The elephant is the biggest four-legged animal in the world. It’s also, perhaps, the gentlest ,   1 not always.

Elephants are like us in some ways. They   2  for a long time—fifty or sixty years. They can  3  things very well. They never forget great sadness or happiness. A female elephant   4 , her daughters and her granddaughters are sad for many months. They stay with the dead   5 . Then they carry a bit of it away with them. They never forget a  6 friend.

Elephants are like us, but they’re also  7 .They live in families; families or females. There will be a few young males-a few “baby boy”. But they will soon be   8 away by their mothers or sisters. An elephant family   9  only its daughters, mothers and grandmothers and its great grandmothers.

The females stay together for fifty, sixty or a hundred years.The older animals   10 the young ones. The mothers teach their daughters and set a good example.And   11  happens to male elephant? Well, the young males stay with their mothers for a time. Then they must   12 the family. The females just send them away. A bull elephant does not often have a friend ,He lives  13 ,away from the family, and away from other bulls.

Sometimes the females call a bull. He can   14 _them then, and they stay for a time. But soon his “wives” and “sisters” send him away again. The females have a very   15   

family life. What do the bulls think about it? We don’t know.

1.                A．a(chǎn)nd            B．but            C．so   D．yet

 

2.                A．play           B．work           C．live  D．sleep

 

3.                A．remember      B．practice        C．talk D．change

 

4.                A．is hurt          B．is caught        C．loses D．dies

 

5.                A．head           B．legs            C．body D．feet

 

6.                A．terrible         B．dad            C．young    D．dear

 

7.                A．different        B．same           C．special   D．popular

 

8.                A．thrown         B．sent           C．kicked    D．posted

 

9.                A．hopes          B．keeps          C．Allows    D．frightens

 

10.               A．look at         B．carry out       C．look after  D．take away

 

11.               A．how           B．who           C．which D．what

 

12.               A．leave          B．stay           C．hear  D．walk

 

13.               A．sadly          B．hard           C．a(chǎn)lone D．noisily

 

14.               A．visit           B．beat           C．hide  D．receive

 

15.               A．dangerous      B．happy          C．beautiful  D．clever

 

 

Denny Crook was a famous photographer. He traveled all over the world, taking pictures for magazines and newspapers, and won many prizes.

“I’ll do anything to get a good photo,” he often said. “I’ll go anywhere at any time, even if it is

  1 .”

And he told the   2  . He had photos of earthquakes, forest fires, floods and even wars. If something interesting happened, Denny went to photo it.

He was a married man and his wife often asked him to take her with him, but he always    3 . “I’ll travel for my work, not for   4 ,” he told her . “You won’t enjoy yourself, and I won’t have

  5   to look after you. Sometimes there’s not even anywhere to   6 , and I have to sleep outside. I often don’t have a good    7  or a bath for days. You won’t like it.”

“Denny, I’m not a child,” his wife didn’t   8 . “I can look after myself. Please take me with you the next time you go overseas.”

Denny did not say anything, but he  9  about it, and when he was asked to go to Africa he said to his wife, “You can come to Africa with me if you want to. I’ve got to take photos of wild

   10  there. It should be interesting and not too uncomfortable.”

His wife was very    11 , and at first she had a very enjoyable time.

Then Denny went off to  12  some lions to photo. His wife went with him, but before long they became separated. She walked down one path while he walked down the other.

Suddenly, Denny heard her   13 . He ran back and saw her running toward him. A huge lion was chasing her.

Quickly Denny took his camera out of its case and   14  it at his wife and the lion.

Then he shouted, “  15 , woman! I can’t get you both in the picture!”

1.                A．dangerous      B．natural         C．convenient    D．impossible

 

2.                A．lie             B．reason          C．news     D．truth

 

3.                A．a(chǎn)llowed         B．refused         C．failed D．joked

 

4.                A．wealth         B．prize           C．pleasure  D．luck

 

5.                A．money         B．time           C．interest   D．a(chǎn)bility

 

6.                A．meet           B．work           C．shop     D．stay

 

7.                A．meal           B．picnic          C．room     D．party

 

8.                A．a(chǎn)gree          B．understand      C．reply     D．complain

 

9.                A．worried        B．forgot          C．a(chǎn)sked    D．thought

 

10.               A．land           B．flowers         C．a(chǎn)nimals    D．people

 

11.               A．sad            B．excited         C．surprised D．a(chǎn)mazed

 

12.               A．find           B．feed           C．drive D．shoot

 

13.               A．singing         B．crying          C．laughing   D．cheering

 

14.               A．threw          B．fired           C．showed   D．pointed

 

15.               A．Hurry up        B．Look out        C．Slow down     D．Go ahead

 

 

Mr and Mrs White had two sons and three daughters. One Sunday Mrs White said to her husband, “The children don’t have any lessons today, and you’re free too. There’s a new funfair(游樂場) in the park. Let’s all go there to play.”

