I often see her _______ the piano. Listen, can you hear her _________ the piano now?

A. play,  playing   B. plays, playing

C. playing,  plays  D. play,   plays

If it ______ tomorrow, I’ll go hiking with my friends.

A. won’t rain     B. will rain     C. doesn’t rain      D. rains

It is necessary _____ something to protect our environment.

A. do        B. to do        C. does      D. doing

Although we are young, ______ we can still do something to help them.

A. but        B. /        C. and       D. however

No smoking, please. It’s ____ the rules.

A. against       B. for       C, on       D. at

Jim’s shirt is made _____ silk , and it’s made ______ china.

A. in,  of       B. from,  of       C. of , in     D. from ,  in

We can’t do two things _____.

A. all the time    B. on time     C.  at times     D.  at a time

My father didn’t go to bed ______ he washed his car last night.

A. until       B. after      C. when      D. since

I don’t know _____ tomorrow. Can you tell me?

A. when we started       B. when did we start

C. when we will start     D. when will we start

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One day when I was five years old , my mother was washing the kitchen floor. I was telling her about a new girl at school, and she looked up at me and said, “__1___are your two best friends?”

I was not __2___ what to say, “Um--- Jenny and Mary.”

My mother __3___ washing the floor and asked me, “ Well, what about Kate and Cindy?”

“But they’re my __4___.”

“Yes, but they can __5___ be your best friends. Friends may come and __6___, but your sisters will always be there for you.”

At that time I felt __7___. How could my two sisters be my closest friends? We fought all the time over toys, food, and what to __8___ on TV. How could my sisters be my best friends? They weren’t even the same age as me. We all had our own ___9__ at school. But my mother never let us _10___ that sisters are lifelong friends. Like all mothers, she wanted to give us a great gift ___11__ let us know how lucky we were. She let us play together and always punished us in the same way, too.

We didn’t always __12___ well and fought just like any other sisters. Now twenty years have __13___. We realise that our mother is __14___. Today I share things with my sisters that I don’t ___15__ with anyone else.