Once a tiger was in a cage. Soon a good man went by. As soon as the tiger saw the man, the tiger began to cry. “Please! Please!” the tiger called. “Please, let me out.” “No,” said the good man. “If I do, you will eat me.” “I will not eat you,” the tiger said. “Please let me out.”

The good man believed the tiger. He opened the door of the cage. The tiger jumped out. “How silly you are,” the tiger laughed. “Now I am going to eat you.” “Wait!” the man cried. “You ought not to eat me. Let us ask others what they think.” “You may ask three others.” the tiger said.

The good man asked a tree. The tree said, “I give shade (樹蔭). And yet I am cut down. Let the tiger eat you.”

Next, the good man asked a bird. The bird said, “I hurt no one. Yet people hunt and kill me. Let the tiger eat you.”

The last one that the good man asked was a road. The road said, “I don’t care if the tiger eats you. People could not get along too well without me. Yet all day and all night people step on me without even a ‘thank you’.”

The tiger was ready to eat the good man. Just then a dog came by. “What is happening?” asked the dog. The man told the dog the whole story.

“I don’t understand,” said the dog. “The tiger wants to eat you because you put him in a cage?”

“No, no,” said the man. “Some other men put him in a cage.”

“Oh,” the dog said. “He is going to eat you because you do not have a cage.”

“Silly dog!” the tiger cried. “Don’t you understand? I was in the cage. This man let me out.”

“Oh, I see,” the dog said. “When the man was in the cage, you let him out.”

“I was in the cage!” the tiger cried. “In this way!” with that, he jumped back into the cage.

At once, the dog closed the door of the cage. “Oh,” the dog laughed. “At last I understand!”

The good man and the dog walked off. The tiger looked sad in the cage. If he waited long enough, perhaps another good man would come by.

46. When the tiger saw the man, he began to cry, because _____________.

　 A. he wanted the man to help him out of the cage　　

B. he wanted to eat the man

　 C. he wanted to eat the dog　　　　　　　　　　　

D. he wanted to eat the bird

47. After the tiger jumped out of the cage, he wanted _____________.

　 A. to thank the man　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. to eat the man　 　

　 C. to ask the others　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. to run away

48. The tree ____________ with the tiger because _______ to the tree.

　 A. agreed; humans were kind　　 　　　 B. agreed; humans were not kind

　 C. disagreed; humans were kind　 　　　　　　 D. disagreed; humans were not kind

49. The bird let the tiger eat the man because __________.

　 A. people helped birds　　　　 　　　　　　　　 B. it liked tigers　

C. it liked the man　　　　　 　　　　　　　　 D. people hunted and killed him

50. What happened to the tiger at last?

　 A. The dog agreed that the tiger could eat the good man.

B. The tiger jumped back into the cage and was closed in the cage again.

C. The tiger ate the good man and the dog.　　　

D. The tiger made friends with the good man and the dog.

　　　

One day when some government officials were rebuilding a barn（谷倉）, they found a mouse hole in a corner and used smoke to force the mice inside the hole to come out. A while later, they indeed saw mice running out one after another. Then everyone thought that all the mice had run away. But just as they began to clean up, they saw two mice squeezing （擠）out at the mouth of the hole. With some efforts（努力）, the mice finally got out. However, it was strange that after they came out of the hole, they did not run away immediately. Instead, one ran after the other near the mouth of the hole. It seemed that one was trying to bite (咬)the tail of the other.

Everyone was puzzled, so they stepped nearer to take a look. They realized that one of the mice was blind and could see nothing, and the other was trying to allow the blind mouse to bite on his tail so that he could pull the blind one with him to escape.

After seeing what happened, everyone was silent and lost in thought. During the meal time, the group of people sat down in a circle and started to chat about what happened to the two mice.

One serious American official said: “I think the relationship between those two mice was that of king and guard.” The others thought for a while and said, “That was why!”

