Many children like to go to the zoo   31    their parents on    32   . In the zoo, there are many    33   , like elephants, pandas, monkeys, tigers and    34    animals.    35    only live in China. I like them very much. They are black and    36   . They eat bamboo. There    37    a baby panda in the zoo. So I want to see    38   next Sunday. My friend, Linda, wants to go with me. I think we can    39   a bus to the zoo. But I must do my homework    ____40   .

1.A. for B. at C. with D. and

2.A. weekends B. summer C. morning D. evening

3.A. people B. women C. children D. animals

4.A. other B. others C. the other D. else

5.A. Pandas B. Elephants C. Koalas  D. Tigers

6.A. blue B. white C. red D. green

7.A. are B. is C. be D. am

8.A. she B. he C. it D. them

9.A. by B. on C. take D. go

10.A. first B. the first C. one D. the one

 
George Washington Carver was born in 1864. He was born a slave(奴隶). When he was still a baby, his mother was stolen. He was kept by his master.
All his life George loved  31 . When he was only seven years old, he already knew so  32  about plants that people in his hometown called him “the plant doctor”.
George wanted to learn as much as he could, but there was no   33  for black children where he lived. When he was ten, he left home to find a town that would allow   34  children to attend school. He studied in Missouri and Kansas   35  he finished high school. All this time he had to work to   36  his own expense(费用). He worked as a cook and opened his own laundry.
In 1890, George began college. At first he studied art, but he still had a   37  of plants. He began to study agriculture(农业). After he graduated, the famous inventor Thomas Edison asked him to work in his lab but George   38  . He had other   39  . He started an agricultural organization for black students in Alabama.
In those days, many   40  in the south grew only cotton. This was   41  to the soil(土壤). After a while the   42   would not grow as well. George Washington Carver wanted to help farmers in the south to grow plants like peanuts and sweet potatoes. These plants helped the 43  . Over the years he invented hundreds of ways to use these two plants.
George Washington Carver invented so many things that he was   44  “The Wizard(能手) of  Tuskegee”. He died in 1943 at the   45  of 79.

“What’s the matter, mum?” As soon as I enter the door, I find that my mother is   26 . It’s unusual, she usually    27 the door and welcomes me with a smile!
“She’s dying,” mum says sadly. I   28 what she says. The tulip (郁金香), mother’s   29 is dying.
A month ago, we moved   30 our new house and mum bought a very beautiful tulip. Mum liked it very much.   31 she was free, she would sit   32 her armchair beside the tulip and enjoys its beautiful colour   33 inviting smell.
She treated it like a baby and looked after it   34 . She put the tulip by window and moved it from one place to   35 to give the tulip enough sunshine. The first thing she did when she   36 every morning was   37 the tulip, Mum also fertilized (施肥) it many times.
She hoped that with great care, the tulip would become more and more beautiful and   38 . But the tulip was dying   39 too much sunshine, water and fertilizer.
It’s true that mother loved the tulip. But this kind of love can be ___40___.Love can sometimes kill what you love.

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