Ⅱ.语篇填空
阅读短文,在空白处填入一个适当的单词或用括号内所给单词的正确形式填空。
In this story, Mary, a spoiled girl, goes to live with her uncle Mr Craven after her parents' 1. (die). Her uncle is seldom at home, so Mary often feels bored.
Mary later hears about a beautiful garden. It 2. (belong) to her uncle's wife. After she died, Mr Craven 3. (lock) the garden up. One day, Mary discovers an old key and 4. (lock) the garden. But the plants are in a bad state because nobody 5. (take) care of them for a long time. She tells her secret to Dickon, a boy good 6. gardening. They work together 7. (make) the garden beautiful. Mary also meets Colin, her weak and sick cousin who has lived in a 8. (hide) room for years. They take Colin to the garden, 9. he gradually gets better. Finally, Mr Craven returns and is shocked to find Colin 10. (health) and the garden lively again.

Ⅱ. 1. death 2. belonged 3. locked
4. unlocks 5. has taken 6. at 7. to make
8. hidden 9. and 10. healthy

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Ⅲ.任务型阅读
My favourite book is The Old Man and the Sea. I wrote a book report about it. The American writer Ernest Hemingway wrote it in 1952. The book became popular very quickly. In 1953, it won the Pulitzer Prize.
The main character is a fisherman. He hasn't ① anything for months. One day he catches a huge fish, but he has to fight for days to kill it. He finally succeeds, but he can't pull the fish onto his boat. On his way back, sharks eat the fish, leaving nothing ② bones.
This book has taught me not to give up. The fisherman fights hard, even though he loses the fish in the end. As Hemingway said, "Man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated." Even though I've already read the book three times, I'm not tired of it yet. If you've never read Ernest Hemingway, I ③ this book.
1. Where is Ernest Hemingway from?

2. Does the fisherman pull the fish onto his boat?

3. What has the book taught the writer?

4. Fill in each blank with a proper word.
① ② ③
5. Translate the underlined sentence in the third paragraph into Chinese.

Ⅲ. 1. He's from America./America./The
US./The USA.
2. No, he doesn't./No.
3. It has taught him not to give up.
4. ①caught ②but ③recommend
5. 人不是为失败而生的。一个人可以被毁
灭,但不能被打败。