It was Mary’s birthday．She received（收到）a  1  from her uncle．“Dear Mary,” he  2  in the letter , “Happy Birthday ! I’m sending you some chickens．They will  3  tomorrow． I hope you like them．Uncle Toby．”

Mary was very  4 ．She liked eating eggs and chicken．“ I can  5  the chickens for their eggs or eat them．” she thought．

When the chickens arrived the  6  day , they ere put in a box．Mary was very happy．She  7  the box off the back of the truck and began to carry  8  into her garden , but the box of chickens was  9  heavy that she dropped it．The box fell  10  the ground and  11 ．The chickens all ran out．They ran here and there．Mary spent hours  12  to finds them．

A few days later her uncle came．He asked, “Did the chickens arrive  13  ?” “Yes , but  I dropped the box． It broke open and the chickens ran  14 ．I spent the whole morning looking for them．” Mary said．

“Did you find them all?” asked her uncle．“I hope so ,” Mary answered , “but I only  15  eleven of them．”

“That’s very interesting．I only sent you six ,” her uncle said with a smile．

（   ） 1． A． box                B． present            C． card           D． letter

（   ） 2． A． wrote             B． read               C． told            D． spoke

（   ） 3． A． get               B． arrive              C． come          D． be

（   ） 4． A． unhappy          B． surprised          C． kind           D． pleased

（   ） 5． A． keep              B． grow              C． buy          D． sell

（   ） 6． A． rainy              B． first               C． last          D． next

（   ） 7． A． left                B． passed            C． took          D． opened

（   ） 8． A． it                 B． them               C． that          D． this

（   ） 9． A． very               B． too                 C． such         D． so

（   ） 10． A． into              B． to                  C． off          D． from

（   ） 11． A． turned            B． broke                  C． hurt          D． hit

（   ） 12． A． and try           B． for trying                  C． to try        D． in trying

（   ） 13． A． safely            B． angrily               C． happily       D． noisily

（   ） 14． A． here              B． there                C． everywhere  D．a(chǎn)nywhere

（   ） 15． A． bought            B． caught              C． dropped            D． sent

I will tell you a funny story about a bird．Last year I went to Hawaii to  1  the summer holiday with my friend．One day when I was  2  and eating some delicious food on tile beach，there were a lot of wild birds that hung around on the beach for  3  ．A little bird flew to me．I put a little food on the beach．The little bird   4   it and flew to eat it．So I continued to put more food closer and closer to the bird．To my  5  ，the little bird landed on my hand．I was very happy and wanted to laugh．And then the bird  6  all the food I gave it to my hand and played with me for a while．

This was the   7   time in my life I personally saw a wild bird trust（信任）someone enough to land on his hand．  8  for the bird，I wasn’t someone that would ever think of hurting it．I was lucky to have a chance to communicate（交流）with a wild  9 ．To someone this story seems to be nothing surprising，  10  to me it was a little miracle（奇跡）．

1．A．take                         B．cost                        C．have                       D．spend

2．A．swimming                B．running                   C．sleeping                  D．sitting

3．A．friends                     B．information             C．food                      D．beaches

4．A．turned                     B．hated                      C．saw                        D．a(chǎn)greed

5．A．time                        B．feeling                    C．surprise                  D．interest

6．A．bought                     B．drank                     C．caught                    D．a(chǎn)te

7．A．second                    B．final                       C．last                         D．first

8．A．Hardly                      B．Luckily                  C．Unluckily                D．Finally

9．A．person                     B．traveler                  C．player                     D．bird

10．A．a(chǎn)nd                        B．but                         C．so                          D．since

完形填空 閱讀短文, 從每題所給選項(xiàng)中選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)。（共15小題；每小題1分，滿分15分）

Peter’s job was to examine cars when they crossed the frontier（國(guó)境） to make sure that they were not smuggling(走私) anything into the country. Every evening he would see a factory worker coming   1  the hill towards the frontier, pushing a bike with a pile of goods(貨物) of old straw on it. When the bike   2  the frontier, Peter would stop the man and   3  him take the straw off and untie（解開） it. Then he would examine the straw very   4  to see   5   he could find anything, then he would look in all the man’s pockets   6  he let him tie the straw again. The man would then put it on his bike and go off down the hill with it. Although Peter was always   7  to find gold or other valuable things hidden in the straw, he never found anything. He was sure the man was   8  something, but he was not  9  to think out what it could be.

Then one evening, after he had looked through the straw and emptied the worker’s pockets   10  usual, he   11  to him, “Listen, I know you are smuggling things  12  this frontier. Won’t you tell me what it is? I’m an old man, and today is my   13 day on the job. Tomorrow I’m going to retire(退休). I promise I shall not tell  14  if you tell me what you’ve been smuggling.” The worker did not say anything for   15 . Then he smiled, turned to Peter and said quietly, “Bikes.”

1.                A．towards        B．down          C．to   D．up

2.                A．a(chǎn)rrived         B．a(chǎn)ppeared       C．came D．reached

3.                A．a(chǎn)sk            B．order          C．make D．call

4.                A．carefully        B．quickly         C．silently   D．horribly

5.                A．that           B．where          C．how D．if

6.                A．before         B．a(chǎn)fter           C．first  D．so

7.                A．lucky          B．hoping         C．thinking  D．wondering

8.                A．taking          B．smuggling       C．stealing   D．pushing

9.                A．possible        B．strong          C．a(chǎn)ble D．clever

10.               A．like            B．more          C．then  D．a(chǎn)s

11.               A．told           B．cried          C．ordered   D．said

12.               A．cross          B．past           C．a(chǎn)cross D．into

13.               A．last            B．first           C．newest    D．second

14.               A．everyone       B．a(chǎn)nyone         C．no one    D．someone

15.               A．moment        B．long time       C．sometime  D．some time

After death, John went to see God. God looked at him, feeling very unhappy, “You’ve lived in this world for 60 years. Why haven’t you gotten any result at all?” God asked.

John argued, “My God, I couldn’t become a successful person just because you didn’t give me any chance. If you let that magic apple hit on my head, the man who found the law of gravity should be me.”

God said, “OK, we might as well try again.”

God rocked his hands and the time turned back to a few hundred years ago.

God shook the apple tree for the first time, when a red apple fell and happened to drop on John’s head. John picked up the apple, wiped it and ate it up as soon as possible.

God allowed another bigger apple drop on John’s head and John ate it up once again.

God shook the apple tree for the third time, when a much bigger apple fell on John’s head. John got mad, picked up the apple, threw it out heavily. Then he shouted angrily: “The apple annoyed my sweet dream! What a bad luck!”

The apple flew out and happened to fall on Newton’s head. Newton awoke and picked up the apple. After a long time of thinking, he discovered the law of gravity at last.

The time returned once again now.

God said to John, “John, do you understand it now?”

John asked, “My God, please give me another chance…I will …”

God shook his head and said, “No. The chance that the apple drops on the head of everyone is the same, but each person’s ability to catch the chance is different.” 

1.When did John die?

A．At the age of 50.                        B．At the age of 60.

C．At the age of 70.                        D．At the age of 80.

2.How many times was John hit by apples?

A．Once.            B．Twice.            C．Three times.       D．Four times.

3. What did John do after he was hit by the apple for the second time?

A．He ate the apple at once.                 B．He got angry and shouted.

C．He threw the apple out.                  D．He thought something over.

4. Which is the best title of the passage?

A．God’s Words                         B．Annoying Apples

C．John’s Life                           D．Lost Chances