“what’s the matter, mum?” As soon as I enter the door, I find that my mother is . It’s unusual —she usually the door and welcomes me with a smile!
“She's dying,” mum says sadly. I what she says. The tulip (郁金香), mother’s is dying.
A month ago, we moved our new house and mum bought a very beautiful tulip. Mum liked it very much. . she was free, she would sit her armchair beside the tulip and enjoys its beautiful colour sweet smell.
She treated it like a baby and looked after it . She put the tulip by window and moved it from one place to to give the tulip enough sunshine. The first thing she did when she every morning was the tulip, Mum also fertilized (施肥) it many times.
She hoped that with great care, the tulip would become more and more beautiful and , But the tulip was dying too much sunshine, water and fertilizer.
It's true that mother loved the tulip. But this kind of love be harmful. Love can sometimes kill what you love.
A．happy B．unhappy C．pleased D．pleasure
A．closes B．opens C．keeps D．takes
A．know B．love C．think D．find
A．favourite B．hate C．unlike D．like
A．into B．around C．across D．with
A．Though B．Because C．After D．When
A．at B．in C．on D．under
A．but B．and C．for D．or
A．happily B．brightly C．carefully D．usually
A．other B．place C．two places D．another
A．got up B．made the bed C．played the piano D．washed her face
A．to take B．to cut C．to water D．to pull
A．dry B．strong C．wet D．old
A．because B．for C．since D．because of
A．must B．should C．may D．need
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阅读下列短文，从文后各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案 。
Friends play an important role in our life. Most people ________ friendship to last forever. ________, even the best friendships can come to an end.
As time goes by, many friendships end because of a(n) ________ in personality or way of life. Tommy wrote, “I didn’t even know the friendship was over ________ I caught myself thinking of Alan as a former(以前的) friend.”
Peter explained, “We ________ seeing each other less and less. The friendship was just over.” Sometimes friendships ________ suddenly following a disagreement or move to another place.
Alice said, “Friendship slowly loses importance. I moved from one side of the city to the other. Since then we ________ made a phone call. We met less and less. At last our friendship got lost.”
Jack said, “ When I moved to Seattle after college, our friendship died. Both of us were always having difficulty ________ new jobs, so we didn’t keep in touch with each other. Our friendship was so ________that I didn’t call him even if I went home.”
It’s true that the biggest ________ to a friendship is change. Generally, friends will accept each other if they both ________ what they were when they met, or change in similar directions. If they change or grow in ________ ways, the friendship will probably be lost.
There is always ________ pain of loss in a broken friendship. When ________ can be done to keep the friendship, it is important to ______ the pain and move on to build new friendships.
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请先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I noticed an old couple as they walked into the second-hand store. Just before that I had dropped off a bag of clothes and a few other things I no longer needed.
The couple moved ________ around me in search of things they had on a list.
“Can I help you ________ something?” I asked curiously.
They stopped, looked at me and said, “We’re looking for ________ things that look new.”
“Every year in the past, we tried to ________ the year with new things. It was a goal (目标) to have new things around us so that we had a new ________ , new hopes and dreams for the new year,” said the old man. “But nowadays we also believe that even though something is old, it 41 be new to someone who has never seen it before.”
“So, at the end of each year we search for things that are ________ to no one but new to us,” the old woman added.
“What have you found so far?” I asked.
The man showed two things: a small frame made of sticks and one baby boot.
“We still need one more thing,” he said.
“Got it!” I heard a loud ________ .
“What did you find?” the old man shouted, too.
The old woman walked slowly towards us ________ something in her hand. “Look! It’s a flower vase. Well, it looks ________ , but it’s new to us!”
They then headed for the checkout without saying another word.
Everything that you see for the first time is new.
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What must you ________ when you receive a present for your birthday? You have to sit down and write a thank-you letter. The words “Thank you” are very important. We have to use them often. We________ when someone gives us a drink, helps us to pick up things, hands us a letter, lends us a book, gives us a book or a present.
________ important word is “please”. Many people forget________ it. It is not polite to ask someone to do something________ saying “please”. We have to use it when we ________ something, too. It may be a book or a pencil, more rice or more tea. It may be used in the classroom, at home, at the bus stop or in a shop. We have to use “please” to make each other________.
We have to ________ to say “sorry” too. When we have hurt someone, we go up and say we are________ . When we have told lie (说谎 ) and feel sorry, we use ________ word. When we have forgotten something or broken something, we use the word “sorry”, too. “Sorry” is a word that can make people forget wrongs.
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The first stamp was born in England in 1840.
Today almost_____country has its own stamps. We can_______that most stamps are very beautiful . There are all kinds of wonderful_______on them. It may be a great leader(领袖) or a famous man. It may____be a nice bird ，a fish or an interesting place. Each picture on a stamp has_______meaning .It sometimes_____us a story . Stamps collecting may be the best way to learn ______a country.
Today more and more people are _____of collecting stamps .They think of it as a____. In some countries ,because many children like collecting stamps ,there are even______on stamp collecting at school. A. anyB. eachC.every
A.hear B. findC. hope
A.people B. animalsC.pictures
A. tooB.alsoC.either
A.itsB.hisC.their
A. talks B. tellsC.speaks
A.in B.forC.about
A.fond B.readyC.afraid
A.job B.gameC.hobby
A.ideas B.courses C.students
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A new term has begun. Teachers are worried about the fact that new students are not easy to deal with. They like to bring cell phones and MP3 players to school. What is_____, some students even use cell phones_____out-of-class matters in class, or sometimes just for fun. Some_____students listen to MP3 players when they are having a lesson that they are not interest in.
Are these new students really that____? “Yes.” says Delaney Kirk, a professor at Drake University. ____she adds it’s not their fault. _____, the teachers should be blamed(责备). Mrs Kirk first began thinking about students’ manners six years ago. “I had my first class in which students were sleeping or talking to each other. It seemed that learning well or had nothing to do with them.” she says. “At first, I got worried about this.” But then I said to myself, “You’re giving lessons, and you need to manage this kind of situation. These students need to know more about manners. It’s time to help them develop some good______. They shouldn’t waste time doing nothing when they are young. Sooner or later, they may regret the time they____.”
Mrs Kirk also____a list of suggestions to help teachers better manage their classes. The following are among her suggestions:
●On the first day of class, tell students how they will benefit(受益) by taking the class and the importance of listening carefully in class.
●Do not allow them to bring cell phones or MP3 players to the class at all.
● Tell them how to use cell phones or MP3 players _____.
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