The first note I ever wrote to my mother said "Hi,Mom! Have a nice day! Love,Marie!"I was twelve when I wrote it,and I folded the___________into her change purse (零钱包).

My mother worked as a cleaner in a clothing factory.I knew that when she___________meals in the dining hall,she would have to look for change in her purse.I didn't know that she would___________that note,and always carry it with her.

From the day that I___________folded the small piece of paper into my mother's change purse,she and I left each other___________notes.They would be put in the fridge,under a lamp,or next to the TV set.I___________found one in my shoes.From the outside,the notes may be just___________about our days,ideas and wishes.But to my mother and___________,they were a lifeline----the communication between each other that no one else___________.

On October 20,2009,my mother died after a long illness.I stood near her bed,___________ her hand.I didn't cry the day my mom died,___________ I didn't cry the week later when I went to collect her things.I was so thankful that she didn't have the___________any longer.

One day,I found a note that my mom___________me.It was in the___________of my favorite childhood book for years.It read "Dear Marie,I love you always.Miss you a lot.Don't forget me.Be ___________! Love,Mom."That day,I cried.

1.A. note B. book C. diary D. letter

2.A. prepared B. sold C. bought D. cooked

3.A. forget B. keep C. lose D. pick

4.A. carefully B. wisely C. quickly D. carelessly

5.A. big B. funny C. secret D. beautiful

6.A. hardly B. never C. even D. seldom

7.A. something B. anything C. nothing D. everything

8.A. her B. me C. him D. us

9.A. know B. believed C. promised D. remembered

10.A. reaching B. watching C. pushing D. holding

11.A. and B. but C. or D. because

12.A. gifts B. aches C. dialogs D. mistakes

13.A. lent B. sent C. passed D. left

14.A. lines B. words C. pages D. pictures

15.A. serious B. happy C. patient D. strict.

Survey:What were you scared of when you were a kid?

I was scared of spiders but I didn't let my friends know because all of them liked catching these spiders.I was terrified but I just acted cool.

-Buding,still afraid of spiders

I was scared of the dark because I didn't know if there was something scary inside the room.As a result,I always liked sleeping with my back facing the wall because it made me a little comfortable.

-Gerard,not so afraid of the dark anymore,but still sleeps with his back facing the wall

Strange as it probably sounds,I was scared of shadows (影子).Not the shadows themselves,but what they formed (形成).Because I was near-sighted (近视的),the shadows I saw formed into the scariest things I saw in my mind.

-Jean,no longer afraid of shadows

I was afraid of the old woman who lived alone right in front of us.Very large trees covered the front part of her small house.The few times I saw the old woman,it scared me because she looked like a witch

(女巫).Once I was playing volleyball with my friends and the ball flew into her house.We all ran home quickly and decided that it was okay to lose the ball instead of seeing her come out of the house.

-Mac,who has already moved to a different house

1.Buding used to be afraid of ______ .

A. the dark B. spiders C. shadows D. an old woman

2.Gerard sleeps ______ .

A. with the light on B. with his parents

C. with the window open D. with his back facing the wall

3.There is something wrong with Jean's ______ .

A. legs B. back C. eyes D. feet

4.The old woman lived in a small house ______ .

A. by herself B. with her daughter

C. with her husband D. with her grandmother

5.After the volleyball flew into the woman's house,Mac and his friends ______ .

A. ran home quickly B. asked her for it

C. broke into her house D. waited for her to come out.

What do you think of black cats?Are they unluckier than cats of other colors?Many people in Western countries think so.Scientists at the University of California,Berkeley (UC Berkeley),did a study on cat colors and people's understandings of cat personalities.

The study found that people do judge(判断) cat personalities by color.Scientists did a survey on the Internet.There were 49statements (描述) matching five cat colorings with 10personalities.People think orange and bi-colored (双色的) cats are friendly,tri-colored (三色的) cats are not generous,and white cats are calm,lazy and shy.As for black cats,people think they don't have special personalities.

But why do so many people dislike keeping black cats as pets?People think black cats have less special personalities,which might be because of their bad reputation (口碑).They think black cats may bring bad luck,especially at Halloween.Movies and television shows also make people believe that.

Although people have these ideas,UC Berkeley scientists give another reason:people don't think black cats are pretty enough.After all,nothing can show black cats are unluckier than other cats."You can't judge a cat by its color,because it's the personality of the cat,not the color,that will let you know if the cat is right for you,"Cathy Marden,a scientist said.

1.Many people in Western countries may think black cats are ______ .

A. lovely animals B. a sign of bad luck

C. a sign of good luck D. unfriendly animals

2.The main idea of paragraph 2is that ______ .

A. people often complain about black cats on the Internet

B. people think cats of different colors have different personalities

C. black cats are less popular than other cats

D. the study is a great success

3.According to the study,people think that ______ .

A. black cats have special personalities

B. orange and bi-colored cats are generous

C. cats with three colors are friendly

D. white cats are calm,lazy and shy

4.People don't like black cats for the following reasons EXCEPT ______ .

A. black cats often appear in TV shows

B. black cats bring bad luck to people

C. black cats have bad reputations

D. they don't think black cats are beautiful

5.The passage mainly talks about ______ .

A. why black cats are popular in movies

B. why people are not willing to keep black cats as pets

C. different color cats have different personalities

D. different people have different ideas on black cats.

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