wood, give them shade, and help to prevent　　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　  1.——

drought and floods. Unfortunately,

people have not realized the importance of trees.　　　　　　  　　　　 2.——

They cut it down in large numbers.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　     3.——

Some need them cook their meals,　　　　　　　　　　　　　　     4.——

the others earn money by selling them. This doesn't　　　　    　　   5.——

only mean our children and grandchildren have　　　　　　　　        6.——

fewer trees. The results are even serious.　　　　　　　　　　 　　   7.——

Where there are no trees, rain can cause floods.

Rain will carry away the rich top-soil very easy.　　　　　　  　　    8.——

When all top-soil is gone, nothing remains

besides worthless desert. The forest will　　　　　　　　　　  　　  9.——

be disappear slowly unless something is done.　　　　　　　　        10.——

In America, people don’t keep their old people at home. At a certain age they put them away. In my country, the old people stay in the home until they ____80____. But here, things are not like that. It’s surprising to me that they put them away. The first thing they think of is a nursing home (养老院). Some of these people don’t need a nursing home. If they had their own bedroom at home, they would watch ____81____ or listen to the radio or have themselves busy doing something interesting.

Right now there’s a lady here, nothing wrong with her, but her children put her away. They don’t come to see her. The only time they come to see her is when she says, “I can’t breathe.” She wants some ____82____. And that way she is just aging. When I came here, she was a beautiful woman. She was looking nice. Now she is going down.

We had another lady here two years ago, she had two sons. She fell and had a ____83____ leg. They called the eldest son. He said, “Why call on me? Call the little one. She gave all the money to that little one.” That was bad. I was right there.

All these people are not helpless. But just the family ____84____ them. There is an old man here. His children took him for a ride one day, pushed him out of the car, let him walk and wander (徘徊) by himself. He couldn’t find his way home. His children try to ____85____ all that he has. They are trying to make him sign papers and things like those. There is nothing wrong with him. He can dress himself, cook his own meals, take a walk… They signed him in here, made the lawyers sign him in. They are just in for money.

How can these children treat their old people like that? How awful!

80. A. fail                 B. disappear                C. die               D. hate

81. A. films        B. pets                C. television                  D. children

82. A. attention     B. freedom                     C. invitation                D. trouble

83. A. frozen                B. broken                    C. weak                   D. terrible

84. A. have pity on        B. deal with                    C. rely on                  D. get rid of

85. A. take away           B. give up                      C. dream of                D. care for

She looked older to us though her age was about the same as our mother’s. She was not pretty. But she was kind and good. Then she gave us a good meal. After our mother became ill, we never ate such a good one. My brothers and I liked her before we finished the meal.

Our family moved to Australia not long ago. It was difficult for us to live a good life in the new place. Soon our mother became ill and she was in bed.

Every morning father went out to the forest, and worked all day hard as he could. Of course, we tried to help our parents. I cleaned the house and cooked our meals. My older brother learned to grow vegetables.

My two younger brothers were too young to work. Sometimes we went to school. When father came home on that day, he was surprised. Our mother was sleeping peacefully in the bed cleaned by Jane, and there were some beautiful flowers on the table. He said to Jane, “I have no money. I’m sorry I can’t pay you.” Jane said, “Don’t mind, I’m glad to help you. I don’t take money from people who are not happy.”

1. Why was mother ill?　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 

A. Life was hard.

B. The weather was bad for a long time.

C. There were too many children in the family.

D. She was always ill.

2. From the passage, we can know that there are　　    children in the family. 

A. 2　　    B. 3　　   C. 4　　　　 D. 5

3. Where did they live?　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   

A. In Australia.　　　　   B. In a city in Australia.

C. They just left Australia.  D. The writer didn’t tell us.

4. Why did Jane come to the family?　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 

A. To make money because she was poor.   

B. To help them.

C. She knew their mother very well.

D. To cook meals for the children.

5. We can learn the following from the passage except　　    .　　   

A. Jane was much younger than the writer’s mother

B. the writer’s family was not rich

C. Jane came to the family with some beautiful flowers

D. Jane helped the family for nothing

阅读下面短文。根据短文内容判断句子的正误。正确的写“A”，错误的写“B”。

I have never taken cooking classes．I learned cooking from my mother because she was really interested in teaching me how to cook．The main reason for this was because when my mother got married，she didn't know how to cook anything，not even an egg．My grandmother never allowed her to stay in the kitchen when she was cooking．

My mother did not start to cook until she was twenty-five years old．In the beginning，it was very hard /or her．Therefore，she had to take cooking classes to prepare（准备）our meals．After having that experience，she decided to teach me how to cook because she didn't want me to have the same experience．

I remember when I was seven years old，I started to learn cooking from my mother．Sometimes we prepared the meals that my mother already knew how to make，and sometimes we prepared meals from recipes．Thanks to that experience，now I don't need any help to cook a meal．I can cook for myself or for a group of people；it doesn't matter．I will do the same with my children because I don't want them to have the same experience as my mother．If one day I am not with them，I want to be sure that they can continue their life without me．

1．The author learned cooking from her mother because they all liked cooking．

2．The author's mother learned cooking by taking cooking classes．

3．The author began to learn to cook when she was seven years old．

4．The author learned cooking only by preparing the meals she knew quite well．

5．The author will do as her mother to make her children know the way of cooking．