Even before my father left us, my mother had to go back to work to support our family.Once I came out of the kitchen, complaining, "Mom, I can't peel potatoes.I have only one hand."

Mom never looked up from sewing."You get yourself into that kitchen and peel those potatoes," she told me."And don't ever use that as an excuse for anything again!"

In the second grade, our teacher lined up my class on the playground and had each of us race across the monkey bars, swinging from one high steel bar to the next.When it was my turn, I shook my head.Some kids behind me laughed, and I went home crying.

That night I told Mom about it.She hugged me, and I saw her "we'll see about that" look. The next afternoon, she took me back to school.At the deserted playground, Mom looked carefully at the bars.

"Now, pull up with your right arm," she advised.She stood by as I struggled to lift myself with my right hand until I could hook the bar with my other arm.Day after day we practiced, and she praised me for every rung (横档) I reached.I'd never forget the next time, crossing the rungs.I looked down at the kids who were standing with their mouths open.

One night, after a dance at my new junior high, I lay in bed sobbing.I could hear Mom come into my room."Mom," I said, weeping, "none of the girls would dance with me."

For a long time, I didn't hear anything.Then she said, "Oh, honey, someday you'll be beating those boys off with a bat." Her voice was soft and weak.I glanced at her to see tears running down her cheeks.Then I knew how much she suffered on my behalf.She had never let me see her tears.

Which of the following expressions can be used most suitably to describe Mom's attitude

when she made the child peel potatoes?

    A.Cruel.          B.Serious.   C.Strict.        D.Cold.

From the passage, we know monkey bars can help a child train ____.

    A.the skill to circle round a bar

    B.the skill to throw and catch things

    C.the speed of one's hand movement

    D.the strength and skill to hang and swing

What does the sentence "I saw her 'we'll see about that' look" imply?

    A.Mom believed every aim could be achieved if you stuck to it.

    B.What the child had said brought Mom great attraction and curiosity.

    C.Mom was determined to prove she herself was better than the teacher.

    D.The race across monkey bars was not difficult enough for a child to give up.

The most probable conclusion we can draw after reading the passage is ____.

    A.the last incident was sad enough to make Mom weep

    B.the child's experience reminded Mom of that of her own

    C.Mom could solve any problem except the one in the last paragraph

    D.in fact Mom suffered more in the process of the child's growth

The day finally came, when I had to leave the warm home where I’d grown up. I ran to the back yard, as tears came up from my heart. Suddenly I    36  a hand rest on my shoulder. I looked up to    37  my grandfather. “It isn’t    38  , is it, Billy?” he said softly.
He gently    39   my hand in his, and then we walked, hand in hand, to the front yard,    40   a huge red rose-bush sat alone.
“What do you see here, Billy?” he asked. I looked at the flowers, not knowing    41   to say, and then answered, “I see something soft and    42  , grandpa.”
He pulled me    43  . “It isn't just the roses that are beautiful, Billy. It’s that special place in your heart that makes them so.” “Billy, I    44   these roses when my first son was born. It was my    45   of saying ‘thank you’ to God. I    46   to watch him pick roses for his mother. Then, as a young man of only 20, a terrible war robbed him of his life.” Grandpa slowly stood up. “Never say good-bye, Billy. Never    47   to the sadness and the loneliness. Instead, I want you to remember the joy and the    48   when you first said hello to a friend.”
A year later, my grandpa became very    49  .Then all members of the family
were    50   back, and I returned to the old house. When it came to my    51  , I took his hand as    52   as he had once taken mine.
“Hello, grandpa,” I    53  .His eyes slowly opened and said, “Hello, my friend.” With a brief    54   he died. Suddenly, and truly, I knew what he had    55   about never saying good-bye — about refusing to give in to sadness.

【小题1】
A.watchedB.fixedC.feltD.heard
【小题2】
A.watchB.interviewC.see D.discover
【小题3】
A.easyB.hardC.difficultD.comfortable
【小题4】
A.tookB.madeC.ledD.carried
【小题5】
A.whenB.whereC.whichD.while
【小题6】
A.whether B.howC.whoD.what
【小题7】
A.beautifulB.tastyC.funnyD. red
【小题8】
A.farB.hardC.closeD.around
【小题9】
A.plantedB.boughtC.treatedD.discovered
【小题10】
A.approachB.wayC.methodD.solution
【小题11】
A.preferredB.wantedC.usedD.referred
【小题12】
A.give upB.give offC.give awayD.give in
【小题13】
A.happinessB.word C.sightD.memory
【小题14】
A.weakB.illC.oldD.serious
【小题15】
A.orderedB.called C.deliveredD.sent
【小题16】
A.pleasureB.dutyC.wish D.turn
【小题17】
A.happilyB.sadlyC.gentlyD.carefully
【小题18】
A.laughedB.shoutedC.whisperedD.added
【小题19】
A.signB.sighC.waveD.smile
【小题20】
A.thoughtB.meant C.worriedD.cared

