When the young donkey Daisy May came to us, she was pregnant. With no donkey experience , I was unprepared for what might come next.
After some difficulty, Daisy's baby was born. I thought the poor thing was dead. I planned to put the loss behind us and make sure she never got pregnant again. Just then, I heard a little noise. I couldn't believe that baby was breathing and looking at me! We called him Samson, and of course I became his mother as much as Daisy was.
When Samson was nine months old, I had to separate Daisy and Samson for a few hours a day to wean （使断奶）him, but otherwise he went wherever she did. I think she would be lost without him. His donkey stepdad Bernard taught him to always be ready to have fun. They enjoy playing football together and going for a roll on a hot summer day.
I asked a worker to make a harness （马具）for my three little donkeys. When I brought it home I taught them one by one how to pull a cart. Samson watched and freely followed Daisy. When he was three, I put the harness on him and he knew exactly what to do.
That was 15 years ago. Now, the most exciting thing about Samson is that he has become a little renowned. People come from all over to see him perform. The neighbors bring their grandchildren, and my sons bring their friends.
Samson shakes hands, unties my shoe, picks up a hat and more. And when I ask him if he has any bad habits, he tries to pick my pocket! He surprisingly learned these tricks himself. I just ask him to do them and he understands.
The relationship I have with my "baby" Samson has been an amazing experience. Every day is a fun day with this superstar donkey.
1.Why was the author at a loss for what might happen next at first?
A.She wasn't ready to be a mother.
B.She never raised a donkey before.
C.The donkey was pregnant by accident.
D.The donkey gave birth to a dead baby.
2.What can we learn about Samson when he was little?
A.He was surrounded by love.
B.He was separated from his family.
C.He was unwelcome to the neighbors.
D.He was skilled in entertaining people.
3.What does the underlined word “renowned” in Paragraph 5 probably refer to?
A.strange. B.proud. C.humorous. D.famous.
4.Which of the following can best describe Samson?
A.friendly and courageous. B.intelligent and lively.
C.carefree and creative. D.patient and fortunate.
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阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。
Mike licked (舔) the last of the chocolate ice cream. It was almost time to leave. He jumped into the car with his parents and headed off to the Olympic-sized pool for the big swim meet. When his race came up, Mike was confident. He was strong and swift. Mike climbed out the pool, smiling. He had just won first place.
A week later, it was time for another swim meet. Like before, Mike decided to enjoy his favorite flavored ice cream before they left home. As Mike climbed out the pool, his teammates patted (拍) him on the back. He’d taken first place again in his race.
As it turned out, Mike decided to have some chocolate ice cream before every one of the next few swim meets that came up. He began to think of it as his lucky charm. After several months of being placed in the top positions of every race he swam, Mike was feeling unbeatable. And he wouldn’t admit it, but he was also starting to feel a little uncomfortable. All that ice cream was adding a few pounds to his athletic swimmer’s build.
It didn't take long after that for Mike to start coming in second place---and then third and then last place in his races. The lucky chocolate ice cream had lost its magic. On the day of his next swim meet, his mother sat down at the table with him. “Mike, I think we need to talk about this. We all love ice cream, but it’s got lots of fat and sugar in it, and it’s not healthy for your body to eat so much of it.” Mike unwillingly agreed. His father offered to go running with him few days a week to help strengthen his muscles. The extra weight soon disappeared, and Mike found himself breathing easier at swim.
It was the last meet of the season, and Mike wasn’t sure what to expect. He felt healthy again, but he didn’t know if he still had any speed in the pool.
注意:
1. 所续写短文的词数应为150左右:
2. 续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好:
Paragraph 1:
As he dived into the water, he kicked his legs and stretched his arms as far as he could.
Paragraph 2:
His jaw(下巴) dropped as he realized he had beaten his own best time, and everyone else’s too.
假如你是李华，是学校校刊主编。因为一些学生易与父母产生冲突，你向学校优秀班主任王老师约稿，希望王老师提出建议和鼓励。
内容要点如下：1.约稿原因；2.希望王老师提出的建议(主动父母沟通；换位思考，体谅父母的心情和难处等)；3.词数600词，截稿日期本月底。
注意：1.词数 100 左右。2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Fujian puppetry(木偶戏) has a thousand-year history. It is one of the _______ of Chinese performing art to the world’s culture and has_________a set of characteristic techniques of performance and puppet making, as well as a repertoire (全部剧目) of plays and music.
