
A set of keys. Please call Jane at 5019999.
Found
A dog. Black and white. At the school gate(大门). Call Jenny at 5018888.Here are ________notices (启事) in the Lost & Found box.
| A．three | B．four | C．five | D．six |
You lost your keys. You may (可以) call________.
| A．5016666 | B．5019999 |
| C．5013333 | D．5018888 |
You found a school ID card. Maybe (可能) it belongs to (属于) ________.
| A．Mike | B．Jenny | C．Tony | D．Tom |
Jenny found ________.
| A．a blue and white dog | B．a black and white box |
| C．a blue and white box | D．a black and white dog |
________found the book.
| A．Mike | B．Mary | C．Tony | D．Jane |
I was really shy in the past. Talking to strangers was my worst fear. But now I am outgoing. Now let me share with you some ways of getting rid of shyness completely. In this step you need to accept your shyness and be comfortable with it. You can start by saying to yourself repeatedly, “Yes, I am shy and I accept it.”
For 99% of us, we become shy when we think if we speak up or stand out, we’ll embarrass (使……尴尬) ourselves. That’s why it’s important to focus on others and place our attention elsewhere. When we stop focusing on ourselves, we will stop worrying about the embarrassment.
This is the most important way. Talk to strangers and force yourself to have long conversations with others. It’s extremely hard in the beginning but each time you do it, the difficulty will decrease (减少). Keep doing it until it becomes a piece of cake.
There will be always someone who is better than you. The more you compare yourself with others, the shyer you will be. It’s no good to you comparing yourself with anybody else.
Before you start a conversation, make sure that you have a small list of things in your mind which you’re going to talk about. I used to get well-prepared before I talked to someone.
| A. Pay attention to others B. Make yourself talk with others C. Prepare for the conversation D. Accept your shyness E. Don’t compare yourself with others |
One little miracle (奇迹) has been happening to me recently, and it gives me a special joy.
A few months ago, I was telling my daughter, Sally, some stories about my mother. Mydaughter was so young when my mother died that she doesn’t remember her well. I told her allI could remember, like how wonderful my mother was and how much she meant to me.
One day, Sally was sad because her grandmother was in heaven (天堂) and she couldn’tsee her. I explained that though her grandmother was dead, now she was still watching over usand could send us something to let us know she was there. She could be anywhere, even ridinginvisibly (看不见地) on the back of a butterfly (蝴蝶). Just after I said this, a butterflyflew down right by us, and we laughed happily.
Now many people would say it was just luck that the butterfly flew down at that time. A funnything, however, has happened since then. Every time I go out in any type of weather I seebutterflies. Very often they fly right by my face to get my attention. I always say hi to Mom, send her my love, and thank God for little miracles.
Everyone is always looking for some big miracles to come out and save them when they are introuble, but they don’t notice the little miracles that happen every day right in front of theireyes. I know what they really are, however. For me little miracles are the best kind. So manylittle miracles happen around me all the time that I know they are not just luck. When her grandmother died, Sally was .
| A．at school | B．quite young |
| C．in trouble | D．not at home |
One day Sally was sad because .
| A．her mother told her a sad story |
| B．she argued with her grandmother |
| C．she couldn’t see her grandmother |
| D．her grandmother sent her nothing specia |
What does the underlined word “they” refer to(指代) ?
| A．Everyone | B．Butterflies |
| C．Grandparents | D．Little miracles |
What is the little miracle that has been happening to Sally’s mom?
| A．She has a wonderful time with her daughter. |
| B．She sees butterflies every time she goes out . |
| C．She can make her daughter laugh happily every day. |
| D．She often sees her mother ride on the back of a butterfly . |
The world today has become a small place. Thanks to the means of communicationandtransportation. Today, people have moved out of their own countries, to other lands, in search of better lives. If you look at any large companies, you will find the workers come from different countries and cultures, working together in it. This has made one thing quite apparent - If someone wants to be successful today, he has to be a global citizen, someone wants to know all kinds of cultures, and he has to know the people he is working or traveling. And, the first thing that a person trying to know about a foreign culture has to do is to learn the language.
There are more than six thousand seven hundred languages in the world today. It is impossible to learn all of them. Also, many of these languages are spoken by less than thousand people! So, there is no point in learning such languages as their utility (功用) is very low. So, a person who wants tostudy a foreign language should choose any one of the most useful languages to learn. “The world today has become a small place.” means ‘___________’.
| A．The earth is getting smaller and smaller |
| B．The population of the world is growing fast |
| C．Communication and transportation are developing fast |
| D．Going to other countries is easier than before |
The underline word “apparent” may mean ‘______’ in China.
| A．显然的 | B．有趣的 |
| C．必要的 | D．可能的 |
There are ______ languages in the world today.
| A．less 6,700 | B．6,700 |
| C．over 6,700 | D．less 670 |
Which of the following is WRONG?
| A．Many people go to other countries to get a better life. |
| B．You can meet people from many countries in a large company. |
| C．It’s impossible for a person to learn all the languages. |
| D．If you want to learn a foreign language, you should choose the most useful one. |