根据已给的首字母给各句空白处填上一个适当的词，使句子完整、正确。

1.Last year Cindy was thirteen years old. And tomorrow will be her f?????????? birthday.

2.How can you make y???????? understood (明白) if you cannot express clearly?

3.Don’t open the door until the car s??? _???? .

4.Christmas is the most important holiday in w??????????? countries.

5.Today is so cold. The temperature is b??????????? zero.

6.You’ll have to speak louder. The old man is a bit d??????????? .

7.This teapot is made of glass. It’s broken e????????? .

8.Susan didn’t get m????????? until she was thirty-nine.

9.Ted got an A in this English test b????????? of his hard work.

10.My sister Tracy is m????????? interested in sports than in music.

B) 根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词。

Carrots are grown on farms and in small family gardens all over the world. It is one of the most popular sweet v  1   . When people think about the carrots, they usually think they are a kind of long, thin, orange-colored vegetable w  2   a good taste. In fact, carrots are in many different sizes and s  3  . And not all carrots are orange.

Carrots should be grown in a field that doesn’t hold w  4  for a long time. That is to say, the field should not be too wet. To prepare your carrot garden, dig up the earth and turn it over.  Weather, soil condition, and time

a  5   the way that carrots taste. Warm days and cool nights are the b  6   time to grow great tasty carrots. The quickest way to know if a carrot is ready to be harvested(收获) is to see its color. Usually, the brighter the color is, the better the taste is. Many people do not know that carrots can be grown d  7   the winter months. If the winter is not cold enough, you can grow carrots the same way as you d  8   in the summer months.

Carrots are prepared and eaten in many different ways. They are cut in thin p  9   and cooked with other vegetables or meat. Or they are washed and eaten just as they come out of the g  10  . If you don’t eat them at once, they can also be stored in the refrigerator for up to a month.

A father was sitting at his desk and looking at his bills when his young son rushed in and said, “Dad, because today is your birthday and you’re 40 years old, I’m going to give you 40 kisses, one for each year!” When the boy started kissing, the father shouted, “Oh, Andrew, don’t do it now. I’m too busy!”

The boy soon became silent as tears fell down from his big blue eyes. Feeling sorry, the father said, “You can finish the kisses later .”

The boy said nothing but quietly walked away. That evening the father said, “Come and finish the kisses now, Andrew!” But the boy didn’t.

Unfortunately, a few days later, the boy had an accident and died. His sad father wrote,“If only I could tell him how sorry I am for my thoughtless words, and how much my heart is hurting.”

Love is a two-way street. We must warmly accept any loving act, or others will take it as a “No” and it may leave a scar(伤痕). If we don’t receive love, our life will lose its true meaning.

Any loving act must be warmly accepted, or it will be taken as rejection and can leave a scar. If we are too busy to give and receive love, we are too silly! Nothing is more important than accepting love from those who are and dear to us.

根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。（共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分）

1.On his father’s birthday, the boy wanted to      .

A. help his father write the bills.

B. give kisses to his father.

C. buy a gift for his father.

D. talk with his father.

2.The boy felt      when his father refused him.

A. sad                B. puzzled                   C. excited                    D. happy

3.A few days later, the boy      .

A. went back to school.

B. was hurt in an accident

C. was killed in an accident

D. was angry with his father

4.Which of the following is NOT true?

A. Andrew’s father was busy looking at his bills on his birthday.

B. Andrew was killed in an accident on his father’s birthday.

C. Andrew’s father asked him to give him the kisses later.

D. Andrew’s father felt sorry after the accident happened.

5.We can know from the passage that       .

A. love keeps one busy all the time.

B. love can make people happy and unhappy.

C. it is important to love people around us

D. we should learn to give and receive love

1.The ____ Sunday in May is Mother's Day. (two)

2.The teacher told us not to go__alone in the river, (swim)

3.I want to be an__when I grow up. (invent)

4.Shouting in public is_. (polite)

5.We are ____ about the good news. (excite)

6.The___we exercise, the healthier we'll get. (much)

7.It is__that many drinks are bad for our health, (say)

8.As a student, we should listen to teachers_. (careful)

9.It is very cold outside. You had better____on a coat, (put)

10.He told me he_go to the Great Wall tomorrow, (will)