【正文】 that strange white bird! She had seen 11 on the other side of the forest. That night Sylvie39。s dreams were full of everything she could buy with ten dollars. She had a 12 that she would get the money for her grandmother. When it was almost time for the sun to rise, she 13 left her house and hurried through the forest. She was sure she would be able to see where the white bird had hidden. About an hour later, Sylvie came back from the 14 . But she was silent. She remembered how it came flying through the golden air. She decided not to tell the heron39。s 15 to anyone and gave its life away. The young man went away disappointed later that day. Sylvie felt kind of sad. But she soon became happy when she heard the sound of the bird. 1. A. pleasedB. angryC. strictD. excited2. A. boyB. girlC. manD. woman3. A. lostB. knewC. foundD. showed4. A. soB. sinceC. thoughD. because5. A. borrowB. shareC. makeD. buy6. A. breakfastB. lunchC. dinnerD. water7. A. neitherB. eitherC. bothD. all8. A. feedingB. stealingC. inventingD. collecting9. A. catchB. cutC. sellD. design10. A. wellB. fastC. deepD. slow11. A. itB. himC. herD. them12. A. taskB. problemC. surveyD. plan13. A. sadlyB. safelyC. quietlyD. noisily14. A. riverB. woodsC. parkD. home15. A. secretB. habitC. colorD. age13．完形填空 Language is human39。s greatest inventions. The ability to read and write is 1 to express one39。s feelings. Most humans can speak very well 2 they are about three years old. But how can we bee a better reader? Here are some ways. First take it slow. Many readers feel that they read too slowly, especially pared 3 others. But the truth is that the faster you read, 4 you are to understand what you39。re reading. The best readers can slow down when needed. If you get to the 5 of a passage and realize you can39。t understand, please read it again. Learning to read 6 will help you bee faster without missing anything. The second way is to read aloud. When humans first began 7 written words 8 was unusual to read in silence. Reading aloud is one of the best ways to improve your reading ability. You may feel it 9 to read to your cat or to no one at all. But once you get into the rhythm（節(jié)奏） of the author39。s voice, you will begin to read more accurately（精確地） and with better vocal（有聲的） expression. Feeling it is also a good way. Can you remember the first piece of writing that take you to 10 world? Learning to enter into the lives of imagined stories is important to you. As you read, allow different ideas to 11 . You39。ll appreciate novels like fine wine. The 12 way is to write. Writing and reading go handinhand: how and what you read influence how and what you write. And the best readers often make the best 13 . There are many pleasures to language 14 can only be experienced through the practice of writing. The last way is to tell your friends. There is 15 magical about sharing books with friends or a book club. It39。s a good way to see the world from someone else39。s eyes. And you can understand the story that you39。re reading better.1. A. importantB. difficultC. similarD. willing2. A. beforeB. whenC. sinceD. unless3. A. inB. onC. withD. of4. A. the betterB. the lessC. the moreD. the fewer5. A. firstB. beginningC. lastD. end6. A. quicklyB. loudlyC. easilyD. slowly7. A. copyingB. readingC. writingD. speaking8. A. itB. thatC. thisD. he9. A. sadB. sorryC. happyD. silly10. A. otherB. anotherC. the otherD. others11. A. e inB. e trueC. e onD. e out12. A. secondB. thirdC. fourthD. fifth13. A. writersB. teachersC. studentsD. artists14. A. whatB. whoC. thatD. where15. A. anythingB. somethingC. everythingD. nothing14．完形填空 On Christmas Day, all family members gathered at our parents39。 home. No member had ever 1 Christmas Day with our mother and father. Only this year, things were 2 . Our father passed away on November 26th, and this was our first Christmas 3 him. Mother was doing her best to be glad, 4 I could tell this was especially hard for her. A few months earlier, I had painted my parents. I39。d planned to give them 5 Christmas gifts. While painting one day, my father came to visit me. I wanted to show him, but suddenly I realized I should give him a 6 . Yet something urged（促使） me to share this moment with him. He walked closer to appreciate（欣賞） the portraits（肖像）.Then he stepped back to eye them at a distance. Finally, with a tear 7 down one cheek, he said, Look! How beautiful your mother is! Will you let me have them framed（鑲框）? Then one night in November the phone 8 , and I was told father passed away. I finally 9 to call about the portrait framing and thanked God my father had got a 10 to see the pictures before he died. I was surprised when the shopkeeper told me my father had 11 and had the gifted wrapped（包裝）.Even though we had lost father, everyone 12 to be cheerful. As I looked into my mother39。s sad eyes, I 13 to give her Daddy39。s and my gift. As she got rid of（去除） the wrap, there was a small card inside. With tearfilled eyes and a wide 14 , she said, I knew Daddy would be with us on Christmas Day! I read the words written by my father, Mother: Our daughter 15 me why I am so blessed（幸福的）. I39。ll be looking at you always—Daddy.1. A. metB. missedC. eD. forgot2. A. alikeB. sameC. differentD. similar3. A. withoutB. withC. besidesD