Although it was only autumn，everything outside was covered in white．Unexpectedly, we were hit with a big  36  storm and no one was prepared．

    We have two apple trees in our backyard．Prana，our dog，loves  37．When she goes outside，she usually grabs a dirty apple from the ground to eat later on．Prana knows that when she brings her treasure into the house，I am not always  38，so she tries to hide it from me．It is our little game．

    On the day that it snowed too  39  in the season，Prana went outside and I  40  her from the window．I noticed that she was  41 lots of holes and bringing out the apples buried beneath the snow．She seemed to be  42 to dig up as many apples as she could．

    But when she came back inside，she brought back only one．About five minutes later,I looked outside．The yard was completely  43 with birds．Prana had dug up all those apples for her bird friends to eat．She knew that they hadn’t prepared  44 food for the early winter.

    This beautiful act of unconditional love from a(an)  45 taught me what real kindness was．

1.A．sand    B．snow    C．thunder D．rain

2.A．a(chǎn)pples    B．winter    C．games D．bones

3.A．clear    B．correct    C．happy D．surprised

4.A．1ate    B．beautifully    C．1ightly D．early

5.A．met    B．watched    C．called D．heard

6.A．hiding    B．finding    C．cutting D．digging

7.A．determined    B．suitable    C．nervous D．encouraged

8.A．hit    B．marked    C．covered D．taken

9.A．delicious    B．enough    C．1ess D．extra

10.A．teacher    B．friend    C．a(chǎn)nimal D．bird

    Mrs．Black had  1  of trouble with her skin，  2  she went to her doctor about it．The doctor couldn’t find  3  wrong with her．But he gave her some tests．

    Mrs．Black called the doctor the next day and asked about the tests．

    The doctor said，“No problem，but I will  4  you the things you can’t eat．”

    Mrs．Black wrote all the things down on  5  ．She put the paper  6  the telephone．Then she went  7  ．

Two hours  8  ，she came back．Her husband was waiting for her�！癓ook! Everything

  9  for you，my dear，”he said．

    “But you don’t know  10  I need，”she said．

    “Don’t  you remember your list beside the phone?”Mr．Black said．

(    )1．A．many         B．a(chǎn) lot        C．a(chǎn) few        D．1ittle

(    )2．A．or            B．yet         C．but          D．so

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

(    )4．A．a(chǎn)sk           B．take         C．give         D．tell

(    )5．A．a(chǎn) lot of paper    B．a(chǎn) piece of paper    C．a(chǎn) lot of papers    D．a(chǎn) paper

(    )6．A．for            B．beside        C．with        D．under 

(    )7．A．in             B．forward       C．out         D．back

(    )8．A．1ate            B．1ater         C．1atest       D．the latest

(    )9．A．is ready        B．gets ready      C．a(chǎn)re ready     D．ready

(    )10．A．which         B．who          C．what         D．where

  Long ago，in a small village of Wakefield lived two farmers，Harry and Peter．Harry was very hard．working while Peter was  36  ．Every day Harry got up early and came home late，but Peter walked around for fun．

  One summer there was no   37  and the crops(莊稼)were dying．Harry thought，“I must do something to save these crops，or they shall die．”With this  38  in mind，he went out to find a river so that he could dig a canal(溝渠)to his field．He walked on and on, feeling tired and thirsty．After a  39  search，he found a river full of blue water．He was

very happy．He started digging a canal to his field.  40  it was noon his wife sent their daughter to bring Harry home  41  lunch．But Harry did not go．He did not want to

leave his work unfinished．He completed his work  42  at night．He Was very satisfied．

He went home。had a good meal and  43  into a sound sleep．

    Peter did the same．But he was not at all determined(有決心的)．He also  44  digging a

 canal to his field but he didn’t have his work completed．His field did not get  45  water

 and all his crops died．

  Harry’s field would be watered when needed．He had a good harvest because of his hard work．

1.A．cruel     B．1azy        C．careless      D．silly

2.A．rain      B．wind        C．cloud        D．river

3.A．feeling    B．dream      C．problem      D．thought

4.A．quick     B．long        C．slow        D．special

5.A．Whether  B．Although    C．When        D．Unless

6.A．for       B．to          C．with         D．a(chǎn)t

7.A．early     B．far          C．1ate         D．deep

8.A．fell      B．1ooked      C．turned       D．walked

9.A．stopped  B．1oved        C：forgot       D．started

10.A．clean    B．enough       C．1ittle        D．fresh

Mr. Johnson 1____ a factory. He once 2_____ on TV that animals could be taught to 3_____ some work for people if they were given 4_____ to eat. He 5______the idea. He 6_____ it would be 7______ to have a dog look after his 8_____ and an elephant do some heavy jobs 9______ his factory. He bought a dog 10 ______an elephant in the market and decided to teach them to do some work 11_____ him. Of course. he 12______bought a lot of food for them. Several 13_____ later，the dog and the elephant 14 ______fatter and fatter，but they 15_______ do any work for him. At last，Mr. Johnson had to give up.
【小題1】A. have            B. had               C. work
【小題2】A. saw             B. asked             C. met
【小題3】A. make            B. do                C. 1et
【小題4】A. someone          B. nothing           C. something
【小題5】A. loved            B. disliked            C. hated
【小題6】A. told              B. thought             C. talked
【小題7】A. bad              B. good              C. 1ate
【小題8】A. house            B. shirt              C. eyes
【小題9】A. in               B. above               C. under
【小題10】A. but              B. or                  C. and
【小題11】A. for               B. to                  C. of
【小題12】A. also              B. never               C. yet
【小題13】A. years            B. hours               C. months
【小題14】A. smelt            B. sounded             C. became
【小題15】A. mustn’t            B. couldn’t            C. shouldn’t