Captain James Cook was a famous English explorer(探险者). He was the first European to visit many Pacific islands. He put these islands on maps around the world.

 James Cook was born in1728. His parents were poor farm workers. James started to work on ships as a sailor when he was eighteen. When he was twenty-seven, he went into the navy(舰队). He fought a war in Canada and made maps of some of the eastern coast there.

 In1768, the King of England sent him to explore the Pacific Ocean. Cook spent three years on that trip. He went to the Pacific again in 1772 and made maps of the coasts of Australia and New Zealand.

 He began his third trip in 1776. This time he went to the North Pacific and made maps of the west coast of North America. When he finished making maps there, he went to Hawaii. Then the sailors and the Hawaiians  started fighting and some Hawaiians killed Captain Cook.

 Captain Cook took gifts to the Pacific Islander·. He gave them cattle, sheep, goats and new plants. He was a very good leader of his men.  When Captain Cook died, the world 1ost one of the greatest explorers in history.

 Judge the following sentences true( T) or false( F) according to the passage.

    Long ago there was a man with the name Smith. He made a living on making caps. One day he went to sell his caps. He went through a forest. There were many monkeys in it. It was very hot and the man wanted to rest a little. He came up to a large tree, put his caps on the ground, took one of them and put it on his head. Then he lay down and soon fell asleep.

    "Where are my caps?" Smith cried when he woke up. He looked up and saw many monkeys in the trees and each monkey had a cap on its head.

    "Give me back my caps!" The man shouted at the monkeys. But the monkeys didn't understand him. They only laughed. The man got very angry, took off his own cap, threw it on the ground and cried, "If you want all my caps, you may take this one, too!"

    And what do you think happened? The little animals did the same. Each monkey took off its cap and threw it on the ground. The man was very glad. He quickly collected all his caps and went on his way.

阅读下列短文, 从下面每个小题的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

One day, Ben was playing basketball in the living room, breaking a vase. To cover his terrible action, the frightened boy glued the pieces together and put the vase back to its place.

That evening her mother noticed the cracks (裂纹). But to her surprise, the repair work was actually very good. At dinner time, she asked her boy if he broke the vase. Fearing punishment, the boy said that a neighbor's cat jumped in from the window and knocked the vase off. His mother was quite clear that her son was lying. However, she said nothing.

Before going to bed, the boy was asked to go to the study. In the study, his mother didn't look angry. On seeing her son carefully come in, she gave him one chocolate, saying "This chocolate is a reward (奖励) for your imagination: a window-opening cat!" At that moment, the boy felt the chocolate was a hot potato. “Did mom find holes in my excuse?” he thought. “You know, all the windows were closed.” Mother continued calmly and took out two chocolates into his hand, “An award for the perfect repair.”

Now with the chocolates in hand, the boy wished the ground to open up and bury him! He told the truth. “So I have to punish you for your lie.” The mother said with a serious voice and took back his chocolates. The boy bent down his head in shame. “But your honesty should have the award—a box of chocolates.” The mother suddenly bent to kiss his cheek, speaking gently to the crying boy, “My son, honesty values more than anything.”

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Some parents don't understand their teenage children very well. They don't care about their wishes {#blank#}2{#/blank#}different moods（心情）at this special time of life. They don't understand that it is quite hard for teenagers to {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(become) adults. That is also the reason {#blank#}4{#/blank#} teenagers sometimes don't know {#blank#}5{#/blank#} to do and get angry easily.

I think I'm a good example of that kind of teenagers. I once had an experience like that. When I just started middle school, I caused a lot of problems for my teachers. I didn't obey the class rules and kept talking to my classmates in class. So the head teacher called my parents. {#blank#}6{#/blank#} they learned what had happened, my parents took me home. {#blank#}7{#/blank#} my surprise, they weren't angry with me. They talked with me about the problems and tried to find out the reason for the problems so that they could solve them. With {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(they) help, the problems were solved in the end. And I was really thankful for what they did for me. I made a{#blank#}9{#/blank#} (decide) that I would change myself from then on.

When there's a problem in a teenage child's life, the parents should find a good opportunity to have a talk with the child first. Then they should try to solve the problem together. This is good for both the parents and the child. {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(understand) comes first, then everything goes well.

It was a cold night. I went to sleep in a tree for the {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(two) time, and the next day I went on {#blank#}2{#/blank#}my trip. Soon I came to an opening in the hills. In front of {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(I), everything was green, and there were flowers everywhere. There were also many different birds {#blank#}4{#/blank#}other animals.

I saw that my house {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(be) on the worst side of the island. But I didn't want to move from there. It was my home now. I stayed away for three {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(day), and then I came home. But I often went back to the other, {#blank#}7{#/blank#}.(green), warmer side of the island.

And so my life {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(go) on. Every month I learned to do or to make something new. But I ha troubles and accidents too. Once there was {#blank#}9{#/blank#}terrible storm with very heavy rain. The roof of my ca ve fell in, and {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(near) killed me! I had to build it up again with many pieces of wood.