Mother’s  Day  is coming,a gentleman stopped his car out of a  flower  shop.  He  wanted  to order a bunch of  flowers  and asked them to deliver it to his mother,who  was far  in his hometown.

He saw a girl crying on the road when he was about to enter the shop. The gentleman walked up to her and asked, “Hi,kid. Why are you crying?”

“I want to buy a rose for my mother,but I don’t have enough money,” said the little girl.

Hearing that,the gentleman felt sorry for the girl. So he grasped the girl’s hand and entered the flower shop. He first ordered a bouquet(花束）for his mother,and then bought a rose for the girl.

Walking out of the shop,the gentleman said he would drive the girl home. ^uWould you really like to drive me home?” the girl asked pleasantly.

“Of course!” the man answered.

“Then would you please drive me to my mother? But sir,the place where my mother lives is a bit far from here. ”

Following the way the girl showed,the gentleman drove out of the downtown,along the winding mountain road，and finally came to the cemetery(墓地）.

The little girl put the flower close to a new  grave. In  order  to  present a rose to her  mother who just passed away a month ago,she took a long  journey.

The gentleman drove the girl to her home,and then  returned  to the flower shop.  He canceled the  order for the bouquet to his mother,and then bought  a big  bunch of fresh flowers  instead. He drove directly to his mother’s home,which was a five-hour drive from there. He would present the flowers to his mother himself.

No matter how far your mother is away from you,it’s never too late for you to give a bunch of flowers to her yourself.

(   ) 1. Why was the little girl crying on the road?

A. Because she lost her purse there.

B. Because she didn’t know the way to her mother.

C. Because her mother left her alone there.

D. Because she didn’t have enough money to buy her mother  a rose.

(   ) 2. It was not until the gentleman drove to the cemetery,did he  know  that         .

A. the girl’s mother was working in the cemetery

B. the girl’s mother was no longer living there

C. the girl’s mother had already been dead for a month

D. the girl’s mother lived really far away

(   ) 3. The word “canceled” probably means         .

A. gave up     B. gave away  C. called     off  D. called for

(   ) 4. Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A. The gentleman changed his mind and gave the flowers to his mother in person.

B. The gentleman knew the girl’s mother very well.

C. It was about a five-hour drive from the flower shop to the girl’s hometown.

D. The gentleman bought a bouquet for the girl.

(   ) 5. Which would be the best title for the passage?

A. Always Remember to Help Others B. A Rose for Mother C. Mother’s Day Is Coming  D. Mother Is Not Far Away

  No Car Day was first started by 34 cities in France on September 22，1988. It was started 1       the environment. By now,more than 1,000 cities around the world  2        a No Car  Day.

The first No Car Day inChinawas in Chengdu in 2001. Other cities,3        Taipei,Shanghai and Wuhan,also support(支持）the day. In Beijing,4       people are joining the activity. It asks drivers 5       their cars at home for one day each month and walk or ride a bike to work. It also calls on Beijingers 6       cars on June 5(World Environment Day). The slogan( 口号）for  the day is, “If we drive for one less day,we can have 7       nice day”.

So far,more than 200,000 drivers have shown their support. “We can’t control the weather,but we can choose 8       , ” said Wu Zonghua,a car club chairman. Beijing is trying 9       238 blue sky days this year. In the first quarter of this year,Beijing only had 52 blue sky days. This was 11 days less than the number for the same period last year. Much of the dust(灰尘）comes from the desert(沙漠）,but cars cause most of the 10       We must do more for No Car Day.

(   ) 1. A.  protecting  B. to protect     C. with protecting  D. for protect

(   ) 2. A.  had  B. have     C. has had  D. have had

(   ) 3. A.  include  B. included     C. including  D. includes

(   ) 4. A.  more and more B. fewer and fewer C. less and less     D. more

(   ) 5. A.  to drive  B. to take     C. to leave  D. to     buy

(   ) 6. A.  to use  B. to drive     C. not to use  D. not to repair

(   ) 7. A. one more B. another more C. once more     D. one less

(   ) 8. A.  to drive  B. not to drive     C. not drive  D. to     driving

(   ) 9. A.  to have  B. not to have     C. to waste  D. to     borrow

(   ) 10. A. water pollution     B. food pollution

C. air polluting     D. air pollution

Chinese New Year is  the  most  1      festival for  2        people  all  over  the  world.  It  is  also  called the Spring Festival  3        the  Lunar New Year.  The exact  date  of  the  Spring  Festival  on  the  Western calendar changes 4       year to year. However,Chinese New Year takes place between January 1 5       February 19. 

