閱讀下面短文，根據(jù)以下要求：1）漢語提示；2）首字母提示；3）語境提示，在每個(gè)空格內(nèi)填入一個(gè)適當(dāng)?shù)挠⒄Z單詞，并將該詞完整地寫在相對(duì)應(yīng)的橫線上。所填單詞要求意義準(zhǔn)確、拼寫正確。

It’s believed that you can quite easily improve your ability to remember

things through practice and exercise. But e_____ if you are successful,    

there are times ______ your memory seems to play tricks on you.        

Sometimes you remember things ______ really did not happen. Take           

one morning last week as an ______. I got up and found that I had          

l       the front door unlocked all night, yet I clearly remember          

locking it ______(仔細(xì)地) the night before. Memory “tricks” work the     

other way as well. Once in a while you remember ______ doing something 

and then find out that you d______. One day last month I was sitting           

in a barber shop w______ for my turn to get a haircut, and suddenly I          

______(意識(shí)到) that I actually got a haircut two days before.              

閱讀下面短文，根據(jù)以下要求：1）漢語提示；2）首字母提示；3）語境提示，在每個(gè)空格內(nèi)填入一個(gè)適當(dāng)?shù)挠⒄Z單詞，并將該詞完整地寫在相對(duì)應(yīng)的橫線上。所填單詞要求意義準(zhǔn)確、拼寫正確。
It’s believed that you can quite easily improve your ability to remember
things through practice and exercise. But e_____ if you are successful,    
there are times ______ your memory seems to play tricks on you.        
Sometimes you remember things ______ really did not happen. Take           
one morning last week as an ______. I got up and found that I had          
l      the front door unlocked all night, yet I clearly remember          
locking it ______(仔細(xì)地) the night before. Memory “tricks” work the     
other way as well. Once in a while you remember ______ doing something 
and then find out that you d______. One day last month I was sitting           
in a barber shop w______ for my turn to get a haircut, and suddenly I          
______(意識(shí)到) that I actually got a haircut two days before.              

It was on a warm day last summer. I was walking by the sea. The waves came and went. But I didn’t see them. I was lost in my thoughts.

A row of small holes soon caught my eyes. They lay in the sandy earth by the side of a road. In a minute I would have stepped on them.

What are these holes? I wondered. It had an answer soon. A fat, hairy insect crawled up from the earth. It had a wide tail. It was using the tail to dig in the ground.

The insect moved round and round in one spot(地點(diǎn)). Soon it had made another hole. When it was finished, the insect hid at the bottom. It covered its head with sand.

By now my thoughts of the early morning had gone. This new hole and the insect were all my world. So I sat quite still by the side of the road. And I waited.

As I watched, a small ant crossed the road. It passed my foot, and then it crossed the sandy earth. In a little while it reached the edge of the hole. I saw it start to fall in. The ant tried to turn back. But it couldn’t.

And then I knew. I knew why the holes were there. For just then the fat insect came up out of the hole. It ate the ant who was trapped there.

Later I learned the insect’s name. It’s called ant lion. It digs holes to catch ants.

I’ll never forget that day. The holes looked so small to me. But to the ant and the ant lion they were the whole world.

I took my walks by the sea that summer. But I never again learned as much as I did on the one.

1. What did the ant lion use to dig holes?

  A. Its tail       B. Its feet.            C. Its head         D. Its whole body

2. Why did the ant lion hide in the hole?

  A. To keep the sun away           B. So no one would catch it.

  C. So the ant wouldn’t see it        D. To keep warm.

3. Why did “I” sit down by the side of the road?

  A. To think                           B. To eat her lunch

C. To watch the little holes          D. To catch ants.

4.Why did the ant lion dig the holes?

  A. To play a game                 B. To catch its food

  C. To hide its eggs                   D. To hide from its enemy

5.Why did “I” never forget that day?

