❋ B ❋

Bill: My favorite book is The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch (女巫) and the Wardrobe (衣橱) by C. S. Lewis. It’s about four children who find a magical land inside a wardrobe. A witch makes the land winter forever. The children help save the magical land from the witch with the help of Aslan, a great talking lion. The children become leaders. But then they come back to our world ... until their next journey in Narnia.

Eric: I like reading The Magic School Bus written by Joanna Cole best. The magic school bus can go everywhere, even inside the human body. I like Arnold, a boy in Ms. Frizzle’s class. He’s really funny and he’s always scared.

Grace: One of my all-time favorite books is Ugly by Donna Jo Napoli. It’s the story of an ugly young duck. It’s a little sad, but after you finish reading it, you’ll want to read it again and again. The way Donna Jo Napoli writes is special, and you can really get inside the characters’ heads. It sounds like music when it’s being read to you.

Sally: My favorite book is called Bloomability by Sharon Creech. It’s about a girl whose parents are always on the move. Then she is suddenly taken to Switzerland by her aunt and uncle, away from her family. Interested? Then read this book!

Jane: My favorite book is Nancy Drew Mystery (疑案) Stories: The Whispering Statue (低语的雕塑) by Carolyn Keene. I have read it about four times! It is about a girl who loves solving mysteries, and she finds a statue that whispers. Well, I’m not going to tell you the story. I’ll let you read it for yourself.

根据材料内容选择最佳答案。

(  )6. In Bill’s favorite book, four children fight against ______.

A. a lion                    B. a witch

C. a wardrobe          D. a magician

(  )7. After finishing reading Ugly, readers may feel ______.

A. scared                 B. sad

C. excited                D. shocked

(  )8. Sally’s favorite book is written by ______.

A. C. S. Lewis             B. Joanna Cole

C. Donna Jo Napoli      D. Sharon Creech

(  )9. Tina is interested in special journeys, so she may like to read ______.

A. Ugly

B. Bloomability

C. The Magic School Bus

D. Nancy Drew Mystery Stories: The Whispering Statue

(  )10. Bloomability and Nancy Drew Mystery Stories: The Whispering Statue both tell a story about ______.

A. a girl                       B. a magical land

C. a young duck         D. a school

❋ C ❋

Dolphins (海豚) have always interested people. (11)____________ Sailors (who work on a ship) believe that dolphins swimming next to their ships means good luck on the long journey.

Dolphins are not fish; in fact, they eat fish. They are sea mammals (哺乳动物). When fish swim, they move their tails from side to side. (12)____________ Fish breathe in water, but dolphins have to rise to the water surface sometimes to take a breath.

Dolphins use sounds to find things. They send out sounds, and the sounds hit an object and return back to the dolphins. They use the sounds to tell the object’s location. (13)____________

If you go to a zoo, you may see bottle-nosed dolphins. They look like they are always smiling. (14)____________ They can even be trained to “walk” on the water using their strong tails.

Dolphins seem to be interested in humans. There have been lots of reports of dolphins saving swimmers. In 2007, a man was attacked (袭击) by a shark (鲨鱼). (15)____________

根据材料内容，将A—E五个句子填入材料空白处，使材料完整、通顺。

A. When dolphins swim, they move their tails up and down.

B. Then some dolphins swam around the man, keeping the shark away so he could reach the land.

C. The ancient Greeks put pictures of them on coins and walls.

D. They are so clever that they can learn how to do tricks, such as throwing balls through baskets.

E. They also use these sounds to communicate with one another.

11. ______  12. ________       13 ________  14. ________       15. ________