6       the Chinese calendar,every year  has an animal’s  7      .  These  animals  are  the rat,ox, tiger,rabbit,dragon,snake,horse,sheep,monkey,rooster,dog  and  8        . A  Chinese legend says that these 9       animals had a race. The first year was named 10       the rat,the winner. The other 11       years were named according 12       the order in which the animals arrived in the race.

The clever rat jumped  13       the  ox’s back,and then,at the  14      ，jumped  over  the  ox’s head to arrive 15      !  

The Chinese believe that a person bom in a particular(特殊的）year has some of the characteristics of that animal.

(   ) 1. A.  special  B. important     C. different  D. exciting

(   ) 2. A.  English  B. American     C. Chinese  D. French

(   ) 3. A.  for  B. and     C. or  D. but

(   ) 4. A.  from  B. between     C. on  D. in

(   ) 5. A.  and  B. to     C. with  D. on

(   ) 6. A.  On  B. In     C. From  D. To

(   ) 7. A.  name  B. face     C. number  D. letter

(   ) 8. A.  cat  B. pig     C. elephant  D. panda

(   ) 9. A.  six  B. ten     C. fifteen  D. twelve

(   ) 10. A.  after  B. with     C. /  D. before

(   ) 11. A.  12  B. 13     C. 11  D. 14

(   ) 12. A.  to  B. with     C. on  D. from

(   ) 13. A. at     B. in  C. onto     D. into

(   ) 14. A.  first  B. end     C. last  D. beginning

(   ) 15. A.  first  B. second     C. third  D. last

假如今天是父亲节，你的名字叫李华，请你按以下要点，给你的美国朋友John写一封电子邮件，谈谈你将如何与父亲一起度过这个特别的日子。

要点:1 .表述你与父亲间的情感；

2.为父亲制作一张卡片；

3.帮助父亲做点事；

4.陪父亲散步等。

注意1.词数80〜loo个;

2.请不要逐句翻译，但可适当发挥；

3.邮件的开头和结尾已为你写好，不计入总词数。

Dear John，

It’s Father’s Day today. It’s a special day,isn’t it ?__                   

What’s your plan for Father’s Day ? I’m looking forward to hearing from you.

Yours,

Li Hua

Dear Anne,

How are you? I had great fun last Wednesday,J 1       12th,2013. It was a traditional Chinese festival called Dragon Boat Festival that day.

This festival is in memory of Qu Yuan,one of t 2      greatest Chinese poets. He killed himself by jumping into the Miluo River on May 5th of the lunar calender(阴历），278 BC. Nearby people rowed boats to s 3      him. But it was too late. They were very sad and then threw rice into the r 4      to feed the fishes so that they would stay away from Qu Yuan’s body.

F 5      then on，every year on this day，people enjoy h 6      zongzi which is made of rice with meat,eggs and so on. In the past we ate zongzi only o 7      a year,but now we regard it as our daily food. We can have it any time we like.

Have you ever w 8     the dragon boat race on TV? It is another important part of this festival. Several teams row their dragon-shaped boats as q 9      as they can. The first team to reach the finish line wins.

If you have a plan to visitChinanext year,would y 10      like to spend this festival with us?

Best wishes，

Xiao Qiang

1.          2.          3.          4.      5.        

6.          7.          8.          9.      10.       

  On Thanksgiving Day,about 88 percent of Americans eat turkey. But one 1  1 turkey not only survives,but also becomes famous!Every year,turkey farmers p 2      a turkey to theU. S.president. However,the president does not e 3      this turkey. He gives it a “pardon”. The turkey is s 4      to Florida for a Thanksgiving parade. Then it lives on a farm for the r 5      of its life.

