follow, learn, but, discover, cat, day, in, yes, where, disappoint Long ago, only the cat had the ability to trace its prey by scent 根据气味追踪猎物. The other animals used their eyes 1______ their prey. The dog wanted to learn the skill, so he went to visit the cat. The cat said 2______ to the dog’s request 请求 and asked him to stay in his house during the lessons. After a few 3______, the dog thought that he could use the skill and wanted to go home. “You haven’t learned the skill yet,” said the cat. “4______ I have to go home now,” the dog said. “All right,” the cat said. “You may go back tomorrow but not today.” The next morning, when the dog came to say goodbye, the 5______ wife told him the cat went out early in the morning but she didn’t know 6______ he went. Actually, the cat hoped to test whether the dog had learned the skill. The dog started by 7______ the footprints 足迹 of the cat. However, the cat jumped from one rock to another and then hid himself 8______ a tree. The dog followed to the two rocks but he could not find any footprints there. He became 9______. He kept going round and round the tree, but he couldn’t trace the cat. The cat watched every move of the dog. Finally, he said, “Look up You have not 10______ the skill” That’s why the dog only knows how to trace its prey on the ground. B 阅读短文，从方框中选择恰当的词并用其适当形式填空，使短文完整、通顺。每词限用一次。
so, surprise, we, allow, like, money, win, success, spend, reader Deborah Ellis loves to write. One day she entered a writing competition. Her story did not 1______ the competition, but a publishing 出版 company decided to publish it anyway. The book was called Looking for X. She was very 2______ when Looking for X won a literary award 文学奖 the following year In 1999, Deborah 3______ some time in Pakistan, working in refugee camps 难民营 that housed mostly Afghan families. She heard stories of young girls who had to have their hair cut short and dress 4______ boys in order to make money for their families. At that time, women in Afghanistan were not 5______ to leave their homes. Deborah wrote a book called The Breadwinner, a story about a young Afghan girl named Parvana. It became a huge 6______ all around the world. Then Deborah’s father said he wanted to know what happened next to Parvana, 7______ Deborah wrote another book called Parvana’s Journey. Later, Deborah wrote Mud City, a story about Parvana’s friend Shauzia in a refugee camp. All the 8______ Deborah makes from the sale of these books goes to Canadian Women for Women in Afghanistan, Street Kids International and UNICEF. Deborah Ellis’s books have helped 9______ better understand the difficult lives that many children are having. She said, “Children are a blessing 神恩 to all of us. They are also 10______ responsibilities.” C 阅读短文，从方框中选择恰当的词并用其适当形式填空，使短文完整、通顺。每词限用一次。
excellent, follow, they, international, feel, travel, danger, hole, by, how One of the best films I’ve seen is 127 Hours. It was directed 1 ______ Danny Boyle, a wonderfully creative English filmmaker and producer. The film came out in 2010 and was nominated 提名 for many 2 ______ awards. 127 Hours is a drama about survival 生存. It tells the real story of Aron Ralston, a mountain climber who is interested in 3 ______ through canyons using climbing skills. During one of his climbing trips in a national park in Utah, US, Aron falls down an 4 ______ and is trapped 使落入险境 when a huge rock lands on his arm. The film 5 ______ the story of how he fights to stay alive and save himself. What I love most about the film is 6 ______ one actor manages to hold our attention the whole time. It’s 7 ______. We get to see right inside the head of the mountain climber, and 8 ______ his fear and hope throughout the terrible experience. This film really makes us think about the dangers of such sports and the courage of people who do 9 ______. Anyone who has considered taking up an 10 ______ sport should see this film. D 阅读短文，从方框中选择恰当的词并用其适当形式填空，使短文完整、通顺。每词限用一次，其中有两个是多余的。
why, separate, among, where, almost, famous, protect, monkey, plant, begin, but, share Madagascar is an island country about 480 kilometres east of southern Africa. It is 1 ______ for its special animals and plants. There are many things in Madagascar that you can’t find anywhere else on Earth Lemurs 狐猴 are the most famous 2 ______ Madagascar’s special animals. They are a kind of 3 ______, and related 有联系的 to humans. Madagascar has flying foxes, bee-eating birds and huge tortoises. 4 ______ all of the reptiles 爬行动物 and half the birds on the island are not found anywhere else. Besides that, Madagascar has many strange and unusual 5 ______. Among them, the baobab tree, the national tree of Madagascar, is the most unusual. There are eight different kinds of baobab trees on the island.