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Unit 7 【单元测试 · 提升卷】
一、完形填空。(每空1分,共10分)
When I was eight, I wrote my first poem. My mother read it and 1 , “Mike, what a beautiful poem! Well done!”
“When will Dad come home?” I asked. My father liked reading poems. I could hardly wait to 2 my work to him. Then I placed my poem on the dining table 3 and tried not to crumble(弄皱)the paper.
At about seven, my father came back. He seemed 4 after a busy day’s work. He noticed my poem. “John, Mike wrote his first poem!” my mother said excitedly. “And it’s beautiful and amazing!”
When my father read that poem, I lowered my head and didn’t 5 him. It had only ten lines, but it seemed to take hours. Then I heard him dropping the poem back on the 6 .
“I think it’s terrible,” he said. After hearing it, my eyes were getting 7 and couldn’t stop crying.
“John, this is the first poem he’s ever written,” my mother said. “He needs 8 . Please don’t be so strict with him.” “He should read more and practise more,” my father said. “To be a good poet, he has a 9 way to go.”
Though I was sad about my father’s words then, I now 10 he was right. Practice makes perfect.
1.A.praised B.agreed C.replied D.asked
2.A.return B.show C.turn D.connect
3.A.quickly B.carefully C.sadly D.completely
4.A.happy B.nervous C.tired D.relaxed
5.A.look at B.look up C.look for D.look after
6.A.floor B.book C.shelf D.table
7.A.wet B.wide C.dark D.bright
8.A.news B.money C.space D.encouragement
9.A.long B.short C.high D.low
10.A.make B.hear C.know D.hope
2、 阅读理解。(每空1.5分,共22.5分)
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Did you watch your dog bury(埋) his favorite bone but dig it up only a day or two later? There is actually a reason behind this—it’s simply in their nature. For thousands of years, dogs have buried their bones.
When dogs lived in the wild, sometimes food was hard to find. If they were able to find meat and bones, dogs had to protect them. In order to keep other dogs and animals from finding their meat, dogs would bury it in the grou