There were many plants in a forest. When spring came, a pine tree saw a red rose nearby and said, "What a beautiful flower! I wish I were that lovely."
The rose proudly said, "It seems that I am the most beautiful flower in this forest." Then the rose looked at a cactus(仙人掌) and said, "Look at that ugly plant full of thorns(刺)!"
"What a proud flower!" thought the tree.
As the days passed, the red rose often looked at the cactus and said bad words about it, like "This plant is useless. How sorry I am to be his neighbour!"
The cactus never got angry and even tried to advise the rose, saying, "God did not create(创造) any form of life without a purpose(目的)."
Spring passed, and the weather became very hot. As there was no rain, the red rose began to wilt(枯萎).
One day the rose saw birds put their beaks(喙) into the cactus and then fly away. The red rose asked the pine tree what the birds were doing. The pine tree explained(解释) that the birds were getting water from the cactus.
"The cactus has water?" asked the rose.
"Yes, you can also drink some from it. The birds can bring water to you if you ask the cactus for help."
The red rose felt too ashamed(羞愧的) to ask for water from the cactus. But finally it did ask for help. The cactus kindly agreed(同意).
The rose learned a lesson and never judged(评价) anyone by their appearance(外表) again.
( )53. Why did the red rose begin to wilt?
A. Because the birds could fly.
B. Because spring came.
C. Because there was no rain.
D. Because the cactus got angry.
()54. Why did the birds put their beaks into the cactus?
A. To get water.
B. To eat food.
C. To offer help.
D. To talk to cactus.
()55. According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?
A. The cactus refused to help the birds.
B. The red rose realized she was wrong at last.
C. The red rose never said bad words about others.
D. The pine tree didn't think the red rose was beautiful.

53. C 【解析】细节理解题。根据“As there was no rain, the red rose began to wilt.”可知，因为没有雨，红玫瑰开始枯萎了，故选 C。
54. A 【解析】细节理解题。根据“One day the rose saw birds put their beaks…the birds were getting water from the cactus.”可知，鸟把嘴伸进仙人掌里取水，故选 A。
55. B 【解析】推理判断题。根据“The rose learned a lesson and never judged anyone by their appearance again.”可知，玫瑰吸取了教训，从此不再以貌取人，说明红玫瑰最后意识到自己错了，故选 B。

【分析】这三道题均为英语阅读理解的细节理解题和推理判断题，解题思路为：先明确题干问题，再回到原文定位相关语句，对比选项与原文信息，排除错误选项，选出正确答案。53题需查找玫瑰枯萎的原因，54题需明确鸟将喙伸进仙人掌的目的，55题需判断符合原文的正确表述。
【解析】53. 细节理解题，根据原文“As there was no rain, the red rose began to wilt.”可知，红玫瑰枯萎是因为没有雨水，故选C。
54. 细节理解题，根据原文“the birds were getting water from the cactus”可知，鸟把喙伸进仙人掌是为了取水，故选A。
55. 推理判断题，根据原文“The rose learned a lesson and never judged anyone by their appearance again.”可知，红玫瑰吸取了教训，意识到自己之前以貌取人的错误，故选B。
【答案】53.C 54.A 55.B
【知识点】英语阅读理解、细节理解题、推理判断题
【点评】本文通过玫瑰与仙人掌的故事，传递了不能以貌取人的道理，题目侧重考查对文章细节的查找和简单推理，整体难度较低，只要仔细阅读原文即可正确作答。
【难度系数】0.8

A)请根据括号中所给的汉语写出单词,使句子意思完整正确。
56. In many tourist attractions, you can see some (志愿者)helping around.
57. Mr James (想知道)what to do to make our community better.
58. The teacher told us to check the information (在下面)carefully.
59. His house is made of (石头), and it is strong enough to hold up in strong wind.
60. (收集)stamps brings a lot of joy to them.

