Today， many people send cards， presents and flowers on Mother’s Day to show their love， but few people know how Mother’s Day started. The earliest festival for _ _ was from Greece. Christians (基督教徒) celebrated this festival on the fourth Sunday. In England， people celebrated the holiday to _ _ all the mothers and called it “Mothering Sunday”.
In America， Mother’s Day started nearly 150 _ _ ago. Anna Jarvis， a housewife， organized a day to raise people’s awareness(意识) of the poor. She believed that mothers would _ __ her. She called it “Mother’s Work Day”. In 1905 whe_ _nna__ __， her daughter， also named Anna， began an activity in memory of the work of her mother. She __ __ what her mother said， “There are many days for __ __， but none for mothers”. She wrote letters to lots of famous people asking for a day for mothers. After three years， Anna handed out her mother’s favorite flowers， white carnations (康乃馨) at a church. In 1913， the government (政府)decided that officials(官员) would wear__ __ carnations on Mother’s Day. The next year， Mother’s Day_ __an American national holiday and it was on the second Sunday in May.
Soon ， more and more countries began to _ __ Mother’s Day. It became a popular holiday all over the world.
A．sisters B．mothers C．fathers D．Teachers
A．thank B．allow C．discover D．treat
A．days B．weeks C．months D．years
A．change B．suppose C．support D．advise
A．died B．woke C．ran D．started
A．cheered B．reminded C．forgot D．remembered
A．flowers B．men C．stars D．animals
A．white B．red C．yellow D．pink
A．became B．named C．planned D．imagined
A． invite B．express C．celebrate D．develop
完形填空(本题有15小题，每小题l分；满分l5分)
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
It was a cold winter’s afternoon. Robert stopped for a moment as he crossed the bridge and looked down at the river below. There were hardly any ___ on the river. Near the bridge, however, almost right _______,there was a canoe(独木舟), with a boy in it. He was ______ wearing many clothes, Robert noticed. He felt extremely cold and walked ______.
Just then he heard a cry, “Help! Help!” The cry came from the river. Robert looked ______. The boy was in the water and his canoe was slowly running away. “Help! Help!” he called again.
Robert was a good swimmer. Taking _____ his clothes, he jumped into the river. The cold water made him tremble(颤抖) all over, but in a few seconds he _______ the boy. “Don’t be _____,”he said and started to swim towards the river bank, pulling the boy with him. But at that moment he ______ a large motor boat under the bridge. There were several people on the boat, all looking in his direction. Robert decided to swim towards the ________.
“_____ me a hand.” he shouted as he got near the boat. He looked ______ into a row of faces. “It’s funny.” he thought. “They look so ______.” silently they helped the ______into the boat and wrapped him in a blanket. But they didn’t move to help Robert.
“Aren’t you going to pull me out too?” Robert asked.
“You!” said one of the men. “You! Why, we were making a film and you spoiled a whole afternoon’s work! You can _____ in the water!”
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完型填空 （共15小题， 每小题1分，满分15分）
People have been raising pigeons(鸽子) for about 10,000 years. And pigeon keepers use different kinds of pigeons for different __ . Some people use pigeons for ____. For example, in parts of China people cook a special meal with pigeon to celebrate the New Year.
Some people also keep pigeons because they look especially____. There are many interesting kinds of these “pretty” pigeons. Different kinds of pigeons have interesting features ____ long, soft tail feathers or designs on their heads. The owners of these kinds of pigeons enter them in ____ and the best looking pigeons are chosen to win prizes.
But pigeons have many other ____ too. Pigeons can fly long distances without growing ____. They also have another ____ sense. No matter how far from home they are, pigeons can usually fly back to where they ____. This is often called a “homing sense”. This sense makes them good for carrying _____.
In many cities around the world, pigeons live in special houses, and pigeon keepers spend a lot of money and time ____ their birds. When someone has a very good pigeon, he is very ____. He may also have a way to make money. But this is not usually the main ____ people keep pigeons. For some people, they keep pigeons as a hobby.
People love pigeons so much that they even take them ____ when they move to a new country. They ____ these birds as their children. “When you are looking at a pigeon in the sky you feel free. It is the best feeling you have in a strange country”, a pigeon lover says.
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完形填空。
I can’t remember when I started collecting litter. But it was when I got tired of ________ litter nearby that I realized no one else was going to pick it up.
I live near a forest in Ohio, America. I can walk there ________ three minutes. I used to love going there to play with my dog. But one day there was________much litter there that I became very unhappy. I decided to clean up the forest, and I wanted to ________ happy when I went again. I made my first trip to clean the forest that afternoon. I took a big black rubbish bag with me. Ten minutes________ I started to pick up litter, my bag was full! There were cans, bottles, broken glass and newspapers in it.
From then on, I ________ to the forest four times a year to pick up litter. I often stay there for three hours. It makes me feel________ to do something for the environment. After each trip, I look through all the litter that I’ve collected. If________ of it is recyclable（可回收利用的）, I’ll keep it. I can’t understand why people drop litter. But I will keep on picking it up ________ they stop dropping it. I know I am only doing a small bit ________ the earth, but I still think it is important.
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完型填空
通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项中，选择最佳答案。
Three men came to London holidays. They came to a very large hotel (旅馆) and lived in a room on the forty-fifth floor.
One day they went to see a film and the hotel very late.
"I'm very sorry," said the waiter of the hotel, "But our lift does not work tonight."
One of them said to his two friends, "We have to walk up to our room. It's very . I think I know how to make it easier. our way to the room, I will you some jokes;
then you, John, will sing us songs; then you. Peter, will tell us some stories. "
So they began to walk to their room. Tom told them many jokes. John some songs.
At last they came to the fortieth floor. They were tired and decided a rest.
"Well," said Tom, "Peter, will you tell us a true story with a sad end"
"I shall tell you a sad story. " said Peter. "It is short but it is . We left our key in the downstairs room just now. What shall we do?"
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完形填空 （本大题共15小题，每小题1分，计15分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。
I am an apple. I'm a kind of sweet .You can find me grow in many places of the world, but I can’t grow well in very hot places very cold places.
I am not like my cousins - and bananas. I am rounder than a pear and bananas are than me. I am delicious, people all over the world like to eat me. They can usually eat me washing me. They can also cook me to all kinds of food, sometimes they put me in cans（罐头）to send me to other places of the world. Almost everyone can have to buy me because I’m so cheap.
I can also help people get . There is a saying English: An apple a day keeps the doctor away. Don’t you think that I'm very great? I have many vitamins（维生素）inside, they are for you. I really wish to make you happy and healthy. so don’t forget to me as often as possible（尽可能经常地）.
But I also need your , if you want to make me taste better,. you must me well. Thank you for your love. I'll try to grow well and sweeter. Then you will like to eat me a lot more.
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