Ⅵ. 阅读理解。
One day, a young man went to an old Master and said, “I am very sad and I want to be happy.”
The old Master looked at the young man and said, “Please put a handful of salt(盐) into a glass of water and drink it.” The young man did it.
“How does it taste(尝起来)?” the Master asked.
“Too salty,”answered the young man.
Then the Master took another handful of salt and put it into a lake and said,“Now please taste it. Is it salty?”
“No,”said the young man.
“The pain in life is just like the salt, but the pain we taste depends on(取决于) the container we put it into. Stop being a glass but become a lake!”the Master said.
( )1. One day, the young man was very ____.
A. happy
B. sad
C. excited
D. worry
( )2. The underlined word“container”means “____” in Chinese.
A. 容器
B. 数量
C. 容积
D. 集装箱
( )3. The passage(文章) is about ____.
A. the salt
B. how to face the pain in life
C. the glass and the lake
D. a glass of water

1.B　2.A　3.B

Ⅶ. 书面表达。
根据下面的提示，以“My Favorite Animals”为题目写一篇 60 词左右的短文，可根据下面英语提示适当发挥。
提示词语：animals， elephants， from Africa， reason， cute， food， bananas， relax time， 4 hours
My Favorite Animals
____

My Favorite Animals
I like animals very much, and my favorite animals are elephants. They are from Africa. They are very cute. They like to eat bananas. They usually relax for about 4 hours a day. I think they are very interesting. That's why I like them.