When I began to sing, they laughed and laughed, which made me         .

A、exhausted                                       B、embarrassing                         C、embarrassed

 

When he finished the 1,500­meter race，he was out of breath，________.

A．exhausted                                           B．exhausting

C．tiring                                                  D．relaxed

A man was walking along the street when he saw a woman carrying a large box. It was half in and half out of her car. So the man went up and said, “The box looks very heavy. Let me give you a hand.”
“That’s very kind of you,” the woman said, “I’m having a lot of trouble with it. Maybe it sticks (卡住) in the car door.”
“Together we’ll soon move it,” the man said. “I’ll get in and take the other end.” And he got in the car.
“Right,” the man said. “I’m ready,” and he began to push the box hard.
For several minutes, the man and the woman tried to move the box. Soon they felt very tired.
They rested for a moment. Then the woman said, “Let’s try again. One, two, three!” They went on moving the box.
At last, when they were exhausted, the man said, “I’m sorry, but I don’t think there’s any way to get it out of your car.”
“Get it out?” the woman cried. “I’m trying to get it in! You know?”
【小題1】 Where did this story happen?

A．At a bank.	B．In a shop.
C．In the street.	D．In the woman’s car.

【小題2】Who got in the car to move the box?

A．The woman.	B．The man.
C．Both of them.	D．Neither of them.

【小題3】The underlined word “exhausted” means “________” in Chinese.

A．精疲力竭的	B．激動(dòng)的
C．充滿希望的	D．沮喪的

【小題4】 Which of the following is TRUE about the story?

A．The man stuck in the car door.

B．The woman asked the man for help.

C．The man refused to help the woman.

D．The woman tried to get the box into the car.

【小題5】What do you think of the man?

A．He is a helpful man.

B．He looks very strong.

C．He is funny and stupid.

D．He likes to play jokes on others.

A group of swans flew down to a beach where a crow(烏鴉) was jumping around. The crow watched them with disdain(鄙視).

“You have no flying skills at all!” he said to the swans. “All you can do is to move your wings. Can you turn over in the air? No, that’s beyond you. Let’s have a flying competition. I’ll show you what real flying is!”

One of the swans, a strong young male, took up the challenge. The crow flew up and began to show his skills. He flew in circles, performed other flying tricks, and then came down and looked proudly at the swan.

Now it was the swan’s turn. He flew up, and began flying over the sea. The crow flew after him, making all kinds of comments(評(píng)價(jià)) about his flying. They flew on and on till they couldn’t see the land and there was nothing but water on all sides. The crow was making fewer and fewer comments. He was now so exhausted that he found it hard to stay in the air, and had to struggle to keep himself from falling into the water.

The swan pretended(假裝) not to notice, and said, “Why do you keep touching the water, brother? Is that another trick?”

“No,” said the crow. He knew he had lost the competition. “I’m in trouble because of my pride! If you don’t help me, I’ll lose my life…”

The swan took pity on him, and took him on his shoulders and flew back to the beach.

1.What’s the correct order of the following events?

a. The crow showed off its flying skills.

b. The swan felt pity for the crow and saved it.

c. The crow laughed at the swan’s flying.

d. The crow followed the swan and got into trouble.

e. The crow challenged the swans and a strong young swan accepted it.

A. e, c, d, a, b             B. a, e, c, d, b              C. c, e, a, d, b           D. e, a, d, c, b

2.What does the underlined word “exhausted” in Paragraph 4 mean?

A. Tired.                     B. Angry.            C. Frightened.          D. Regretful.

3.Why did the crow keep touching the water?

A. It was showing another flying skill.

B. It was struggling to keep itself from falling into the water.

C. It was thirsty and wanted to drink some water.

D. It was enjoying itself by doing so.

4.What can we infer(推斷) from the passage?

A. The crow didn’t know flying.

B. Flying skills were useless.

C. The swan saved the crow because they were good friends.

D. The swan was better at long-distance flying than the crow.

5.What does the story tell us?

A. No pains, no gains.                            B. The early bird catches the worm.

C. Pride goes before a fall.                  D. Practice makes perfect.

 

A man was walking along the street when he saw a woman carrying a large box. It was half in and half out of her car. So the man went up and said, “The box looks very heavy. Let me give you a hand.”
“That’s very kind of you,” the woman said, “I’m having a lot of trouble with it. Maybe it sticks (卡住) in the car door.”
“Together we’ll soon move it,” the man said. “I’ll get in and take the other end.” And he got in the car.
“Right,” the man said. “I’m ready,” and he began to push the box hard.
For several minutes, the man and the woman tried to move the box. Soon they felt very tired.
They rested for a moment. Then the woman said, “Let’s try again. One, two, three!” They went on moving the box.
At last, when they were exhausted, the man said, “I’m sorry, but I don’t think there’s any way to get it out of your car.”
“Get it out?” the woman cried. “I’m trying to get it in! You know?”
【小題1】Where did this story happen?

A．At a bank.	B．In a shop.
C．In the street.	D．In the woman’s car.

【小題2】Who got in the car to move the box?

A．The woman.	B．The man.
C．Both of them.	D．Neither of them.

【小題3】The underlined word “exhausted” means “________” in Chinese.

A．精疲力竭的	B．激動(dòng)的
C．充滿希望的	D．沮喪的

【小題4】Which of the following is TRUE about the story?

A．The man stuck in the car door.

B．The woman asked the man for help.

C．The man refused to help the woman.

D．The woman tried to get the box into the car.

【小題5】What do you think of the man?

A．He is a helpful man.	B．He looks very strong.
C．He is funny and stupid.	D．He likes to play jokes