阅读下面短文,根据所读内容在表格中的空白处填入恰当的词。
注意:每个空格只填一个单词。
Fruit also makes up a flowering plant. It carries the seeds . The purpose of fruit is to protect a plant’s seeds and help them get spread about. Wind and water spread seeds .So do animals when they eat fruit and drop the seeds .
There are two main types of fruit: fleshy and dry. Fleshy fruits are soft and juicy , the way we usually think of fruits . Peaches ,plums ,and apples are all fleshy fruits . Dry fruits are thin and hard . Grains like wheat and rice , or nuts are dry fruits.
You’ve eaten seedless oranges and grapes . How can they be fruits? It’s because people have changed the way they grow fruit. They can now grow seedless fruit . Seedless fruit comes from special plants called hybrids(杂交生物体) . A hybrid is made by combining two varieties of a fruit to form a new variety . This hybrid grows and produces seeds . But the plants grown from these seeds are seedless . These plants cannot reproduce themselves.
A tomato is a vegetable , right? No , it’s actually a fruit . Other food we think of as vegetables—such as squash , peppers ,and eggplant—also are fruit . They’re fruit because they carry seeds and develop from flowers . Here’s another surprise . Scientists classify the tomato as a berry(浆果) . In addition , they don’t consider some fruits we call berries to be true berries because a berry is normally a type of fruit with a lot of seeds inside it . Technically , a strawberry , isn’t a berry , because it has its seeds on the outside . The red part is just the tip of the strawberry stem that’s enlarged.
Fruits are a source of nourishing(滋养) substances that keep us alive and healthy . For example , they contain many vitamins , especially vitamins A and C, and many minerals . They also provide fibre for a healthy digestive system and carbohydrates that the body needs to make energy.

Title:【小题1】        
Basic knowledge
Being【小题2】      of a flowering plant and carrying seeds.
Protecting a plant’s seeds and helping spread them about.
Mainly【小题3】     on wind , water and animals to spread.
Fleshy fruit :Juicy and【小题4】       , like peaches , plums ,apples ,etc .
Dry fruit : Thin and hard , like wheat ,rice , nuts ,etc .
Fruit【小题5】  
seeds
Coming from a 【小题6】     ,which is made by combining two kinds of fruit to form a new kind.
Some surprises
Tomato , squash ,peppers and eggplant are fruits because they carry seeds and develop from 【小题7】    .
Some fruits like strawberry aren’t technically berries because they have seeds on the 【小题8】      .
Being 【小题9】   
to humans
Keeping people alive and【小题10】      .
Providing vitamins , fiber and carbohydrates.
 

“Fire! Fire!” What terrible words to hear when one wakes up in a strange house in the middle of the night! It was a large, old, wooden house and my room was on the top floor. I jumped out of bed, opened the door and stepped outside the house. There was full of thick smoke.

I began to run, but as I was still only half-awake, instead of going towards the stairs I went in the opposite direction. The smoke grew thicker and I could see fire all around. The floor became hot under my bare feet. I found an open door and ran into a room to get to the window. But before I could reach it, one of my feet caught in something soft and I fell down. The thing I had fallen over felt like a bundle of clothes, and I picked it up to protect my face from the smoke and heat. Just then the floor gave way under me and I crashed to the floor below with pieces of burning wood all around me.

I saw a doorway in fire, then I put the bundle over my face and ran. My feet burned me terrible, but I got through. As I reached the cold air outside, my bundle of clothes gave a thin cry, I nearly dropped it in my surprise. Then I was in a crowd gathered in the street. A woman in a night-dress and a borrowed man’s coat screamed as she saw me and came running madly.

She was the Mayor’s wife, and I had saved her baby.

1.When the fire arose in the middle of the night, the author was _______.

A.at home          B.sleeping           C.sitting in bed       D.both A and B

2.The author saved the baby _____.

A.because he was very brave.               B.because he liked the baby very much.

C.but he just happened to save it.             D.because it was the Mayor’s baby.

3.He ran in the wrong direction because he _______.

A.was a stranger there                     B.could see nothing

C.was not completely awake                 D.Both A and C

4.He put the bundle over his face and ran in order to ______.

A.save the baby      B.call for help        C.protect his face     D.run quickly

5.Form which group of words, we can learn the fire took place out of people’s surprise?______

A.old and wooden house, a bundle           B.crashed to, fell down

C.terrible, half-awake                      D.bare feet, a borrowed man’s coat

 

The summer I was ten, my mother decided to bring us to the world of art. My brother and I were not very excited when we realized what my mother meant. What she meant was not that we could take drawing classes or painting classes but that we would have to spend one afternoon a week with her at the Fine Arts Museum. Before each visit to the museum, she made us read about artists and painting styles. It was almost as bad as being in school. Who wants to spend the summer thinking about artists when you could be with your friends at the swimming pool?

     First we had to read about ancient Egyptians(古埃及人) and their strange way of painting faces and then go to look at them at the museum. My 12-year-old brother thought this was so funny, but I was not interested. Later we had to learn about artists in the Middle Ages who painted people wearing strange long clothing. We had to look at pictures of fat babies with wings and curly hair and with no clothes on flying around the edges of paintings. I certainly couldn't see what was so great about art.

     On our last visit to the museum, something happened when I saw a painting by a woman called Mary. In it, a woman was reading to a child. The colors were soft and gentle, and you could tell by the mother’s expression how happy she was just to be with the child. I couldn't stop looking at this painting! I wanted to see every painting Mary had ever made! It was really worth looking at so many paintings to find a painter who could interest me so much.

1.The aim of the mother’s plan was to _________.

   A. take them to visit the museum

 B. introduce them to the world of art

   C. ask them to read about artists

D. show them different painting styles

2.What was the writer’s experience in the museum before the last visit?

   A. She came to feel her mother’s love.

B. She liked many paintings.

   C. She hardly enjoyed herself.

D. She could understand the pictures of fat babies.

3.What made the writer go through a change that summer?

   A. One of Mary's paintings.            

B. A strange way of painting.

   C. Artists in the Middle Ages.           

D. Her mother’s instruction.

4.From the text, we can see _________.

   A. the importance of curiosity         

B. the effect of art

   C. the value of learning                  

D. the power of family education

5.The writer and her brother had thought that they could ___________ in their summer vacation.

   A. visit some art museums              

B. go to Egypt for a visit

   C. take drawing or painting classes      

D. play with their friends.

 

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