Ⅰ.完形填空
阅读下面短文,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
Once upon a time, a pencil and an eraser were talking about their jobs. Both of them thanked each other for their hard work. Both of them knew that they were without each other. Soon, the pencil started to draw a straight line and the eraser was looking at it. , the pencil lost its balance and the line was ruined (毁坏). Then the pencil got very sad. It knew the eraser would have to work because of its mistake, so it said to the eraser. The eraser felt and asked, "For what, my dear friend?"
"I'm sorry that you get hurt because of me. Whenever I make a mistake, you're there to erase it. But you lose a part of yourself and get each time," cried the pencil.
On hearing this, the eraser said, "That is true, I really don't mind. I was made to help you. So stop , please! I am happy with my job."
Our parents are just like the eraser, and we're like the pencil. They're always there for us, our mistakes. Sometimes they get hurt when they raise us and they become older as time goes by. But they're always happy with what they do and will always prevent(阻止) from being worried or sad.
()1. A. anything B. something
C. everything D. nothing
()2. A. Carefully B. Suddenly
C. Luckily D. Interestingly
()3. A. please B. hello
C. goodbye D. sorry
()4. A. surprised B. excited
C. sad D. angry
()5. A. never B. almost
C. always D. something
()6. A. fatter B. smaller
C. older D. thicker
()7. A. and B. or
C. so D. but
()8. A. joking B. worrying
C. waiting D. dreaming
()9. A. giving out B. handing in
C. cleaning up D. throwing away
()10. A. him B. them
C. her D. us

1.D 2.B 3.D 4.A 5.C 6.B 7.D 8.B 9.C 10.D

Ⅱ.短文填空
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的单词或用括号内单词的正确形式填空。
It was 11. hot summer day. An ant（蚂蚁）was very thirsty. She kept 12. (search) for some water. After walking for some time, she found a river. Then she 13. (climb) up on a rock to drink water. Suddenly, she 14. (fall) into the river.
Two birds sat on the two 15. (branch) of a tree. They saw the ant falling into the river. They found the ant was 16. danger. So they decided 17. (help)
her. They picked leaves and dropped one of them into the river 18. (quick). The ant moved to the leaf and the leaf took the ant 19. the dry ground.
Later in the afternoon, a 20. (hunt) came to the forest with a net. The ant saw him and thought he might want 21. (catch) the birds. The two birds were resting in the tree. They didn't notice the man. The ant still remembered that the birds 22. (save) her before. When the hunter put the net, the ant bit 23. (he) foot. Feeling the bite, the hunter 24. (shout). The birds heard it and flew away.
So remember that 25. you do good things, good things will come to you sometime in the future.

11.a 12.searching 13.climbed 14.fell 15.branches 16.in 17.to help 18.quickly 19.to 20.hunter 21.to catch 22.saved 23.his 24.shouted 25.if