Animals are natural resources that people have wasted all through our history.

Animals have been killed for their fur and feathers, for food, for sport, and simply because they were in the way. Thousands of kinds of animals have disappeared from the earth forever. Hundreds more are on the danger list today. About 170 kinds in the United States alone are considered in danger.

Why should people care? Because we need animals. And because once they are gone, there will never be any more.

Animals are more than beautiful or interesting or a source of food. Every animal has its place in the balance of nature. Destroying one kind of animal can create many problems.

For example, when farmers killed large numbers of hawks(鹰), the farmers’ stores of corn and grain were destroyed by rats and mice. Why? Because hawks eat rats and mice. With no hawks to keep down their numbers, the rats and mice multiplied(繁殖) quickly.

Luckily, some people are working to help save the animals. Some groups raise money to let people know about the problem. And they try to get the governments to pass laws protecting animals in danger.

Quite a few countries have passed laws. These laws forbid the killing of any animal or plant on the danger list. Slowly, the number of some animals in danger is growing.

1.Why do people kill animals?

A. They kill animals for something they need.

B. They kill animals to raise some money.

C. Animals destroy their natural resources.

D. Animals create many problems.

2.Animals are important to us mainly because ______.

A. they give us a source of food      

B. they are beautiful and lovely

C. they keep the balance of nature    

D. they give us a lot of pleasure

3.Which of the following is NOT true?

A. People care much about animals because they need them.

B. Once a certain kind of animal is gone forever, there will never be any more.

C. Killing all rats and mice may cause some new problems.

D. People must not kill any animal or plant.

Once upon a time there lived an old man in a nice cottage with a large garden. The old man was seen     his flowers all the time. They were so well-tended that every passer-by could not but    for a glance.

One day a young man went by the garden. He gazed at the splendid garden,     in admiration at the beauty of these sceneries. Then, suddenly he     the old gardener was blind.      , the young man asked, “Why are you busy tending these flowers every day which you can’t     in fact?” The old man smiled and answered that “ I can tell you          reasons. First I was a           when I was young, and I really like this job. Second, although I can’t see these flowers, yet I can       them. Third，I can smell sweetness of them. As to the last one, that’s     .

“Me? But you don’t know me,” responded the young man      .

“Yeah, it’s            that I don’t know you. But I know everyone knows flowers and would never     them down. I know the beauty of my garden will get many people into a good      . In the meantime, it also     a chance to me to have a word with you here and to enjoy the happiness these flowers have brought us.”

The old man’s     astonished me. The blind man grows flowers and    them as a link of minds so as to make     enjoy the sunshine in spring. Isn’t it one kind of happiness？

I believe every flower has   with which they can see the kindness of the man’s heart. The blind man grows flowers in his heart. Though   to see the beauty of blossoming, he surely can hear the voice of it, I suppose.

1.A. loving       B. watering       C. tending      D. planting

2.A. stop     　　B. stay           C. live         D. run

3.A. kept         B. dropped       C. fallen       D. lost

4.A. realized      B. noticed        C. felt          D. thought

5.A. Excited      B. Frightened    C. Shocked     D. Satisfied

6.A. feel          B. see           C.hear          D.eat

7.A. one          B. two           C. three         D. four

8.A. gardener     B. teacher        C. farmer        D. painter

9.A. taste          B. plant          C. touch         D. appreciate

10.A. it            B. me           C. them         D. you

11.A. with pleasure B. in surprise     C. with hope     D. in anger

12.A. true         B. possible       C. a pity         D. a shame

13.A. put          B. turn          C. get           D. knock

14.A. mind         B. life            C. future        D. mood

15.A. introduces    B. offers         C. stands        D. leaves

16.A. words        B. behavior       C. story         D. attitudes

17.A. treats        B. acts           C. works        D. serves

18.A. anybody     B. somebody      C. everybody     D. nobody

19.A. ears         B. soul           C. eyes         D. heart

20.A. refusing     B. trying         C. pretending     D. Failing

We will be shown around the city: schools, museums, and some other places, _____ other visitors seldom go.

A. what          B. which    

C. when            D. where

--- Is Bob still performing?

--- I’m afraid not. He is said _______ the stage already, as he has become an official.

A. to have left    B. to leave  

C. to have been left    D. be leaving

．_______ we can afford it, we wouldn’t go abroad for our vacation.

A. As long as     B. Whenever      

C. Even though     D. In case

While shopping, people sometimes can’t help _______ into buying something they don’t really need.

A．to persuade         B．persuading   

C．being persuaded     D．be persuaded

Wendy hurried to the airport, only ______ the pop singer had left.

A．told              B．telling             

C．to tell           D．to be told

Sarah looked at ______ picture she had taken in the park with _______ delight．

A．the; a          B．/; a         

C．the; /         D．a; the

When parents came to visit our school last week, Tom _______ them into the classroom.

A．was conducting   B．would conduct  

C．conducted   D．has conducted

I don’t like to ask people for help as a rule but I wonder if you could ______ me a favour.

A．make             B．do                 

C．find             D．get