Time flew while I was in Sydney．Soon came Christmas．then the New Year．I had（A）________spent the New Year without my family．But this year, I was so far away from them．I missed my parents very much．（B）But l was too busy to make a telephone call to them．Sometimes I thought about what my family was doing．I didn't know（C）他们想念我是否像我一样那么多地想念他们。That afternoon，my school held a New Year party for us．But this made me miss my family even more．In the evening，I couldn't wait to （D）phone my family．（E）________I heard their voice，I begun to cry．I found that I missed them so much．This had been the first time I cried since I （F） arrived in Australia．My homestay mother held me in her arms and told me not to cry．（G）This made me feel better．I was so lucky that I had a good family in Sydney．Now those days in Australia have become the sweetest time in my life．

1．在（A）和（E）填入恰当的词语________；________

2．将划线部分（B）改写为：But I was ______busy ______ I couldn't make a telephone call to them．

3．将划线部分（C）译成英语：________

4．写出划线部分（D）和（F）的同义词或近义词：________；________

5．划线部分（G）指代的是：________________________

At the Beijing time 14：28 May 12，2008，a strong earthquake suddenly happened in Sichuan Province．

When they saw a young woman in broken houses，the rescue（营救）workers were sad to find that she had already been dead，yet surprised to notice her kneeling down with her hands touching the ground to support her weight --and right under her shelter（隐蔽处）of flesh and blood（血肉），her several-month-old baby was sleeping，safe and sound．

The baby was put around carefully in a little quilt（被子），with a mobile phone inside．An unsent（未发出的）text message was found that read；“Dear baby，If You Could Be Alive，Please Remember That Mum Always Love You!”

As it was too young to know what was really going on，the baby's dream must have been free from nightmare（噩梦），though a nightmare was taking place．However，it was the mother's love that prevented the nightmare from falling upon the young dreamer．

Mother’s love at her last breath!!!

46．It was ________ when the baby was found．

A．crying                 B．dying                   C．sitting                    D．sleeping

47．The mother knelt down with her hands touching the ground in order to ________．

A．have a rest                                                     B．save her baby

C．protect herself                                         D．prevent the nightmare

48．Where did the rescue workers see the mother?

A．In a broken house                                    B．In a tall building

C．In an old office                                              D．Under a bridge

49．Which of the following is true about the text message?

A．It was a message to the baby's father．

B．It had already been sent out when found．

C．The mother hoped that her baby could live．

D．The mother wouldn't like the message to be found．

50．The message is mainly about ________．

A．mother's love         B．Sichuan earthquake  C．a lucky baby D．the last breath

　　My phone rings a lot, but most of the time it’s for my cat, Stoop！ Well, the caller doesn’t want to talk to my cat. He wants to talk about him.

　　You see, my cat really walks around. I wanted to make sure that Stoop could always come home. I bought a little collar with a tag (标签). The tag said, “I have home. If I look lost, phone Fred Sparks 86689889.”

　　And then my phone began to ring. One call was from a man I hadn’t seen for years.

　　“Hello,” he said, “I see you are back in the town. I stopped to pet(抱) a car the other day. And there on his collar was your phone number！ You borrowed me $20. How about paying me back？ It’s been a long time, you know？”

　　That wasn’t the only time Stoop cost me money. Another caller was a taxi(出租车) driver. He said, “I find a cat in my car. A cat with a phone number！ I have sent him home.”I gave him my address, and had to pay $2.5 for the help.

　　Another time, the phone rang late at night. A woman shouted at me, “Come and get your cat. He is making a mess of (弄乱)my room. He is running after my cat.”I tried to quiet her. She told my her name was Helen Burns, and gave me her address. She lived in the next street. I went over to get Stoop.“I’m sorry,”I said. Helen did not want to listen to me. She closed the door at once.

　　Two days later, Stoop did it again. But this time I took along a box of sweets for Helen and a doll for her cat. Helen liked that, and we went out to dinner together.

　　Now when the phone rings, I think, “Maybe it’s for me！” Why do I think so？ Because sometimes Helen calls.And when she does, she doesn’t want to talk about my cat. She wants to talk about us.

Question：

1．Why did the writer have so many phone calls？

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2．What trouble did the writer have because of the cat？ Please write down.

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