The day before Mother’s Day this year, the police received a call from an old woman because her husband had gone missing from their home. He has Alzheimer’s disease (老年痴呆症).

The police found Melvyn Amrine two blocks (街区) away from his home. He couldn’t tell the police where he lived.

However, he was able to understand where he was going clearly: he was buying his wife Doris flowers for Mother’s Day falling on Sunday. He has done that since she gave birth to their first child.

Three years ago, Melvyn Amrine was told he had the disease. Since then his illness has become worse and worse. His wife has to look after him. She is sad to see the disease take away her husband’s memories.

The police told Melvyn’s family they would take him straight home—but Melvyn Amrine didn’t agree to go with them.

“He was pretty adamant (坚决的),” Officer Troy Dillard told the reporter. “He wasn’t going home until he got those flowers. He wanted to buy flowers for his wife, because tomorrow was Mother’s Day,” Officer Brian Grigsby added.

So the police decided to help Melvyn Amrine achieve his goal. They stopped at a local supermarket and helped him choose a bunch (束) of beautiful roses. “We had to get those flowers. We didn’t have a choice,” Grigsby said.

1.The story happened on ________.

A. Sunday B. Saturday C. Friday D. Monday

2.Who called the police?

A. Melvyn’s son. B. Melvyn’s wife.

C. Melvyn’s daughter. D. Melvyn himself.

3.When the police found him, Melvyn was ________ about what he wanted to do.

A. clear B. serious C. excited D. worried

4.Which of the following is TRUE?

A. Melvyn wanted to buy flowers for his mum. B. Melvyn’s wife lost her memory.

C. Melvyn went to another city. D. The police helped Melvyn buy a bunch of roses.

5.We can know that ________ from the passage.

A. Melvyn’s illness can be cured (治愈) easily

B. Melvyn’s wife likes flowers very much

C. Melvyn loves his wife very much

D. Melvyn always misses his mum

What comes to your mind when you talk about donations? You probably think of a group of people with _____ in hand asking people to donate money. But my school came up with a _____ way of raising funds—Fun Night.

Fun Night is like a party. Students pay money to get in and have dinner at school. The _____ they pay will go towards helping poor children _____.

Two months ago, I took part in Fun Night. There were all kinds of _____ in Fun Night. The most popular game was the “jousting ring”(夺环). I “jousted” with several of my _____ and managed to knock plenty of them off the ring. _____, they developed different strategies(策略) to win, such as starting in a crouched position(蹲姿) to gather more strength when pushing.

Sometimes they attacked me _____ I was ready. It would usually be _____ as cheating(作弊), but we didn't care and ______ playing. After all(毕竟), it was just a game, not ______.

The best of Fun Night was not the fun activities. The fact was that we raised a lot of money by having a ______ time. A lot of students at my school wouldn't ______ money if they were simply asked to hand it over. But this kind of event not only made them _1___ to give, but also allowed them to have a great time playing games with friends. I realized that ______ can be fun. We raised 2,000 yuan on that night.

1.A. boxes B. books C. schoolbags D. clothes

2.A. common B. different C. silly D. realistic

3.A. sit B. attention C. stationery D. money

4.A. in danger B. in need C. in trouble D. in love

5.A. cheeses B. subjects C. games D. lessons

6.A. neighbours B. cousins C. visitors D. friends

7.A. However B. Luckily C. Otherwise D. Hopefully

8.A. before B. unless C. after D. if

9.A. named B. considered C. described D. discovered

10.A. finished B. started C. continued D. stopped

11.A. a competition B. an opinion C. a research D. an experiment

12.A. tiring B. hard C. long D. good

13.A. save B. make C. donate D. spend

14.A. afraid B. glad C. sorry D. angry

15.A. friendship B. knowledge C. charity D. experience

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