Turkeys come from North America and have been part of American culture for c 6      Benjamin Franklin even wanted the turkey,i 7      of the bald eagle,to beAmerica’s icon.  

Turkeys living on farms are large birds that cannot fly. But w 8      turkeys are quite fast.

They can fly at a s 9      up to 88 kilometers per hour. They can also run as fast as 40 kilometers per hour.

Turkeys don’t have ears. They h 10      with a snood(肉垂）above their beaks. But their hearing is five times better than human’s.

1.          2.          3.          4.      5.        

6.          7.          8.          9.      10.       

  Valentine’s Day(情人节）is a happy day for most lovers. However,for the students in our class,it’s a day for all of us. We can give presents to anyone we like,including our friends and teachers. There is a rule about Valentine’s Day in our class. Every student is supposed to put a nice box on his or her desk on Valentine’s Day. It’s used for holding the Valentine cards received. The box holds lots of happy and sad memories of us. We have a popularity contest(人气竞赛）which is marked by the number of the cards. This has been a custom(习俗）of our class since two years ago.

I can still remember that Valentine’s Day when we first started this custom.

That noon，all the students in our class were happy to enjoy their cards in their full boxes except me. In my box,there were just ten cards. The number was just one third of the number of the students in our class. When 1 was watching my cards unhappily,I saw a special one. The reason was not that it was designed(设计）specially，but it was from a special person—my dad. I was very thankful because it was actually an encouragement for me at the time. Later I knew my father put the card into my card box when I was having breakfast that morning. I liked the card very much. I thought it was better than any card in my classmates’  boxes.

(   ) 1. In the writer’s class,the student who         can  win the popularity contest.

A. designs a card box     best  B. receives the most cards

C. gets the most expensive present     D. has the most beautiful  present

(   ) 2. According to the passage,how many students were there in the writer’s class two years ago?

A. Ten.  B. Twenty.  C. Thirty.  D. Forty.

(   ) 3. What was the writer doing when his or her father put the Valentine card into his or her card box?

A. Sleeping.  C. Having a class.

B. Walking to school.  D. Eating something.

(   ) 4. What do we know from the passage?

A. The writer’s father loves him or her.

B. The writer had many friends two years ago.

C. In the writer’s card box,there was nothing but a card from his or her father.

D. Valentine’s Day in the writer’s class is the same as a common Valentine’s Day.

(   ) 5. According to the passage,which sentence  is  true?

A. Valentine’s Day is a happy day only for lovers.

B. The popularity contest is marked by the number of the cards.

C. The writer got more cards than others.

D. The writer liked one of the cards best because it was designed specially.

Dear Michael，

How’s your vacation? I’m visiting my uncle inSpain. He lives in the sunny and beautiful city of Valencia,in Spain.

Yesterday,I had great fun. My uncle took me to the tomato festival in Bunol,which is just 30 miles away from where my uncle lives. You have probably never heard of this festival before. Neither have I. The tomato festival is called “La Tomatina” in Spanish. It was the biggest and messiest tomato fight in the world. When we first got to the square where the festival took place,it was very crowded with people from all around the world,and many trucks were carrying tomatoes. My uncle told me the crowded people here were around 38,000，and this was more than four times

the population of Bunol.

The tomato fight started as soon as the first banger was beaten. Then everyone including me started throwing tomatoes at each other. I took red tomatoes and threw them at anyone that ran， moved，bent down,or turned around. Tomatoes must be squashed(捏扁）before people threw them in order not to hurt anybody.

After a little while,the streets,the people and the nearby buildings were all splashed(溅起） with red. There was no winner in this fight,but we all had fun. As soon as the second banger was beaten,people stopped throwing.

I really had a great time. I wish you were here,too. I hope to hear from you soon. Take care. With love,

Linda

FromSpain

(   ) 1. From the letter,we can know        .

A. Linda lives inValencia

B. Linda doesn’t want to go toSpain

C. Linda is visiting her uncle inSpain

D. Linda is studying inSpain

(   ) 2. According  to the letter,which statement of the following is NOT true?

A. Bunol is 30 miles away from where Linda’s uncle lives.

B. Linda had heard of this festival before.

C. It was the first time Linda went to this festival.

D. Linda’s uncle took her to the tomato festival in Bunol.

(   ) 3. The population of Bunol is        .