Her husband said, “I want to finish some work today.” “Oh, forget it. Go there and make our children happy. That’s the most important work.” Mrs White said.

So Mr and Mrs White took their children to the funfair. Mr White was 45 years old, but he enjoyed the funfair more than his children. He hurried from one thing to another, and ate lots of sweets. One of his children said to his mother, “Dad is just like a small child, isn’t he, mom?” Mrs White didn’t want to follow his husband around any more at that time and answered, “He is even worse than a small child, Mary, because he might spend more money than a small child.”

1. There were_____ children in the family.

A．two              B．three             C．four              D．five

2. One Sunday, Mrs and Mr White wanted to go to_____ with their children.

A．school            B．work             C．a(chǎn) funfair          D．a(chǎn) shop

3. Mr White liked the place so much that he_____.

A．sold lots of sweets

B．followed his wife all the time

C．hurried from one thing to another

D．a(chǎn)sked a lot of questions

4. From the story we know Mrs White_____ when Mary asked her the question.

A．was still excited to play

B．was a little angry with Mr White

C．looked for Mr White everywhere

D．a(chǎn)te a lot of sweets

5. Of all the family members, _____enjoyed playing there most that Sunday.

A．Mr White         B．Mrs White         C．Mary             D．the boys

 

I was quite close to my grandmother, Julia. We lived with her and then she lived with us. She was a very nice person, both kind and patient. She taught me to read and write when I was young and helped me to be interested in stories and poems.

 In my mind, my grandmother was a great cook. She cooked more delicious food than anything you can eat in a restaurant today. She always cooked for family and friends.

 My grandmother was also a hard worker both at home and at work. I can still remember the difficult time when we were very poor. At that time, my grandmother was already sixty years old but she worked in a hospital for a long time every day –not in the office but doing the cleaning outside and taking care of me at the same time while my mom was at work!

My brother and sisters also love her. We will never forget our grandmother. She is really important in our lives and is always there for all of us in one way or another. I am proud to be her grandson.

1.The writer’s grandmother taught him to     when he was young.

A. read and write           B. sing and dance  

C. draw and sing           D. play and learn

2.His grandmother always made     for family and friends.

A. cakes    B. cards      C. clothes      D. meals

3.While his mom was ___ , his grandmother took care of him.

A. at home   B. at work   C. out of work   D. in hospital

4.At the age of 60, his grandmother     in a hospital for a long time every day.

A. cooked meals         B. worked in the office

C. did the cleaning       D. stayed with his mother.

5.Which of the following is not TRUE?

A. His grandmother is hard-working.

B. Her grandchildren all love her.

C. His grandmother could read.

D. His grandmother worked in a hospital for taking care of him.

 

From Monday to Friday most people are busy working or studying, but in the evenings and weekends they are free and  31 themselves. Some watch television or go to the cinema, others take part in sports. This is decided by their own   32  .

There are many different ways to spend our free time.

Almost everyone has some kind of   33  : it may be something from collecting stamps to ____34___ model planes. Some hobbies are very   35 , but others don’t cost anything at all. Some collections are worth(值得…的)  36 of money, others are valuable(有價(jià)值的) only to their owners.

I know a man who has a coin collection worth several   37  dollars. A short time ago he bought a rare(罕見的)fifty-cent piece which   38  him $250! He was very happy about this collection and thought the price was all right. On the other hand, my youngest brother collects match boxes. He has almost 600 of them, but I wonder(懷疑) if they are worth any money. However,  39  my brother they are quite valuable.

 40  makes him happier than to find a new match box for his collection.

1.	A．love B．work C．enjoy D．Play

 

2.	A．lives B．interests C．jobs D．things

 

3.	A．hobby B．thing C．job D．way

 

4.	A．make B．making C．makes D．made

 

5.	A．interesting B．exciting C．cheap D．expensive

 

6.	A．a(chǎn) little B．a(chǎn) few C．a(chǎn) lot D．a(chǎn) number

 

7.	A．thousand B．thousands C．thousands of D．thousand of

 

8.	A．paid B．cost C．took D．spend

 

9.	A．to B．on C．with D．in

 

10.	A．Everything B．Anything C．Nothing D．Something