The world’s population is growing________and there is________land and water for humans．
A．more；less
B．larger；fewer
C．larger；less
D．more；fewer
Mary is growing fast．She is________in her class．
A．tall
B．taller
C．tallest
D．the tallest
（2014广东）I’ve heard that Zhuhai Chimelong Ocean Kingdotn is one of________ocean parks in Asia．
A．very large
B．the larger
C．much larger
D．the largest
—________is the population of China？
—It is 1.3 billion．And it is________than that of America．
A．What；bigger
B．How many；more
C．What；more
D．How many；bigger
（2013山东烟台）
Once there was a huge apple tree．A little boy loved to come and play around it every day．He loved the tree and the tree loved to play with him．
Time went by…the little boy had grown up and he no longer played around the tree every day．One day，the boy came back to the tree and he looked sad．“Come and play with me．”the tree asked the boy．“I’m no longer a kid．I wouldn’t play around the tree any more．”the boy replied．“I want toys．I need money to buy them．”“Sorry，I don’t have money．But you can pick all my apples and sell them．So，you will have money．”The boy picked all the apples on the tree and left happily．The boy never came back after he picked the apples．
One day，the boy returned and the tree was so excited．“Come and play with me．”the tree said．“I don’t have time to play．I have to work for my family．We need a house for shelter．Can you help？”“Sorry，I don’t have a house．But you can cut off my branches to build your house．”So the boy cut all the branches off the tree and left happily．The tree was glad to see him happy but the boy never came back since then．The tree was again lonely and sad．
One hot summer day，the boy returned and the tree was pleased．“Come and play with me！”the tree said．“I am sad and getting old．I want to go sailing to relax myself．Can you give me a boat？”“Use my trunk to build your boat．You can sail far away and be happy．”So the boy cut the tree trunk to make a boat．He went sailing and never showed up for a long time．
Finally，the boy returned after he left for so many years．“Sorry，my boy．But I don’t have anything for you any more．The only thing left is my dying root，”the tree said with tears①．
“I don’t need much now，just a place to rest．I’m tired after all these years，”the boy replied．
“Good！Old tree root is the best place to lean on and rest．Come and sit down with me and rest．”The boy sat down and the tree was glad and smiled with tears②…
1.—Why did the boy pick all the apples on the tree？
—Because________．
A．he wanted to eat them
B．he needed money to buy toys
C．he liked the tree without apples
D．he wanted to share them with friends
2.—When did the boy come back to the apple tree？
—He came back________．
A．whenever he was happy
B．if he missed the apple tree
C．when he was in times of difficulty
D．as soon as he was free
3.—What did the boy want at last？
—He wanted________．
A．to have a house to live in
B．nothing except a place to rest
C．the root of the apple tree
D．anything that the apple tree had
4.—What can we learn from the story？
—We should________．
A．plant more apple trees
B．learn from the boy
C．always stay at home
D．be thankful to our parents
5.According to the passage，which of the following statements is NOT true？
A．The phrase“with tears①”means that the apple tree was sad because the boy asked for too much．
B．The phrase“with tears②”means that the apple tree was still happy because she could help the boy for the last time．
C．Each time the boy asked the apple tree for help，the tree tried her best to satisfy him．
D．After reading the passage，we can easily think of the old Chinese saying“Parents’love is universal！”
（2014河南）
Once there was a man traveling in a faraway village．As he was passing the elephants，he suddenly stopped．He found that these huge elephants were being held by only a small rope tied to their front leg．No chains（锁链），no cages．It was clear that the elephants could，at any time，break away from their ropes but for some reason，they did not．
He saw a trainer nearby and asked why these animals just stood there and didn’t try to get away．“Well，”the trainer said，“when they are very young and much smaller we use the same size rope to tie them and，at that age，it’s enohgh to hold them．As they grow up，they still believe they cannot break away．They believe the rope can hold them，so they never try to break free．”
How could it be？These animals could at any time break free from their ropes．But because they were always stuck right where they were，they believed they couldn’t．
Just like the elephants，how many of us go through life believing that we cannot do something，just because we failed at it once before？
________．We should never give up the struggle（斗争）in life．
1.What did the writer see in the village？
A．Chains．
B．Elephants．
C．Cages．
D．Farmers．
2.Why do the elephants never try to break free from the ropes？
A．Because they think they cannot．
B．Because they are too old to do it．
C．Because they like their living places．
D．Because they get on well with the trainer．
3.How did the man feel after he heard what the trainer said？
A．Moved．
B．Surprised．
C．Angry．
D．Nervous．
4.Which of the following is the missing part in the last paragraph？
A．Failing is part of learning
B．We should be different from others
C．Helping animals is helping ourselves
D．Traveling always makes people relaxed
5.What is the best title for this text？
A．A Pleasant Trip
B．A Cruel Trainer
C．Elephant Training
D．The Elephant Rope
