五、完形填空。
It was a hot ____1. A grasshopper(蚱蜢) was singing under a tree. The ants were busy working. The grasshopper said to Queen Ant, “Why are you collecting(收集) food?”
Queen Ant answered, “It will be winter soon. We ____2 prepare(准备) for it.”
The grasshopper laughed, “It is July. Winter is far away. There is ____3 food here. Don’t work. Come to ____4 with me.”
Queen Ant said, “Winter will come soon. You should ____5 collect some food.” The grasshopper said, “Poor(可怜的) ants! You don’t know how to have ____6. I will sing by myself.”
It was colder and colder. The grasshopper ____7 find any food. He had to go to ask Queen Ant ____8 help. Queen Ant gave some food to the grasshopper and asked, “Why don’t you sing now?”
() 1. A. spring B. summer C. winter
() 2. A. have to B. want C. don’t
() 3. A. a lot of B. many C. not much
() 4. A. eat B. sing C. run
() 5. A. too B. also C. not
() 6. A. fun B. food C. happy
() 7. A. could B. can’t C. couldn’t
() 8. A. with B. for C. about

1. B 解析:根据 hot 以及后文提到的"It is July."可知,这个故事发生在夏天。 2. A 3. A 解析:根据上下文语境可知,蚱蜢想表达现在有很多食物,所以没必要干活, many 修饰可数名词复数, a lot of 可修饰可数名词复数和不可数名词。 4. B 5. B 6. A 解析:根据上下文语境可知,蚂蚁在准备食物,蚱蜢想表达蚂蚁不知道怎样玩乐。 7. C 8. B 解析: ask sb. for help 意为"向某人寻求帮助"。

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五、完形填空。
天气很热，这是____1。一只蚱蜢在树下唱歌。蚂蚁们正忙着工作。蚱蜢对蚁后说：“你们为什么要收集食物？”
蚁后回答：“很快就要到冬天了。我们____2为此做准备。”
蚱蜢笑了，“现在是七月。冬天还远着呢。这里有____3食物。别工作了。来和我一起____4吧。”
蚁后说：“冬天很快就会来的。你也应该____5收集一些食物。”蚱蜢说：“可怜的蚂蚁们！你们不知道如何____6。我会自己唱歌的。”
天气越来越冷了。蚱蜢____7找到任何食物。他不得不去向蚁后____8帮助。蚁后给了蚱蜢一些食物，然后问道：“你现在为什么不唱歌了？”
（ ）1. A. 春天 B. 夏天 C. 冬天
（ ）2. A. 不得不 B. 想要 C. 不
（ ）3. A. 很多 B. 许多（修饰可数名词复数） C. 不多
（ ）4. A. 吃 B. 唱歌 C. 跑
（ ）5. A. 也（用于句末） B. 也（用于句中） C. 不
（ ）6. A. 乐趣 B. 食物 C. 快乐（形容词，此处应用名词，所以不合适）
（ ）7. A. 能（过去式） B. 不能（原形） C. 不能（过去式）
（ ）8. A. 和……一起 B. 为了 C. 关于

六、[文化知识]阅读《邹忌比美》的故事,判断正(T)误(F)。
Zou Ji(邹忌) was a handsome man in the State of Qi during the Warring States Period(战国时期). One day, he wondered who was more handsome between himself and Mr Xu. So he asked his wife, his concubine(妾) and a guest about it. They all said Zou was better-looking. The next day, Zou met Mr Xu in person(亲自) and found that he was not as handsome as Mr Xu.
“Why did they lie(说谎) to me?” Zou thought hard. The next day, he went to share his answer with the king. “They lied to me because my wife loves me, my concubine fears(害怕) me and my guest needs my help. My King, in the state, every official is afraid of you and everyone needs your help. It’s difficult for you to hear the truth and get useful advice(忠告).”
The king then told the state that anyone who gave him true advice would receive the reward(奖励). In this way, the State of Qi became better and better.
() 1. Zou Ji was more handsome than Mr Xu.
() 2. The guest lied because he was afraid of Zou.
() 3. The State of Qi became better because the king listened to true advice.
() 4. Anyone who said the king was handsome would receive the reward.

1. F 解析:根据"The next day, Zou met Mr Xu in person and found that he was not as handsome as Mr Xu."可知,徐公比邹忌英俊。 2. F 解析:根据 my guest needs my help 可知,宾客对邹忌撒谎是因为他需要邹忌的帮助。 3. T 解析:根据最后一段可知,齐国变得更好,因为齐王听取了真正的建议。 4. F 解析:根据"The king then told the state that anyone who gave him true advice would receive the reward."可知,任何给他真正建议的人都会得到奖励。

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六、[文化知识]阅读《邹忌比美》的故事，判断正（T）误（F）。
邹忌是战国时期齐国的一位美男子。一天，他想知道自己和徐公谁更英俊。于是他就这件事询问了他的妻子、他的妾和一位客人。他们都说邹忌更英俊。第二天，邹忌亲自见到了徐公，发现自己不如徐公英俊。
“他们为什么要对我撒谎呢？”邹忌苦苦思索。第二天，他去向齐王分享他的答案。“他们对我撒谎是因为我的妻子爱我，我的妾害怕我，我的客人需要我的帮助。大王，在齐国，每个官员都害怕您，每个人都需要您的帮助。您很难听到真话并得到有用的忠告。”
然后齐王告知全国，任何给他提出真实建议的人都会得到奖励。就这样，齐国变得越来越好。
（ ）1. 邹忌比徐公英俊。
（ ）2. 客人撒谎是因为他害怕邹忌。
（ ）3. 齐国变得更好是因为齐王听取了真实的建议。
（ ）4. 任何说大王英俊的人都会得到奖励。