She makes your lunches. She helps you with your h (1) after school. If you get sick, she always s (2) with you all day. Your mother is always there for you. That’s why there is a
s (3) day for the world’s mothers.
Mother’s Day b (4) a modern holiday about 100 years ago in the USA. A woman
n (5) Anna Jarvis and her mother, Anna Reese Jarvis, were living in a poor town. The two worked t (6) to make the town better. Jarvis’ mother died on Sunday, May 14, 1905. Two years l (7) , their church (教堂) held a Mother’s Day to honor (纪念) her for the h (8) she gave the town.
Today, people in more than 40 countries c (9) the day. They give their mothers carnations (康乃馨) and other p (10) . In the language of flowers, carnations mean happiness, sweetness and love. How do you show your mother you love her?
根据首字母提示完成短文 （每空1分，满分10分）
It was already late when we started for the next town. According to(根据) the map, it was about fifteen miles a_______ on the other side of the hill. There we felt sure that we would f____
___ a bed for the night. Soon darkness fell after we left the village, b____
____ unluckily, we met no one as we drove fast along the narrow road which led to the hill. As our car climbed higher, it became c___
____ and the rain began to fall, and it was d__
____ for us to see the road. We drove very slowly.
After we traveled for about twenty miles, there was still no sign of the town. We were beginning to get worried. Then, the car suddenly s_______. We found that we used up the gas(汽油), so we d___
___ to spend the night in the car.
After eating some bread, I t________ to go to sleep at once, but John, a poor sleeper, got out of the car after a few minutes and went for a walk up the hill. Soon he found, in the valley below, the lights of the town we were looking for. We at once pushed(推) the car to the t___
____ of the hill. In l___
____ than a quarter of an hour, we were in the town and we found a hotel there easily.
用所给动词的适当形式填空The children will have great fun ________ (feed) animals in the zoo.
He liked to tell funny stories to make people ________ (laugh)
He ________ (not hurt) himself if he ________ (be) careful enough.
He tried but failed ________ (open) the door.
Don’t worry. We’ll do what we can ________ (pass) the exam.
用所给词的适当形式填空She has a ________ (nature) ability to understand the motive(动机) of others.
Everybody should do something for birds ________ (active)
The ________ (travel) are planning to go to visit the Great Wall tomorrow.
The little pet’s________ (die) makes me very sad.
I think the food my mother cooks is ________ (tasty) of all.
根据括号中的中文提示或句意，写出句中所缺单词。Ice turns into water when the ________ (温度) is above 0.
The wind blew in and the paper fell down u________ the ground.
Many wolves are dying out because of the l________ of living areas.
We will help them understand the ________ (重要性) of the question.
根据首字母和汉语提示填写单词的正确形式。My father and my mother are my p ___________.
My book is on the __________(椅子)。
This isn’t Tom’s bag, it’s __________(我的 )。
We are ___________(迟到的) for school.
Lily’s pencils are ____________(到处) in the room.