My tears run down from my cheeks (面颊) when I talk to my parents on the phone. What are they doing when I call them? Dad works from seven o’clock in the morning to nine o’clock in the evening. My mum does all the housework, she also has to work in the field. But I can’t do anything for them.
Every day she gets up at around 4 o’clock in the morning. When I sometimes call her at 7:30 in the evening, she tells me that she is still in the field and doesn’t have supper. I tell her I’ll study hard in the school. I also ask her to take care of herself and dad because I can’t live without them.
Mum says that the happiest time for dad and her is when my sister and I come back home.
We play cards in the room, watch TV, or do anything we like, with dad and mum making delicious food in the kitchen. It is also the happiest time for me.
Love, sometimes, doesn’t need many words. Love your parents like they love you. Give them a call, tell them you miss them.
【小题1】Why can’t the writer live without their parents?

One of the most famous scientists to study adaptations(适应能力) was Charles Darwin(达尔文). He was born in England in 1809. He wasn’t the best student in his school, but when he was 16, his father sent him to a medical school. Charles liked spending time outdoors observing(观察) nature more than having medical classes. He dropped out without graduating.

Next, Charles’ father sent him to school to become a minister(牧师). This time he made it to graduation, but he didn’t want to do the work of a minister. His friends encouraged him to follow his interest in science.

Luckily, Charles was invited to sail on the Beagle as an unpaid scientist after graduation. The Beagle was to travel to South America and then around the world. Their task was to make maps of the places they visited.

On December 27th, 1831. Charles Darwin sailed from England on the Beagle. The trip was planned to last two years. In fact, it lasted five. During this time, he saw many amazing things. He collected lots of plants and animals and took them back to England to begin his scientific study.

Twenty-three years later, Darwin published a scientific paper with another man named Wallace. Darwin described how some animals have adaptations that help them survive. They are passed on to offspring(后代). Darwin’s ideas about adaptations are still very important to the study of living things.

1.Darwin was very interested in ____________.

A．having medical classes                   B．the work of a minister

C．sailing around the world                  D．science and nature

2.The trip on the Beagle lasted ____________ years.

A．five                                  B．four

C．three                                D．two

3.When Darwin published the scientific paper, he was ____________ years old.

A．twenty                               B．twenty-three

C．forty-five                              D．fifty

4.The underlined word “they” in the last paragraph refers to ____________.

A．adaptations                            B．Darwin and Wallace

C．animals                               D．Darwin’s ideas

根据首字母提示填空，每空一词（本题有10小题，每小题1分，共10分）

Experts say that students usually need eight or ten hours’ sleep at night, but most Chinese students don’t get e       1. sleep. Some Chinese parents are usually glad to see their children s       2. late. They will think their children work hard. But not all parents are happy about this. Once a mother t      3. us that every morning her ten-year-old boy put up one finger w       4. his eyes still closed, begging （乞求） for one minute to sleep. Like thousands of “early birds” in China, he has to get up b      5. six every morning.

A report s       6. that without a good night’s sleep, students seem to be weaker t     7. they should be. Many students have fallen asleep during class at one time or another. Too much homework is not the only reason w       8. students stay up late. Watching TV or playing computer games late into night is a       9. a reason.

Experts have ever said that students should have good study habits. So some clever students n       10. study late, they are able to work well in class.