Moving to a new city and state was difficult for me, especially in winter. Little did I know that a Colorado snowstorm would greet me after I had been in my new home for only a week.
I just missed home. But more than the old house and the beach, I missed Stacey, my best friend. And I missed our lovely tea. Going to a sweet little tearoom, we had discovered was a special treat for us. The place was a Victorian dream, with delicate teacups and tablecloths with flower prints. The hat shelf near the front door swept us back to childhood. Stacey and I became little girls, trying on different hats until we found the perfect one for our dress-up tea party. We would then choose a lovely table and order our tea. That was a precious time, filled with laughter between scones（煎饼） and sharing our lives between tiny cucumber sandwiches.
Springtime descended upon Denver, and the sun lightened my heart. But I still fought loneliness almost every day. I decided to explore the Denver area. While my husband went to the office, I took time to see what our new area had to offer.
One day, I was walking along the street when suddenly the words "Tea Leaves" caught my eye. A tea room? Here, in the land of loneliness and pain?
I walked through the doors, and tears came to my eyes. It was a beautiful room, not Victorian, but simple and lovely.
I sat down and ordered a pot of tea, a cucumber sandwich, and some scones. It felt silly and wonderful --- and it felt like home. For the first time since moving, I felt as if this new city and state could be, would eventually be, my home. I would come back here and bring new friends. When Stacey visited, we would come here.
I lifted my cup and made a silent toast. I toasted Stacey, whom I missedly, and I toasted the sweet little tearoom that lessened my pain.
1.The author's hometown ______________.
A．never snows B．is still warm in winter
C．has a long history D．is in an area by the sea
2.The underlined word "treat" in Paragraph 2 probable means ____________.
A．delicious food B．something pleasant
C．service D．a kind of tea party
3.We can know from Paragraph 3 that the author ______________.
A．didn't adapt to the new life
B．felt comfortable in the new environment in spring
C．didn't feel lonely any more in spring
D．wanted to actively adapt to the new environment
4.Which of the following about "Tea Leaves" is true?
A．It made the author recall her childhood.
B．It looks silly and wonderful.
C．Cucumber sandwiches and scones are its specialties.
D．It touched the author.
5.We can infer from the text that the author would probably ____________.
A．open her own teahouse
B．ask the owner of the teahouse to decorate it like a home
C．make new friends in Denver
D．go back to her hometown to visit Stacey
Once upon a time, there lived many doves (鸽子) in the jungle. One day they went out in search of food. They flew long distances 1 did not get anything to eat. All of them were now completely 2.
A young dove asked the King Dove, “Your Majesty(陛下), please 3 us to take some rest.” The king replied, “Have 4, my dear young fellow. We shall 5 get something to eat very soon.”
The young dove started flapping(拍打) his wings with 6 and soon left everyone else behind. After some time, he 7 and spoke to others, “Hey, I see lots of 8 down there.”
Hearing this, all the doves started 9 the scattered (散落的) grains under a banyan tree. 10 the King Dove said, “It is too good to be true. There is something wrong. Don’t rush towards the grains. It may be a 11 . Some hunter must have laid a trap(陷阱).”
But the doves were extremely hungry. The 12 of the grains was too tempting (诱惑人的). Without giving a(n) 13 to the king’s advice, they swooped (突然下降) down and started eating the grains. After having a big 14, they tried to fly away only to 15 that they were caught in a net.
The King Dove said, “I told you before that it is a trick of some hunter.”
All of them felt ashamed and 16 . One of them said to the King Dove, “Oh, Your Majesty, please save us.”
So the King Dove said, “All of you must try to fly with the 17 at the same time and in the same 18, all of you.”
Just then they saw a(n) 19 show up. The King Dove said, “Now all of you, fly together.”
So all the doves flapped their wings together and flew with the net. The hunter stood shocked. He couldn’t 20 what he had just seen.
1. A．but B．and C．so D．however
2. A．excited B．surprised C．tired D．embarrassed
3. A．let B．leave C．permit D．accept
4. A．rest B．courage C．luck D．belief
5. A．slowly B．perhaps C．possibly D．surely
6. A．surprise B．pleasure C．force D．anger
7. A．turned down B．turned back C．held back D．held down
8. A．persons B．hunters C．plants D．grains
9. A．rushing towards B．looking for C．picking up D．dropping down
10. A．Gladly B．Amazedly C．Hardly D．Suddenly
11. A．magic B．trick C．dream D．mistake
12. A．color B．smell C．view D．sight
13. A．sound B．thought C．idea D．care
14. A．meeting B．discussion C．meal D．break
15. A．appreciate B．understand C．realize D．concern
16. A．pleased B．scared C．full D．sick
17. A．food B．king C．net D．wing
18. A．way B．place C．circle D．direction
19. A．hunter B．guide C．adult D．child
20. A．believe B．remember C．tell D．catch
his homework, he went out to meet his friends.
A．Having finished B．finished C．To be finished D．To finish
They were about to leave it began to rain.
A．before B．durning C．while D．when
Mr.Smith, of the speed,started to read a novel.
A．tired, boring B．tiring, bored C．tired, bored D．tiring,boring
It`s already 10 o`clock. I wonder how it that she was two hours late on such a short trip.
A．came over B．came out C．came about D．came up