56. volunteers 【解析】考查名词复数。volunteer 志愿者，为可数名词；根据“some”可知，此处应用名词复数形式，故填 volunteers。
57. wonders 【解析】考查动词和时态。wonder 想知道，根据语境可知，时态是一般现在时，主语 Mr James 为第三人称单数，谓语动词应用第三人称单数形式，故填 wonders。
58. below 【解析】考查副词。根据句意及汉语提示可知，此处应用副词 below（在下面）作后置定语，故填 below。
59. stone(s) 【解析】考查名词的数。stone 石头，此处表示“由石头建成”，stone 可作不可数名词，也可用作复数形式 stones，表示“一块块石头”，故填 stone(s)。
60. Collecting 【解析】考查动名词。collect 收集，此处用动名词作主语，句首单词首字母应大写，故填 Collecting。

【分析】
本题为根据汉语提示填单词的基础题型，需结合句子语法结构确定单词的正确形式：56题根据some后接可数名词复数确定；57题根据主语的人称和时态确定动词形式；58题根据修饰名词需用副词确定；59题根据名词的数的用法确定；60题根据作主语需用动名词且句首大写确定。
【解析】
56. 考查名词复数。volunteer意为“志愿者”，是可数名词，句中some后需接可数名词复数，故填volunteers。
57. 考查动词时态与主谓一致。wonder意为“想知道”，结合语境用一般现在时，主语Mr James为第三人称单数，谓语动词用第三人称单数形式，故填wonders。
58. 考查副词。below意为“在下面”，此处作后置定语修饰名词information，符合句意，故填below。
59. 考查名词的数。stone意为“石头”，be made of后可接可数名词复数或不可数名词，两种形式均符合语境，故填stone(s)。
60. 考查动名词作主语。collect意为“收集”，此处用动名词形式作主语，句首单词首字母需大写，故填Collecting。
【答案】
56. volunteers；57. wonders；58. below；59. stone(s)；60. Collecting
【知识点】
名词复数、动词时态、动名词作主语
【点评】
本题考查初中英语基础词汇的运用，涉及名词、动词、副词及非谓语动词的基础用法，是日常学习中的常见题型，难度适中，学生需掌握核心词汇的变形规则。
【难度系数】
0.7

B)请根据句子意思,用括号中所给单词的适当形式填空。
61. My cousin's (nine) birthday is coming and I'm going to buy a present for him.
62. It is nice of you to help your parents with some (clean).
63. His laptop doesn't work, so he is going to have someone (repair) it.
64. The beach is really a good place (relax).
65. He advises us to go to the (child) Centre after school this Friday.
C)句型转换。

61. ninth 【解析】考查序数词。此处表示“第九个生日”，应用序数词 ninth，故填 ninth。
62. cleaning 【解析】考查动名词。空前“with”是介词，后面应用名词、代词或动名词作宾语，clean 的动名词形式为 cleaning，故填 cleaning。
63. repair 【解析】考查固定用法。have sb. do sth. 让某人做某事，为固定用法，故填 repair。
64. to relax 【解析】考查不定式。此处应用动词不定式作后置定语修饰名词，故填 to relax。
65. Children’s 【解析】考查名词所有格。在专有名词或机构名称中，我们通常会使用所有格形式来表示所属关系，“Children’s Centre”表示“儿童中心”，注意首字母要大写，故填 Children’s。

【分析】
本题为用所给单词适当形式填空的题型，需结合各小题的语法规则、固定搭配及专有名词用法分析：
1. 第61题：表示“第九个生日”，需用序数词修饰名词birthday；
2. 第62题：介词with后需接动名词作宾语；
3. 第63题：考查固定搭配have sb. do sth.；
4. 第64题：需用动词不定式作后置定语修饰名词place；
5. 第65题：专有名词“儿童中心”需用名词所有格，且首字母大写。
【解析】
61. 此处表示“第九个生日”，需用序数词，基数词nine对应的序数词为ninth，故填ninth；
62. 空前的with是介词，介词后需接动名词作宾语，clean的动名词形式为cleaning，故填cleaning；
63. 考查固定搭配have sb. do sth.，意为“让某人做某事”，故填repair；
64. 此处用动词不定式作后置定语修饰名词place，构成“a good place to do sth.”结构，故填to relax；
65. “儿童中心”为专有名词，需用名词所有格表示所属关系，child的复数形式为children，其所有格为Children’s，且首字母大写，故填Children’s。
【答案】
61. ninth；62. cleaning；63. repair；64. to relax；65. Children’s
【知识点】
序数词的运用、动名词的用法、名词所有格
【点评】
本题为初中英语基础语法题，涵盖序数词、动名词、固定搭配、不定式作定语及名词所有格等核心知识点，侧重考查学生对基础语法规则和固定搭配的掌握，题型常规，难度适中。
【难度系数】
0.7