V. 完形填空(共10分，每小题1分)

Happiness is for everyone. You don’t need to care about those who are very  1  . Why? Because those who have big houses may often feel   2    and those who have cars want to   3    on country roads in their free time.

In fact, happiness is always  4    you. When you are   5   , your friends will help you; when you study hard at your lessons, your   6    are always taking good care of your life and your  7   ;All these are your happiness.

When you are   8  , you can also say you are very happy, because you have something else that   9    can’t buy. When you meet with   10   , say loudly that you are happy, because you have more chances to challenge yourself.

Take every chance you get, and you can be a happy and lucky person.

(    ) 1 . A. poor   B. rich   C. nice  D. bad

(    ) 2 . A. serious      B. unknown  C. strange D. lonely

(    ) 3 . A. walk   B. work   C. knock  D. talk

(    ) 4 . A. for   B. to    C. around  D. about

(    ) 5. A. in public  B. in trouble  C. at home D. at break

(    ) 6 . A. experts     B. journalists  C. parents D. inspectors

(    ) 7. A. healthy     B. health         C. beauty  D. beautiful

(    ) 8 . A. poor  B. tall   C. short  D. angry

(    ) 9 . A. performance B. confidence  C. word  D. money

(    ) 10 . A. thieves  B. animals  C. problems D. signs

VI. 阅读理解(共30分，每小题2分)

(A)

Visit Dongqian Lake Zoo

Come and see big elephants from Yunnan and tigers from the northeast. The African giraffes are waiting for you. Clever monkeys are going to make you laugh. A lot of other animals you have never seen are waiting to meet you.

Tickets

Grown-ups: ￥80

Children: ￥40

Under Six: Free

Opening Hours： From Monday to Friday: 8:30 a.m.---4：30 p.m.

Saturday and Sunday: 8：00a.m.---5：30 p.m.

Keep the zoo clean.

Do not feed or go near to the animals.

(    ) 1. All the animals above are _______.

A. from Africa    B. in the northeast    C. from China     D. in the zoo

(    ) 2. Which animal is full of fun?

A. A monkey.    B. A giraffe.    C. A tiger.     D. An elephant.

(    ) 3. Now Mr. and Mrs. King are going to the zoo with their seven-year-old son. How much

will they pay for the tickets?

A. One hundred and twenty yuan.   B. One hundred and sixty yuan.

C. Two hundred yuan.    D. Eighty yuan.

(    )  4. Which is the visiting time?

A. 8:00 a.m. on Monday.     B. 5:00 p.m. on Thursday.

C. 8:30 a.m. on Saturday     D. 7:30 p.m. on Sunday.

(    ) 5. We can _______ in the zoo.

A. throw dirty things    B. not go close to the animals

C. not laugh          D. give food to the animals

(B)

Once there was something wrong with a machine in a factory. The workers could do nothing but turn to a German engineer for help, who drew a line on it and then said, “Take off the part where the line is and change it for a new one. ”The machine, with a new line on, began running well again. The engineer then asked for $30,000 for what he had done. The following were what he wrote on a bill, “The new part only costs one dollar, and knowing where the problem with the machine is costs $29,999.”

One dollar for changing a new part sounds reasonable (有道理的)but the $29,999 is exactly the value (价值)of wisdom (智慧)and knowledge.

(    ) 6. The factory turned to the German engineer because _______.

A. he had nothing to do in the factory

B. there were no other people in the factory

C. the workers could not repair the machine

D. the workers asked for too much money for repairing the machine

(    ) 7. The problem of the machine _______.

A. was caused by the German engineer

B. was found and solved by the workers

C. took the engineer a long time to find

D. was just a line

(    ) 8. According to the engineer, the finding of the problem cost _______.

A. only one dollar   B. $ 29.999    C. nothing       D. less than the now part

(    ) 9. The writer wants to tell us that ________.

A. the engineer asked for too much money

B. the workers should pay the money

C. the knowledge is worth money

D. the new part could cost more