阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，从各小题的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案，使短文连贯完整。
Dear Museum Scientists,
My name is Yang Jingjing. ____1____ live by the sea, near a mangrove swamp (红树林沼泽地).
My mom is ____2____ tour guide. She knows a lot about the mangrove swamp. She loves ____3____ people the beautiful animals that live there. I am writing to you ____4____ I’m worried about what is happening near my home. The mangroves are home to many ____5____ such as birds, butterflies, snakes and so on. Down in the water under the trees are homes of fish and shrimp. The mangroves also protect us ____6____ wind, waves and floods (浪潮与水灾).
However, in the past few years, things ____7____ greatly. These changes bring lots of worries to more and more people. New neighborhoods (社区) ____8____ last year and the year before. It turned the place with mangroves into stores, houses, cinemas, restaurants and car parks. What is even ____9____, all these things are still going on! What will happen to the animals that live in the mangroves? I don’t know ____10____. How I wish we can find a way to live together with the mangroves and animals!
Sincerely yours,
Yang Jingjing
1. A. My B. Mine C. I D. Me
2. A. a B. an C. the D. /
3. A. show B. to show C. give D. to give
4. A. although B. before C. because D. unless
5. A. plant B. plants C. animal D. animals
6. A. from B. with C. about D. for
7. A. has changed B. have changed C. is changing D. are changing
8. A. build B. are built C. built D. were built
9. A. bad B. worse C. good D. better
10. A. what we can do B. what can we do C. how we can do D. how can we do
阅读下面短文，理解大意，然后从各小题的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案，使短文连贯完整。
One morning when Liu Tao woke up, he jumped out of his bed happily. He had a ____11____ idea. He would build a tree house! Liu Tao asked his dad, “Is it OK if I build a tree house in the old tree outside the ____12____?”
“It’s not only OK,” said Dad. “I’ll even ____13____ you build it.”
When they finished breakfast, both of them went out to the ____14____ in their garden and began to measure (测量). Then they got some boards and started to ____15____ them with a saw (锯子). When the pieces were ready, Liu Tao climbed up in the tree and Dad handed him the boards. They fixed the boards to some ____16____ branches.
Some birds were singing around them but they had no time to enjoy the ____17____ of the birds. Building a tree house was much work and lots of things were waiting for Liu Tao and his dad. They worked the whole ____18____. They even put a roof over the tree house so that it could keep ____19____ in the rain. At last, they finished just before dark.
Early that night, Liu Tao asked his brother if he could borrow a sleeping bag.
“Sure,” said the brother. “But _____20_____ I go with you?”
“Of course, you can.” Liu Tao smiled. Then they both ran upstairs to get ready.
11. A. boring B. wrong C. great D. similar
12. A. park B. school C. shop D. house
13. A. make B. hear C. help D. watch
14. A. tree B. chair C. flower D. stone
15. A. wash B. cut C. sell D. paint
16. A. strong B. weak C. dead D. new
17. A. shapes B. dances C. songs D. colors
18. A. morning B. afternoon C. night D. day
19. A. cold B. dry C. hot D. wet
20. A. must B. should C. need D. can
