My parents divorced when I was 8 years old. Their marriage was a mistake of World War II. And about 50 years ago, I was the only child I knew who didn't have a father at home on Father's Day. Divorce was very uncommon back then.
So when my friends were in town shopping for presents for their fathers, I decided since my mother was both Mother and Father, no one else was like her, who better deserved(be worth) a present on Father's Day than her?
I bought her a little set of tools, just a few things, hammer, pliers(钳子) and screwdriver(螺丝起子) and a box to put all these things in. I got some ideas from my grandfather and named it Mother's Tool Box. She was excited, more at the thought of being cared for on Father's Day than of the present. She always said she liked her Father's Day memories better than the Mother's Day ones. It made her feel special — and she was. I have noticed in the past few years, greeting cards are even made for "Mother on Father's Day". Ever since then, my mother has got cards on Father’s Day. By the way, she knew just how to use those tools and others she had ever used over the years.
【小题1】Which sentence shows that divorce was very uncommon at that time?

A man was walking along the street when he saw a woman carrying a large box. It was half in and half out of her car. So the man went up and said, “The box looks very heavy. Let me give you a hand.”

“That’s very kind of you,” the woman said, “I’m having a lot of trouble with it. Maybe it sticks (卡住) in the car door.”

“Together we’ll soon move it,” the man said. “I’ll get in and take the other end.” And he got in the car.

“Right,” the man said. “I’m ready,” and he began to push the box hard.

For several minutes, the man and the woman tried to move the box. Soon they felt very tired.

They rested for a moment. Then the woman said, “Let’s try again. One, two, three!” They went on moving the box.

At last, when they were exhausted, the man said, “I’m sorry, but I don’t think there’s any way to get it out of your car.”

“Get it out?” the woman cried. “I’m trying to get it in! You know?”

1.Where did this story happen?

2.Who got in the car to move the box?

3.The underlined word “exhausted” means “________” in Chinese.

4.Which of the following is TRUE about the story?

5.What do you think of the man?

Mark was walking home from school one day when he saw a boy in front of him. He had dropped all of the books he was   16  , along with two sweaters, a basketball and a walkman (随身听).

Mark stopped and helped the boy pick the things up.   17   they were going the same way, he helped to carry some of his things. As they walked, Mark   18   that the boy’s name was Bill. He loved computer games, basketball, music and history,   19   he was having trouble with some of his   20   in school.

They arrived at Bill’s home first and Mark was   21   in for a Coke and to watch some television. The afternoon passed   22   with a few laughs and some small talk, then Mark went home.

They continued to   23   each other at school, had lunch together once or twice a week, and then they   24   finished middle school. Three weeks before they left school, Bill asked Mark if they could talk.

Bill reminded Mark of the day years ago when they had first   25  . “Did you ever wonder   26   I was carrying so many things home that day?” asked Bill.

“You see, I cleaned out my locker (锁柜) because I didn’t want to leave   27   for anyone else. I was going home to kill myself. But after we   28   some time together talking and laughing, I   29   that if I killed myself, I would have missed many good times. So you see, Mark, when you   30   those books that day, you actually saved my life.”

1.A. reading        B. buying           C. carrying         D. writing

2.A. Since      B. When             C. While            D. Before

3.A. asked      B. learned          C. believed         D. answered

4.A. and            B. or               C. so               D. but

5.A. books      B. teachers         C. subjects         D. games

6.A. introduced B. invited          C. noticed          D. pushed

7.A. happily        B. slowly           C. quietly          D. easily

8.A. help       B. accept           C. see              D. change

9.A. all            B. each             C. either           D. both

10.A. met           B. worked           C. appeared         D. arrived

11.A. what      B. when             C. why              D. how

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

13.A. took      B. wasted           C. spent            D. found

14.A. remembered    B. wondered         C. checked          D. realized

15.A. threw away    B. picked up        C. gave out         D. looked for

Time spent in a bookshop can be enjoyable. If you go to a ___36___shop, no assistant will come near to you and say  “Can I help you? ” You ____37____buy anything you don’t want. You may try to ___38____where the book you want is. But if you can’t , the assistant will lead (引导 ) you there and then he will go away. It seems that he is___39___selling any books at all.

  Once a medical student found a very useful book in the shop, ___40____it was too expensive for him to buy. He couldn’t get it from the library, ____41___. So every afternoon, he went there to read___42___at a time. One day, however, he couldn’t find the book from its usual place and ___43____when he saw an assistant signing to him. To his surprise, the assistant pointed to the book in the corner, “I put ____44____ there so as not to be sold out,” said the assistant. Then he  ___45___ the student to go on with his reading.

1.A. good           B.  bad                 C. cheap       D. expensive

2.A.shouldn’t       B. don’t need to        C. mustn’t          D. can’t

3.A. look for      B. search          C. find out         D. find

4.A. surprised at       B. not surprised at     C. interested in    D. not interested in

5. A. and           B. but             C. so               D. or

6.A. either         B. also            C. too              D. as well

7.A. little        B. a little             C. few              D. a few 

8. A. left         B. leave           C. to leave         D. was leaving

9.A. you            B. them            C. it          D. yours

10.A. left         B. let                  C. helped      D. taught

Santi's big brother Len had told him never to push all the remote control buttons at the same time. He said that something terrible would happen if he did. Santi didn't really believe this. While Len was out of the room, Santi jumped down on the sofa with the remote control in his hand. For a while, he changed from channel to channel, looking for something interesting to watch. Bored, Santi decided to see what Len could have meant.

   With a quick glance（扫视） over his shoulder to make sure Len hadn't come back，he pushed all the buttons at once. Santi saw a bright flash，and he dropped the remote control. "I've broken it，"he thought. "Now I'm in trouble！" As he looked around for the remote control，he realized he was in more trouble than he'd thought. He was suddenly only the size of a mouse.

  "Oh，no！"Santi shouted. He had to find his parents quickly. Carefully, he climbed down the side of the huge sofa and hurried across the floor. In the kitchen, Santi could see that the sliding door（滑门） had been left open. “If the door is open, then the cat might be in here,” tiny Santi said.

Just then, Santi and the cat saw each other. Santi ran for the door, the cat closing in quickly behind him. Just as the cat reached out to attack Santi, it slipped（打滑） on some water and slid across the kitchen floor. Out of breath, Santi hid behind a flowerpot in the corridor. He could see his mum far away in the garden. “How will I ever get there?” he wondered. As he looked out from behind the flowerpot, there was the huge cat looking right at him! Santi rushed for the garden and then…, he woke up. “It was only a dream!” he said with a relieved smile. “Thank goodness!”

1.Len told Santi something terrible would happen if he _________.

A. changed from channel to channel         

B. tried to pretend（假装）to be a mouse

C. pushed the buttons at the same time       

D. stayed alone in the living room

2.Santi thought the cat might be in the kitchen because ________

A. he heard a moving sound               

B. the cat liked the kitchen

C. the sliding door was open              

D. he saw the cat came into it

3.The word “relieved” can be used to describe Santi’s feeling ______

A. when he was playing with the remote control

B. when his big brother warned him something

C. when he was no longer worried about the cat

D. when he saw his mum far away from him

4.The story probably tries to tell that ________

A. what happens if you break a rule          

B. it’s dangerous to stay alone at home

C. people don’t want to get smaller           

D. sometimes pets are not friendly