Johnny, a lizard (蜥蜴），lived between some rocks in the country, where he liked sunbathing every morning. One day, he felt so       that he didn’t notice some boys coming up behind him. The boys caught Johnny, and he could only escape from their hands by losing his       and running to hide.
The children watched his tail moving about, but they soon threw the tail away and left. Johnny came out to       his tail, but could find no       of it. Feeling so sad, he decided to       doing everything else in his life and spending all his time finding his tail. Days and months passed, and Johnny kept looking, asking everyone       they had seen his tail. However, there was      no news about it.
One day, he asked a boy and the boy       replied, “Why do you need two tails?” After hearing this, Johnny turned back and saw that he had grown a new, stronger tail. He suddenly realised how       it had been to waste so much time on a problem like it. Johnny headed for home.
    , he suddenly found his old tail on the roadside. Although it       terrible, Johnny was still excited to have it back. He picked it up and was about to       his journey. Just at that moment, an idea hit him that he shouldn’t look at the past and worry about it since it was not useful for      .
He then decided to       his old tail there, leaving with it all his past worries. As he continued his journey, all he took with him were thoughts of the present and the dreams of the       .
As we know, it’s not good to look at the past, unless it helps in the future. Let the past go with the wind.

【小題1】
A．interestedB．relaxedC．lonelyD．nervous
【小題2】
A．handB．noseC．tailD．head
【小題3】
A．look atB．look afterC．look upD．look for
【小題4】
A．needB．signC．reasonD．use
【小題5】
A．keepB．finishC．beginD．stop
【小題6】
A．whether B．that C．howD．why
【小題7】
A．onlyB．stillC．a(chǎn)lsoD．a(chǎn)lways
【小題8】
A．hopefullyB．generallyC．surprisedlyD．wonderfully
【小題9】
A．luckyB．hardC．carelessD．silly
【小題10】
A．In a wayB．By the wayC．On the wayD．In the way
【小題11】
A．soundedB．lookedC．smelledD．tasted
【小題12】
A．changeB．continueC．planD．end
【小題13】
A．you B．meC．herD．him
【小題14】
A．returnB．cutC．move D．drop
【小題15】
A．tailB．present C．futureD．past


【小題1】B
【小題2】C
【小題3】D
【小題4】B
【小題5】D
【小題6】A
【小題7】B
【小題8】C
【小題9】D
【小題10】C
【小題11】B
【小題12】B
【小題13】D
【小題14】D
【小題15】C

