one day, a baby snail(蜗牛)asked his mother,‖why was i born with a shell(壳)？it is so____31_____ and heavy. ― His mother said,‖ Because we do not have___32_____ to support us. We can only crawl(爬) and move slowly, so we get a shell to ____33____ us.‖ Her baby asked again, ‖The caterpillar(毛毛虫)has no bones either, and she can not move quickly. Why can she go _____34___ a shell?‖ The mother snail answered, ―That is because a caterpillar will become a butterfly. She can fly____35____ to the sky. The sky can protect her.‖ Her baby had __36_____ question,‖ But the earthworm(蚯蚓） craws like us. He has no bones. And he can not turn into a butterfly, why____37____ he carry a shell?‖ His mother said, ―He can drill(钻) a hole into the ground to protect____38____ .‖ The baby snail cried, ―oh, we have no protection either from the sky or the ground.‖ His mother said, ‖That is ___39____ we have a shell. We do not need to depend(依靠) on the sky____40____ the ground for protection. We depend on ourselves.

31. A. soft B. hard C. light D. think

32. A. arms B. legs C. bones D. feet

33. A. practice B. provide C. prevent D. protect

34. A. by B. with C. without D. in

35. A. deep B. high C. late D. last

36. A. others’ B. others C. other D. another

37. A. doesn’t B. don’t C. isn’t D. aren’t

38. A. myself B. yourself C. herself D. himself

39. A. why B. how C. when D. what

40. A. but B. and C. or D. for

三、阅读理解（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分）

阅读下列短文，从每小题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项，并将选项填涂在答题卡相应的位置上。

A

A dog can’t speak any words, but it can ―talk‖. it has feelings just as you do. Sometimes it may feel angry or afraid. Which a dog closely, and you can find out how it feels. You can see what it is trying to tell you. When you are afraid, you may look down. When a dog is afraid, it may run away. When you are angry with people, you stare at them. An angry dog also stares. Sometimes the hair along its back stands up.

Do you feel guilty when you do something you should not do? Dogs can feel guilty, too. Sometimes when I come home, my dog gives me a guilty look. Then I know he did something wrong.

Dogs need love and care. Some dogs are unhappy when they are along for a long time. Some dogs even snap(撕咬) if they do not get enough care.

You may have a dog or you may know a dog. Take good care of it if you want to have fun with it. Take it on walks. Do not make it do too many things. Try not to punish (惩罚) it again and again for doing the same thing. Always remember, a dog has needs and feeling just as you do. Talk to a dog, and it will talk to you.

41. The underlined word guilty in the second paragraph(段落) means ____

A. excited B. sorry C. calm D. cheerful

42. If a dog snaps at thing, it may ____

A. feel lonely B. feel good C. feel surprised D. feel happy

43. Which of the following would the writer you to do towards your dog?

A. Never leave your dog alone B. Never publish your dogs.

C. Try to be kind to dogs D. Try to make dogs work

B

―A wise (聪明的) old owl sat on an oak. The more he saw, the less he spoke, the more he heard. Why aren’t we like that wise old bird?‖ --- Edward H. Richards.

We all need to learn to listen well. Listening is a learned skill, the same as speaking in public. It just takes much longer to learn! Listening is a skill we should be practicing every day.

Listening shows other that they are important. It’ s a sign of respect(尊重).If someone listen to you carefully when you are talking, it shows that they are really interested in what you are saying.