用方框中所给词语的适当形式填空．使短文正确、通顺、连贯(每词限用一次)。

　　There are four people in my family．Every day my parents are very busy 　　1　　 to make money in order to pay the high tuition(学费)for my brother and me．They hardly say“I love you”or send 　　2　　 to each other．Besides, my father has a bad temper(脾气)．It is easy for him to lose his temper 　　3　　 he's very tired from the hard work．I didn't know whether there was love between them 　　4　　 one spring．At that time, my father suddenly got badly sick．My mother had to stay with him in the hospital for a month．When they returned from the hospital, they both looked very 　　5　　 as if both of them had had a serious illness．

　　After they were back, my mother helped my father walk slowly on the country road every day in the morning and dusk．　　6　　, after two months my father still couldn't walk by 　　7　　．All of us were worried about him．

　　“Dad, how are you 　　8　　 now?”I asked him one day．

　　“Susan, don't worry about me．”he said 　　9　　 a low voice．“I just like walking with your mom．I like this kind of life．”Reading his eyes, I know he loves my mother very much．

　　Once I thought love 　　10　　 flowers, presents and sweet kisses．But from this experience, I understand that love is inside, making life strong and warm．

阅读下面短文，然后根据短文内容回答问题。

　　There are about fifteen hundred languages in the world．But only a few of them are very important．English is one of these．Many, many people use it, not only in England and the USA, but also in other parts of the world．About 200, 000, 000 people speak it as their own language．It is difficult to say how many people are learning it as a foreign language．Many millions of people are trying to do so．

　　Is it easy or difficult to learn English?Different people may have different answers．Have you ever noticed ads(广告)of this kind in the newspapers or magazines?“Learn English in six weeks, or give your money back…”“easy and funny…”,“Our records and tapes help you master English in a month”．Of course, it never happened quite like this．

　　The only language that seems easy to learn is the mother tongue．We should remember that we all learned our own language well when we were children．If we could learn English in the same way, it would not seem so difficult．Think of what a small child does．He listens to what people say．He tries what he hears．

　　So it is hard to say that learning English is easy．We must do a lot of practice．And practice needs great effort and takes much time．Good teachers, records, tapes, books, and dictionaries will be helpful, but they cannot do the student's work for him．

1．How many languages are very important in the world?

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2．If we want to learn English well, what shall we do?

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3．How does the writer like the ads in the newspapers or magazines?

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4．Which language is easy to learn?

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5．According to the passage, which countries use English as mother tongue?

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