The marathon is a popular Olympic event. It is a very 1 race--42.2 kilometers , and good 2 finish it in about two hours. Marathon is the name of a place in Greece. There is an old 3 about an important battle (战斗) at Marathon 2500 years 4 . The Greeks won the battle and their leader(领袖) was very excited. He shouted, "We must 5 a message to Athens(雅典) at once. It' s a long way to Athens. 6 can take our message home to our people?” Pheidippides said, "I can ! I want to do it. I can run 7 than all the other men!” Pheidippides ran as fast as he could to Athens. He shouted the 8 news to the Athenians," We won ! We won the battle ! " Then he 9 to the ground. He was too tired and died. He was the 10 " Marathoner"

( )1. A. dangerous B. interesting C. short D. long

( )2. A. players B. runners C. doctors D. workers

( )3. A. subject B. result C. story D. book

( )4. A. ago B. before C. after D. later

( )5. A. answer B. give C. bring D. send

( )6. A. What B. Who C. Where D. When

( )7. A. slower B. higher C. further D. faster

( )8.A. good B. sad C. lucky D. safe

( )9. A. jumped B. went C. fell D. moved

( )10. A. last B. first C. best D. real

Ⅵ.阅读理解 （20分）

(A)

David was born in a poor family. His parents died and left a small piece of land to him and asked their brother to look after the boy. Several years passed, David became a strong young man. He worked hard in his field, but he was still poor. One day the young man was very tired when he came back from his field. After a quick supper he hurried to bed and soon fell asleep. Suddenly he was awakened(惊醒)and heard his uncle shouting to him outside, “Your house is on fire! Put it out(扑灭)quickly!” “Please wait a minute, Uncle.” Said David.

But a few minutes later the young man didn’t come out. “What are you doing now?” the old man called out. “I’m putting on my socks.” “Why! Don’t put on your socks! Be quick!” “Well,” David answered. But he was still in his room. His uncle became angry and shouted, “Why haven’t you come out yet?” “I put on only one sock just now,” David answered inside. “I’m taking it off now!”

( )1. David’s father was a ______.

A. worker B. farmer C. driver D. policeman

( )2. David lived ______ after his parents died.

A. with is uncle B. with his brother C. alone D. happily

( )3. As ______, David was still poor.

A. he was born in a poor family B. he didn’t work hard in his field

C. his uncle didn’t look after him D. he was too foolish

( )4. David went to sleep soon that evening because ______.

A. he was very tired B. he was busy all the time

C. he had nothing to do D. he wanted to have a good rest

( )5. David couldn’t come out quickly because _______.

A. he didn’t like the old house

B. his uncle would put out the fire for him

C.he didn’t know which was more important

D. he was afraid to catch a bad cold

(B)

Plants are very important. This is because plants can make food from air, water and sunlight. Animals and man cannot make food from air, water and sunlight. Animals can get their food by eating plants and other animals. Man gets his food by eating plants and animals too. So animals and man need plants to live. This is why there are so many plants around us.

There are two kinds of plants: flowering plants and non-flowering plants. Almost all the trees around us are flowering plants. You can know some trees from their flowers and fruits. Non-flowering plants do not grow flowers. You can not see many non-flowering plants around you. If you look carefully at the plants around you, you will find that there are many kinds of plants. Some plants are large and some are small. Most of them are green. Thanks to the plants around us we can live on the earth.

6. What can make food from air, water and sunlight?

________________________________.

7. How can man get foods?

___________________________________________.

8. How many kinds of plants are there? What are they?

___________________________________________________.

9. Are there more or fewer non-flowering plants than flowering plants?

____________________________.

10. What color are most of the plants?

____________________________.

Ⅶ.书面表达 (10分)

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