Do you often think of your parents? You may say, “Of course, I     31    .I buy a present for my mother on Mother’s Day and on Father’s Day I give my father     32    , too.” But what about the other days of the year ?

    I have a friend whose parents live in another city. One day 1 went to see her. We had a nice conversation. Then she wanted to      33     . So she dialed(拨号) the number, but then she put down the phone. After about fifteen      34     , she dialed the number again “Hi, Mom…”

    Later I asked, “     35      did you dial the number twice?” She smiled, “My parents are old and      36      . They can’t get close to the telephone quickly. I always do so when I call them. I just want to give them      37      time to answer the call.”

My friend is a good girl. She is     38     thinking about her parents. You also want to be a        39      child, right? Please always remember to     40    your parents often, not just on some important days.

（    ）31. A. will        B. do            C. won’t         D. don’t

（    ）32. A. a cake      B. a kiss          C. some money   D. a present

（    ）33. A. make a call  B. pay a visit      C. have a rest     D. go for a walk

（    ）34. A. seconds     B. minutes        C. hours        D. days

（    ）35. A. How       B. What          C. Why         D. When

（    ）36. A. fast        B. slow           C. healthy       D. careless

（    ）37. A. little       B. quick           C. no          D. enough

（    ）38. A. always     B. never           C. seldom       D. sometimes

（    ）39. A. bad        B. clever          C. good        D. sick

（    ）40. A. think of     B. look after       C. call up       D. 1isten to

Do you often think of your parents? You may say, “Of course, I     31    .I buy a present for my mother on Mother’s Day and on Father’s Day I give my father     32    , too.” But what about the other days of the year ?

    I have a friend whose parents live in another city. One day 1 went to see her. We had a nice conversation. Then she wanted to      33     . So she dialed(拨号) the number, but then she put down the phone. After about fifteen      34     , she dialed the number again “Hi, Mom…”

    Later I asked, “     35      did you dial the number twice?” She smiled, “My parents are old and      36      . They can’t get close to the telephone quickly. I always do so when I call them. I just want to give them      37      time to answer the call.”

My friend is a good girl. She is     38     thinking about her parents. You also want to be a        39      child, right? Please always remember to     40    your parents often, not just on some important days.

1.A. will        B. do            C. won’t         D. don’t

2.A. a cake      B. a kiss          C. some money   D. a present

3.A. make a call  B. pay a visit      C. have a rest     D. go for a walk

4.A. seconds     B. minutes        C. hours        D. days

5.A. How       B. What          C. Why         D. When

6. A. fast        B. slow           C. healthy       D. careless

7.A. little       B. quick           C. no          D. enough

8.A. always     B. never           C. seldom       D. sometimes

9.A. bad        B. clever          C. good        D. sick

10.A. think of     B. look after       C. call up       D. 1isten to

　　 Imagine one day the water taps(水龙头) in your house stop running. You have to pay a lot of money to buy water from shops. And still there isn’t enough water for everyone. Your mother has to save the family’s shower water to use for washing clothes. Would you be able to stand that kind of life?

　　 Probably not. But that is what kids in Yemen(也门) are experiencing. According to a report, the capital, Sana, will run out of drinking water as early as 2025.

　　 Because of the water shortage(短缺), the Yemen government often cuts the water supply (供给). Hannan, an 18-year-old girl, told the time, “In a good week we’ll have a water supply all week. But then the following week there will be water only for a day or two.”

　　 Hannan said only rich people have enough water to use. They can buy water from the shops or from the water trucks. Private(私人的) companies own the trucks. They travel around the city every day to sell water—at very high prices.

　　 “A lot of people can’t pay for it,” she said.

　　 The government is thinking of making use of seawater. But it will cost a lot and it may not happen soon enough to help the people of Yemen.

36. How old is Hannan?　

A. She is eight. 　 B. She is eighteen. 　　 C. She is seventeen. 　　 D. She is seven.

37. The underlined word “that” means ______.　

A. buying water from shops 　　　　　　　　　 B. having enough drinking water

C. suffering from water shortage　　　　 D. washing clothes with used water

38. From the passage, we know that ______.

A. the people of Yemen don’t have to worry about water

B. people in Yemen have no water to use during a bad week

C. Sana will have no drinking water in 5 years　　

D. private companies make much money by selling water

39. The Yemen government ______.

A. may try to make use of seawater　 　　　　　　 B. does nothing about the water problem

C. only cares about rich people’s lives　 D. may solve the problem soon

40. The writer wants to tell us ______.

A. not to use seawater 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. not to waste water

C. to drink less water 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. to sell water to Yemen

 "Hi, Mommy, what are you doing?" asked Susie.

    "I'm making a cake for Mrs. Smith next door," said her mother.

    "Why?" asked Susie, who was only six years old.

    "Because Mrs. Smith is very sad; she  32   her daughter and she has a broken heart. We need to take care of her for a little while."

    "Why, Mommy?"

    "You see, Susie, when someone is very, very sad, they have trouble  33  the little things like making dinner. Because we're part of a community and Mrs. Smith is our neighbor, we need to do some things to help her. Mrs. Smith won't ever be able to talk with her daughter or hug her or do all those   34   things moms and daughters do together. You are a very smart girl, Susie, maybe you'll  think of some way to help take care of Mrs. Smith.”

    Susie thought   35   about it and how she could do her part in caring for Mrs. Smith. A few minutes later, Susie knocked on her door. After a few moments Mrs. Smith answered the knock with a "Hi, Susie."

    Susie noticed that Mrs. Smith didn't have that   36   musical quality about her voice when she greeted someone.

    "My mommy says that you lost your daughter and you're very, very sad with a broken heart.” Susie held her hand out shyly. In it was a Band - Aid（创可贴）．“This is  37  your broken heart." Mrs. Smith  38  her tears. She knelt down and hugged Susie, saying "Thank you, darling girl, this will   39   a lot."

    Mrs. Smith accepted Susie's act of   40   and took it one step further. She bought a small key ring with a picture frame（相框）.She put Susie's Band - Aid in the frame to  41  herself to heal （治疗）a little every time she saw it．

32. A. killed        B. beat        C. lost         D. missed

33. A. to make           B. to do       C. making     D. doing

34. A. wonderful   B. terrible      C. bad         D. harmful

35. A. highly       B. hardly    C. seriously  D. poorly

36. A. familiar    B. surprising C. strange    D. ordinary

37. A. of             B. for          C. in                  D. beyond

38. A. went back         B. put back    C. kept back D. held back

39. A. make        B. have        C. help        D. give

40. A. kindness    B. words           C. idea        D. medicine

41. A. warn        B. forgive    C. remind    D. make