A smart French said : “ I think the relationship between those two mice was that of husband and wife.” Again the others thought for a while, and all felt it made sense.

A Japanese said, “I think the relationship between those two mice was that of mother and son.” Once again the others thought for a while, and felt this was more reasonable. So they expressed agreement another time.

At that moment, one Chinese asked: “ Why did those two mice have to have a certain relationship?”

Suddenly, the group looked back at the Chinese and remained silent. The American official, the French and the Japanese who had spoken earlier all lowered their heads in shame（慚愧）, and did not dare answer.

In fact, the true love is not built on friendship, loyalty or blood(血源) relationship . Instead, it is based on no relationship.

46. The last two mice didn’t run away immediately because          .

 A. they were fighting                     B. the mouth of the hole was too small

 C. they were too frightened to run away      D. one was trying to help the other

47 It was true that            .

 A. each people had a different understanding of the relationship

 B. all the mice ran out of the hole easily

 C. the government officials wanted to kill the mice with smoke

 D. the government officials knew one of the mice was blind at the first sight.

48 Why did the group of government officials, except the Chinese, lower their heads in shame according to the passage?

 A .They had mistaken the relationship between the two mice.

 B. They did not dare to answer.

 C. They were not able to answer.

 D. They should have expressed themselves much better.

49. What does the underlined sentence “ it made sense . ” mean ?

 A. it was interesting                      B. it was reasonable

 C. it was romantic                       D. it was unusual

50. The best title for the passage is             

 A. Friendship and Love                   B. What Is True Love

C. Help Produces Love                   D. No Relationship Is Love

                           

　　In the 13th century, the famous Italian traveler, Marco Polo, traveled a long way to China During his stay in China, he saw many wonderful things.

　　One of the things he discovered was that the Chinese used paper money. In western countries, people did not use paper money until the 15th century.

　　But people in China began to use paper money in the 7th century.

　　A Chinese man called Cai Lun invented paper almost 2000 years ago. How did he do it? He took wood from trees and made it into paper. He then put these pieces of paper together and made them into a book.

　　Now paper still comes from trees. We use a lot of paper every day. If we keep on wasting so much paper, there will not be any trees left on the earth. If there are no trees, there will be no paper. Every day, people throw away about 2 800 tons of paper in Beijing. It takes 17 trees to make one ton of paper.

　　This means that we are cutting down nearly 48 000 trees every day. Since it takes more than 10 years for a tree to grow, we must start using less paper now. If we don’t, we will not have enough time to grow more trees to take the place of those we use for paper.

　　So how can we save paper? We can use both sides of every piece of paper, especially when we are making notes. We can choose drinks in bottles instead of those in paper cups. We can also use cotton handkerchiefs, not paper ones. When we go shopping, we can use fewer paper bags. If the shop assistant does give us a paper bag, we can save it and reuse it later.

　　Everyone can help to save paper. If we all think carefully, we can help protect trees. But we should do it now, before it is too late.

(1) People in western countries first used paper money in the ________ century.

[　　]

A．17th	B．15th
C．13th	D．7th

(2) About _______ tons of paper are thrown away every day in Beijing.

[　　]

A．1700	B．2000
C．2800	D．48000

(3) Which of the following is NOT a way to save paper?

[　　]

A．To use both sides of every piece of paper.

B．To use paper bags from shops more than once.

C．To use cotton handkerchiefs instead of paper ones.

D．To grow more trees.

(4) Which of the following is NOT TRUE?

[　　]

A．If we keep on wasting paper, we will have no paper to use.

B．The Chinese used paper money much earlier than the people in western    countries.

C．About 48 000 trees can be used to make 2 800 tons of paper.

D．It is never too late to plant trees for paper.

(5) Which is the best title of the passage?

[　　]

A．Saving Paper

B．The History of Paper

C．Cotton Handkerchiefs Back Again

D．Cai Lun, the Great Inventor

    Everyone knows Smokey the Bear in the USA!

    ----You see him on TV.

    ----You see him in the paper.

