Once upon a time, there was an island where all the feelings lived: Happiness, Sadness, Knowledge, and all of the others, including Love. One day the feelings were told that the island would sink, so all built boats and left, except Love. Love was the only one who stayed. Love wanted to hold out(堅(jiān)持) until the last possible moment.

 When the island had almost sunk, Love decided to ask for help.

 Richness was passing by Love in a big boat. Love said,“Richness, can you take me with you?”

 Richness answered,“No, I can’t. There is a lot of gold and silver in my boat. There is no place here for you.”

 Love decided to ask Vanity(虛榮心) who was also passing by in a beautiful ship.“Vanity, please help me!”

 “I can’t help you, Love. You are all wet and might destroy my boat,”Vanity answered.

 Sadness was close by, so Love asked,“Sadness, let me go with you.”

“Oh…Love, I am so sad that I need to be by myself!”

Happiness passed by Love, too, but she was so happy that she did not even hear when Love called her. Suddenly , there was a voice, “Come, Love, I will take you.” It was an elder. So thankful and happy, Love even forgot to ask the elder where they were going. When they arrived at dry land, the elder went her own way. Realizing how much was owed(欠) the elder, Love asked Knowledge, another elder, “Who helped me?”

“It was Time,” Knowledge answered.

“Time?” asked Love. “But why did Time help me?”

Knowledge smiled with deep wisdom(智慧) and answered, “Because only Time is able to understand how valuable Love is.”

1.How did the feelings go away from the island?

   A. By water.         B. By swimming.     C. On foot.         D. By flying

2.Which of the following is true?

   A. Happiness was blind.                       B. Richness had a small boat.

   C. Vanity’s ship was damaged.                  D. Sadness wanted to stay alone.

3.Who saved Love?

   A. Time.          B. Knowledge.      C. Richness.         D. Happiness.

4.Which of the following might be the best title of the passage?

   A. Love and Time                     B. An Accident

   C.A sinking island                     D. Different Feelings

 

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容及首字母提示，補(bǔ)全空格內(nèi)單詞，使短文完整、通順。

Long, long ago, there was an island where all the feelings lived: Happiness, Sadness, Knowledge and all of the others, including Love.

One day it was announced to the feelings that the island would sink, so all built boats and left, e   1.     Love.

Love was the only one who stayed. Love wanted to hold out until the last possible moment.

When the i   2.    had almost sunk, Love decided to ask for help.

Richness was passing by in a large boat. Love said, “Richness, can you take me with you?”

Richness a__3.____, “No, I can’t. There is a lot of gold and silver in my boat. There is no r   4.   for you.”

Love decided to ask Vanity who was also p  5.    by in a beautiful boat. “Vanity, please help me!”

“I can’t help you, Love. You are all wet and might break my boat,” Vanity replied.

Sadness was close by, so Love asked, “Sadness, let me go with you.”

“Oh…Love, I am so sad that I need to be by m   6.   !”

Happiness passed by. But she was so happy t   7.    she did not even hear when Love called her.

Suddenly, there was a voice, “Come, Love, I will take you.”

It was an elder. Because of being too excited, Love even forgot to ask the elder where they were going. When they a   8.    at dry land, the elder went her own way. Realizing how much was owed the elder, Love asked Knowledge, another elder, “Who helped me?”

“It was T   9.   ,” Knowledge answered.

“Time?” asked Love, “But why did Time help me?”

Knowledge smiled with deep wisdom and answered, “Because only Time is able to understand how v   10.    Love is.”

 

She is very happy ______ she has got many good friends.

A. or                   B. because                  C. unless                      D. so

 

完形填空（本題有10 小題，每小題1分，共10分）

先通讀短文，掌握其大意，然后從A、B、C、D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選出一個(gè)可以填入相應(yīng)空白處的最佳答案。

Sally is 96 years old. She has no sons or daughters. Her husband   1  fifteen years ago. But she didn’t move into a nursing home. She would like to 2   herself every day.

Every night she spends two hours   3   kids with their math for twenty years. All kids living on her street can get her help without payment（付費(fèi)）. She was a famous  4  before she retired from a middle school.

She gets up early in the morning, then does sports, goes shopping or helps cleaners  5 the street. And she does these happily.

When the kids come for help, she is always  6  and tries her best to help them. People asked her   7__ . She said, “ I love it, it makes me happy to help them.”

She is always happy every day and always says hello to people around her   8  a smile. “I’ve decided to love everything around me. So I’m happy to do   9 . I’m thankful for those kids who come to me for help. Each kid is a  10  for me. I love each day to help them.” She said.

Really, a good decision decides what a person does in life.

1.                A．died           B．woke           C．slept D．went

 

2.                A．look like        B．look at          C．look after D．look for

 

3.                A．helping         B．working         C．studying  D．teaching

 

4.                A．cleaner         B．nurse          C．worker   D．teacher

 

5.                A．walk           B．run            C．sweep    D．talk

 

6.                A．a(chǎn)wful          B．tired           C．happy    D．boring

 

7.                A．why           B．where          C．when D．how

 

8.                A．for            B．on             C．with D．in

 

9.                A．a(chǎn)nything        B．nothing         C．something D．everything

 

10.               A．example        B．gift            C．teacher   D．helper

 

 

One day Mrs Jones goes shopping alone(獨(dú)自地). When Mr Jones comes home in the evening, she begins to tell him about a beautiful dress. “I see it in a shop this morning,” she says, “and…” “And you want to buy it,” says Mr Jones, “how much is it?” “Fifteen pounds.” Every evening, when Mr Jones comes back from work, his wife goes on talking only about the dress. And at last, after a week, he says, “Oh, buy the dress! Here’s the money!” She is very happy. But the next evening, when Mr Jones comes home and asks, “Have you got the famous(著名的) dress?” She says, “No.” Why not?” he says. “Well, it is still in the window of the shop after a week. I think nobody else wants this dress. So I think it is not a good one!”
【小題1】Mrs Jones goes shopping_________ one day.

A．with Mr Jones

B．with her friend

C．by herself

D．with the other woman

【小題2】Mrs Jones tells Mr Jones about the dress every day because________.

A．it is really beautiful

B．she wants the shop

C．she wants Mr Jones to buy it for her

D．she likes it very much

【小題3】Mrs Jones is very happy after________.

A．Mr Jones agree(同意) to buy it for her

B．Mr Jones gives her the money for the pants

C．she gets the beautiful dress

D．she sees the dress is still in the shop window

【小題4】Mr Jones thinks it’s the famous dress because________.

A．it is a beautiful dress

B．it is in the shop window for a week

C．his wife has it

D．his wife talks about it again and again

【小題5】From the story we can know__________.

A．Mrs Jones is a housewife, she doesn’t have much money

B．Mr Jones doesn’t like his wife

C．Mr Jones comes home for lunch every day

D．Mrs Jones doesn’t like the things if others like them