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Although it has never been seen， almost everyone is familiar with the legendary unicorn （獨角獸）. Descriptions of unicorns have been found dating from ancient times.

According to the legend， anyone attempting to catch a unicorn had to be extremely careful as it has a reputation for being very fierce. A clever trick suggested by unicorn-trappers， in order to catch a unicorn without being hurt by its horn， was for the hunter to stand in front of a tree and then to move quickly behind it as the unicorn rushed forward and attacked them. Hopefully， the creature could then be caught when its horn was stuck in the tree.

When used as a drinking-cup， the unicorns horn was said to have the power to offer protection against poison. It was believed that nobody could be harmed by drinking the thing that is contained in a unicorns horn. In 1789， the French court was said to have used cups made of unicorn horn in order to protect the king. In addition， the horn was said to have medicinal value （價值）， so that it could be sold for more than ten times the price of the same weight of gold. What， then， was unicorn horn？ We know at times the rhino （犀牛） was confused with this legendary creature. A drinking-cup supposedly made of unicorn horn was discovered to be made of the horn of a rhino.

1. To catch unicorns， the trappers had to try to ___ .

A. fight with them in the woods

B. hide quickly behind the unicorns

C. shoot the unicorns with their guns

D. make use of the tree as a protection

2. Which of the following is TRUE of the unicorn？

A. It was not historically recorded.

B. Its horn was first used in France.

C. Its just of the same size as a rhino.

D. It was fierce and would attack people.

3. The last paragraph is mainly about ___ .

A. the users of the unicorn horn

B. the value of the unicorn horn

C. the colour of the unicorn horn

D. the comparison between the unicorn horn and the rhino horn

4. What can we learn about the unicorn from the passage？

A. Nobody has ever see the unicorn.

B. The unicorn is the rarest animal in the world.

C. The drinking-cup made of the unicorns horn is designed only for a royal family.

D. People will never die after drinking the thing that is contained in the unicorns horn.

選詞填空

從下列方框里10個單詞中選擇8個適當單詞的正確形式填入下列各句中，使其句意完整。每個單詞只使用一次。

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1. He had lost his ____ card and was being questioned by the police.

2. A red sky at night ____ fine weather the following day.

3. The postman was bitten by a（n） ____ dog.

4. The ____ of the railway was a big loss to the country.

5. They are hoping for a（n） ____ result from the experiment.

6. You never know how shell react—shes so ____ .

7. She has the ____ of being kind to the poor.

8. He went to Japan and soon made a big ____ .

句子翻譯

1. 在我看來，這個計劃的失敗是由于管理不善。

2. 最近的研究使人們了解了那些他們從未見過的生物。

3. 獅子是一種很兇猛的動物，有時它們可能會極度危險。

4. 所有出現在這里的畫都不允許與宗教有關。

單項選擇

1. — Im sorry. I was too busy to go camping with you.

— ___ . Well have more chances in future.

A. Dont mention it B. Not at all

C. Not to worry D. All right

2. Travelling by oneself can be fun and interesting. It may also be good for ___ building.

A. respect B. reputation

C. character D. intelligence

3. I read it from a book that Chinese people consider the Chinese dragon a sign of good ___ .

A. fortune B. identity

C. judgment D. religion

4. You should be careful in the forest especially when you are in red as some animals may ___ you because of this.

A. attack B. destroy

C. arrest D. attach

5. Nobody knows how people first came to these islands. They ___ from South America on rafts.

A. must have sailed B. would have sailed

C. might have sailed D. should have sailed

6. They have a high level of unemployment—but the same ___ many other countries.

A. goes for B. goes with

C. goes in D. goes to

7. An Englishman who ___ not speak Italian was once travelling in Italy.

A. must B. could

C. may D. might

8. The feelings between them ___ as time went by.

A. died out B. died off

C. died back D. died away

9. Lots of people went to the West to ___ a fortune.

A. search B. find

C. get D. make

10. We spent ___ money on English dictionaries last month.

A. plenty of B. a number of

C. a good many D. dozens of