What is your wish for the New Year? The following is some children’s ideas.

   What is the most beautiful flower in the world? Do you know? Peony,rose or violet?You may give me a list of the   16   of different flowers. I once asked my mother the same question.

   Looking at me with a big smile, she answered,“My child, as for the   17  ,children’s smiling faces are the most beautiful flowers in the world.”

   Our smiling faces are the most beautiful flowers in the world for our parents? Are we   18   to give the most beautiful flowers to them every day? In the morning we eat the food that mother   19  us, impatient to respond to her words. In the evening we   20   the broken bike to our father and think it is the most natural thing to find a repaired one the next morning. We pay   21   attention to the things of our own. We    22   what our parents do for us. We   23   forget to do the smallest thing to satisfy them. We said too many times “I will…”,but we forget that we are really able to do many things for our parents   24  .

   My friends, if you did not spend too much time   25   your parents, think about them now. You are sure to find how kind, how patient and how great they are. Next time when you see them, smile from your heart. That is the most precious(珍贵的)gift for them.

(   )16.A.kinds          B.sorts           C.colors          D.names

(   )17.A.friends        B.teachers        C.parents         D.mothers

(   )18.A.enough happy   B.so pity         C.sorry enough    D.generous enough

(   )19.A.cooks          B.prepares for    C.ready for       D.ready to

(   )20.A.take           B.give            C.send            D.leave

(   )21.A.too much       B.too many        C.many too        D.much too

(   )22.A.are used       B.used to         C.are used to     D.are using to

(   )23.A.even           B.just            C.never           D.always

(   )24.A.just now       B.right now       C.just then       D.at once

(   )25.A.thinking about B.to think about  C.to worry about  D.worrying about

What is your wish for the New Year? The following is some children’s ideas.

John: I wish   to be a better boy to Mum and listen to her more. I also want to get better   grades in school.

Kate: My wish is to change my school as there’s too much to   study in this school.

Ann: I wish I   could spend more time with Mum. She should stop working at the bank and take   up a job at our neighbourhood toy shop.

Peter: I wish   someone would find a way to help me walk with my only leg, so I can take part   in activities and sports that I’m unable to do now.

Mary: I wish   that I could save all my money, so I could buy presents for my mother, father   and big sister on their birthdays.

Bob:  I   wish for good health though I’m badly ill. I want to finish high school and   take an IT course after.

Mark: I wish I   could get more money to fix our house. There is a big hole in the wall and   big mice run inside the room.

1. 1.

   How many children can you find in the passage?

   1. A.
      seven
   2. B.
      Four
   3. C.
      Three
   4. D.
      six
2. 2.

   Who is badly ill among the children?

   1. A.
      Kate
   2. B.
      Peter
   3. C.
      Mary
   4. D.
      Bob
3. 3.

   What’s Mark’s wish?

   1. A.
      To get better grades
   2. B.
      To change his school
   3. C.
      To buy some presents
   4. D.
      To fix their house