[单项选择]读下面的诗和短文，回答以下各题。

红梅

苏轼

怕愁贪睡独开迟，自恐冰容不入时。

故作小红桃杏色，尚余孤瘦雪霜姿。

寒心未肯随春态，酒晕无端上玉肌。

诗老不知梅格在，更看绿叶与青枝。

[注]诗老：指苏轼的前辈诗人石曼卿。
对这首诗的赏析，不恰当的一项是( )。
A. 诗人使用拟人手法，以红梅自况，表达了与桃杏一起装点春天的愿望。
B. 心境幽寒的红梅“怕愁贪睡”，不肯随“春”，故而未能及早开放。
C. 红梅生机难抑，烂漫开放，冰容雪姿，孤瘦高洁，自成一片春光。
D. 面对百花盛开的“春态”，红梅仍深自怵惕，保持自己的节操。

[单项选择]请根据下面的短文回答以下各题：
In Britain there once lived a king and he was very fond of jokes (喜欢开玩笑) ." I will give a bag full of gold (金子) to the person who can tell me the best story." he said, "There is one rule (规则) , it must be a story which I can not believe. If I can believe it, then I won’t give away the bag of gold."
People came to the king from all parts of the country. They brought strange and wonderful stories. The king sat in his palace and listened to all the stories. He enjoyed them very much, but to each person he said, "I can believe that story. It could happen and it may be true. So I won’t give you the bag of gold."
At last a poor old man came to the palace. He was carrying a big jar (坛子) . The old man went into the king’s room and said, "Oh, King, your good father was once a poor man and my father was rich. They were very good friends. My father gave your father a large jar, like this one, and it was full of gold. Your father promised (答应) to give back the
A. He wanted to make a joke.
B. He wanted to find the best story teller in his country.
C. He wanted to give gold to his peopl

[单项选择]请根据下面的短文回答以下各题。
Mr. Baker liked shooting very much but he was never good at it. A month ago some of his friends visited him in his house and saw a new target (靶子) which Baker ha d put several days before in his garden.
His friends went near and looked at this beautiful target. There was a hole right in the middle of the target. When they asked who had shot the target, Baker said he had. They all laughed and said, "How far away were you, Baker Two feet " But Baker said he was fifty yards (码) away.
Then Mr. Baker’s wife explained about the hole in the middle. She said, "Baker went to a shop and bought a very big piece of wood. He bought it home in a car, put it in the garden and shot at it from fifty yards away. Then he drew a target round the hole and cut the wood./

One day some of Baker’s friends saw ______ in his garden.
A. a very big piece of wood
B. a very nice target
C. a hole

[单项选择]请根据下面的短文回答以下各题。
Mr and Mrs Green lived in a big city, and one summer, they went to the country for their holiday. They enjoyed it very much, because it was a quiet and clean place.
One day they went for a walk early in the morning and met an old man. He lived on a farm, and he was sitting in the warm sun in front of his house. Mr. and Mrs. Green asked him, "Do you like to live in this quiet place "
The old man said, "Yes, I do."
Mr. Green said, "What are the good things about it " The old man answered, "Well, the people know each other. They often come and visit me, and I often go and visit them. And there are also many children here."
Mr. Green said, "That’s interesting. And what are the bad things "
The old man thought for a moment, and then said, "Well, the same things really./

Mr. and Mrs. Green took a walk ______.
A. early in the morning
B. in the afternoon
C. after supper

[填空题]Mr. and Mr

[单项选择]请根据下面短文回答以下各题：
I’ve loved my mother’s desk since I was just tall enough to see above the top of it as mother sat doing letters. Standing by her chair, looking at the ink bottle, pens, and white paper, I decided that the act of writing must be the most wonderful thing in the world.
Years later, during her final illness. Mother kept different things for my sister and brother. "But the desk," she said again, "is for Elizabeth."
I never saw her angry, never saw her cry. I knew she loved me; she showed it in act ion. But as a young girl, I wanted heart-to-heart talks between mother and daughter.
They never happened. And a gulf opened between us. I was "too emotional". But she lived "on the surface".
As years passed and I had my own family. I loved my mother and thanked her for our happy family. I wrote to her in careful words and asked her to let me know in any way she chose that she did forgive me.
I posted the letter and waited for her answer. Non
A. deep understanding between the old and the young
B. different ideas between the mother and the daughter
C. free talks between the mother and the daughter