Dear Editor,

I’m a middle school student. I’m writing to tell you   81   children who are left-behind(留守儿童) in towns around the country. Now, our city is   82   more and more modern. That makes a lot of parents   83   their hometowns to work on building the cities. But when they work in the cities, their children are waiting for them at home. One of the most serious   84   is the loneliness(孤独). These left-behind children are always

  85   and stressed out because they lack(缺少) parents’ love. At the same time, nobody can teach them the   86   between right and wrong. So, it’s easier for these children to make

   87   even break laws(法律). It’s very important for us to pay more attention to these children

   88   we want to build a harmonious society(和谐社会).

So how do we   89   this problem? Most of the left-behind children say they miss their parents a lot, especially during holidays. Maybe the government can set up special group activities and meals for these children during holidays. Of course, the best thing for these families is to be together. As the song says, “If   90   gives their love, the world will be better.”

Best wishes to you!

     Sincerely,

     Mary

　　When Mary Smith was a middle school student, she always wanted to become a teacher because she liked children very much. When she was twenty-one years old, she began to teach in a primary school. She liked her job very much and she was certainly a very good teacher and she got on well with her students in her class. And all the students in her class regarded (把……看作) her as their good friends.

　　One day, one of the girls in her class asked her, “Miss Smith, why does a man's hair become gray much earlier than his mustache and beard?”

　　Mary smiled and said, “I'm sorry I don't know. Is it true that a man's hair becomes gray earlier than his mustache and beard?”

　　“Yes. Miss Smith.” answered the girl Helen. “It has happened to my father.” Hearing this the other children in the class all laughed at the silly (傻里傻气的) girl. And the girl felt very nervous and cried.

　　Just before Miss Smith wanted to say something to the girl, one of the boys put up his hand and said, “I know, Miss Smith. Men's hair becomes gray first just because it's sixteen years older than their mustaches and beards.”

　　“Good answer! Who can give another answer? Or we can have a discussion (讨论).”

　　“I want to say men have hair when they were born. But when they grow up they begin to wear mustaches and beards. That's my father told me!” A fat girl answered quickly.

　　After the students heard these two answers, they all laughed again.

　　“OK. You gave the same answer to Helen's question. How clever you are! Thank you very much. And I want to say if we want to know the exact answer we must work hard at all subjects and then we can learn many useful things about our bodies and life and so on. And we can ask an expert (专家) about this question.”

(1) Mary decided to ________ when she was young because she loved children.

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(2) Miss Smith was a very good teacher because she ________.

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A．loved her work

B．was very young

C．got on well with her students

D．both A and C

(3) Helen's question was ________ for the teacher to answer.

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(4) The students in Mary's class were very ________.

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(5) Which of the following is right?

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A．Helen asked the silly question to make Mary angry.

B．The students didn't like Miss Smith.

C．The children couldn't answer the question.

D．Helen's father had gray hair.

阅读理解

　　I am a middle school student. My name is Li Yong. I’m twelve. Today our class have a new student. Her name is Mary. She is an English girl. She is twelve,too. Mary and I are in the same class, but we aren’t in the same row. She is in Row One. I’m in Row Three.

　　Mary likes apples. I like bananas. But we are good friends.

1. Li Yong is ______.

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A. a new student　　　　　　　　　B. a teacher

C. a middle school student　　　　D. an Chinese boy

2. Mary is ______.

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A. a Chinese girl　　　　　B. an American girl.

C. a Japanese girl　　　　 D.an English girl.

3. Mary is ______ ,I am ______ , too.

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A. twelve, thirteen　　　　　B. thirteen, twelve

C. thirteen, thirteen`　　　 D. twelve, twelve

4. Mary is in ______, I am in ______.

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A. Row One, Row Tow　　　　　B. Row Three, Row Three

C. Row three, Row One　　　　D. Row One, Row Three

5. Mary likes ______, I like______.

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A. apples,pears　　　　 B. bananas, apples

C. apples, bananas　　　D. bananas, pears