Mother's Day is an important holiday all over the world.The idea for Mother's Day an American woman named Anna Jarvis.Anna hoped there would be a day for people to show to their mothers,so she worte many letters to important people of her time.In 1914,the second Sunday in May was celebrated as Mother's Day.People in Denmark,Ital,Turkey,Australia and Belgium all celebrate Moteher's Day on the same day as Americans. The day gives people a good to thank mothers.People of all ages do many things to make the day special for their mothers.A typical way is to make Moms stay in bed.That means a mother doesn't need to early to make breakfast for her family. , the rest of the family make breakfast for her.Kids do secret things to their moms.They write love letters to their moms.Some even make gifts themselves for their moms.Anna Jarvis's mother carnations, so people chose carnations as a present for their mother on Monther's Day.Carnations of different have different meanings.People buy red carnations if their mothers are .However,white ones are used to express love to dead mothers
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We went to play against a team from a country school. They didn’t come 1the match began. They looked 2than we thought. They wore dirty T-shirts and blue jeans and looked like farm boys. We thought they 3saw a basketball before. We felt that we didn’t 4any practice to play with such a team. It was very late so they couldn’t have any time to practice. The match began. One of our boys 5the ball and he tried to give it to another one. But from out of nowhere a boy in a T-shirt 6the ball and he quickly and beautifully got the ball into our basket and had two points. They 7us because they had another two points in a minute. Soon it was all over. The country team 8the match. Of course we knew that there was still another team 9than any good team. But the important lesson we learned this time was: One can’t tell a man or a team by the 10.
( ) 1. A. when B. so C. until D. at
( ) 2. A. stronger B. younger C. worse D. better
( ) 3. A. never B. often C. sometimes D. always
( ) 4. A. have B. make C. use D. need
( ) 5. A. got B. played C. took D. carried
() 6. A. caught B. changed C. held D. kicked
( ) 7. A. laughed B. frightened C. admired D. smiled
( ) 8. A. lost B. won C. got D. had
( ) 9. A. worse B. less C. better D. more
( )10.A. T-shirt B. appearance C. name D. points
Many people think the 1 time is spent, the more work will be done. So students have to spend the whole day doing school work 2the three meals.
Modern students have many 3 . They love sports, computers and music. A 4holiday can get them away from too much school work , and they can do what they like. But still teachers do not 5 it. Because they have too much homework, they have no time to enjoy themselves. Students are really tired of their weekend homework. So they don’t do it 6Sunday night. And there is not enough time to finish the homework carefully. The poor weekend homework usually makes teachers 7.
Things always get worse 8 right ideas. Too much school work makes students lose 9 in learning. It’s also bad for their health.
A horse runs faster after a rest. But for students only a rest is not enough. So such a condition（状况）should be 10to give students both pleasure and knowledge.
( )1 A. many B. much C. more D. most
( )2 A. except B. for C. during D. with
( )3 A.hobbies B. books C. pens D. friends
( )4 A.two days B. two-days C. two-day D. two-day’s
( )5 A. talk about B. think about
C. speak of D. look after
( )6 A. on B. except C. after D. until
( )7 A. to get angry B. get angry
C. to feel unhappy D. quite surprised
( )8 A. to B. by C. without D. with
( )9 A. interested B. interest
C. interesting D. themselves
( )10 A. changed B. kept C. taught D. made
How are you, Lin? I’m writing 1you at my school. It’s a big middle 2. I’m in a big class. There’re fifty students in my class. There are about two hundred teachers in my school. My English teacher 3Miss Liu. 4is a nice teacher.
We go to school 5Monday to Friday. There are four classes in the morning and two in the afternoon. We play games 6four on Friday after class.
I have some friends at school. One is 7America. She speaks English and 8Chinese. I like to play 9them. We 10football. That’s my favourite game.
1. A. to B. for C. with D. from
2. A. school B. class C. classroom D. office
3. A. be B. are C. am D. is
4. A. He B. She C. Her D. Him
5. A. from B. for C. in D. on
6. A. in B. on C. at D. about
7. A. come from B. from C. comes from D. out
8. A. many B. a many C. many a D. /
9. A. for B. and C. at D. with
10. A. play the B. play C. plays D. are play
Much meaning can be carried clearly, with our eyes, so it is often ___1____ that eyes can speak.
Do you have such kind of ___2___? In a bus you may look at a stranger, but not too long. And if he ___3___ that he is being looked at, he may feel uncomfortable. The same in daily life. If you____4____ at for more than necessary, you will look at yourself up and down, to see if there is anything wrong with you. If nothing goes wrong, you will feel __5__ toward the person who is looking at you that way. Eyes do speak, right?
Looking too long at someone may seem to be impolite. But sometimes things are different. If a man looks at a woman for more than 10 seconds, it may mean that he wishes to attract her attention, to make her understand that he __6__ her. When two people are in a talk, the speaker will only look at the listener from time to time, ____7___ make sure that the listener does pay attention ___8___ what he or she is speaking. Lovers will enjoy looking at each other or being looked at for a long time, to show something that ____9___ cannot express. (表达).
Clearly, eye contact should be done according to the relationship (关系)between two people and the place ____10____ you stay.
( )1. A. spoken B. said C. told D. talked
( )2. A. experience B. eyes C. mind D. news
( )3. A. found B. knew C. finds D. sees
( )4. A. look B. are looking C. are looked D. looked
( )5. A. happy B. angry C. sad D. thankful
( )6. A. likes B. hates C. thanks D. looks at
( )7. A. in order that B. so that C. in order to D. for
( )8. A. for B. of C. with D. to
( )9. A. eyes B. words C. minds D. body
( )10. A. which B. that C. where D. there
There is good news for the children in the countryside. We may still remember the girl 1big eyes. Her big eyes are 2us her dream: I wish to 3! In China, there are still 4girls and boys like her. They want to go to school, but their 5are too poor. If the family has two or three children, it is harder to 6the money for all the children. So the parents often ask 7to stay at home, and boys to go to school.
Now they needn’t 8the money. From 2006 on, children can go to school for free in some poor places. They don’t have to pay for books and other things. Some of them can even get money from the government（政府）to make their life 9. Soon, all the children in the countryside can
go to school for free. All families are very happy with the news. It is 10great.
( ) 1. A. with B. on C. toD. in
() 2. A. sayingB. telling C. speaking D. talking
( ) 3. A. go to work B. go to bed C. go to school D. go home
( ) 4. A. few B. a fewC. a lot of D. some
( ) 5. A. schoolsB. home C. housesD. families
() 6. A. pay B. take C. buy D. lend
() 7. A. teachersB. girls C. boys D. all the children
( ) 8. A. look up B. turn on C. worry about D. make sure
( ) 9. A. better B. well C. longer D. worse
( ) 10.A. not B. realC. hardlyD. really