In Xinjiang, most people knew the stories of Avanti. Avanti was a very clever man. People liked him because he not only spoke for the poor but also was always ready to help them.
One day Avanti walked on the street and saw two men arguing with each other. A lot of people stood around them. One of the two men was the owner of the eating house in the town and the other was a young man. The young man just passed by the eating house. The owner of the eating house told the young man to pay him money. The young man explained（解释）that he hadn’t taken anything from the eating house. But the owner said that the young man had taken the smell of the nice food from the eating house, and he must pay for it. So Avanti went up to the owner and said, “ I’ll pay you the money.” Avanti took out some coins（硬币） from his pocket and put them into his bags. He shook his bag, and people heard the sound of the coins. Then Avanti said to the owner, “ Take away the sound of the coins. That’s what I pay for the smell of your food.”
1.People liked Avanti because ______________.
A. he was clever and disliked helping the poor
B. he was rich and liked helping the poor
C. he was wise and liked to help the poor
D. he was too poor to help the rich
2. One day Avanti saw two men _____________.
A. arguing about the eating house
B. arguing about the payment
C. eating in the eating house
D. laughing at the people around them
3. The owner of the eating house told the young man ____________.
A. to pay enough money for his food
B. to pay the money for broken bowls
C. to pay for the smell of the food
D. to pay for the service
4. Avanti wanted to help the young man, so _____________.
A. he helped the young man out of trouble
B. he would pay for the money instead of the young man
C. he asked the owner not to ask the young man for money
D. he asked the young man to make friends with the owner
5.Avanti paid the owner of the eating house _____________.
A. enough money B. some coins
C. a lot of things D. the sound of coins
There are seabirds as well as land-birds. The most ordinary seabird is the seagull. It has a white body, a white head and a yellow beak. There is a very, very spot of red at the very end of the beak, underneath. All gulls have very strong wings so that they can fly far out to sea. If a gull flies out too far, so that it is too tired to fly back to the shore(岸边), it does not get frightened, for it can sit and rest upon the waves(波浪). A seagull’s wings do not get wet because all its feathers have a kind of oil over them, so that when the water gets on to the feathers, it just runs off again. Gulls can even sleep upon the waves.
Sailors(水手) know a lot about seagulls and they never kill them. When the gulls fly a long way out to sea, sailors say that it means fine weather is coming. When the gulls stay near the shore, sailors say they there will be much wind and rain, and perhaps a storm, for the gulls know more about the weather than sailors do.
1.The seagull is a kind of ________.
A. fish B. land-bird C. seabird D. animal
2. Every gull is able to fly far out to sea because it _________.
A. is very light B. has very strong wings
C. always flies high D. is strong enough
3. A seagull does not get frightened even when it is far away from the shore and it is too tired to fly back because it can ____________.
A. swim under the sea B. stay under the sea
C. rest and sleep upon the waves D. jump into the sea
4.The water can’t make the seagull’s feathers wet because the feathers are __________.
A. thick B. long C. light D. oily
5.If seagulls stay near the shore, it will be ___________.
A. windy, rainy or stormy B. sunny and hot
C. fine and warm D. freezing cold
One day a mother rat and her babies were out in an open field. They were enjoying______ games when suddenly a hungry cat came up to them! She hid________ a big tree and then crawled(爬) torward through the tall grass until she could almost hear them talk. After the mother rat and her babies knew________ , the cat jumped from her hiding-place and started to run after them.
The mother rat and her babies began to run away, they hurried towards their_______ , which was under a pole of large stones. But the baby rats were so_______ that they could not run very_______ . The cat came_____ . In no time the cat would be upon them. What was to be done?
The mother rat stopped running, turned round and faced the cat, shouting "Bow! Wow! Bowwow!" just like an angry dog. The cat was______ surprised and scared that she ran away. The mother rat turned to her babies, "Now you see how important it is to learn ______ a second language!"
Just then she heard a shout "Miao! Miao!" just like the cat ran away just now.
"Oh, the cat's come back. We must escape（逃脱） right now." The mother rat called out to her children. "Haha! It's only a ______ "said one of her children. "I have learned a second language."
1.A. to play B. playing C. played D. to playing
2.A. on B. in front of C. behind D. under
3.A. what happened B. what did happen C. that happened what D. that what had happened
4.A. home B. tree C. mother D. host
5.A. happy B. tired C. frightened D. hungry
6.A. quickly B. slowly C. far D. long
7.A. close and close B. closer and close C. closer and closer D. close and closer
8.A. so B. such C. too D. enough
9.A. the B./ C. a D. an
10.A. joke B. rat C. cat D. dog
The cake my mother bought yesterday smells _______ and tastes _______.
A. tasty; well B. tasty; good C. good; tasty D. good; well
Usually the weather in July is even _______in Jiangsu than that in May.
A. hot B. hotter C. more hot D. hoter
Don’t worry. The plane ______ at 8 a.m. There is still time left.
A. arrive B. will arrives C. arrived D. arrives