A. around 38,000

B. more than 38,000

C. more than 152,000

D. about 9,300

(   ) 4. What happened when the second banger was beaten?

A. The fight started.

B. The fight stopped.

C. The fight got bigger and bigger.

D. The fight continued again.

(   ) 5. What is the main idea of this letter?

A. “La Tomatina” is a fun and popular festival inSpain.

B. “La Tomatina” is a day for eating tomatoes.

C. Michael has a great vacation.

D. Linda enjoyed the beautiful city of Valencia.

  For me,Christmas always began in the middle of the cold,windy month of November. My sister Alice and I sat down in front of the fire and wrote a letter to Father Christmas,telling him about all the presents we 1      We carefully posted the letter to “Father Christmas,the North Pole' When Christmas Eve came,the whole family helped to decorate the house,put up the Christmas tree,and blow up the balloons. Then,in the afternoon,when Aunt Kate and my two cousins arrived,2       was ready. Before we went to bed,we left some wine and meat for Father Christmas,and then put our 3      at the end of our beds. We tried to keep 4      as long as possible to see Father Christmas,but the next thing we knew was 5     ,Christmas  morning!

We couldn’t wait to 6      the stocking. It was now full of all kinds of small presents and sweets. Christmas morning was bright and sunny. After going to church,my cousin David and I went out into the garden to 7      our new presents. Lunch was always late,but what a lunch!Delicious turkey with all the vegetables was followed by fruits and ice creams.

After lunch,Father,Mother and Aunt rested on the sofas in front of the Queen’s speech on TV. We took out the toys,put on the funny paper hats,laughed at the jokes and played 8     .

Then came the afternoon tea and a large Christmas cake covered with snowmen. It did not seem possible,but we still went on eating. By bedtime,all the children were very 9      . As soon as Mom 10      the light,we all fell into a deep sleep.

(   ) 1. A. wanted     B. carried  C. sold     D. borrowed

(   ) 2.A. something     B. nothing  C. everything     D. anything

(   ) 3. A.  shoes  B. trousers     C. jackets  D. stockings

(   ) 4. A.  awake  B. asleep     C. alone  D. away

(   ) 5. A.  morning  B. afternoon     C. evening  D. night

(   ) 6. A.  wash  B. change     C. open  D. hang

(   ) 7. A.  hand in  B. play with     C. throw away  D. pass on

(   ) 8. A.  happily  B. carefully     C. silently  D. slowly

(   ) 9. A.  hungry  B. tired     C. excited  D. surprised

(   ) 10. A. turned on     B. turned back  C. turned up     D. turned off

A Festival for the dead is held once a year inJapan. This is a traditional festival in  Japanand many celebrations are held. This festival is a cheerful occasion(场合），for 1     this day,the dead are said to return to their homes and they are 2      by the living. 3      they are expected to be hungry after their long journey,food is laid out for them. Specially-made lanterns 4      outside each house to help the dead to find their way. All night long,people dance and sing. In the early morning,the food that 5      out for the dead is thrown into a river or into the sea as it is considered 6      for anyone living to eat it. In towns that are near the sea，the small lanterns which have been hung in the streets the night before are placed into the water when the festival is over.

Thousands of lanterns slowly drift out to sea 7      the dead on their return journey to 8      world. It is moving,for crowds of people stand on the shore watching the lanterns 9      away 10 they can be seen no more.

(   ) 1. A.  in  B. on     C. at  D. to

(   ) 2. A.  hated  B. frightened     C. welcomed  D. guided

(   ) 3. A.  When  B. Because     C. As  D. So

(   ) 4. A.  are hung  B. are hanged     C. hung  D. hanged

(   ) 5. A.  laid  B. has been laid     C. was laid  D. laying

(   ) 6. A.  dirty  B. untidy     C. unlucky  D. tasty

(   ) 7. A.  guiding  B. guided     C. guide  D. guides

(   ) 8. A. another     B. other  C. others     D. the other

(   ) 9. A. drifted     B. drift  C. drifting     D. to drift

(   ) 10. A. after     B. when  C. before     D. until