No _______ has yet been reached on the_________and development of Chinese puppetry. _______ the Shang dynasty (16th-11th century B.C.), pottery figurines (陶俑) used as burial objects (随葬品) have been discovered at the Yin Ruins. Wooden figurines _______during the Spring and Autumn and the Warring States Periods (770-221 B.C.). In a Western Han tomb at Mawangdui in Changsha, Hunan province, an army of wooden figurines of singers, dancers and musicians have been discovered. These were a great _______ on those from previous dynasties _______craftsmanship, variety and modeling, which represent the _______Chinese puppets. Over time, figurines as burial objects ________ into puppets for entertainment during holiday__________. ________, just like many other traditional forms of art, Fujian puppetry has fallen out of favour with the younger generations. The number of young people learning puppetry has ________ due to socioeconomic changes ________their lifestyles and the long period of training ________to master the sophisticated (复杂的) performing techniques.
In response, ________ communities, groups and bearers (传授者) worked out the 2008-2020 Strategy for the Training of Coming Generations of Fujian Puppetry Practitioners. The key ________ are to safeguard the spread of Fujian Puppetry and provide professional ________to raise a new generation of puppetry practitioners.
In 2012, the strategy was selected by the UNESCO to be part of the Register of Good Safeguarding Practices. With the wide ________ of practitioners, local people and education institutions, Fujian Puppetry can__________ a brighter future.
1.A.incidents B.judgments C.contributions D.attempts
2.A.accepted B.developed C.appreciated D.recognized
3.A.introduction B.conservation C.conclusion D.presentation
4.A.origins B.compositions C.techniques D.functions
5.A.Differing from B.Arising from C.Coming from D.Dating from
6.A.survived B.jumped C.appeared D.applied
7.A.improvement B.decoration C.disappointment D.impression
8.A.in preference to B.in regard to C.in answer to D.in reply to
9.A.lively B.early C.natural D.precious
10.A.struggled B.modified C.flooded D.evolved
11.A.conditions B.celebrations C.instructions D.invitations
12.A.Previously B.Particularly C.Eventually D.Unfortunately
13.A.increased B.reduced C.remained D.climbed
14.A.expressing B.consuming C.transforming D.confirming
15.A.devoted B.spent C.required D.cost
16.A.concerned B.concrete C.confident D.convenient
17.A.chance B.interest C.goal D.problem
18.A.learning B.spreading C.performing D.training
19.A.comprehension B.participation C.companion D.organization
20.A.produce B.expect C.select D.observe
Scientists have discovered a new kind of invisible ink. It’s called water. And all you need for this secret-messaging ink to work is to write with it on a super-hi-tech piece of paper coated with special chemicals. 1. It shows up darker than the surrounding paper under UV(紫外线的) light.
When the message has been read and needs to be hidden again, get out your hairdryer, and blow some warm air on the paper. 2.
Using hot air from a hairdryer for 15-30 seconds, you were able to reuse the special paper up to 30 times because the heat reorganized the chemical structure of the paper coating. 3.
The invention was made by a group of scientists in China, led by Qiang Zhao of the Institute of Advanced Materials, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications.
Although much of modern communication is digital(数码的), there are still some situations in which it is important to send messages on a piece of paper, such as when the people don’t have Internet. 4. But the problem has always been how to get rid of a message once it has been shown so no one else can read it.
5.. To use it, write with the lemon juice on ordinary paper, iron(熨) the paper with a hot iron and the hidden message will appear. The downside(缺点) is that the paper has to be destroyed to hide the message so no one else can read it.
A.How to make the invisible ink? Follow the steps.
B.Invisible inks have long been used to send secret messages.
C.Without the heat, the message stayed visible for up to three months.
D.Previously, the most readily available invisible ink was lemon juice.
E.Shine a UV light on the coated paper and the water message becomes visible.
F.Then the message will be gone and the paper can be reused, which keeps costs low.
G.Putting water on the paper broke up the structure of the chemicals it was coated with.
