Animals, including insects, don't have a "language" like ours. They do not "talk" to each other in words and sentences. But if we watch them, we can see that they do have their ways of communicating with each other.
Can you see the rabbit's tail? When rabbits see this white tail moving up and down, they run away. They know that they are in danger. The rabbit has told them something without making a sound. It has given them a signal.
Many other animals use this kind of "language". When a cobra is angry, it raises its head and makes itself look fierce. This warns other animals. When a bee has found food, it goes back to its home. It cannot "tell" the other bees where the food is by speaking to them, but it does a little dance. This tells the bees where the food is.
Some animals "say" things by making sound. A dog barks, for example, when a stranger comes near. A cat purrs when it is pleased. Some birds make several different sounds, each with its own meaning. Sometimes we human beings speak in the same way. We make sound like "Oh" or "Ah" when we are frightened or pleased or when we drop something on our toes.A rabbit uses its tail to ________.
| A．warn other rabbits when they are in danger |
| B．tell other rabbits where food is |
| C．make itself look fierce |
| D．help it to run fast |
When a cobra is angry, it ________.
| A．makes a loud noise |
| B．raises its head |
| C．moves up and down |
| D．does a little dance |
Several different sounds can be made by a ________.
| A．rabbit | B．bee | C．bird | D．fish |
From the passage, we know that ______ use words and sentences to express ideas and thoughts.
| A．all living things | B．all animals |
| C．some birds | D．human beings |
A friend of mine named Paul received an expensive car from his brother as a Christmas present. On Christmas Eve when Paul came out of his office, a street urchin（顽童） was walking around the shining car. “Is this your car, Paul?” he asked.
Paul answered, “Yes, my brother gave it to me for Christmas.” The boy was surprised. “You mean your brother gave it to you and it didn’t cost you nothing ? Boy, I wish…”He hesitated.(犹豫)
Of course Paul knew what he was going to wish for. He was going to wish he had a brother like that. But what the boy said surprised Paul greatly.
“I wish,” the boy went on, “that I could be a brother like that.” Paul looked at the boy in surprise, then he said again, “Would you like to take a ride in my car?”
“Oh yes, I’d love that.”
After a short ride, the boy turned and with his eyes shining, said, “Paul, would you mind driving in front of my house?”
Paul smiled a little. He thought he knew what the boy wanted. He wanted to show his neighbours that he could ride home in a big car. But Paul was wrong again. “Will you stop where those two steps are?” the boy asked.
He ran up to the steps. Then in a short while Paul heard him coming back, but he was not coming fast. He was carrying his little crippled （残疾）brother. He sat him down on the step and
pointed to the car.
“There she is, Buddy, just like I told you upstairs. His brother gave it to him for Christmas and it didn’t cost him a cent（美分）. And some day I’m going to give you one just like it …then you can see for yourself all the nice things in the Christmas window that I’ve been trying to tell you about.”
Paul got out and lifted the boy to the front seat of his car. The shining-eyed older brother climbed in beside him and the three of them began an unforgettable holiday ride.
根据短文内容，选择正确案。The street urchin was very surprised when ________.
A. Paul received an expensive car
B. Paul told him about the car
C. he saw the shining car From the story we can see the urchin ______.
A. wished to give his brother a car
B. wanted Paul’s brother to give him a car
C. wished he could have a brother like Paul’sThe urchin asked Paul to stop his car in front of his house ____________
A. to show his neighbours the big car
B. to show he had a rich friend
C. to tell his brother about his wishWe can infer（推断） from the story that______.
A. Paul couldn’t understand the urchin
B. the urchin had a deep love for his brother
C. the urchin wished to have a rich brotherThe best name of the story is ________
A. A Christmas Present
B. A Street Urchin
C. A Brother Like That
Once there were two brothers. They were very good to each other. They were half brothers because the elder brother’s mother was dead, and then his father married again. The stepmother （继母）was not kind to the elder brother, but the younger brother loved him and often helped him.
One day, the mother gave each of the brothers a box of seeds(种子) and enough food for a few days. She said to them, “Take them. Go and plant them. One of you must plant them on the east hill, and the other on the west hill. Don’t come back if the seeds don’t come out. ” The mother gave very bad seeds to the elder brother, but the two brothers didn’t know this, and set out the next morning.
When they came to a bridge, they sat down to rest. After that, they got up to say good-bye to each other, but they took the wrong boxes of seeds!
Ten days later, the elder brother’s seeds began to grow and he came back. But the younger brother did not return home because his seeds didn’t grow. At last, he died on the hill.
