I am an advocate for my son．I made it my responsibility to inform all of his high school teachers and principals that our family goal was for him to attend college．When you, the parent, inform a teacher that the family had high expectations for your child, then that teacher takes on a whole different attitude to him or her．
When Chris started high school, I started my habit of keeping track of his absences and tardiness(上学迟到)on my calendar at home．In a way, it pleased him that I cared so much．
One semester in his junior year, he came home with a report card that showed three times as many days absent from school as I had on y calendar．When I asked him about it, he looked at the report card and his eyes got very wide．
“That must be a mistake, Mom,”he said．“Maybe there was an error in the computer．”He assured me that he had not been skipping school．
While I was prepared to believe him, I also needed to check with the school to make sure．The next morning, I went with Chris before school to the vice principal’s office and showed him the report card with the excessive(过度的)number of absences．He spoke up immediately．
“Oh, Ms．Chandler, I’m so sorry．We are planning to inform all the parents that there was a glitch in the reporting of the days absent for all the kids．I don’t think any of them went out correct．”Chris was here when he says he was here．
I was relieved that everything was all right, and as I left his office the vice principal said to me,“Hundreds of report cards went out with the wrong number of absences, but you’re the only parent who has called or stopped in to check up on it．”
(1)
When Chris saw the report card, he felt ________．
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A．
ashamed
B．
surprised
C．
frightened
D．
angry
(2)
Why did the author go to her son’s school with the report card?
[ ]
A．
To prove Chris innocent．
B．
To correct the mistake．
C．
To find out the truth
D．
To expose Chris as a liar．
(3)
The underlined word“glitch”in Paragraph 6 can be best replaced by“________”．
[ ]
A．
problem
B．
correction
C．
statement
D．
change
(4)
It can be inferred from the passage that the author ________．
[ ]
A．
changed all teachers’ attitudes to her son
B．
had high expectations for her son’s school
C．
was dissatisfied with her son’s school
D．
kept in touch with her son’s school
(5)
By saying“Chris was here when he says he was here”, what did the vice principal mean?
One night when my wife was preparing dinner, our little son took a piece of paper to her which read：
For washing the car ＄5.00
For making my own bed this week ＄1.00
Going to the provision shop ＄0.50
Playing with little sister ＄0.25
Taking out the rubbish ＄1.00
Getting a good report card ＄5.00
And for sweeping the common corridor ＄2.00
Total ＄14.75
His mother looked at him standing there expecting payment．I could see a thousand memories flashed through her mind．So she picked up the pen and turning the paper over, this is what she wrote：
For nine months I carried you, growing inside me No Charge
For the nights I sat up with you, doctored and prayed for you No Charge
For the toys, food and clothes and wiping your nose No Charge
When you add it all up, the full cost of my love No Charge
Well, when he finished reading, he had big tears in his eyes．He looked at his mother and said,“Mummy, I love you．”Then he took the pen and in great big letters wrote on the“bill”“All paid．”
(1)
What's the best title for this passage?
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A．
Part-time Job
B．
Mother's Love, No Charge
C．
Payment for House Work
D．
Greedy Mother
(2)
The write wrote the passage in order to ________．
[ ]
A．
show that children should be paid for their housework
B．
show that children should not be paid for their housework
C．
show a clever way of teaching children
D．
tell children how to spend their spare time
(3)
How do you think of the mother in the passage?
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A．
Clever
B．
Greedy
C．
Cold－hearted
D．
Selfish
(4)
From the last passage we know that ________
[ ]
A．
the boy got all the money he wanted
B．
the mother was unwilling to give the money to the boy
C．
the boy realized that it was not right to ask for money for the housework
D．
the mother was angry with what the boy said
阅读理解
Once upon a time the colors of the world started to quarrel．Green said,“Clearly I am the most important．I am the sign of life and hope．I was chosen for grass, trees and leaves．Without me, all animals would 1 ．”
Blue interrupted,“You only think about the 2 , but consider the sky and the sea． 3 the water that is the basis of life and drawn up by the clouds from the deep sea．Without my peace, you would all be 4 ．”
Yellow chuckled(笑道),“You are all so serious．I bring laughter, fun, and 5 into the world．”
Orange started next to blow her trumpet,“I am the color of health and strength．I may be 6 , but I am precious for I serve the needs of human life．When I fill the sky 7 , my beauty is so striking that no one gives another 8 to any of you．”
Red could stand it 9 and he shouted out,“I am the ruler of all of you．I am the color of danger and of bravery．I am willing to 10 truth．I am also the color of passion and of love．”
Then came Purple and Indigo(深蓝)…．
The colors went on boasting, each convinced of his or her own 11 ．Their quarreling became louder and louder．Suddenly there was a startling flash of bright lightening thunder．Rain started to pour down 12 ．The colors crouched(蜷缩)down 13 , drawing close to one another for comfort．
In the midst of the clamor(叫嚷), rain began to speak,“You foolish colors, fighting 14 yourselves, each trying to dominate 15 ．Don't you know that you were each made for a special purpose, 16 ?Join hands with 17 and come to me．”
Doing as they were told, the colors 18 and joined hands．They formed a colorful rainbow．From then on, whenever a good rain 19 the world, a rainbow appears in the sky．They remember to 20 one another．
