The world of out-of-doors is full of secrets．And they are so interesting that quite a lot of people are busy   1   them．All   2   us are birds, animals, trees and flowers．The facts about how they love and grow are as interesting as anything could be．

Do you know that one of the great presidents of the USA spent hours and hours studying birds? A business man who lived near New York City became so interested in insects that he began to   3   them．He now has over one thousand different kinds of insects carefully kept in glass boxes．

Come then   4   me, and I’ll help you find some of Nature’s secrets．Let’s go quietly   5   the woods and fields．Here we shall find how a rabbit 6   the other rabbits that there is danger．We shall follow a mother bear and her young ones as they search for food and get ready for their long winter   7  ．We shall watch bees dancing in the air to let the other bees know where they can find food．I’ll show you   8   interesting things, but the best thing that I can teach you is to keep your eyes and ears   9   when you go   10   doors．Nature tells her secrets only to people who look and listen carefully．

1．A．looking for                 B．keeping                C．studying               D．learning

2．A．about                        B．around                 C．among                 D．besides

3．A．kill                            B．catch                   C．collect                 D．keep

4．A．along                         B．into                      C．at                        D．with

5．A．through                     B．over                     C．to                        D．on

6．A．says                          B．tells                     C．asks                    D．speaks

7．A．rest                           B．trip                      C．holiday                 D．sleep

8．A．other many                B．many other           C．any other             D．much other

9．A．open                         B．closed                  C．listening               D．big

10．A．into                         B．inside                   C．between               D．out of

Events from Newspaper

1．We can see the advertisement for Children’s Ocean of Art on _____．

       A．August 31^st              B．August 29^th          C．September 10^th     D．September 9^th

2．Why is the art exhibition for children going to be held?

       A．To make more money．                B．To set up a new art school．

C．To make children more creative．  D．To build a new Children’s Palace．

3．If you invite five people to go with you to the Food Festival, you will spend _______ yuan．

           A．588                     B．392                      C．490                     D．98

4．There will be ______ at the Coffee Garden in the middle of August．

       A．dancing performances                        B．art exhibitions

C．singing contests                                   D．drama shows

5．The Disney Magic Drama Shows will be held in eight cities of China in ____．

       A．August and September                         B．October and November

C．September and October                        D．June and July

Every morning a rich man found a poor man sitting on a park bench．The poor man always sat there, looking at the big hotel．The rich man lived in it．One day the rich man went out of his car and said to the poor man, “Excuse me, but I just want to know why you sit here and look at my hotel every morning．” “Sir,” said the poor man, “I have no money, no family and no home．I sleep on this bench, and every night I dream that one day I’ll sleep in that hotel．” The rich man said, “Tonight your dream will come true．I’ll pay for the bedroom in that hotel．”

A few days later, the rich man went to see the poor man．To his surprise, he found that the poor man had moved out of the hotel, back to his park bench．When the rich man asked him the reason, the poor man said, “You see, when I was down here sleeping on my bench, I dreamt I was up there, in that big hotel．But when I was up there, I dreamt that I was back to this cold bench． It was a terrible dream, and I couldn’t get any sleep at all．”

1．The poor man lived in _______ before he met the rich man．

           A．the hotel               B．his home              C．the park               D．the car

2．Every morning, the poor man sat on the bench and _______．

       A．waited for the rich man                B．look at the rich man’s hotel

C．looked at the rich man’s car           D．enjoyed the clean air

3．Every night the poor man dreamt of ______ before he lived in the hotel．

       A．sleeping in that hotel                     B．becoming rich

C．owning that hotel                          D．being the rich man’s friend

4．The poor man moved out of the hotel because ________．

A．he didn’t want to live in such a fine room

B．he didn’t like the rich man

C．he couldn’t pay for the room

       D．he couldn’t get any sleep at all there

5． In the end, the poor man found it _______ to sleep in that hotel．

A．sorry                   B．nice                   C．wonderful                D．terrible

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He was born in Jinan，but Dezhou has become her second ________．

A．country         B．house              C．family                D．hometown

--Whom would you like to be your assistant，Tom or Jim?

--If I had to choose，Tom would be ________ choice．

A．good         B．better         C．the better           D．the best

--I didn't pass the English test．I think I have spent much time playing computer games recently．

--I agree．You ________ play like that any more．

A．needn't             B．mustn't             C．may not                    D．wouldn't

--I ________ the Great Wall twice．How about you?

--Never．I hope to visit it soon．

A．have gone to          B．have been to              C．have gone          D．have been