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1 Long long ago, there was a swan (天鹅) with golden feathers(金羽毛). She lived in a lake. A woman lived in a small house __1__the lake with her two daughters. They were very poor. They worked hard all year round, __2__ still, they lived a hard life and sometimes they even didn’t have enough __3__ to buy food. The swan was __4__ to see that. She said to herself, “I’ll give one of my __5__ to them each day, then they can live a happy life with the money selling my feathers.” That evening, she __6__ to the poor woman’s house and left a golden feather on the table without saying __7__. From then on, the swan came every day and gave them a feather. The woman was very happy because their life was much __8__ than before. But day after day, the woman became greedy(贪婪). She said to her __9__, “The swan may fly away one day. If so, we will be poor again. We should take all __10__ feathers when she comes next time.” “Oh no, Mom!” cried the daughters, “This will __11__ the swan. She helps us a lot!” But the mother wouldn’t listen. When the __12__ came as usual, the mother caught her and took all her feathers. But suddenly, the golden feathers __13__ chicken feathers. Then the Golden Swan said, “Poor mother, I came to __14__ you, but you wanted to kill me. Now, I am leaving and will __15__ come back. Never be greedy!” With these words, the swan flew away. 语篇解读:湖里住着一只有着金羽毛的天鹅。湖边住着一个贫穷的女人,她带着两个女儿过着艰难的生活。为了帮助她们过上好日子,天鹅每天送给她们一支金羽毛。然而贪心的女人却要拔走天鹅所有的羽毛。
A.above
B.over
C.near
D.under
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2Music makes our life colorful, and helps us to relax. ________,English songs canalso help us learn English.
A.Except
B.Besides
C.As
D.Like
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3—Must we clean the classroom now、—No, you needn’t. It ________ after school.(2011金华)
A.may clean
B.must clean
C.need be cleaned
D.can be cleaned
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4We did our best, ________ our football team failed in the match.
A.though
B.but
C.because
D.as
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5The river is very long and it is about ________.
A.20 metres wide
B.15 metres long
C.30 metres high
D.50 metres tall
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6In 1947, a train stopped in cities across America in order to ________.
A.give away clothing and food
B.get more soldiers for the war
C.collect things to help French people
D.show exhibitions from the museums
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7The underlined word “them” in Paragraph 3 refers to(指) ________.
A.the American people
B.the French people
C.the boxcars
D.the gifts
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8The French people painted their 40 provinces and an American eagle on each boxcarbecause ________.
A.they thought France was stronger than America
B.it could show the friendship between the two countries
C.the boxcars would be more beautiful
D.they were very good at painting pictures
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9The passage is mainly about ________.
A.the story of the Merci Train
B.American museums where the boxcasrs are kept
C.gifts that American people liked
D.World War Ⅱ
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