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There are six letters forming a word that means the world to us．“M” is for millions of things she gives us；“O” shows she is g   1    old：“T” is for the tears she has cried while bringing us up：“H” is for her heart of gold；“E” is for her eyes shining with love；And “R” means right and she’ll always be right! Put them together，and they s   2   “MOTHER”．

Mother's Day falls on the second Sunday in May．It is a public e   3    of our love and respect for all the mothers of the world．

The festival dates back to the ancient Greeks who worshipped Rhea．the Mother of the Gods．Since the 17^th c   4    ，England has celebrated（庆祝）a day c   5     “Mothering Sunday”．Yet it was an American，Anna Jarvis who wrote letters to many officials to make Mother's Day a national holiday in the USA in 1914．

Jarvis' mother died in May，1905．She missed her and felt that all children should appreciate their mothers while they were still a   6  ．She hoped Mother's Day would strengthen family ties and increase the amount of love that family members showed towards each other．

Do you want to tell your mum that she is special to you? H   7    are some ways for you to display your love for your mother：

1．Perform secret acts of kindness，such as d    8    one of her chores，leaving a love letter on her pillow，making a card and cooking a special dish for her．

2．Give her a present．It d   9   matter how cheap the gift is，as long as it is given with love．

3．Spend some time with her．Ask about her childhood and what she did when she was a teenager．Find out her f  10    subject in school and how she met your father．

In New York, on a Friday night, a poor young artist stood at the gate of a train station. He was playing his  16  .His music was so great that many people put money into his   17  .The next day, the young artist came to the   18  place, and played the violin as usual. Different from the day before, he took out a piece of paper and put   19  on the ground. The paper read ,“Last night ,a man named George Sang put an important thing into my hat  20  .Please come to get it soon.”   21  about half an hour, a(an)   22  man there in a hurry, “Oh ,it’s you. You did come here.” The young violinist asked   23  , “Are you Mr. George Sang?”“Yes! Yes!” Then the violinist asked, “Did you lose something?”“Lottery(彩票).It’s the most valuable lottery in my 70 years of life,” said the man.
The violinist   24  a lottery ticket. George Sang’s name was on it, so the violinist   25  it to him. Later someone asked the violinist, “Since you   26  play the violin every day to make your tuition (学费)in the university, why didn’t you keep the lottery ticket for yourself?” The violinist said, “  27   I don’t have much money, I live happily; But if I lose honesty, I won’t be happy forever.” Through our lives, we can get a lot and lose so   28  . But being   29  should always be with us. If we act in a dishonest way, we may   30   in a short period(短期). However, from the long-term view, we will be a loser.

A man came home from work late, tired, to find his 5-year-old son waiting for him at the door.

“Daddy, how much money do you make each hour?”

“If you must know, I make $20 each hour.”

“Oh,” the little boy answered, with his head down. He thought for a moment, looked up and said, “Daddy, could you lend me $10?”

The father was furious, “If you asked for the money to buy a toy or some other rubbish, then go straight to your room and think about why you are so selfish!”

The little boy went to his room with no words and shut the door. After a short while, the father calmed down, and started to think, “Maybe he really needs to buy something and he didn’t really ask for money very often.” So he went to the little boy’s room.

“Sorry！Maybe I was too hard on you just now.” said the man, “Here’s $10.”

“Oh, thank you Daddy!” he said happily. Then the boy took out some coins. When the father found that the boy already had money, he got angry again.

“Why do you want more money since you already have some?” the father shouted angrily.

“Because I didn’t have enough, but now I do.” the little boy replied, “Daddy, I have $20 now. Can I buy one hour of your time? Please come home early tomorrow. I would like to have dinner with you.”

1.In this passage, the underlined word “furious” in Paragraph 5 means _________.

A. very angry B. quite happy C. too excited D. a little nervous

2.At first, the father didn’t lend the money because _________.

A. he thought the boy wanted to keep the money for himself.

B. he did not have enough money at that moment

C. he thought the boy would buy something useless

D. the boy always borrowed money from him

3.The boy wanted to buy _________ with twenty dollars.

A. a new novel for himself B. a nice present for his father

C. a toy for his own birthday D. one hour of his father’s time

— Do you have any plans for the winter holiday?

— Since you are crazy about music, why not go to some ________ concerts?

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