----You hear him on the radio.

 Smokey always wears a forest ranger’s (護林員) hat. And he says the same words over and over, “Be careful! Only you can prevent forest fires!”

   Who first thought of him, and why? His story goes back to 1945. before then, there were many, many forest fires. Big trees were burned down. Land was burned black in many places. Careless people started most of the fires. They did not put out their campfires, or threw away matches that were still burning.

“Let’s tell people something about forest fires! Let’s tell them they often start the fires,” said a man named Mr. Gray.

“Good!” said Mr. Ross. “ Now, what’s the best way to tell them?”

“A friendly bear could tell them,” said Mr Gray.

Everyone agreed. So Smokey was “born”---name, hat and everything! Ever since then, he has had a green job. And he has done it well. People are more careful now because of the friendly bear. Smokey keeps telling us, again and again, “ Put out that match. Put out that campfire! Only you can prevent forest fires!”

Smokey often makes us feel good, too! He says, “ Thanks for being careful.”

48. Where can we see Smokey the Bear?

   A. We can see him on TV.         B. We can see in the paper.

   C. We can hear him on the radio.    D. All of the above.

49. Smokey the Bear is so famous in the USA because___________.

   A. children like him very much     B. he keeps asking people to be careful with fire

   C. it is a very interesting animal    D. he can put out the fire

50. The main idea of this passage is ___________.

   A. everyone knows Smokey in the USA      B. only Smokey can stop forest fires

   C. Smokey asks people to be careful with fire  D. Smokey is good at putting out fires

A few minutes before six o’clock, Mr. Smith began to leave. He was about to start the car when a gunman (持槍者)   36   up from the back seat. He  37   a gun to Mr. Smith’s head,“Drive me to Paris!” he shouted.

　　“All right”Mr. Smith answered. He started the engine (發(fā)動機), pulled away from the side of the street and   38   down. Being 81 years old, he knew he could not   39   the gunman. He knew he needed help. Where were the police? As he drove   40   each crossing, he looked up and down the side streets, hoping to meet a police car. But he could see    41    . “Just my luck,” he thought. “If I was   42   too fast, there would be a police car on every corner.”

　　   43    he pushed his foot down on the accelerator(加速器), and the car ran   44  faster. “What are you doing?” shouted the gunman. “Keeping off the police.” Mr. Smith answered. “I thought I saw a police car   45   there.”

　　He ran red lights, drove wrong on one-way streets. On the two-way streets, he drove on the wrong   46    of the road. Not one of the policemen saw him. Again Mr. Smith’s plan was not working. He had to try a    47     plan.

　　He    48   a corner and saw the police station in front. Then he drove his car as fast as he could towards the police gate. The car hit a police motorbike down and stopped. Mr. Smith shouted, “Help! Help!” Then he   49   back to grab the man’s gun. At the same time the policemen heard the   50   and quickly caught the gunman.

　　(    )36.   A. woke       B. sat       C. stood    D. jumped

　　(    )37.   A. brought     B. pointed   C. held     D. carried

　　(    )38.   A. drove       B. left      C. took     D. pushed

　　(    )39.   A. fight        B. lift       C. keep      D. hit

　　(    )40.   A. around    B. over       C. through     D. towards

　　(    )41.   A. somebody  B. anybody   C. everybody   D. nobody

　　(    )42.   A. driving    B. moving    C. getting      D. walking

　　(    )43.   A. Slowly    B. Suddenly   C. Quietly     D. Carefully

　　(    )44.   A. more     B. much      C. very        D. quite

　　(    )45.   A. front      B. near      C. below       D. back

　　(    )46.   A. street     B. way      C. side         D. corner

　　(    )47.   A. new      B. safe      C. hard         D. nice

　　(    )48.   A. found     B. turned     C. stopped at    D. arrived at

　　(    )49.   A. got       B. looked    C. turned       D .came

　　(    )50.   A.  sound    B. man     C. voice       D. noise