中国是世界上河流最多的国家之一．Chinaisthecoun-优题课

One day，when your mother gets older and older，will you dislike her more words and her bad health？Here is a mother's letter to her （36）　　．Let's read it and see what's moving you．

Dear son，

When I grow old one day，please be （37）　　to me and try to understand me．If I get dirty when eating or if I can't （38）　　myself，help me．Remember the hours I spent teaching you．If I say some things again and again when I speak to you，please （39）　　me．When you were （40）　　，I had to read you the same story again and again （41）　　you went to sleep．When my tired legs do not let me walk，give me your （42）　　．I did the same when you started walking．When I come near to you，you should be next to me，try to understand me and help me as I（43）　　when you were a baby．When I am ill，you should look （44）　_____me well，just like I took good care of you day and night．Please spend more time （45）　_____with me when you are free，I'll pay you by a smile and love．

I love you，son!

Your mother，

Mary．

36．A．daughter	B．mother	C．son
37．A．happy	B．good	C．serious
38．A．dress	B．wear	C．serious
39．A．listen	B．listen to	C．hear
40．A．old	B．big	C．young
41．A．until	B．while	C．after
42．A．head	B．hand	C．leg
43．A．wanted	B．did	C．was
44．A．around	B．out	C．after
45．A．being	B．playing	C．singing

I'm Chen Peng，I am 15 years old，I am a student in Grade Eight．I like （31）　　very much．I am so lucky．I have been a Teens reporter （32）　　．I sent some articles to the newspaper in 2013．I think it's fun and helps me （33）　　my English writing．At first，when the editor asked me to write something，I had to think （34）　　a long time．But now I can think and write faster than before．I often see my pictures and articles in the newspaper．My classmates and teachers were really （35）　　when they saw that！Join us!

31．A．writing	B．singing	C．reading
32．A．when	B．since	C．before
33．A．understand	B．research	C．improve
34．A．for	B．on	C．at
35．A．angry	B．surprised	C．sad

quick email before she wife first a fall into send

A couple decided to go on a holiday．The wife was on （66）　　business trip so the husband went to the destination（目的地）（67）　　and his wife would meet him the next day．

When he reached his hotel，he decided to send his wife a （68）　　email．But when he typed （69）　　address．he typed a wrong letter and his note was（70）　　to an elderly woman．Her husband had died only the day （71）　　and she had just come back from the funeral（葬礼）．

When the sad woman checked her （72）　　．she let out a shout，and （73）　　to the floor in a dead faint（昏厥）．At the sound，her family rushed（74）　　the room and saw this note on the screen：

Dearest（75）　　，Just got checked in．Everything prepared for you to arrive tomorrow．

Black or White

When I was in elementary school，I got into an argument with a boy in my class．The teacher （31）　　to teach us a very important lesson．

She brought us up to the front of the（32）　　and placed him on one side of her desk and （33）_____on the other．In the middle of her desk was a large，round object．I could（34）　　see that it was black．She asked the boy what color the object was．"White，"he （35）　　．

I couldn't （36）　　he said the object was white，when it was clearly black!Another （37）　_____started between my classmate and me，this time about the （38）　　of the object．

The teacher told me to go （39）　　where the boy was standing （40）　　told him to come stand where I had been．We changed（41）　　，and now she asked me what the color of the object was．I（42）　　answer，"White．"

It was an object with two （43）　　colored sides，and from his viewpoint（视角） it was white．Only from my （44）　　it was black．

I have never （45）　　the lesson I learned that day．Sometimes we need to look at the problem from the other person's viewpoint in order to truly understand his/her view．

31．A．decided	B．remembered	C．offered	D．promised
32．A．office	B．playground	C．library	D．classroom
33．A．her	B．me	C．him	D．you
34．A．clearly	B．hardly	C．closely	D．carefully
35．A．shouted	B．guessed	C．answered	D．suggested
36．A．choose	B．believe	C．notice	D．hear
37．A．argument	B．match	C．fight	D．talk
38．A．shape	B．size	C．color	D．weight
39．A．find	B．lie	C．sit	D．stand
40．A．so	B．but	C．or	D．and
41．A．places	B．ideas	C．objects	D．seats
42．A．was able to	B．had to	C．happened to	D．used to
43．A．brightly	B．beautifully	C．differently	D．completely
44．A．side	B．lesson	C．book	D．experience
45．A．finished	B．taught	C．prepared	D．forgotten

Tom felt really pleased．When he arrived （66）　　his seat in the classroom that morning，he （67）f 　　an invitation on his desk．It was from several of his classmates asking him to join them in a camping trip．This was the first time he was asked to join in an out﹣of﹣school activity．Why were they asking him now？Nobody seemed to like him．In fact，he had been so lonely that he had drowned（掩盖） his felling with food．As a result，he had put on a lot of （68）　　/weit/，and this gave the kids something more to make（ 69）　　of him．

When Tom read the invitation，Nancy went out quickly to tell the others that the trick（恶作剧） had worked．Everyone was happy that Tom thought that was true．But there was no camping trip．The whole thing was （70）　　（make） up．

First of all，Nancy thought it was fun．But later，when Tom told her that he was going to buy a （71）　　（sleep） bag with his savings（积蓄），Nancy had a （72）s 　　idea．She （73）　_____/nju：/that Tom's family had （74）l 　　money，and she hated to see him spend his savings on something he would never use．Nancy also hated to tell Tom the （75）_____　（true）．Her close friends would be angry with her．

What could she do now？