Unbelievable view appealed to me by accident．Just then, I checked once again: the somewhat tiny wood was having a leaf．Could I trust my own eyes? Had the hot sun annoyed me? After all, it  as summer in Costa Rica, a country in Central America.
I left off, wiping sweat from my eyes．Then I moved the wood with my finger．It stopped．It looked up at me with big triangular eyes．Surprise! It was a mantid, a kind of insect, instead of a piece of wood．
The mantid was hanging upside down on a branch．Its wings made it look like a piece of tree bark．Then I noticed something else．The leaf wasn't a leaf at all．The hungry mantid was really eating another insect—a katydid．By now, all that was left of the katydid was a pair of wings．A few moments later, the wings dropped to the ground．The mantid folded its long legs．It sat still．Now it looked even more like a piece of wood than when I had first seen it．
I thought about how I had been fooled by these clever animals．Then I thought about how the two insects go about trying to trick each other．Both mantids and katydids are masters of make-up．Katydids are particularly good at it．Many look like something they are not．Katydids often look like plants．Many seem to be leaves．Others look like leaves of grass．All day, the bugs try to stay perfectly still．Because their bodies look like plants, most animals interested in killing them don't bother them while katydids eat plants．
【小題1】What is the main topic of the text?

根據(jù)句意及首字母或漢語(yǔ)提示，寫出各句中所缺單詞的正確形式。（每空一詞，共10分）
【小題1】As you go up a mountain, you have to overcome the earth’s g           which pulls you down.
【小題2】The m             leaf has become the most important symbol of Canada since the national flag was introduced in 1965.
【小題3】The little girl was t          at the thought of being left alone at home and cried.
【小題4】He went to the United States in the 1980s and s                down there.
【小題5】Don’t leave matches or cigarettes on the table w              reach of little children.
【小題6】How quickly a fuel burns depends on how well it is mixed with              (氧氣) or air.
【小題7】The policemen were sent to find the black box because it showed why the plane had           
(墜毀).
【小題8】The idea                 (存在) only in the minds of us young people today.
【小題9】This problem is only                 (稍微) difficult so I can work out.
【小題10】They claimed that when they were               (包圍) by the gang they acted in self-defense.

When three of my grandchildren acquired a half－grown dog I agreed to help them build a dog house. As we began the __1__， I knew that keeping them involved was going to be a __2__. Much of my energy was spent calling them back to the job and finding __3__ of the project that could be handled by small children. I held to my initial(最初的) determination that building this dog house was to be a (n) __4__  project.

Early in the project I had __5__ the grandkids that we would roast wieners(香腸) in the back yard __6__ we finished painting the dog house.__7__ three of the largest house－painting brushes I could find, I supervised (管理) the __8__ of our homemade structure. Kids and paint. How could I have __9__ the potential (潛在的) harm that such a combination can create?

After cleaning up the paint __10__－kids, brushes, carport(車棚)－I __11__ that we would probably eat earlier if we just asked Grandma to heat the wieners in water on the gas range. A pain of __12__ came over me as I realized I was trying to weasel(躲避) out of a(n)__13__ promise.

As Jamie, Jeffrey and Kimberley looked on, I built a first－class fire in our back yard pit, cut some roasting sticks, and prepared for the __14__ cooking event. When we __15__ eating I leaned back on the cool grass and __16__ the last remnants(殘余) of our fire. Six－year－old Jeffrey was leaning back against my chest, and I began to think about what it meant to be a Grandpa.

The __17__ was broken when Jeffrey quietly reflected, “Know what Grandpa？” And without breaking his __18__ at the dying embers(灰燼) he continued, “This is the best day of my whole life.”

After a few moments of __19__ silence he glanced up and said, “Are you crying, Grandpa? You've got a __20__ on your cheek.”

Clearing my throat I explained that it must be from the smoke.

1. A. plan　　　B. question　  　C. project　　D. problem

2. A. challenge  B. design        C. duty         D. job

3. A. all        B. parts         C. none         D. most

4. A. part－time  B. group         C. interesting  D. difficult

5. A. demanded   B. required      C. informed     D. promised

6. A. so long as   B. in order that  C. as soon as   D. even if

7. A. Selecting  B. Bringing      C. Washing      D. Arranging

8. A. building   B. moving        C. painting     D. cleaning

9. A. remembered        B. forgotten

C. regretted          D. prevented

10. A. colour      B. drops         C. mess         D. dirt

11. A. suggested   B. ordered       C. told         D. thought

12. A. wound      B. body         C. head         D. guilt

13. A. longer     B. bigger        C. better       D. earlier

14. A. indoor     B. outdoor       C. field        D. kitchen

15. A. began      B. finished      C. continued    D. liked

16. A. watched    B. made          C. raised       D. kept

17. A. fire       B. glass         C. silence        D. night

18. A. words      B. gaze          C. mind         D. attention

19. A. fixed      B. broken        C. mixed        D. continued

20. A. tear       B. grain         C. dirt           D. leaf

There was once a famous king whose name was Tamerlane. Like Alexander the Great, he  _36__ to become the master of the whole world. So he raised a great   _37__ and made war on other countries. He conquered(征服，打�。� many kings and   __38__ many cities. But at last his army was beaten; and Tamerlane escaped alone from the field of __39__ .

For a long time he wandered in __40__ from place to place. His enemies were __41__ him. He was about to lose all hope.

One day he was __42__ under a tree, thinking of his failure. He had now been a wanderer for twenty days. He couldn’t __43___ any longer. Suddenly he saw a small object climbing up the trunk (樹干) of the tree. He looked more __44__ and saw it was an ant, __45__ a grain of wheat（麥粒）as large as itself.

There was a __46__ in the tree only a little way above, and that was the home of the ant.

“You are __47__, Mr. Ant,” he said, “but you are carrying something that is too heavy for you.” Just as he __48__, the ant lost its footing and fell to the ground. But it __49__ held on to the grain of wheat. Tamerlane  _50__ the little insect. It tried the second time, the third time ... the twentieth time — but always with the same __51__. Then it tried the twenty-first time. __52__, one little step at a time, it climbed across the rough place where it had  __53__ so often. The next minute it climbed __54__ into its home, carrying the grain of wheat. “Well done!” said Tamerlane, “you’ve taught me a lesson. I, too, will try, try again, __55__ I succeed.”

And this he did.

1.                A．failed          B．learned         C．chose    D．wished

2.                A．party          B．family          C．a(chǎn)rmy D．group

3.                A．burned         B．defended       C．rebuilt   D．developed

4.                A．business        B．battle          C．sports    D．wheat

5.                A．peace          B．relief           C．puzzlement    D．fear

6.                A．fighting against   B．looking for      C．caring about   D．calling on

7.                A．lying           B．singing         C．sleeping  D．practicing

8.                A．grow up        B．get around      C．carry on  D．stay up

9.                A．quickly         B．excitedly        C．seriously  D．closely

10.               A．eating          B．carrying        C．discovering D．picking

11.               A．hole           B．cave           C．leaf  D．flower

12.               A．hungry         B．small           C．brave D．smart

13.               A．discussed       B．explained       C．complained D．spoke

14.               A．only           B．still            C．a(chǎn)lso  D．even

15.               A．watched        B．touched        C．helped    D．guided

16.               A．goal           B．method        C．result D．reason

17.               A．Hurriedly       B．Gently          C．Slowly D．Sadly

18.               A．stopped        B．a(chǎn)ppeared       C．prepared  D．fallen

19.               A．worriedly       B．safely          C．freely D．calmly

20.               A．till            B．a(chǎn)fter           C．if D．because