根据短文内容，选择正确案。One day, the mother gave two boxes of seeds _________
| A．only to the elder son | B．only to the younger son |
| C．to their father | D．to the two sons |
The mother asked the two brothers to _________.
| A．plant the seeds on the west hill | B．come back soon after they planted the seeds |
| C．plant the seeds on two hills | D．take the trees and plant them. |
In fact the mother wanted __________
| A．the two brothers to plant trees | B．the two brothers to work hard |
| C．the elder brother to die | D．the younger brother to die |
Which of the following is NOT true?
| A．The mother was not kind to the elder brother |
| B．The younger brother loved the elder brother |
| C．The younger brother had two mothers |
| D．The elder brother had two mothers |
The story tells us that ________.
| A．one mustn’t do bad things | B．one mustn’t take the wrong box |
| C．one must help others | D．one must use good seeds |
Mrs. Smith often felt lonely when her husband went to work. The room was small and she always spent only half an hour tidying it. She couldn’t get up early in the morning, so Mr. Smith had to cook breakfast himself. She usually had some bread and milk for lunch and only cooked supper for herself and her husband. They had no TV. Mr. Smith always went to bed at nine.
It was a winter morning. The sun was shining and it was warmer outside than it was in the room. The woman sat on the step of a shop, looking at the busy traffic. At that moment, a man with a map in his hand was coming towards her.
“Excuse me, madam.” said the man.”Could you tell me how to get to the nearest hospital, please?”
Mrs. Smith looked at him up and down. “He seems a farmer.” the woman said to herself. “Let me laugh at him.”
Then she turned to him and said, “Lie down in the middle of the street, and you’ll soon be sent to a hospital.”
“Please set an example to me, then.” said the man.
She had to tell him the way and then she said, “I think you must be in a city for the first time. It’s much more beautiful than the field. Is that right?”
“Yes, madam,” said the farmer with a smile. “But I think it is built on the field!”
根据短文内容，判断句子正误,对的在括号内填“T”,错的填“F”。(5分)Mrs. Smith spent much time tidying the room.
Mr Smith always went to bed at 9 because he had to cook breakfast the next morning.
Mrs. Smith met a man with a map on a winter morning.
The woman was glad to help the man.
The farmer answered the woman cleverly.
Young people should be enjoying the best time of their lives . but those in their twenties or thirties are in worse health than their parents ,a British survey has found .
Drinking too much , eating fast food and being ＿short of_________exercise all have a bad influence on young people .As a result , the young are more likely to have headaches , catch colds or become stressed than their parents .
According to the survey , those aged between 18 and 34 are three times more likely to catch colds than the older people . The following are the main reasons .
The old people usually eat more healthily .More than four in ten old people eat five or more part of fruit or vegetables a day . It’s twice the number of the young men and woman . Six in ten old people cook their own meals every day .., compared to less than one third of the young people . Almost 10％ of the young people admit that they eat fast food for every meal and 2% say they only eat at restaurants .
The old people are also more likely to take a lot of exercise . 12% of them spend at 30 minutes doing exercise each day . They are healthier . However ,only 9% of the young do so .
根据短文内容，选择正确答案。The survey was made in _________.
| A．China | B． Japan | C． America | D．the UK |
The underlined phrase “short of “ means ________in Chinese .
| A．缺乏 | B．少于 | C．短小 | D．除------外 |
According to the survey , the parents are less likely to ________than children .
| A．feel relaxed | B．catch colds |
| C．do exercise | D． eat at home |
Among the old people ,_________in 100 usually have meals at home .
| A． 10 | B． 30 | C． 40 | D． 60 |
According the survey ,____________young people take a lot of exercise .
| A． 20% | B． 30% | C． 15% | D． 9% |
Do you remember the things happened many years ago ? Do you remember all the names of your friends? Do you have a good memory ?
A good memory is a great help in learning language . Everybody learns his own language by remembering what he learns when he is a little child. And some children , who live abroad with their parents ,seem to learn two languages more easily . In native school it is not easy to learn a second language because the pupils have so little time for it . and they are busy with other subjects . A man’s mind is like a camera, but it takes photos not only of what we see but of what we feel ,hear, smell and taste . When we take a real photo with a camera ,there is much to do before the photo is finished and ready to show to our friends . In the same way there is much work to do be done before we can keep a picture forever in our mind . Memory is the diary that we all carry about with us .
根据短文内容，选择正确答案。We usually begin to learn a language by ______it first .
| A．speaking | B．seeing | C． hearing | D．feeling |
If you have a good _______,you’ll have less difficulty in learning something .
| A．photo | B．picture | C．memory | D． camera |
The children who live in abroad can learn two languages more easily , because _________.
| A．they are very clever |
| B．they have good teachers |
| C． they have more chances to use these languages |
| D．they have a better life |
From the passage ,we know that one’s mind is like _________.
| A．a photo | B．a language | C． a diary | D．a camera |
A camera takes photos of what can be __________.
| A．seen | B．felt | C． heard | D． smelt |