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It was Mother’s Day．Nancy was 800 miles away from her parents，so she was a little  1  ．In the morning she phoned her mother to wish her a happy Mother’s Day，and her mother told her about the beautiful flowers in the garden．Later that day，  2    she told her husband about the flowers，he said，“I know where we can find all that you want．Get our children Peter and Lily，and come on．’’So they went，driving down the country roads．

    There on a  3  ，they saw a lot of beautiful purple flowers．Nancy ran  4  to enjoy the flowers．Carefully，she picked a few here and a few the re．And on their way home there was a big smile  5   her face．

    When they were passing a nursing home，she saw an old granny sitting in a chair．The granny had    6   children with her．They stopped the car and Nancy walked to the old woman，put the flowers in her hands，and smiled at her．The old granny  7  her again and again．She smiled happily，too．

    When Nancy  8 to her car，her children asked her，“Who is that old granny? Why did you give our flowers to her?”

    “I don’t know her，”Nancy said，“But it’s Mother’s Day，and she is alone．But I have both of you，and I still have my mother．Just think how much those flowers meant to her.”

Jimmy bought       car yesterday, but it’s     used one.

A．a; a         B．a; an           C．a; the           D．the; an

—Is this the Greens’ house?

—No.        is over there.

A．His          B．Their          C．Theirs          D．Them

—Why didn’t you take a taxi back last night?

—Because I didn’t have any         with me.

A．food         B．bicycle           C．friend           D．money

—How do you like banana milk shake?

—I love it. I like it       than yogurt.

A．very much              B．even better        C．a little         D．much less

Mom, my classmates are waiting outside,          I must go now.

A．or          B．but         C．so           D．though

—Could you please come to the museum with me this afternoon?

—Sorry, I         . I have to take a piano lesson at 2 pm.

A．couldn’t          B．mustn’t         C．can’t         D．needn’t

—       the heavy rain, we didn’t go camping last Sunday.

—What a pity!

A．Thanks to        B．Because of          C．Instead of        D．As for

—May I borrow your camera?

—Of course. You can          it for 2 or 3 days.

A．borrow           B．lend           C．receive           D．use

       your coat, Emily. It’s warm enough in the room.

A．Take off         B．Try on        C．Put on         D．Turn off