Ruby, the artist, is an Asian elephant, She is17 years old. She lives in the zoo. Ruby has produced about 100 paintings since last year. She has made more than $ 40,000 for the zoo. Zoo leaders say Ruby first showed the talent (才能) about four years ago. Zoo workers watched her make the marks in the sand with her trunk. She rubbed (擦掉) out the marks, then made the new ones. The zoo worker gave her brushes and paints. Soon Ruby painted pictures.
Newspaper reporters wrote Ruby, then people asked about buying her pictures. And in this way, she made a lot of money for the zoo. This is how Ruby does the paintings. A zoo worker holds different color paints. Ruby touches the colors she wants. Then the worker gives her brushes with the chosen colors in her trunk and Ruby begins painting.
1.We can most probably read this story_______.
A. in a dictionary about read animals
B. in a newspaper
C. in a book on art
D. in history textbooks
2.People asked about buying Ruby's pictures because_______.
A. newspaper reporters bought her picture
B. her pictures were better than those of real artists
C. they just wanted to have fun
D. zoo workers would let them have a free visit to the park
3.Ruby rubbed out the marks she had drawn in order to(为了)_______.
A. make other ones
B. clear her trunk
C. dig a hole in the sand
D. ask for brushes and paints
4.From the story, we can know that_______.
A. Ruby can paint a picture all by herself
B. Ruby can draw better pictures than the other animals in the zoo
C. Ruby has to finish a painting with the help of zoo workers
D. Ruby will ask for money if she finishes a picture
Many people think that Americans 21 their cars almost more than anything else. When 22__ people are fourteen years old, they want to have their __23_ cars. They don’t ask for a car from their 24__. So many of them work in _25_ time during their last year of high school to buy a car. Learning to 26 _ and getting a driver’s license may be one of the most exciting things in a young person’s life.
Some people almost 27 _ go to a doctor when they are ill. But they will __28_ their cars to a garage as soon as they think there is a 29 . On Saturdays or Sundays some people may 30 most of their time washing and repairing their cars.
1.A. prefer B. love C. drive D. play
2.A. little B. big C. old D. young
3.A. new B. own C. expensive D. cheap
4.A, friends B. teachers C. parents D. brothers
5.A. free B. busy C. study D. good
6.A. make B. mend C. wash D. drive
7.A. always B. never C. often D. usually
8.A. take B. carry C. pull D. lift
9.A. question B. wrong C. mistake D. problem
10.A. cost B. get C. spend D. use
She’s never spent much money on her own clothes, ______ she?
A. is B. isn’t C. has D. hasn’t
While he TV，a football flew into the room through the window．
A．watches B．is watching
C．was watching D．Watched
Put away your school things．Your stationery must carefully．
A．be taken good care
B．be taken good care of
C．take good care
D．take good care of
A boy _______ Tom _________ by a car yesterday.
A. was called, hit B. called, was hit
C. was called, was hit D. called, hit
