E. Why do you enjoy your hobby? F. I’ll try to make things, too. G. What about yours? Ⅴ. 阅读理解(共20分，每小题2分)
A
A peacock (孔雀) and a tortoise (龟) were good friends. One day, a bird catcher caught the peacock and was going to sell him on the market. The peacock asked the bird catcher to allow him to say goodbye to his friend the tortoise. The bird catcher agreed.
The tortoise asked the bird catcher to let the peacock go, but he refused. The tortoise then said, “If I give you a nice gift, will you let my friend go?” “Certainly,” answered the bird catcher.
So the tortoise jumped into the river, and he came up with a big pearl (珍珠) after some time. The bird catcher was so surprised. He was so happy that he let the peacock go.
A few days later, the bird catcher came back to the tortoise. He thought he didn’t get enough for letting the peacock go. He told the tortoise that he would catch the peacock again unless (除非) he got another big pearl.
The tortoise knew that the peacock lived in a safe place. “Well,” said the tortoise, “please return the pearl that I gave you and I will come back with two.”
The bird catcher thought for some time and gave the pearl to the tortoise. Then the tortoise swam away and said, “I am not so stupid to take one and give two!” The bird catcher could only stand by the river and feel sorry for being greedy (贪婪的). 根据材料内容选择最佳答案。
( ) 41. What did the peacock want to do before the bird catcher sold him?
A. To give a gift to his friend. B. To give a gift to his parents. C. To say goodbye to his friend. D. To say goodbye to his parents.
( ) 42. What did the tortoise promise the bird catcher at first?
A. Lots of fish. B. A nice gift. C. A larger bird. D. Special skills.
( ) 43. The bird catcher came back to the tortoise because he wanted to ________.
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A. sell the tortoise B. catch more birds C. learn how to catch fish D. get more from the tortoise
( ) 44. What did the bird catcher get at last?
A. Nothing. B. Two birds. C. A big pearl. D. Two big pearls.
( ) 45. The passage mainly tells us ________.
A. we shouldn’t be greedy B. tortoises are clever animals C. we should be friendly to animals D. two different animals can be good friends
B
Kellie Lenamond is 16. She’s from the United States. She has many hobbies. She likes playing volleyball. She also likes playing the violin, and she loves singing. And Kellie has an unusual hobby: beekeeping (养蜂).
Kellie doesn’t work with her bees every day. She looks after her hives (蜂房) about twice a month in spring, summer and autumn. She spends more time with her bees in winter. There aren’t many flowers for the bees to get food from at this time of the year. So Kellie feeds the bees sugar water in winter.
This is a usual day for Kellie when she works with her bees: 8:00 She gets up and eats breakfast. 9:00 She makes sugar water for the bees. 10:00 She does her homework. 11:00 She practises the violin.
12:00 She makes lunch for her brothers and sisters. Then they eat lunch together. 3:00 She goes to volleyball practice. 5:00 She and her mum make dinner.
7:00 After dinner, Kellie dresses herself in special clothes. She feeds the bees sugar water.
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Every summer, Kellie takes honey from the hives. Her bees can make a lot of honey in a year. Kellie and her family sell some of the honey, cook with some of the honey and give friends some honey, too.
Kellie’s friends don’t go near the hives. They are afraid. They don’t want the bees to sting (蜇) them. Kellie says they don’t understand that bees are safe. “I like standing safely in the middle of the bees. No one else is brave enough!” she says. 根据材料内容选择最佳答案。
( ) 46. How many hobbies does Kellie have?
A. Two. B. Three. C. Four. D. Five.
( ) 47. Kellie spends more time with the bees in winter because ________.
A. she likes winter best B. her parents ask her to do so C. she doesn’t need to go to school D. bees can’t get enough food from flowers
( ) 48. What’s the right order of the things in Kellie’s one usual day?
①Kellie feeds the bees. ②Kellie plays the violin. ③Kellie plays volleyball. ④Kellie does her homework.
A. ④②③① B. ②③①④ C. ③①②④ D. ③②④①
( ) 49. When does Kellie take honey from the hives?
A. In spring. B. In summer. C. In autumn. D. In winter.
( ) 50. What do Kellie’s friends feel when they see the bees?
A. Excited. B. Afraid. C. Sad. D. Comfortable.
Ⅵ. 完成句子(共10分，每小题2分)
根据汉语意思完成英语句子，每空词数不限。 51. 这个周末他们想去电影院，还想去动物园。
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This weekend they want to go to the cinema ________________ the zoo.
52. 他摔断了腿。结果他再也不能打篮球了。
He broke his leg. ________________, he couldn’t play basketball any longer. 53. 这些邮票来自世界各地。
The stamps are from ________________. 54. 这位作者写了他在英国的旅行经历。
The writer ________________ his experiences during his travel in England. 55. 戴维喜欢做运动，如游泳和跑步。
David likes doing sports, ________________ swimming and running. Ⅶ. 短文填空(共10分，每小题1分)
阅读短文，从方框中选出恰当的单词填空，有的需要变换形式，使短文通顺、意思完整，每词限用一次，其中有两个词是多余的。
heavy, thirteen, too, woman, they, man, watch, pass, drive, again, with, stop One spring afternoon, I went to the shopping centre with my son. As I was looking for the parking space (停车位), I saw a(n) (56)________ pushing her shopping cart (购物车) in front of us, and the cart looked too (57)________ for her — it was full of (充满) food and drinks. She was also carrying three bags in her hands. She saw us and tried to move to the side so that we could (58)________. At that time, the wind blew away two of the food bags, and she ran to catch (59)________. I asked if she was OK. “Yes,” she said, “I’ll be out of your way soon.” She picked up the two bags but another bag fell off.
I (60)________ my car and told my son to wait for a minute. I ran to the woman and she said sorry first. She told me those things were for her son’s (61)________ birthday party. I helped her put the things in her car. She said, “Thank you so much.” I smiled and said, “I am a mother, (62)________. Many people helped me before. I’m just returning the kindness.” She said thanks (63)________ and got in her car.
When I walked to the shopping centre (64)________ my son, he took my hand. It was the most touching gesture (动作) of all, and I realised that our children are always (65)________.
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