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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Nowadays many parents would like to buy whatever their children like. If they go on doing this, their children will probably think that money isto make. They will spend the money at random(随意地)and won’ t think of their parents’ hard
Some parents like to hold birthday parties for their children. If theyon doing this, their children will think it is necessary for them to enjoy birthday parties every year . Year after year, maybe they will their parents’ birthdays and only remember their own’s.
Many parents don’t let their childrenthe housework. They think that children just have thing to do. They should study hard and doin their lessons. If parents go on with this, the children will not be able to take good care ofwhen they grow up. Parents should teach their children to do some simple housework washing clothes and doing some cooking it can help the children live a better life in the future.A. easy B. hard C. free
A. job B. workC. study
A. make B. let C. keep
A. rememberB. forgetC. leave
A. doB. didC. doing
A. oneB. twoC. three
A. goodB. wellC. more
A. herselfB. himselfC. themselves
A. as ifB. as suchC. such as
A. thoughB. becauseC. so
Jim Smith was a poor boy. One day he was very cold and ___. He came to a house and asked a young ____ only for a glass of water. But the lady was so _ that she gave him a large glass of hot milk.
Jim drank it and then asked, “ _ should I pay you?”
“You don’t need to pay.” She replied. Jim _ _ her from the bottom of his heart.
Years later, Jim became a ___. One day, a woman was sent to his hospital. She was seriously ill. He recognized her at once and decided to _ to save her life.
The operation was successful, but the cost was high. After looking at the woman’s bill, Jim wrote ____ on it. When the woman received the bill, she didn’t dare to look at it. something on the side of the bill caught her attention. She began to _ the following words:
Paid in full with one glass of milk.
A.hot B.hungry C.cool D.strong
A.woman B.man C.husband D.waiter
A.angry B.beautiful C.lucky D.kind
A.When B.Where C.How much D.Why
A.thanked B.forgot C.missed D.understood
A.teacher B.worker C.doctor D.driver
A.say hello B.do his best C.give away D.get back
A.anything B.everything C.nothing D.something
A.However B.Whenever C.Especially D.Hardly
A.write B.remember C.read D.guess
When Mr. David retired(退休),he bought a small house in a village near the sea. He liked it and hoped to live a quiet life in it.
But to his great surprise, many tourists(游客)came to see his house in summer holidays, for it was the most interesting building in the village. From morning to night there were tourists outside the house. They kept looking into the rooms through the windows and many of them even went into Mr. David’s garden. This was too much for Mr. David. He decided to drive the visitors away. So he put a notice on the window. The notice said: “If you want to satisfy your curiosity(好奇心), came in and look round. Price(价格): twenty dollars.” Mr. David was sure that the visitors would stop coming, but he was wrong. More and more visitors came and Mr. David had to spend every day showing them around his house. “I came here to retire, not to work as a guide(导游).” he said angrily. In the end, he sold the house and moved away.
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Mr. David’s house was that many tourists came to see it.
A.so small B.so quiet C.so interesting D.such interesting
A.to drive the visitors away B.to satisfy the visitor’s curiosity C.to let visitors come in and look round D.to get some money out of the visitors
A.more interested in his house B.lost interest in his house C.angry at the unfair price D.feel happy about the price
A.the visitors didn’t come any longer B.fewer and fewer visitors came to see his house C.more and more tourists came for a visit D.no tourist would pay the money for a visit
A.he did not like it at all B.he could not work as a guide C.he made enough money and wanted to buy a new expensive house D.he could not live a quiet life in it
__ a small farm in Mexico, there are no schools. A bus is the __. The driver of the bus is the teacher. It’s a school bus, but it doesn’t __ the children to school. It just goes round from place to place ,and sometimes it comes to this farm. The bus will stay here __ three months. The farmers call it a school on wheels(轮子).
Every time when the bus comes, the farmers will come running to it, __ and laughing. They warmly welcome the school bus.
When the bus is on the farm, in the morning, the teacher ___ the small children. In the afternoon, the bigger __ come to have __ lessons because they must__ in the morning.
At night, the __ come to school .They want to learn ,too.How the farmers hope that some day they can have a real school on their farm!
A.At B.In C.On D.For
A.home B.shool C.office D.playground
A.take B.takes C.taking D.to take
A.In B.At C.for D.to
A.shouting B.to shout C.shouts D.shouted
A.teaches B.teacher C.to teach D.taught
A.childs B.children C.childes D.child
A.Them B.they C.their D.he
A.work B.worker C.working D.Works
A.father’s and mother’s B.fathers’ and mothers’ C.fathers and mothers D.father and mother