1. She usually walks to work, but s      by bus.

 Mother’s Day is an important holiday all over the world. InAmerica, Mother’s Day is even a national holiday today. The idea for Mother’s Day 1 an American woman named Anna Jarvis. Anna hoped there would be a day for people to show 2  to their mothers，so she wrote many letters to important people during her life.

In 1914，the second Sunday in May was made as Mother’s Day. People in Denmark，Italy，Turkey， Australia and Belgium all 3 Mother’s Day on the same day as Americans. The day gives people a good opportunity (机会）to thank mothers. People of all ages do many things to make the day special for their mothers. A typical (典型的)way is to make mothers stay  4 in bed. That means a mother doesn’t need to

5 early to make breakfast for her children and husband. 6    ，they make breakfast for her. Kids do secret things to 7 their moms. They write love letters to their moms. Some even make gifts for their moms by themselves. Anna Jarvis ’ mother 8 carnations (康乃馨），so she chose carnations as gifts for her mothers on Mother’s Day. Carnations of different 9   have different meanings. People buy red carnations if their mothers are alive. 10    ，

white ones are used to show love to dead mothers.

(    ) 1. A. came out    B. came from

      C. called out    D. depended    on

(    ) 2. A.    love    B. dish

        C. skill    D. hunger

(    ) 3. A.    remember    B. show

         C. celebrate    D. cause

(    ) 4. A.    earlier    B. shorter

          C. bigger    D. longer

(    ) 5. A.    give up    B. get up

        C. cheer up    D. clean up

(    ) 6. A.    Unless    B. Although

       C. At first    D. Instead

(    ) 7. A.    hurt    B. surprise

          C. describe    D. wonder

(    ) 8. A.    liked    B. drew

          C. hated    D. threw

(    ) 9. A.    ages    B. sizes

          C. colors    D. shapes

(    ) 10. A. In the end    B. However

           C. Whatever    D. Actually

6.我不知道公园是否是个好玩的地方。

I__the park is a good place to have fun.

5.你不需要这么早去汽车站。

You___go to the bus station so early.

4.对艾米来说，7月1日是个特别的日子。她是在那天加人中国共产党的。

July 1 st is a           Amy. She joined in the Party on that day.

1.去海南过春节变得越来越流行。

It is becoming                  to spend the Chinese Spring Festival in Hainan.

2.这里有两张票，一张是给你的，另一张是给萨 姆的。

Here are two tickets.       is    for you，and   _is  for Sam.

3.我们相信有许多帮助残疾人的方式。

We believe that there are many      __the  disabled.

词汇辨析。从方框中选择合适的单词或词组并 用其适当的形式填空。

1. —How much does the ticket       from Shanghai to Beijing?

一150 yuan.

2. It      me    an  hour to repair my bike.

3. It’s very kind of you to      so much time showing me around the city.

4. To make the city clean, people here will have to       for    their    rubbish.

5. I don’t like this sweater. Would you please give me the other one      ?

6. —Would you like a cup of milk?

—Sorry. I’ll have a glass of water      milk.

6. Making word cards also helps to memorize new words.(写出同义句）

     also      to  memorize new   words  by making word cards.