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A crow（乌鸦）lived happily in the forest. But one day he saw a swan. “ 1 swan is so white,” he thought, “but I'm so black. He must be the happiest bird!”He told 2 idea to the swan. “Actually,” the swan 3, “I used to think that I was the happiest bird until I saw a parrot. He has two colours. I now think he is the happiest bird.”
The crow then came to the parrot. The parrot explained, “I lived a happy life 4 I saw a peacock（孔雀）which has many colours.” The crow then went to the zoo 5 the peacock and saw hundreds of people come to see him. The crow came up and said, “Dear, you're so beautiful. Every day 6 visitors come to see you. When people see me, they immediately shoo（驱赶）me away. I think you're the happiest bird.” The peacock replied, “But now I was kept in the zoo because of my 7. I have examined the zoo 8, and I find only the crow doesn't live in a cage. So I wish that if I were a crow, I could travel everywhere.”
That's our problem too. We always compare ourselves 9 others and feel sad. So learning to value 10 is important.
()1.A.A B.An C.The D./
()2.A.he B.his C.him D.himself
()3.A.will reply B.has replied C.replies D.replied
()4.A.until B.unless C.because D.if
()5.A.visit B.to visit C.show D.to show
()6.A.little B.few C.much D.many
()7.A.beautiful B.beauty C.safe D.safety
()8.A.carefully B.careful C.suddenly D.sudden
()9.A.on B.at C.with D.for
()10.A.what you had B.what did you have
C.what you have D.what do you have

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

B
There was nobody in the desert and a bright sun in the sky. A lonely tree was 1 among hot sands of dead desert. The sands covered the wood. The bright sun cruelly（残酷地）burned its branches（树枝）, 2 the tree still tried hard to be alive.

One day, a hawk（鹰）flew over the desert. The hawk saw the lonely tree and sat on its branch. He looked through the desert and said, “Why do you 3 living among these dead hot sands? You are really a 4 guy! Who needs you? What do you live for?”
“You,” the tree answered 5.
“Me?” the hawk was 6. “Are you kidding? I don’t need you at all.”
“But if not me,” the tree said, “When you were tired, you would have to sit on the hot 7 instead of my branch.”
The hawk thought about these 8 carefully and agreed with the tree. If there was no tree, the hawk would feel 9 and useless among this big hot sands of dead desert. The need for each other makes their lives more meaningful. Everything has its own 10 in the world.
()1.A.talking B.crying C.shouting D.standing
()2.A.but B.and C.or D.so
()3.A.look on B.call on C.get on D.keep on
()4.A.strange B.careless C.clever D.humorous
()5.A.directly B.completely C.certainly D.especially
()6.A.satisfied B.surprised C.worried D.excited
()7.A.water B.sun C.sands D.clouds
()8.A.prizes B.rules C.messages D.words
()9.A.lonely B.serious C.relaxed D.happy
()10.A.success B.trust C.value D.failure

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