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1、AMy dog, Hero, isnt afraid of most things. But he is afraid of one thing. The vacuum cleaner（真空吸尘器）!Every Saturday morning, Mother cleans the house. First she runs the cleaner in the living room. Hero hides in the kitchen. We always laugh at Hero. “Why are you afraid?” we ask. “The vacuum cleaner ca
2、nt hurt you.” But sometimes I am afraid of things, too. I am afraid to be alone in the dark. And I know the dark cant hurt me. I guess its the same way with Hero. He is afraid without knowing why.A few weeks ago, Mum brought my new baby sister home. Her name is Barbie. She has a room all her own. He
3、ro seems to know it is hers. Last Saturday, Mum was cleaning the house again. Barbie was sleeping in her room. Hero was in the living room. Mum began to run the cleaner in the living room. Hero jumped out from below a chair. He ran towards my room. But then he stopped. He sat down at Barbies door. M
4、um went on running the cleaner. She ran it closer and closer to Hero. But Hero didnt move! Then Mum ran the cleaner right up to his front feet. Hero shook all over. He was really afraid! But he didnt let Mum get by. “You cant take the cleaner into Barbies room,” he seemed to say. “ Im taking care of
5、 Barbie.”Mum says that Hero has the right name. He is a real hero. He is brave.Being brave is not the same as not being afraid, Mum says. Being brave means that you do what you have to do. You do it even if you are afraid. Hero knew what he had to do. He had to take care of Barbie. So he did!1. The
6、writer is afraid of _ .A. kitchen B. Mum C. the vacuum cleaner D. being alone in the dark2. Which of the following is NOT true?A. Barbie is a baby.B. The writer is the only child in the family.C. Hero knows which room is Barbies .D. Mum cleans the house with a vacuum cleaner.3. In this passage, the
7、sentence “Hero shook all over.” means that _ .A. Hero liked Mum B. Hero was pleasedC. Hero was afraid D. Hero was angry4. Hero didnt run away as Mums vacuum cleaner came nearer because _ .A. he didnt mind it B. he was too frightened to moveC. he liked to watch it D. he wanted to stop it getting into
8、 Barbies room5. Why do they say that “Hero” is the right name for the dog?A. Because he was afraid of nothing or nobody. B. Because he was afraid of only one thing.C. Because he could catch a lot of thieves.D. Because he tried to protect the baby girl Barbie.BAlice opened the door and found that it
9、led into a small passage. She looked down the _1_ into a very lovely garden. She wanted to get out of that hall and _2_ among those flowers in the garden. But she could not even get _3_ head through the door. “And if my head would _4_,” thought poor Alice, “it would be of very little use _5_ my shou
10、lders.”There seemed to be no use in _6_ by the little door, so she went back to the table. She _7_ a little bottle on the table with the words, “DRINK ME” on it in large letters. It was all very well to say, “Drink me,” but the _8_ little Alice was not going to do that in a hurry. “No, Ill look firs
11、t,” she said, “and see if there is sign for poison”. _9_, the bottle did not have a sign for “poison”, so Alice _10_ it and thought it was very delicious. She finished drinking it very soon.1. A. passage B. garden C. hole D. river2. A. walk B. read C. write D. hear3. A. her B. its C. my D. his4. A.
12、take off B. take part C. go through D. take around5. A. ofB. without C. withD. on6. A. learningB. workingC. relaxing D. waiting7. A. soldB. bought C. washedD. found8. A. cleverB. friendly C. excitedD. successful9. A. HoweverB. ThenC. OftenD. Sometimes10. A. lookedB. soundedC. feltD. tastedCLittle We
13、mpati was a very happy little girl. When she was five years old, Papa and Mama decided to send her to school.The next morning, Mama drove Little Wempati to school. But at the school gate, Little Wempati didnt want to go inside. She felt that someone pulled her into the gate.Little Wempati cried. She
14、 did not like school.She cried through story time, singing and art time. She cried until it was time to go home.The same thing happened again. Then one day, Little Wempati saw the other children swinging and they seemed to be having a lot of fun. She thought, “Perhaps school isnt that bad.”So the ne
15、xt day, Little Wempati cried through art time, story time and singing. But when she got onto the swing, she stopped crying. She found it was interesting.The other children shouted, “Little Wempati can swing higher than any of us!” That made her very happy.So the next day, she cried through art time and story time. But she sang at singing. “What a lovely voice Little Wempati has,” said the teacher. And that made her happy, too.After that, Little Wempati stopped crying. Then she found school could be interesting.1. Lit
