(十)

Once upon a time, there was a little boy named Rakesh, he studied and lived in a boarding school(寄宿学校). Every night he jumped over the wall and played outside. He 1 returned before dawn (黎明) and lay on his bed again, so no one knew that Rakesh went out at 2 .

One night as usual, Rakesh found everyone asleep. He decided to play outside again. He went into his teacher—Mrs. Green’s room 3 and saw her sleeping. Then Rakesh walked out towards the wall. Near the wall, there was a ladder in the bushes, he hid it there. He 4 the ladder and he climbed up it, then jumped over the wall. 5 at that time his teacher was awake and saw him going out. 6 got up and took away the ladder from the wall. A few hours later, Rakesh returned. In the dark, he tried to climb 7 from the wall. Sadly, there was no ladder, instead, Mrs. Green was standing where the ladder was and waited for him. Rakesh was very 8 to be punished (处罚), but to his surprise, she just helped Rakesh to get onto the ground, said, "Rakesh, at least 9 a warm coat with you when you go out at night."

Mrs. Green's kindness made Rakesh know his own faults. He apologized (道歉) and never went out at night again. It is the 10 lesson that he has ever had.

1. A. never B. always C. seldom D. sometimes

2. A. daytime B. weekends C. night D. noon

3. A. loudly B. quietly C. happily D. quickly

4. A. took care of B. took away C. took a look at D. took out

5. A. And B. But C. So D. Because

6. A. He B. They C. She D. It

7. A. up B. down C. out D. in

8. A. afraid B. glad C. sorry D. surprised

9. A. buy B. bring C. take D. borrow

10. A. worst B. best C. farthest D. smallest

(十一)

Mrs. White had a lovely young cat, and it was the cat’s first winter. One evening , it was cold outside when it began to snow 1 . Mrs. White looked everywhere and shouted its name, but she couldn’t 2 it, so she 3 the police, and said,” I have lost a cat. Did 4 find one?” “No, Madam,” answered the policeman at the other end. “I will ring you up if someone find it. 5 , what colour is your cat?” “ White”,“ I think it 6 in the snow. But don’t worry. I know cats are really very strong animals. They sometimes live for a few days in the snow, and until it melts or somebody finds them, they’re quite all right.” Mrs. White felt 7 when she heard this. “Yes, yes. I think you are right.” She said,“ and my cat is very clever. She is 8 than any other cat. She can almost talk …..” The policeman was getting rather tired.” Well then,” he said,“ Why don’t you 9 your telephone. Perhaps she is trying to 10 you now.”

1. A thick B thickly C heavily D heavy

2. A look for B find C find out D found

3.A telephoned B told C asked D spoke

4. A no one B someone C anyone D everyone

5. A By the way B In the way C On the way D This way

6. A maybe B may be C be D may

7. A happy B sad C unhappy D worried

8.A more clever B clever C much cleverer D much more clever

9. A put down B write down C take down D sit down

10. A call B called C calling D calls

(十二)

Water is the ___1___ of all the things we eat and drink. Not many people understand this but ___2___ true. The human body can go without ___3___for a long time. We’ve got many examples for this. Yet(然而)two ____4___three days without water can usually make people ___5___. Man can’t live ___6___ water. A lot of people don’t understand how ___7___ water the human body needs to work well, and many people, especially young people, do not drink enough, ___8___in very hot weather. Our body has mostly water, about 65% to 75%. That is to say, most of our body ___9___ water. When we do sports, some of the water will get away from our body. ___10___ we don’t drink some water, we won’t have enough water. And if we don’t have enough water, we’ll feel tired and many of us will get ill. So you know how important water is to us.

1. A. important B. most important C. more important D. importance

2. A. it’s B. its C. it D. is

3. A. food B. water C. drink D. meat

4. A. so B. and C. but D. or

5. A. to die B. die C. dying D. died

6. A. have B. with C. without D. in

7. A. many B. much C. little D. few

8. A. even B. ever C. almost D. hardly

9. A. is B. are C. have D. has

10. A. because B. For C. Since D. If