One of the most famous nursery rhymes(搖籃曲) in the English language is Mary Had a Little Lamb(羔羊)．It has touched many children who have read it．It is about the deep love between a young girl and her pet lamb．The poem is from a true story that happened in the early part of the 19th century in the town of Sterling, Massachusetts, in the USA．

Mary Sawyer (1806－1889) lived on a farm with her family．One day, when she was about nine years old, she saw a little lamb that had just been born and left behind by its mother．It was very weak and looked as if it would die at very moment．Mary took pity on the lamb and spent the whole night looking after it．Eventually, it grew strong and became a very close friend with Mary, following her everywhere she went．

One day, the lamb even followed Mary to school．At first she wanted to turn it back but her brother suggested that it would be fun to take the lamb to school．During the class, she hid the lamb under her desk．But when she was called to go to the front of the class, to her surprise, the lamb followed her．Though the students and the teacher thought it was funny to see a lamb at school, the teacher had to ask Mary to keep the lamb outside of the school．

That very day, a young man called John Roulstone was visiting Mary’s school．He was so moved by the love between the child and her little pet lamb that he wrote a poem which he handed to Mary the next day．His poem contained twelve lines．

Later, Sara Josepha Hale added another twelve lines to the poem and published it in 1930 under the title “Mary Had a Little Lamb”．The poem has become a classic, loved by children all over the world．The appeal (吸引力) of the poem lies not only in the funny idea of a sheep going to school but also in the true love between the little girl and her pet．The town of Sterling has honoured Mary’s lamb by building a statue of the lamb with Mr. Roulstone’s poem below the statue．

31.    What is the best title for the passage?         

A． Mary Had a Little Lamb                         B． The Life of Mary Sawyer

C． The Origin of a Poem                           D． An Animal Friend

32.  The underlined word “eventually” in the second paragraph most probably means         ．

A． fortunately     B． gradually                C． finally         D． kindly

33.   Why did the poem become a classic?         ．

A．  It had another twelve lines added．     B．It was written by a young man．

C．  It describes the true love between a little girl and her pet lamb．

D． A statue of lamb was built in the town of Sterling．

34.   Which could be the right order of the following events according to the passage?         ．

a．  The poem “Mary Had a Little Lamb”became popular．

b．  Mary’s brother suggested that she take the lamb to school．

c．  People built a statue to honor the lamb．

d．  Mary found a little lamb．

e．  A young man was moved by the story and wrote a poem．

A．  d． b． e． c． a                              B．  d． b． e． a． c                    

C．  d． e． b． c． a                               D．  d． e． b． a． c

35.  Which of the following statements can be inferred from the passage?         ．

A．  Mary’s mother was also fond of the little lamb．

B．  Mary and the little lamb developed a very close friendship．

C．  Mary wrote to John Roulstone and asked him to write the poem．

D． All children were allowed to take their pets to school in America．

We lived in a house with a yard surrounded by a rock wall. Last summer, I found a little____16_____ plant in the yard. We decided to let it continue growing until we could____17_____ what it was.

The mysterious plant appeared to be a sunflower, so I decided to take care of it. One day, as I pulled rocks from the area to get to the weeds, I noticed something____18_____. The sunflowers had not ____19_____ where I saw the stalk（莖）begin. It____20_____ had begun under a big rock and grown under and around it to reach the ____21_____.

That’s when I ____22_____that if a tiny little sunflower didn’t let a big rock stand in its____23_____of developing, we too have the capability of doing the same thing. Once our environment begins to see that we believe in ourselves like that little sunflower, we can____24_____the same nutrient(營(yíng)養(yǎng)) as well. We need to believe in ourselves knowing we have the capabilities in____25_____our desires. Like the sunflower, it knew it had the capability to overcome its obstacle（障礙）because it ____26_____ in the universal truth and had  ____27_____ that it would succeed.

Stand tall like the sunflower and be____28_____of who and what you are and the____29_____will begin to support you. You will find a way to go under or____30_____your big obstacle in order to reach your desires.

16.   A. beautiful          B. known          C. unknown                 D. precious

17.   A. watch out          B. work out    C. give out            D. figure out

18.   A. wonderful         B. secret       C. valuable               D. unusual

19.   A. passed                   B. started         C. stopped              D. broken

20.   A. aimlessly            B. naturally      C. especially           D. actually

21.   A. air                  B. top            C. sun                D. wall

22.   A. realized           B. doubted        C. expected          D. noticed

23.   A. place               B. way          C. course               D. process

24.   A. seek                     B. dig          C. gain              D. attract

25.   A. setting              B. controlling   C. achieving           D. directing

26.   A. lay                 B. trusted       C. grew             D. rooted

27.   A. faith                B. energy       C. hope             D. courage

28.   A. proud              B. fond          C. careful              D. aware

29.   A. environment       B. family      C. friends              D. talent

30.   A. beneath             B. over          C. above              D. around

——How long _____you ____?　

——For four years. We _______ in 2008

A. have; been married; got married B. did; marry; got　married

C. have; got married; married 　　　　　　　　　　　 D. were; married; married

 Hundreds of thousands of buildings _________ if a big earthquake happens.

A. destroy         B. will be destroyed   C. are destroyed     D. will destroy

I saw a woman running toward me in the dark. Before I could ___________ who she was，she had run back in the direction ________ she had come.

A. realize; of which         B. recognize; by which        

C. realize; in which       D. recognize; from which

The girls ______into the company recently have to receive strict training before they start to work.

A．a(chǎn)ccepted          `B．a(chǎn)ccepting        C．a(chǎn)dmitted                  `D．a(chǎn)dmitting

 Has she ever asked for the reason________ may explain his coming late？

A．why                B．for which       C．that               D．for that

—What do you think of his talk on Information Technology?

—Oh，excellent. It’s worth________.

A．listening to　　　 B．being listened to　 C．listening　　　　　 D. to be listened to

Is this the first time that Jack _________ this kind of food?  

A. enjoys                 B. has enjoyed             C. enjoyed                    D. had enjoyed

More attention should be ___ equipment in our factory so that we can increase our production
 A. paid to improving     B. paid to improve  C. taken to improve   D.taken to improving