Chuck,unlike other frogs,didn't like catching flies himself. But he did love eating them.
Some frogs thought Chuck was lazy. Some believed he must think he was too good for them. Some thought Chuck was the strangest frog ever.
That didn't matter to Chuck. Each morning,Chuck jumped over and sat under the spider's web. Then when Lady Eightlegs went off to dip (浸) her feet in the pond,Chuck ate flies from her web.
One morning while Chuck was enjoying his fly breakfast,Lady Eightlegs returned and caught him.
“You're the one who keeps eating my flies!”she cried.
Chuck jumped away and into the pond. Now there was an idea!Why not spin (结) his own web?
He collected some vines (葡萄藤) from a nearby farm. Then he began to spin his web. He worked on his web for hours,until very late at night. And then he fell asleep.
When he woke up the next morning,he found that he got caught by the vines.
“Help!”he shouted.
Lady Eightlegs looked up from the edge of the pond. She hurried up to help Chuck out of the vine web.
“No matter how hard I try,I can't spin a spider's web,”Chuck said.
“Of course not,”Lady Eightlegs said. “You're a frog. Frogs can't spin spider's webs any better than spiders can swim,I guess.”
“But I always see you in the water,”Chuck said.
“I only wade in (蹚水) up to my knees,”Lady Eightlegs sighed. “How wonderful it would be to swim in the middle of the pond and float (漂浮) peacefully under the sun.”
Chuck smiled,“I have an idea.”
From that day forward,Chuck carried Lady Eightlegs out to the middle of the pond,where they floated and played together. When they returned to land,they shared a breakfast of flies from her spider's web.
It wasn't exactly an ordinary friendship. But Chuck was not an ordinary frog.
1.The second paragraph is written to show that Chuck ______.
A.was different from other frogs B.didn't get along well with other frogs
C.led a lonely life D.was a proud frog
2.What do we know about Chuck's web?
A.Lady Eightlegs helped Chuck spin it. B.It was successfully spun by Chuck.
C.It was spun far from the pond. D.Chuck failed to spin it himself.
3.It can be inferred from the text that ______.
A.Chuck had tried to catch Lady Eightlegs B.Chuck had difficulty collecting vines
C.Lady Eightlegs was very wise D.Lady Eightlegs swam well
4.What was Lady Eightlegs' attitude towards Chuck in the end?
A.Worried. B.Friendly. C.Doubtful. D.Cold.
Every night,I watched for Miss Ellen's lights to go off. She lives next door and we are best friends,____I'm young and she's old. We both like dogs,cats and birds. Miss Ellen has another best friend,her ____,Imogene. Soon as her lights were off,I went into our kitchen and got a(n) ____ to say goodnight to Imogene.
“Imogene?” I kept my voice ____ because Imogene is old and I didn't want to ____ her.
Imogene looked at me ____ I put the egg under her. She seemed to ___ sitting on that egg. I guessed it must ____ her of good old times.
Every morning,I went to Miss Ellen's home to ____ her bread while she ate Imogene's egg.“ I should let you eat the egg too,but it's Imogene's ___ to me,”she said.
When Imogene stopped laying eggs last year,Miss Ellen became ____ and quiet. That was before I started ____ giving her one of Mom's every night.
One morning when I got to Miss Ellen's kitchen,something was ___.Miss Ellen seldom allowed Imogene in the house,but that day she was on the table. Miss Ellen was ____,holding two eggs in her hands.
“Can you ____ it?My Imogene laid this herself!It's not one of your mother's. Oh!Oh!”She ____and put her hand over her mouth.
I looked at her in ____.“You knew?”
“Yes. I'm sorry. To tell the truth,Imogene ____ that you come to visit her every day. She didn't want you to stop. So we decided to keep ____.”
It took a minute for me to ____.Then I figured it out. Both of them wanted me to come. I touched Imogene's head and smiled at Miss Ellen.
1.A. for B.yet C.though D.because
2.A. dog B.cat C.bird D.hen
3.A. egg B.apple C.cake D.drink
4.A. firm B.soft C.loud D.pleasant
5.A. lose B.hurt C.keep D.frighten
6.A. unless B.since C.as D.if
7.A. like B.consider C.regret D.mind
8.A. tell B.remind C.warn D.convince
9.A. mix B.cut C.borrow D.share
10.A. promise B.choice C.gift D.job
11.A. sad B.calm C.boring D.strange
12.A. slowly B.secretly C.mainly D.simply
13.A. important B.funny C.wrong D.different
14.A. busy B.angry C.excited D.shocked
15.A. believe B.feel C.make D.see
16.A. remembered B.stopped C.smiled D.nodded
17.A. peace B.disappointment C.surprise D.confidence
18.A. hopes B.prefers C.suggests D.loves
19.A. quiet B.happy C.honest D.friendly
20.A. start B.understand C.cry D.notice
—Mum,may I watch TV this evening?
—______ You have watched it for a whole day.
A.No way! B.Of course. C.All right. D.I don't know.
Kate and her husband ______ after nearly 6 years of marriage.
A.set up B.split up C.put up D.picked up
____make any mistakes in the exam ,I went over what I had learnt again and again
A. So as not to B. In order not to C.So as to not D.In order to not
The Tang Dynasty,when Li Bai lived,was the golden age of ______ Chinese poems.
A.classical B.local C.magical D.medical