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Every December， millions of Christmas cards go through the post office. There are pictures of stars or snow or Christmas trees. In these days it is hard to think of a Christmas without Christmas cards， yet a hundred and fifty years ago there was nothing at all. Here is just a story of the way in which they started. Some boys of those days at boarding school had to write a special piece of English at Christmas time. This was to be sent to their parents so they could see the boys’ work had got better during the year.

Young people like to make little drawing in the paper when they write something. These boys were the same. They drew little pictures all around the writing. After a time the pictures become more important than the writing. These were the first Christmas cards.

1. Did people use Christmas cards 150 years ago?

2.What can we usually see on the Christmas cards?

3.At Christmas time， who did the boys at boarding school write something special to?

4.What did the boys draw around the writing?

5.What became more important later on the Christmas cards?

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When William Brown taught at Boston University, he once thought about the people that he hadn’t thanked in his life. They taught him, encouraged (鼓励) him or cared a lot about him.

Tina Johnson was a teacher. She once taught William geography, and William loved geography all his life. So he wrote a letter of thanks to her.

He got the teacher’s letter later. It began, “My dear Willie”. He was happy. Now over 50, he didn’t think someone would called him “Willie”. Here is that letter.

My dear Willie,

I cannot tell you how much your letter meant to me. I am in my eighties, living alone in a small room and cooking my own meals. You will be interested to know that I taught school for 50 years and yours is the first letter of appreciation (感激) I ever got. It came on a cold morning and it made me feel very warm.

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William cried when he read the letter. She was one of the people that William hadn’t thanked in his past. She helped him to believe in himself. He would never forget her.

There are some people we should always remember, because they helped to shape our life. William Brown found a way to show his appreciation—he wrote them letters.

Who are some of the people that you need to say thank you to in your past? It may be too late to say “Thanks”.

1.William thought about the people that he hadn’t thanked in his past when he ________.

A. was in a hospital

B. worked in a library

C. was over 50 years old

D. studied at a university

2.The teacher ________ when William was young.

A. got her first letter of appreciation

B. helped him to believe in himself

C. encouraged him to be active

D. made friends with him

3.What can we learn about the teacher?

A. She was over 80 years old.

B. She lived with her children.

C. She taught geography for 40 years.

D. She got the letter on a warm afternoon.

4.How did William show his appreciation to the people that he hadn’t thanked?

A. He called them B. He visited them.

C. He wrote them letters. D. He sent them gifts.

—What can I do for you？—I’d like two _______.

A. boxes of apples B. box of apples C. boxes of apple

—I’m too nervous to give a talk before so many people.

— , Maria. You can do it.

A. That’s true B. With pleasure C. Come on D. You’re right

—What about this book?

—It’s really interesting one.

A. a B. an C. the D. /

It was dark, but they ______ in the field.

A. continued working B. went to work C. went work

-Tom didn’t go to the zoo yesterday, did he?

- ______. He was ill in bed.

A. Yes, he did. B. Yes, he didn’t. C. No, he didn’t.

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Dear Died,

Today I was at the shopping centre and I spent a lot of time reading the Father’s Day cards. But as I chose add read, and chose add read again, it seemed that not a single card said what I really wanted to you.

You’ll soon be 84 years old, Dad，and you and I will have had 56 Father’s Days together. I didn't think that you were too old. But the sad thing happened last week. I watched as you turned at the corner in your car. I didn’t realize at once that it was you because the man who was driving looked so elderly.

Fifty years ago this spring, we planted carrots together in a garden in Charles City, Iowa. This week, we’ll plant carrots together again, perhaps for the last time but I hope not. I don’t understand why planting carrots with you is so important to me. Well, I don't quite know how to tell you this, dad … I don't like carrots.... but I like planting them with you.

I guess what am trying to say, Dad, is what every son and daughter wants to say to their dad today. Praising a father on Father's Day is about more than a dad who brings home, money or shares a dinner. It’s more about a dad deeply loving children who know everything and won't listen to anyone. It's about sharing. It’s about loving someone more than words can say, and I wish that it would never end.

Lover,

Jenny

1. Where did Jenny go today?

A. A garden. B. A shopping center.

C. A cinema. D. A hospital.

2.How old is Jenny now?

A. 84. B. 56. C. 50. D.34.

3.What does the underlined words “the man” in paragraph 2 refer to (指)？

A. An old man. B. A car driver.

C. Jenny’s father. D. Jenny’s husband.

4.What can we learn from paragraph 3?

A. It's the last time for Jenny to plant carrots with her father.

B. Jenny and her father plant carrots together every year.

C. Both Jenny and her father like eating carrots.

D. Jenny would like to stay with her father.

5.What does Jenny talk about in the last paragraph?

A. Deep love for Dad.

B. Best wishes for Dad.

C. The importance of Dad.

D. The beginning of Father's Day.

—Cindy, you learn physics so well. What’s your ______?

—Doing a lot of exercises.

A. secret B. knowledge

C. expression D. ability

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