Swans at first didn"t have long necks but they had beautiful feathers, and they didn"t paddle like ducks,
they swam. The 1 at that time were ugly, and kicked their short legs to swim. The swans wouldn"t 2 the
ducks swim with them, which angered the ducks.
One day while the swans and ducks were 3 about which group would swim first, some geese came over
to see what was the matter.
They listened, and found that the swans thought that they should use the pond first because they were
much 4 . But they also found that the ducks thought that they should use it first because it was their turn.
Then a goose said that they should 5 the pond since it was rather large. The swans got mad at this. So a
fight broke out 6 them. The ducks were pulling at the swans feet, and the geese were biting the swans necks,
and pulled as 7 as they could.
About an hour later the fight ended. The ducks and geese stood there looking at the swans. They had pulled
the swans necks out 8 far that they couldn"t hold their heads up. But after that day swans, ducks and geese
shared all the ponds 9 , and there were no taking turns.
But still today the swans have fairly 10 necks. The ducks however are no longer ugly; they are pretty,
and a little more graceful (优美的).
( )1. A. swans ( )2. A. let ( )3. A. talking ( )4. A. uglier ( )5. A. make ( )6. A. among ( )7. A. hard ( )8. A. such ( )9. A. carefully ( )10. A. short | B. ducks B. ask B. worrying B. prettier B. have B. except B. harder B. so B. excellently B. long | C. geese C. invite C. quarreling C. stronger C. share C. including C. hardly C. too C. peacefully C. big | |||||||||||||||||
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阅读理解。 根据短文内容。完成下面的句子,每空一词。 | |||||||||||||||||||
A traveler came out of the airport. There were a lot of taxis. He asked every taxi-driver his name. Then he took the third one. It cost 5 dollars from the airport to the hotel."How much does it cost for the whole day?" the man asked."100 dollars," said the taxi-driver. This was very dear, but the man said it was OK. The taxi-driver took the man everywhere. He showed him all the parks and museums in the city. In the evening they went back to the hotel. The traveler gave the taxi-driver 100 dollars and said,"What about tomorrow?" The taxi-driver looked at the man and said,"Tomorrow? It"s another 100 dollars." But the man said,"That"s OK! See you tomorrow." The taxi-driver was very pleased. The next day the taxi-driver took the traveler everywhere again. They visited all the parks and museums again. And in the evening they went back to the hotel. The man gave the taxi-driver 100 dollars again and said,"I"m going home tomorrow." The taxi-driver was sorry because he liked the traveler and, above all, 100 dollars a day was a lot of money."So you"re going home. Where do you come from?" he asked."I come from New York.""New York!" said the taxi-driver,"I have a sister in New York. Her name is Susannah. Do you know her? Of course I know her. She gave me 200 dollars for you!" | |||||||||||||||||||
1. The traveler took the ______ taxi because he didn"t want to spend his money on the coming visit. 2. Usually the of the _____ traveling one day may be _____ than $ 100. 3. The driver"s _____ asked the traveler to the money to ______ the taxi-driver. 4. At last the driver was _____ when he _____ what the traveler said. 5. From the passage we know the traveler ______ from _______. | |||||||||||||||||||
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Once the colors of the world argued with each other. All thought that they were the best and (1)______ (important). Green said,"Clearly I am the most important. I am the sign of life and hope. I"m the color of grass, trees and leaves. Without me, all animals would die." Yellow laughed: "You are all so serious. I bring happiness and warmth into the world. Every time people look at a yellow sunflower, they start to smile. Without me, there would be no fun." Orange shouted:"I am the color of (2)______ (healthy) and strength. I have the most important vitamins (维生素). Think of carrots, vegetables and oranges. When I appear in the sky, everyone is shocked at my beauty and nobody gives another thought to any of you." Red couldn"t stand it any longer,"I am the color of danger and bravery. I"m willing to fight for a cause. I bring fire into the blood." Their voices became louder and louder. The thunder got angry and the rain started to pour. When they became calm, the rain said to the colors,"You are all foolish. Don"t you know that each of you is unique (独一无二)? If you don"t agree with me, just follow me." They did as the rain told them and together made the most beautiful rainbow (彩虹). | |||||||||||||||||||
1. 用(1)、(2)两处括号中所给词的适当形式填空。 (1) All thought that they were the best and _______________ (important). (2) I"m the color of _______________ (healthy) and warmth. 2. Red couldn"t stand it any longer. (同义句转化,每空一词) Red could _______________ _____________ stand it. 3. 根据短文内容回答问题。 According to the passage, how many colors took part in the argument? __________________________________________________________ 4. 将划线句子翻译成汉语。 __________________________________________________________ 5. What"s the main idea of this passage? (不超过10个单词) __________________________________________________________ | |||||||||||||||||||
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Mr. Miller had a shop in a big town. He 1 ladies (女士) clothes, and he always had two or three shop girls to 2 him. They were always 3 because they were paid lower wage (工资, 周薪) than older women, but 4 of them worked for him for very 5 , because they were young, and they did not meet many boys in 6 shop. Last month a girl came to work for him. Her 7 was Helen, and she was very good. After a few days, Mr. Miller 8 a young man come into the shop. He went 9 to Helen, spoke to her for a few 10 and then went out of the shop. Mr. Miller was very 11 and when the young man 12 , he went to Helen and said, "That young man didn"t 13 anything. What did he want to 14 ?" Helen answered,"He just wanted to 15 me." | |||||||||||||||||||
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