B
My first home was a beautiful grassland. My mother and I had a happy life there. One day, my owner—Farmer Grey sold me to Squire Gordon. Mr Gordon lived with his family in a big house.
“You’re a beautiful horse,” he said. “You have a beautiful black coat. I shall call you Black Beauty.”
My owner had two other horses. One of them was Merrylegs. He was friendly. The other was Ginger. She was different. She liked biting with her mouth and kicking(踢）people. She had a hard life when she was young.
Ginger and I pulled a coach together. The coachman's name was John. I worked very hard and made friends with Ginger soon.
One day in autumn, Mr Gordon went on a long journey. John went with him and I pulled the coach. The weather was rainy and windy. Mr Gordon and John could not see well in the rain. We came to a bridge. When my feet touched the bridge, I was sure something was wrong, and I stopped suddenly. Mr Gordon and John wanted me to go on, but I did not move. Just then a man saw us. “Hey there! Stop!” he cried. “What is it?” shouted Mr Gordon.
“ ▲ ,” the man answered. “If you come across, you will drown(溺死）in the river.”
“Thank you, Beauty!” said Mr Gordon and John. We turned around and went along the road by the river. Then John said, “Black Beauty saved our lives.”
When we returned home, Mr Gordon told his wife, “We are all safe, thanks to Black Beauty!”
That night…
(Adapted from Black Beauty by Anna Sewell)
( )6. Where was Black Beauty's first home?
A. In an old house.
B. On a nice grassland.
C. On a big farm.
D. In a faraway forest.
( )7. According to the story, Black Beauty is a ______ horse.
A. shy and different
B. young but sick
C. beautiful and clever
D. friendly but lazy
( )8. Which of the following in the dictionary best explains the underlined word “coach” in Paragraph 4?
coach n.
①someone who trains a person or a team in a kind of sport;
②someone who gives people special teaching in a certain subject;
③a large, comfortable bus that carries people on long trips;
④a kind of traffic tool that is pulled by horses with one driver.
A. ①
B. ②
C. ③
D. ④
( )9. Which of the following sentences can be put in “ ▲ ”?
A. A huge storm is coming
B. You are going the wrong way
C. The bridge is broken in the middle
D. The horse is too weak to cross the bridge
( )10. What can we infer from the text?
A. Black Beauty had a hard life with Farmer Grey.
B. Merrylegs didn't like Black Beauty at all.
C. Black Beauty might get good food that night.
D. Mr Gordon would sell Black Beauty to others for money.

B
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; D
; C
; C