  A. Learned something          B. Had a nice time

  C. Saw the ant lion whenever she took a walk

  D. Felt sorry for the ant.

One day last summer, watching the boys and girls trying to catch butterflies I remembered something happened when I was young．When I was a boy of 12 in South Carolina, something happened to me that cured me forever of wanting to put any wild creature in a cage.
We lived on the edge of a wood, and every evening at dusk the mockingbirds would come and rest in the trees and sing. No musician can sing more beautiful than the birds. I decided that I would catch a young bird and keep it in a cage and in that way would have my own private musician.
I finally succeeded in catching one and put it in a cage. At first, the bird flied about the cage, but eventually it settled down in its new home. I felt very pleased with myself and looked forward to some beautiful singing from my tiny musician.
I had left the cage out, and on the second day my new pet’s mother flew to the cage with food in her mouth. The baby bird ate everything she brought to it. I was pleased to see this. Certainly the mother knew better than I how to feed her baby.
The following morning when I went to see how my bird was doing, I discovered it on the floor of the cage, dead. I was shocked! What had happened! I had taken good care of my little bird.
Arthur Wayne, the famous ornithologist, happened to be visiting my father at the time, hearing me crying over the death of my bird, explained what had occurred. “A mother mockingbird, finding her young in a cage, will sometimes bring it poison berries. She thinks it better for her young to die than to live in cage.”
Never since then have I caught any living creature and put it in a cage. All living creatures have a right to live free.
【小題1】Why did the writer catch a mockingbird when he was a boy of 12?

One day last summer, watching the boys and girls trying to catch butterflies I remembered something happened when I was young．When I was a boy of 12 in South Carolina, something happened to me that cured me forever of wanting to put any wild creature in a cage.

We lived on the edge of a wood, and every evening at dusk the mockingbirds would come and rest in the trees and sing. No musician can sing more beautiful than the birds. I decided that I would catch a young bird and keep it in a cage and in that way would have my own private musician.

I finally succeeded in catching one and put it in a cage. At first, the bird flied about the cage, but eventually it settled down in its new home. I felt very pleased with myself and looked forward to some beautiful singing from my tiny musician.

I had left the cage out, and on the second day my new pet’s mother flew to the cage with food in her mouth. The baby bird ate everything she brought to it. I was pleased to see this. Certainly the mother knew better than I how to feed her baby.

The following morning when I went to see how my bird was doing, I discovered it on the floor of the cage, dead. I was shocked! What had happened! I had taken good care of my little bird.

Arthur Wayne, the famous ornithologist, happened to be visiting my father at the time, hearing me crying over the death of my bird, explained what had occurred. “A mother mockingbird, finding her young in a cage, will sometimes bring it poison berries. She thinks it better for her young to die than to live in cage.”

Never since then have I caught any living creature and put it in a cage. All living creatures have a right to live free.

1.Why did the writer catch a mockingbird when he was a boy of 12?

2.The mockingbird died because it ______.

3.An ornithologist probably means ______.

4.What is the most important lesson the writer learned from the incident?

閱讀理解

　　Last summer I went through a training program and became a literacy volunteer（掃盲志愿者）．The training I received，though excellent，did not tell me how it was to work with a real student，however．When I began to discover（發(fā)現(xiàn)）what other people's lives were like because they could not read，I realized the true importance of reading．

　　My first student Marie was a 44-year-old single（單身的）mother of three．In the first lesson，I found out she walked two miles to the nearest supermarket twice a week because she didn't know which bus to take．When I told her I would get her a bus schedule（時(shí)刻表），she told me it would not help because she could not read it．She said she also had difficulty once she got to the supermarket because she couldn't always remember what she needed．Since she did not know words，she could not write out a shopping list．Also，she could only recognize（認(rèn)出，識(shí)別）items by sight，so if the product had a different label（標(biāo)識(shí)），she would not recognize it as the product she wanted．

　　As we worked together，learning how to read built Marie's self-confidence（自信心），which encouraged her to continue in her studies． She began to make rapid progress and was even able to take the bus to the supermarket．After this successful trip，she reported how self-confident she felt．At the end of the program，she began helping her youngest son，Tony，a shy first grader，with his reading．She sat with him before he went to sleep and together they would read bedtime stories．When his eyes became wide with excitement as she read，pride was written all over her face，and she began to see how her own hard work in learning to read paid off．As she described（描述）this experience，I was proud of myself as well．I

found that helping Marie to build her self-confidence was more rewarding（值得做的）than anything I had ever done before．

