全国各地接二连三地发生了多起特大安全事故，造成严重的人员伤亡，特别是北京密云、吉林商厦等特大安全事故，引起了党中央和国务院的高度关注Unit 4 Wildlife Protection课时跟踪练（一）Warming Up & Reading-Pre reading.阅读理解AI lay in the hospital bed with my sixyearold daughter, Elizabeth, holding her in my arms. “Mommy, will you stay with me the whole time？” she asked, looking up. “You know I cant be in the operating room，” I said carefully, not wanting to frighten her. “But Daddy and I will be waiting right outside.” Elizabeth nodded, but her eyes looked troubled.Elizabeth had broken her right leg in July. Seven months later, it still hadn t healed (康复). In fact, it had gotten worse. She was here in the hospital for surgery (手术)I wanted to tell her that everything would be okay and promise that this would be the last time she d have to go through this. But what if something went wrong again? How could I comfort my daughter when I needed comfort myself?There was a knock at the door. A nurse? I thought. Time to say goodbye already? But the woman who came in wasn t a nurse. “Hi，” the woman said. “I m a volunteer here, and I ve got something for Elizabeth.” She handed a brightblue box to my daughter.Elizabeth sat up and took the box. She opened it and started pulling out goodies one by one candies, stickers, a lovely toy in the shape of a star. She hugged the star, perking_up for the first time since she entered the hospital. “Thank you，” she said. “I love them.” There was a big smile on her face. It had been so long since I saw that big smile.The gift was a great comfort not only to my daughter, but also to me.语篇解读：本文是记叙文。作者的女儿在进手术室前有些紧张，这时一位陌生人送来一盒礼物，使女儿高兴起来。1Why did the author s daughter feel upset?AShe would have surgery on her arm.BThe author had no time to play with her.CShe had to stay in the hospital for a long time.DThe author couldn t stay in the operating room.解析：选D推理判断题。根据第一段的“ You know I can t be in the operating room， I said carefully, not wanting to frighten her.”可知，作者不能进入手术室，这使得女儿有些紧张。2The author didn t make any promise because _.Athere was no time for her to do soBshe wasn t sure of the result herselfCshe believed everything would be okayDshe thought there was no need for her to do so解析：选B推理判断题。根据第三段的“But what if something went wrong again？”可知，作者没法给女儿许诺，因为她自己也不确定手术结果。3Why did the woman come in?ATo offer a gift.BTo say goodbye.CTo comfort the author.DTo get all the things ready.解析：选A细节理解题。根据第四段的“I m a volunteer . to my daughter.”可知，这位妇女进来是为了送礼物。4The underlined part “perking up” means “_”Ahaving a restBthinking carefullyCdoing her best Dbecoming cheerful解析：选D词义猜测题。根据下文“There was a big smile on her face.”可知，女儿很高兴。所以perk up意为：愉快、活跃起来。BFour animals a wildcat, a mongoose, a mouse and an owl had made their home in a huge tree.The mouse and the mongoose lived at the foot of the tree in two different holes. The cat lived in a large hole halfway up the tree and the owl lived in the branches.The cat feared none of its neighbours and moved about, afraid of nothing. The owl and the mongoose were afraid of the cat and kept a safe distance from it. The mouse was extremely afraid of all three neighbours.One day the cat was caught in a trap laid by a hunter. Its three neighbours watched with joy as it tried extremely hard to get out of the net in which it had been trapped. They knew it was a hopeless task. Soon the hunter would come and they would never see their enemy forever. The mouse s joy, however, was shortlived because even as it watched the cat, it found that the mongoose was moving towards it. Looking up, it saw that the owl too was getting ready to move down. The mouse understood that it was in great danger and that the only one who could save it was its enemy, the cat.It jumped onto the net in which the cat was caught and began biting at it. Within a short time it had made a hole big enough for the cat to come out. Seeing the cat come out, the owl and the mongoose escaped.The mouse ran away too. It knew it could not expect any thanks from the cat, but in saving it, it had saved its own life.语篇解读：野猫吃猫头鹰和猫鼬，三者都吃老鼠。野猫是猫头鹰和猫鼬的敌人，反而成了老鼠的“朋友”，救了老鼠的命。5The mouse lived in extreme fear every day because _.Ait lived at the foot of the treeBhunters set traps everywhereCall its three neighbours might eat it at any timeDits food might be taken away by its neighbours解析：选C细节理解题。根据第三段最后一句、第四段中猫鼬和猫头鹰对老鼠的虎视眈眈以及最后一段中老鼠将野猫放出来后自己也逃离了可知，这三个邻居都对老鼠有生命威胁，因此它每天都生活在极度恐慌之中。6Which of the four neighbours had the most power over the other three?AThe wildcat. BThe mouse.CThe mongoose. DThe owl.解析：选A细节理解题。根据第三段可知，野猫无所畏惧，四处乱逛；猫头鹰和猫鼬害怕野猫；老鼠害怕前三者。由此可知，在这四个邻居中，野猫最强势。7The mouse bit at the net to save the cat because _.Athey were good friendsBthey both hated the huntersCthe mouse was too kind to see the cat dieDthe other two neighbours were to attack it解析：选D细节理解题。根据第四段最后三句可知，野猫被困住之后，猫鼬和猫头鹰没有了天敌的威胁，于是准备攻击老鼠。老鼠意识到如果没有了野猫，