“What’s the matter, mum?”

   As soon as I entered the door, I found that my mother was unhappy. It was 16_______ –she usually opens the door and welcomes me with a smile!

  “She’s dying,” mum said 17________. I knew what she said. The 18________，mother’s favorite is dying.

  A month ago, we moved into our new house and mum bought a very beautiful tulip. Mum liked it very much. 19_______ she was free, she would sit in her armchair beside the tulip and enjoyed its beautiful color and nice smell.

  She regarded it as a baby and 20_______ it carefully. She put the tulip by window and moved it from one place to another to give the tulip enough sunshine. The first thing she did after she got up every morning was 21_________ the tulip, Mum also fertilized(施肥)it many times.

  She hoped that 22________ great care, the tulip would become more and more beautiful. But the tulip was dying 23 ________ too much sunshine, water and fertilizer.

It’s true that mother loved the tulip. But this kind of love 24________be harmful.

Love can sometimes 25________ what you love.

(   )16 .A. usual           B. unusual            C. sure              D. unfair

(   )17. A. happily         B. quickly            C. sadly                 D. loudly

(   )18. A. bird         B. dog          C. tulip          D. cat

(   )19. A. Whenever           B. Although         C. Unless           D. with

(   )20. A. looked out           B. looked over    C. looked up         D. looked after

(   )21. A. to water     B. watered       C. water          D. waters

(   )22. A. under                  B. with              C. in                       D. for

(   )23. A. because           B. for             C. since               D. because of

(   )24. A. must         B. should              C. can                D. need

(   )25. A. help         B. love        C. kill           D. protect

Whenever there's a terrible storm, there are plenty of sad stories. Many people lost their houses, their cars and their pets. But sometimes these stories have happy endings too.
A family in New Jersey, US, had a cat named Vivien. She is very smart. She could even draw with her wet paws on the floor. They all love her very much. When hurricane (飓风) Sandy hit America in October, they moved to a safer place-13km away from home. Sadly Vivien went missing. The whole family were worried about her. They put up posters on the Internet to look for her. All the nine family members searched wherever they thought she could stay, but they didn't find it. The family thought Vivien was gone forever.
But six months later, Vivien showed up at their house, according to Yahoo News. They considered her return as a wonder. No one can be sure where Vivien was for all that time.
Many animals are good at finding their way home. People usually say that dogs and cats find their way home through using their sense of smell.
But that doesn't explain how Vivien found her way back. Hurricane Sandy blew away the normal smells of home.
"I wish she could talk," said her owner.
【小题1】From the passage we know Sandy is a

To help you decide what might make a good pet，we’ve put together a pet checklist．We’ve named some of the animals that are often kept as pets．We’ve shown some good points and bad points about each．And we hope it may help you make the best choice(选择) ．

1．You are ___ to keep a raccoon as a pet in many places of America.

   A．suggested   B．encouraged             C．not allowed

2．It would be easier for you to keep a _____ as a pet if you’re often too busy to take care of it．

  A．rabbit or raccoon B．rabbit or cat    C．raccoon or dog

3．If you feed birds at home, you should be very careful to choose a _______ as your another pet．

  A．rabbit        B．raccoon               C．cat

4．The dog may_____ you if you make it angry．

   A．hurt           B．fix         C．train

5．The writer tries to help us ________with the checklist．

   A．learn how to look after our pets 

   B．find which animal is our best choice as a pet

   C．know what kind of animals can be kept as a pet

    There lived a young man in a village. He was born in a  1   family. His parents had a lot of farms and got much money . He was in school for only four years, but he thought he knew all. 

  2   the villagers called him Mr. Know-All. And he told his servants not to tell him the results（结果） directly (直接地). The servants . were afraid of  him and had to listen to him.

    One day Mr. Know-All went to  3  his friend who lived in a town. He stayed there for nearly a week. Suddenly one of his servants came and called out, “  4  , sir!”

“What happened?”

“Your cat has died!”

“What’s there to be surprised at （吃惊）?” said the young man. “Throw it to the river. By the way, of what illness did it die?”

“It  5  much meat of the horse and died.”

“What? Has my horse died, too? And what illness did it die of, then?”

“It pulled(拉) the carried (马车) to the hospital,” said the servant. “ We made it  6  as fast as possible. When we reached the hospital, it was so tired that  it couldn’t  7  up any longer and died.”

“Wait a minute,” said Mr Know-All. “What did you go to the hospital for?”

“To  8  your mother there.”

“What’s the matter with my mother?”

“She  9  down stairs and hurt her head. We sent her to the hospital, but it was too late. The doctors operated on（动手术）her at once, they tried their best to save her, but they dialed!”

Mr Know-All became angry and shouted, “Why didn’t you tell me about a  10  ?”

“You never let us tell you the results directly, sir.”

(  )1. A. worker’s        B. teacher’s         C. farmer’s         D. soldier’s

(  )2. A. But            B. Then            C. Or              D. So

(  )3. A. look after       B. hurt             C. look for         D. visit

(  ) 4A. Good news     B. Bad news     C. Good morning   D. Good afternoon

(  )5. A. ate            B. saw              C. touched         D. cut

(  )6.A. run           B. walk             C. jump            D. fly

(  )7.A. sit            B. lie               C. sleep           D. stand

(  )8.A. post           B. bring             C. take           D. put

(  )9.A. went          B. lived             C. stayed          D. fell

(  )10.A. early          B. earlier            C. earliest         D. the earliest