A group of swans（天鹅）flew down to a beach where a crow(乌鸦) was jumping around. The crow watched them with disdain(鄙视).
“You have no flying skills at all!” he said to the swans. “All you can do is to move your wings. Can you turn over in the air? No, that’s beyond you. Let’s have a flying competition. I’ll show you what real flying is!”
One of the swans, a strong young male, took up the challenge. The crow flew up and began to show his skills. He flew in circles, performed other flying tricks, and then came down and looked proudly at the swan.
Now it was the swan’s turn. He flew up, and began flying over the sea. The crow flew after him, making all kinds of comments(评价) about his flying. They flew on and on till they couldn’t see the land and there was nothing but water on all sides. The crow was m
aking fewer and fewer comments. He was now so exhausted that he found it hard to stay in the air, and had to struggle to keep himself from falling into the water.
The swan pretended(假装) not to notice, and said, “Why do you keep touching the water, brother? Is that another trick?”
“No,” said the crow. He knew he had lost the competition. “I’m in trouble because of my pride! If you don’t help me, I’ll lose my life…”
The swan took pity on him, and took him on his shoulders and flew back to the beach.
1.What’s the correct order of the following events?
a. The crow showed off its flying skills.
b. The swan felt pity for the crow and saved it.
c. The crow laughed at the swan’s flying.
d. The crow followed the swan and got into trouble.
e. The crow challenged the swans and a strong young swan accepted it.
A. e, c, d, a, b B. a, e, c, d, b C. c, e, a, d, b D. e, a, d, c, b
2.What does the underlined word “exhausted” in Paragraph 4 mean?
A. Tired. B. Angry. C. Frightened.D. Regretful.
3.Why did the crow keep touching the water?
A. It was showing another flying skill.
B. It was struggling to keep itself from falling into the water.
C. It was thirsty and wanted to drink some water.
D. It was enjoying itself by doing so.
4.What can we infer(推断) from the passage?
A. The crow didn’t know flying.
B. Flying skills were useless.
C. The swan saved the crow because they were good friends.
D. The swan was better at long-distance flying than the crow.
5.What does the story tell us?
A. No pains, no gains.B. The early bird catches the worm.
C. Pride goes before a fall.D. Practice makes perfect.
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Growing 
up is not always easy. When we face difficulties, a spirit of depending on _ is more useful than crying for help. That’s what Hong Zhanhui’s story of growing 
from boy to man family hardship tells us.
Hong was born in 1982 in a poor family in Xihua County(县), Henan Province. When he was only 11, his father became badly ill and one day he came back with an unwanted baby . A year later, Hong’s mother home. She no longer wanted to live such a poor life and face her sick husband. So everything hard fell onto the young boy’s : to take care of his father and the younger sister Chenchen, and to go on to study.
Although his life was hard, Hong didn’t go away from his father and sister. He took several part-time jobs to his family. He climbed tall trees to get birds’ eggs for his sister. He walked 2 hours at weekends to the market to different things to sell around his school. A few years later, he studied at a college. To take care of Chenchen, he worked hard to a room near his college for her, and sent her to school.
After Hong’s story went , he became a hero in people’s eyes. But Hong ___ ___ offers from others. He said he felt encouraged by kind offers, but he could depend on his own work.
Through his hard life, he has grown up from boy to man.
1.A. parentsB. friends C. yourself D. God
2.A. out of B. into C. without D. with
3.A. dog B. cat C. girl D. boy
4.A. leftB. arrived C. went D. came
5.A. back B. shoulders C. head D. body
6.A. helpB. save C. protect D. feed
7.A. makeB. buy C. produce D. collect
8.A. buildB. borrow C. rent D. share
9.A. publicB. clear C. by D. far
10.A. accepted B. asked C. received D. refused
Liu Yu, a boy from Shandong, is a running star. He is his school running team, and has always wanted to be a professional athlete. However, his parents won’t him to train as much as he would like to. “Of course we want to see Liu Yu achieve his dreams,” says Mr. Liu, “and we know he loves running. That’s great, and my wife and I have watched him in every one of his races. We have nothing against running! But we do think about that our son needs to be realistic. Now he is getting , and he needs to think about what will happen if he doesn’t become a professional runner in the end.”
1.A. 15 years old B. 15-years-old C. 15 year old D. 15-year-old
2.A. of B. on C. at D. with
3.A. let B. make C. allow D. have
4.A. how much B. how many C. why D. how
5.A. old B. older C. big D. bigger
—The meat is ______ delicious. —Yes, but don't eat ______.
A. too much; too much B. much too; too much
C. too much; much too D. much too; much too
—Dave, it’s dangerous to swim here. Look at the sign.
—Oh, I _______ it. Thank you.
A. didn't notice B. won't notice C. hadn't noticed D. don't notice
