Mrs Black is sixty-nine years old. She has only a daughter named Sandra. Mr Black died twelve years ago. She was very sad and lived in her house alone. Two years later her daughter had a baby. The woman was busy all the time and no time to look after her son James. She asked her mother to live with with them.
The old woman had to sell her house and moved there. She was strong and could do all the housework. And the family liked her.
Last autumn Mrs Black went to do some shopping. A car hit her and her leg was hurt. She had to be in hospital for three months. She couldn’t do anything after she came back. At first her daughter was kind to her, but soon she began to tired (讨厌)of her. The old woman wanted to leave, but she had no money to buy a house and nobody could take care of her. She didn’t know what to do.
One morning Mrs Black broke a plate. It made her daughter angry. She told James to buy a wooden(木制的)for her grandma. That afternoon James came back with two wooden plates. She was surprised(惊讶的) and asked “Why did you buy two plates, son”
“One is for my grandma,” answered the boy. “The other is for you.” She cried for long. She’s kind to her mother as she did before.
【小题1】 Sandra asked her mother to live with them because________

A.the old woman lived alone
B.she needed her help
C.the old woman couldn’t look after herself
D.the old woman could give her much money.
【小题2】The family liked Mrs Black because_________
A.she was rich
B.she could watched their door
C.she could do the housework for them
D.she was friendly to them all
【小题3】Mrs Black was afraid ________,so she couldn’t leave her daughter’s house.
A.she had no house to live in
B.she couldn’t look after herself
C.Sandra couldn’t go to see her any more
D.she couldn’t buy a house and none takes care of her
【小题4】Sandra was afraid ________,so she told her son to buy a wooden plate for her.
A.her mother could broke another plate
B.her mother didn’t want to live
C.her husband could be tired of her mother
D.her mother couldn’t do anything at home
【小题5】Sandra is friendly to her mother again because________
A.she knows she did wrong
B.she was afraid of her son
C.the old is poor
D.it’s her duty



Reading newspapers has become an important part of everyday life. Some people read newspapers as the first thing to do in the morning; others read newspapers as soon as they have free time during the day so that they can learn what is happening in the world. Sometimes, we do not have enough time to read all the news carefully, so we just take a quick look at the front page. At other times, we may be in such a hurry that we only have a few minutes to look at the headlines of the passages.
Newspapers can be found everywhere in the world. We can get many different kinds of newspapers in big cities, but in some mountain villages we can see few newspapers. Some newspapers are published once a week, but most of the papers are published once a day with many pages, some even published twice a day. You know different people enjoy reading different newspapers. Some like world news and others prefer short stories. They just choose what they are interested in.
Today newspapers in English have the largest numbers of readers in the world. The English language is so popular that many Chinese students are reading English newspapers such as China Daily or 21st Century. Also they bring us more and more information with Internet.
【小题1】People read newspapers in order to _____________.

A.learn the latest (最新的) news
B.meet their own different needs
C.read the short stories
D.find the morning news
【小题2】From the passage we can see that __________ when people get newspapers.
A.they read them very carefully
B.they just read the headlines
C.not everyone reads all the pages
D.they have no time to read them
【小题3】Newspapers have so many pages because _______________.
A.more and more people like to read them
B.people enjoy reading something different
C.newspaper become cheaper
D.more pages mean more money
【小题4】The most popular in the world are newspaper ____________.
A.in EnglishB.in Chinese
C.in other languageD.with many pages
【小题5】According the passage, besides newspapers, people also get information from ___.
A.magazinesB.advertisements
C.e-mailD.Internet

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