解析試題分析：本文講述了作者寫感謝信感謝Miss Li給“動物助手”組織捐款以及自己是怎樣成為幸運(yùn)者的，并講述了他和一條受過訓(xùn)練的狗的故事。
【小題1】考查形容詞及語境的理解。句意“他如此放松了以致于他沒有發(fā)現(xiàn)一些男孩從他身后出現(xiàn)�！盇. interested感興趣的；B. relaxed放松的；C. lonely孤獨(dú)的；D. nervous緊張的；從后半句“他沒有發(fā)現(xiàn)男孩從身后出現(xiàn)”可推知“放松了才沒發(fā)現(xiàn)”，所以本題選B。
【小題2】考查名詞及語境的理解。根據(jù)句意“通過失去了他的尾巴才得以從他們手中逃脫�！蔽覀兌贾莉狎嬗龅轿ｋU(xiǎn)時(shí)靠斷掉尾巴逃跑。A. hand手；B. nose鼻子；C. tail尾巴；D. head頭。所以本題選C。
【小題3】考查動詞及語境的理解。根據(jù)前句“他們?nèi)酉挛舶碗x開了”，因此Johnny出來找尾巴。A. look at看；B. look after照顧；C. look up查找；D. look for尋找。所以本題選D。
【小題4】考查名詞及語境的理解。句意“但是他沒有發(fā)現(xiàn)尾巴的跡象”。A. need   需要；B. sign  標(biāo)志，跡象；C. reason原因，理由；D. use用途。所以本題選B。
【小題5】考查動詞及語境的理解。根據(jù)下句句意“他一直找，一直問是否有人看見過他的尾巴。”可推知上句“他決定停止做在他生活中的其他的事情，并且花費(fèi)所有的時(shí)間來找尾巴”。A. keep保持；B. finish完成；C. begin開始；D. stop停止。所以本題選D。
【小題6】考查引導(dǎo)詞及語境的理解。句意：他一直尋找，一直問每個(gè)人是否他們看見過他的尾巴。A. whether 是否；B. that引導(dǎo)詞（不做成分，無實(shí)際意思）；C. how怎樣；D. why為什么；asking everyone后跟一個(gè)賓語從句，但從句中不少任何句子成分，排除C和D；句中有ask故后用whether引導(dǎo)的賓語從句，故選A。
【小題7】考查副詞及語境的理解。根據(jù)題干本句的意思是“然而，仍然沒有關(guān)于它的消息”。A. only僅僅；B. still仍然；C. also也；D. always總是；所以本題選B。
【小題8】考查副詞及語境的理解。根據(jù)后面的意思“你需要兩條尾巴嗎？”可推知小男孩驚訝的回答。 A. hopefully   充滿希望地；B. generally一般地，概括地;；C. surprisedly驚訝地；D. wonderfully精彩地，奇妙地。所以本題選C。
【小題9】考查形容詞及語境的理解。句意“他突然意識到他是多么傻啊，浪費(fèi)了那么多的時(shí)間在它上面�！盇. lucky 幸運(yùn)的；B .hard艱難的；C. careless粗心的；   D. silly傻的；所以本題選D。
【小題10】考查介詞短語及語境的理解。A. In a way 在某種程度上；B. By the way順便說一下，順便問一下；C. On the way在路上；D. In the way擋住……的路；上句說到他朝家走去，故后面應(yīng)是“在路上，他看到了他的舊尾巴在路邊”，所以本題選C。
【小題11】考查動詞及語境的理解。句意“盡管它看起來是可怕的，但是他仍然很興奮找到它”。 A. sounded聽起來；B. looked看起來；C. smelled聞起來；D. tasted嘗起來。所以本題選B。
【小題12】考查動詞及語境的理解。根據(jù)題干，本句的意思是“他把它撿起來并打算繼續(xù)他的旅行�！盇. change改變；B. continue繼續(xù)；  C. plan計(jì)劃；D. end結(jié)束。be about to do打算繼續(xù)做某事。他撿起尾巴想繼續(xù)回家，所以本題選B。
【小題13】考查代詞及語境的理解。句意“因?yàn)閷λ麃碚f太沒用了”，It’s+adj. for sb. to do sth.對某人來說做某事……。A. you 你；B. me我（賓格）；C. her她（賓格）；D. him他（賓格）。根據(jù)上下文應(yīng)該是對“Johnny”來說，所以本題選D。
【小題14】考查動詞及語境的理解。A. return歸還，返回；B. cut切，割；C. move移動，搬動；D. drop投下，扔下。根據(jù)后一句“把他過去的擔(dān)心留下”說明他把他的舊尾巴扔下了。所以本題選D。
【小題15】考查名詞及語境的理解。句意“當(dāng)他繼續(xù)旅程的時(shí)候，他帶走的是當(dāng)前的思想和未來的夢想�！� A. tail尾巴；B. present禮物；    C. future未來；D. past過去；所以本題選C。
考點(diǎn)：本題考查人生百味類短文。

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C．Some people don’t like to go shopping over the Internet.
D．It’s easier, quicker and more expensive to do our shopping over the net.

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This is my family. My father’s name is Mr. White. He is 35 years old. His birthday is October twenty-third. He likes football. He likes vegetables, but he doesn’t like meat. My mother’s name is Mrs. White. She is 34 years old. Her birthday is July fourth. She doesn’t like to watch TV, but she likes to play on the computer. She likes ice cream and all the fruits: apples, oranges, bananas, but she doesn’t like mangoes. My name is George. I’m thirteen years old. My birthday is May fifth. I like all vegetables and fruits. And I like Chinese food and ice cream, but I don’t like hamburgers, because mom says hamburgers are not good.
【小題1】________ doesn’t like meat.

A．Mr. White B．Mrs. White C．George D．George’s sister
【小題2】Mother likes _________________.
A．to watch TV B．to go shopping
C．to watch movies D．to play on the computer
【小題3】George doesn’t like hamburgers, because __________.
A．his mother says hamburgers are not good
B．his father doesn’t like hamburgers
C．he likes Chinese food
D．he likes all the fruits
【小題4】Mr. White is _______________.
A．35 years old B．34 years old C．33 years old D．23 years old
【小題5】George’s birthday is ___________.
A．December sixth B．July fourth
C．May fifth D．October twenty-third

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