A．they think they should have done                B．you have done nothing C．people try and tell you they are not so bad         D．someone just said to me E. it’s a time to remember the things

   Birthdays are strange things. The more you have, the more you try and pretend they don’t matter, and the more     1    . I’m not really sure why they think so. It’s true that you are getting older, but as     2     , “Who isn’t getting older every day?” The problem may be that a birthday reminds people of all the things    3    , but have not. I certainly understand that feeling, though I think     4     that I most want to do — a kind of personal re-ordering （重新排序） of the to-do list. What makes you depressed（郁悶） on your birthday is that you realize your re-ordered to-do list is exactly the same as it was last year. That makes you feel     5     , and not been anywhere. I have not had that experience this year. I look back at where I was last year and find things have changed since then.

Although I’m not in my childhood, I still prefer reading fairy tales. They often make me think of some special experiences and feelings. This summer I’ve reviewed this kind of tales, The Little Prince. It was published in 1940. It’s the world-famous fairy tale by the French author Antoine.

“I”, the narrator(講述者) of the story, is a pilot. His plane has something wrong and lands in the Sahara. The little prince lives on a small planet, and he grows a flower called ROSE there. One day they have a quarrel(爭吵), so the little prince runs away. On his all-alone journey, he meets different kinds of people. From these people he gets a conclusion(結(jié)論) that grown-ups are strange. And with the help of the man he meets, he descends in the Sahara.

This book moved me a lot. It is not only a fairy tale for children and teenagers, but also for grown-ups.

1.The author loves fairy tales, because _____.

A．they are very interesting

B．they are not about real life

C．they make him or her think of special feelings

D．they often have a happy ending

2.The writer of The Little Prince is from _____.

A．France                               B．China

C．Canada                               D．America

3.The little prince runs away, because _______.

A．he doesn’t love his hometown

B．he is a naughty boy and loves adventures

C．he has made mistakes

D．he has quarrelled with ROSE

4.The underlined word “descend” means ______ in the passage.

A．end                                  B．die

C．land                                 D．fly

5.The best title for this article is “_____”.

A．A fair tale

B．My favourite fairy tale—The Little Prince

C．How to choose the story

D．How I spent my childhood

 

　　I’m not a vet yet. But one Saturday, I come to the local animal hospital to help the doctors.

　　I have just arrived at the animal hospital early in the morning, but there is already a lot of work to do?--care for sick animals, give them food and water, and even give them a kiss on the head. At first they look at ns with frightened eyes. If an animal is too afraid, a doctor will hold it and say,“Don’t worry, everything will be fine.”A few animals are sitting on clean tables, waiting for the vet to check them. Others are waiting in cages.

　　I’m washing a dog’s hurt leg. I work carefully, because I want to make sure I don’t do anything to hurt him. I wish they could understand that we’re just trying to help them.

　　Before I came here, I didn’t understand what a vet does. Now that I work here, I can see that our job is to do everything to take care of animals. I love all of them?--the huge dogs with kind hearts and small cats with mean（邪惡的）looks. It’s a long and tiring day, but I always get a prize?--a dog licks（舔）my face, a cat sits quietly beside me, or a little rabbit drinks from my hand.

　　These moments make me very proud. Because of me, at least one animal knows it is loved.

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容選擇最佳答案。

(1)What does the word“vet”probably mean?

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A．It refers to a person who gives animals something to eat and drink.

B．It refers to person who cares for sick and hurt animals.

C．It has exactly the same meaning as the word“doctor”.

(2) What didn’t the writer do according to the passage?

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A．Examine sick animals.

B．Look after sick animals.

C．Kiss the animals on the head.

(3) What does a doctor do if an animal feels afraid?

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A．Puts it into a cage.

B．Says“Hello”.

C．Holds the animal in his anus and tries to make it feel better.

(4) What does the writer mean by saying“I always get a prize at the end”?

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A．The doctors at the hospital give him a prize at the end.

B．A huge dog licks his face and it makes him happy.

C．The animals are friendly to him and it makes him proud.

(5) What do you think is the best title for this passage?

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A．My Prize

B．How To Look After Animals

C．My Day In An Animal Hospital