　　As a literacy volunteer，I learned a great deal about teaching and helping others．In fact，I may have learned more form the experience than Marie did．

1．What did the author do last summer？

[　　]

A．She worked in the supermarket．

B．She helped someone to learn to read．

C．She gave single mothers the help they needed．

D．She went to a training program to help a literacy volunteer．

2．Why didn't Marie go to the supermarket by bus at first？

[　　]

A．Because she liked to walk to the supermarket．

B．Because she lived far away from the bus stop．

C．Because she couldn't afford the bus ticket．

D．Because she couldn't find the right bus．

3．How did Marie use to find the goods she wanted in the supermarket？

[　　]

A．She knew where the goods were in he supermarket．

B．She asked others to take her to the right place．

C．She managed to find the goods by their looks．

D．She remembered the names of the goods．

4．Which of the following statements is TRUE about Marie？

[　　]

A．Marie could do things she had not been able to do before．

B．Marie was able to read stories with the help of her son．

C．Marie decided to continue her studies in school．

D．Marie paid for her own lessons．

It's believed that you can quite easily improve your ability to remember things through practice and exercise. But 40.e________ if you are successful, there are times 41.________ your memory seems to play tricks on you. Sometimes you remember things 42.________ really did not happen. Take one morning last week as an 43.________. I got up and found that I had 44.l________ the front door unlocked all night, yet I clearly remembered locking it 45.________ (仔細(xì)地) the night before. Memory “tricks” work the other way as well. Once in a while you remember 46.________ doing something and then find out that you 47.d________. One day last month I was sitting in a barber shop 48.w________ for my turn to get a haircut, and suddenly I 49.________ (意識(shí)到) that I had actually got a haircut two days before.

閱讀理解

　　Last summer I went through a training program and became a literacy volunteer (掃盲志愿者). The training I received, though excellent, did not tell me how it was to work with a real student. However, when I began to discover what other people's lives were like because they could not read, I realized the true importance of reading.

　　My first student Marie was a 44-year-old single mother of three. In the first lesson, I found out she walked two miles to the nearest supermarket twice a week because she didn's know which bus to take. When I told her I would get her a bus schedule (時(shí)刻表), she told me it would not help because she could not read it. She said she also had difficulty once she got to the supermarket because she couldn't always remember what she needed. Since she did not know words, she could not write out a shopping list. Also, she could only recognize items by sight, so if the product had a different label (標(biāo)識(shí)), she would not recognize it as the product she wanted.

　　As we worked together, learning how to read built Marie's self-confidence (自信心), which encouraged her to continue her studies. She began to make rapid progress and was even able to take the bus to the supermarket. After this successful trip, she reported how self-confident she felt. At the end of the program, she began helping her youngest son, Tony, a shy first grader, with his reading. She sat with him before he went to sleep and together they would read bedtime stories. When his eyes became wide with excitement as she read, pride was written all over her face, and she began to see how her own hard work in learning to read paid off. As she described this experience, I was proud of myself as well. I found that helping Marie to build her self-confidence was more rewarding than anything I had ever done before. As a literacy volunteer, I learned a great deal about teaching and helping others. In fact, I may have learned more from the experience than Marie did.

1．What did the author do last summer?

[　　]

A．She worked in the supermarket.

B．She helped someone to learn to read.

C．She gave single mothers the help they needed.

D．She went to a training program to help a literacy volunteer.

2．Why didn't Marie go to the supermarket by bus at first?

[　　]

A．Because she liked to walk to the supermarket.

B．Because she lived far away from the bus stop.

C．Because she couldn't afford the bus ticket.

D．Because she couldn't find the right bus.

3．How did Marie use to find the goods she wanted in the supermarket?

[　　]

A．She knew where the goods were in the supermarket.

B．She asked others to take her to the right place.

C．She managed to find the goods by their looks.

D．She remembered the names of the goods.