One day an ant was drinking at a small stream and fell in. She made desperate efforts to reach the side, but made no progress at all. The poor ant almost exhausted was still bravely doing her best when a dove saw her. Moved with pity, the bird threw her a blade of grass, which supported her like a raft, and thus the ant reached the bank again. While she was resting and drying herself in the grass, she heard a man come near. He was walking along barefooted with a gun in his hand. As soon as he saw the dove, he wished to kill it. He would certainly have done so, but the ant bit him in the foot just as he raised his gun to fire. He stopped to see what had bit him, and the dove immediately flew away. It was an animal much weaker and smaller than herself that had saved her life.
1.The ant could not reach the side though ________.
A. she could smell well
B. she asked the dove to save her
C. she tried very hard
D. she cried for help
2.The dove saved the ant because ________.
A. she was the ant's friend
B. she took pity on the poor ant
C. the ant was almost exhausted
D. the ant had been struggled in the water for a long time
3.The ant succeeded in getting on the bank with the help of ________.
A. a leafB. a piece of wood
C. a blade of grassD. a raft
4.Just as the man shot at the dove, ________.
A. the dove immediately flew away
B. the dove hid himself in the grass
C. the ant told the dove to leave at once
D. he felt something biting him in the foot
5.In writing the story, the writer wants to show ________.
A. how kind the dove was
B. how clever the ant was
C. how the ant and the dove helped each other
D. we often need help from others, therefore we should help others as much as we can
An old lady in a plane had a blanket（毯子）over her head and she did not want to take it off. The air hostess spoke to her, but the old lady said, “I have never been in a plane before, and I am frightened. I am going to keep this blanket over my head until we are back on the ground again!”
Then the captain came. He said, “Madam, I am the captain of this plane. The weather is fine, there are no clouds in the sky, and everything is going very well. ”But she continued to hide.
So the captain turned and started to go back. Then the old lady looked out from under the blanket with one eye and said, “I am sorry, young man, but I don’t like planes and I am never going to fly again. But I’ll say one thing, ”She continued kindly, “You and your wife keep your plane very clean!”
1.An old lady had _________.
A. glassesB. a blanket over her head
C. a coatD. a basket
2.She didn’t want to ________.
A. turn it offB. take it off
C. talk about itD. get it on
3._________ spoke to her.
A. Her husbandB. One of her friends
C. The air hostessD. The man next to her
4.The old lady had never been _________ before.
A. abroadB. in hospitalC. in a planeD. home
5.The woman didn’t like planes and she was never going ________.
A. to fly againB. to travel
C. to go abroadD. to go home
Little Tom down the street calls our dog "The keep dog". Zip is a sheep dog. But when Tom tries to say " Sheep", it comes out "keep". And in a way Tom is right. Zip is always bringing things home for us to keep! I'll tell you about some of them. Zip's first present was a shoe. It was made of green silk. We didn't know how Zip found the shoe. But after a moment, Mary, my big sister, told me the shoe had a strange smell. I nodded(点头) and held my nose. "What do you think it is?" "It smells like something for cleaning. I think someone tried to clean a spot (污点) off the shoe. Then he put it at the door to dry." Along came Zip. And good-bye shoe!" I said. "We should take it back." "We can't".said my sister. "Maybe little Tom is right," Mary said. "Maybe Zip is a keep dog!"
1.The writer and Mary didn't know ________.
A. how Zip carried its first present home
B. what Zip's first present was
C. what Zip's first present was made of
D. who owned Zip's first present
2.Tom calls Zip "the keep dog" because ________.
A. he doesn't know the dog's name
B. the dog likes playing with shoes
C. the dog likes keeping things
D. he can't pronounce the word "sheep" well
3.What made the shoe strange was ________.
A. its smell
B. its color
C. that it was a silk one
D. its size
4.The word "keep" in the last sentence means "________".
A. bringing things for others to keep
B. taking care of a small child
C. keeping things for itself
D. not letting it run about
5.We can know from the reading that the dog ________.
A. likes to give presents to people
B. likes to be called "the keep dog"
C. has brought some trouble
D. has been kept in at the writer's home
A young British woman had shortly arrived in Hongkong and had not yet 16 anything about the Chinese 17 . One day she went to the home of a Chinese friend and was 18 given a cup of Chinese tea. She was not 19 and she also found this type of tea rather 20 . However, since she had been given the tea, she felt she should drink it. Hoping to finish it 21 so that she would not feel about having to drink this tea which she did not 22 , she started to drink as much of it as she could. But as soon as her cup became half-full, the host 23 giving her more. Several times she told the host that she had had 24 , but it seemed to have no 25 . Her cup kept being 26 , and she kept on drinking. During the time of her 27 , she drank about twelve cups of tea. Later she found out that she should have just 28 the tea, and that this would have meant that she had had enough. Influenced by her 29 culture, she felt it too 30 to leave the tea and could not understand why the host took no notice of her protests(抗议) that she had had enough!
1.A. learnedB. gotC. rememberedD. taught
2.A. languageB. cultureC. habitD. food
3.A. certainlyB. hardlyC. immediatelyD. carefully
4.A. happyB. tiredC. interestedD. thirsty
5.A. sweetB. bitterC. coldD. nice
6.A. slowlyB. in timeC. quicklyD. gradually
7.A. haveB. takeC. buyD. like
8.A. stoppedB. insisted onC. practicedD. tried
9.A. someB. a littleC. allD. enough
10.A. importanceB. endC. effectD. value
11.A. filledB. changedC. movedD. emptied
12.A. visitB. talk
C. partyD. investigation
13.A. leftB. absorbedC. drunkD. filled
14.A. ancientB. modernC. easternD. western
15.A. impoliteB. politeC. easyD. uneasy
语境填词（根据汉语提示，写出所缺单词或短语)
1.He thought that crying is a sign of ____________ (虚弱).
2.His words are full of ____________ (谎言) about this matter.
3.It is healthier to keep a ___________ (均衡的) diet every day.
4.___________(好奇心) is part of a child’s nature.
5.I don’t want any cake, I’m ____________ (减肥)。
6.If you ___________ (怒目而视) at someone，you look at them with an angry expression on your face.
7.We set a time __________ (限定) of thirty minutes for the test.
8.As students, we should ______________ (结合) book knowledge with practice.
9.The new credit cards will be of great ____________ (好处) to our customers.
10.__________ (查阅) the dictionary when you come across any new words.
11.The first ___________ (场景) of the play was almost over when they got to the theater.
12.The best thing that a manager can do in this situation is to help the employees __________ (寻找) professional guidance.
13.She ____________ (发现) what was wrong with the air conditioner .
14.The doctor will not ____________ (允许) him to walk until his leg has fully recovered.
15.You needn’t feel sorry for what happened. After all, it wasn’t your _____________ (过错).
根据要求下列五句话翻译成英语
1. 医生们竭尽全力抢救那些困在废墟中的人们。(定从)
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2. 信不信由你，世界上没有什么标准英语。
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3.她决定买这套公寓，因为其便宜的价格。(because of)
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4.观看这些已经不再是乐趣， 因为大自然是你必须体验的。
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5.首先想到沿湄公河从源头到终点骑车旅游的是我的姐姐。（用强调句）
