二. 完形填空(10分)

Winter becomes colder and colder. People begin to wear more 　16　 themselves against the cold. But 　17　 do animals get through the long cold winter?

A number of animals, especially birds, travel to 　18　 places to get away from the cold. Wild geese, for example, fly south. Other animals, such as bears, snakes and squirrels, 　19　 most of their time eating or storing food. After enough food and energy preparation, they go to safe places to hibernate (冬眠).

Hibernation is a special and deep sleep. When animals hibernate, their body temperature drops, and their heart beat and breathing become very 　20　. They look like dead ones. The largest hibernators are bears. 　21　 other hibernators, bears do not eat or drink while hibernating, which can last as 　22　 as six months.

For some cold-blooded animals, 　23　  gives them a good place to keep warm. 　24　 the weather gets cold, they move to the bottom of lakes or ponds. For insects (昆虫), most of them don’t 　25　 during the winter, which is called diapause (昆虫生 长的停滞期).

(   )16. A. protect      B. protecting

C. protects       D. to protect

(   )17. A. how        B. what

C. where        D. why

(   )18. A. cooler     B. warmer

C. colder        D. windier

(   )19. A. cost         B. spend

C. take         D. pay

(   )20. A. quick        B. strong

C. slow        D. noisy

(   )21. A. Instead       B. Except

C. Unlike       D. Without

(   )22. A. long     B. much

C. many      D. far

(   )23. A. land         B. water

C. air         D. space

(   )24. A. Since        B. When

C. For    D. Even

(   )25. A. sleep    B. talk

C. grow     D. stop

三. 阅读理解 (20分)

A

Zac, a first-grade student, was diagnosed (诊断) with cancer last June. He is undergoing treatment (进行治疗) but still goes to school every day, because at school he can play with Vincent. Five-year-old Vincent found out his best friend was sick, and he wanted to do everything he could to help. He wanted to show his friend that he was always with him.

When he learned Zac would lose his hair from chemotherapy (化疗), Vincent decided to shave his head. When the little boy was asked why he did that, he said, “I want to make Zac feel like he is not the only one without any hair.”

Vincent has also been learning about cancer and raising money for his best friend Zac after learning how expensive his chemotherapy is. He made more than 20 scarves and sold them. He raised more than $200 in total.

Zac’s mum is thankful that her son has such an amazing friend.

When he was asked what friendship was, Vincent looked at his friend Zac and answered, “It’s a beautiful thing.”

根据材料内容选择最佳答案，并将其标号填入题前括号内。

(   )26. What happened to Zac?

A. He lost his left leg.

B. He was sick.

C. He was hurt badly.

D. He lost his family.

(   )27. What does the underlined word “shave” mean in Chinese?

A. 剃光     B. 剪短       C. 染      D. 烫