This Mother’s Day will be the 8^th year I have spent without my own mother. She passed away less than a month before Mother’s Day in the year 2000. She had been ill for almost two years, and I didn’t cry when she died, or at her funeral, but on that first Mother’s Day without her. On that day, I realized that this person I loved and depended on was gone forever.

She still lives in family memories, in the thoughts of her friends and co-workers, in the values she had instilled(灌输) in her children, and in the lovely flower gardens that she had so carefully tended.

She loved her gladioli and irises. Each fall she would dig the bulbs out of the soil and carefully wrap them in paper. The bulbs would be stored until the following spring when they would be replanted. It seemed like a lot of effort to me, but each year her flower garden was more glorious than the year before. She put the same hard work into caring for her family, instilling in her children a sense of justice and fair play, compassion, and strong moral values so that we blossomed.

Share anecdotes about your mother’s life at your Mother’s Day party. Too often, we avoid speaking of those loved ones who have passed away, fearful that we will unearth sad feelings. It doesn’t have to be that way. Sharing fond memories and stories of the life we shared with her can be a healing process that binds（捆绑）the family together.

My mother passed away when her oldest grandchild was only eight years old. Children will enjoy sharing pictures and stories of the grandmother they may have never known or have little memory of. Sharing anecdotes to pass on to the next generation will give children a feeling of family history and continuity, and may be one of the best ways to honor our mothers and grandmothers who have gone before us.

1.What does the underlined words “passed away” ( in Paragraph 1)mean?

A．died             B．continued         C．started           D．lasted

2.On the first Mother’s Day after mum died the author realized_______ .

A．mum had been dead for a long time         B．mum had suffered a lot from the illness

C．it was true that mum had been dead         D．it was impossible to depend on mum

3.From the third paragraph we can infer that mum_______ .

A．loved her gladioli and irises                B．showed kindness to all her children

C．taught the children to plant patiently         D．had a good influence on the author

4.At the Mother’s Day party people don’t mention their lost mums only because_______ .

A．they are simply afraid of causing sad feelings

B．they have forgotten their mums completely

C．they don’t love their mums any longer

D．they think their mums have passed away

5.In order to show honor to our mothers and grandmothers we can _____ .

A．spend the Mother’s Day with our children

B．share the stories of them with the children

C．hold the Mother’s Day party every year

D．plant beautiful flowers in the family garden

In recent years, the world has made progress in reducing deaths among children under the age of five. A new report says an estimated 6.9 million children worldwide died before their fifth birthday. That compares to about twelve million in1990.

The report says child mortality rates have fallen in all areas. It says the number of deaths is down by at least 50 percent in eastern, western and southeastern Asia. The number also fell in North Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean.

Ties Boerma is head of the WHO’s Department of Health Statistics and Informatics. He says most child deaths happen in just a few areas.

TIES BOERMA: “Sub-Saharan Africa and southern Asia face the greatest challenges in child survival. More than eighty percent of child deaths in the world occur in these two regions. About half of child deaths occur in just five countries—India, which actually takes twenty-four percent of the global total; Nigeria, eleven percent; the Democratic Republic of Congo, seven percent; Pakistan, five percent and China, four percent of under-five deaths in the world.”

Ties Boerma notes that, in developed countries, one child in one hundred fifty-two dies before his or her fifth birthday. But south of the Sahara Desert, one out of nine children dies before the age of five. In Asia, the mortality rate is one in sixteen.  

The report lists the top five causes of death among children under five worldwide. They are pneumonia, diarrhea, malaria and problems both before and during birth.

Tessa Wardlaw is with the U-N Children’s Fund. She is pleased with the progress being made in Sub-Saharan Africa. The area has the highest under-five mortality rate in the world. But she says the rate of decline in child deaths has more than doubled in Africa.

TESSA WARDLAW: “We welcome the widespread progress in child survival, but we importantly want to stress that there’s a lot of work that remains to be done. There’s unfinished business and the fact is that today on average, around nineteen thousand children are still dying every day from largely preventable causes.”

The World Health Organization says one way to solve these problems is to make sure health care services are available to women. In this way, medical problems can be avoided or treated when identified.

1.Since 1990, the number of the children who died before 5 in the world has dropped by about__________.

A．6,900,000         B．12,000,000        C．1,200,000         D．5,100,000

2. What does the underlined word “mortality” ( in Paragraph 2)mean?

A．illness            B．reduction         C．death            D．problem

3.According to the passage, the readers are likely to believe that __________.

A．child mortality rates have fallen just in five areas

B．Sub-Saharan Africa has the highest under-five mortality rate in the world

C．in developed countries, no children die before the age of five

D．the world has made little progress in reducing the rates of child mortality

4.______ is the top-one cause of death among children under five worldwide.

A．Global warming     B．Malaria           C．Pneumonia        D．Diarrhea

5.What will be probably referred to in the following paragraph?

A．Women do not want to have babies.

B．How more health care services are available to women.

C．Medical problems are completely solved.

D．The World Health Organization.

阅读下面短文并回答问题，然后将答案写到答题卡相应的位置上（请注意题后词数要求）。

[1] July 13 - Chinese mainland actress Chen Hao has been chosen as the most beautiful woman in China in an online poll （调查）featuring more than one million voters, reports CRI.

[2]The actress shot to fame for her role in TV series "Pink Ladies", which was adapted from Taiwan cartoonist Zhu Deyong's comic book . Chen Hao ___________ one of the leading roles in "Pink Ladies" as a sexy and adorable lady that manipulates the guys. The drama later turned out to be a super hit all across Asia's Chinese community.

[3]Other identities in the top 10 included Yang Lan, a TV hostess and entrepreneur, Annie Yi, a Taiwan singer and actress, and Yu Dan, a professor and media scholar, says CRI.

[4]The poll began in April and initially featured 100 candidates（候选人） from all circles of life.

[5]Voters then reduced the candidate list to 50, based on criteria （标准）including theirreputations, achievements, personalities and contributions to the society, the organizer said.

[6]Over one million people attended the online poll conducted on Sina.com, the web site reported. The result was determined according to the public votes and the opinions of the jury(陪审团) team.

1.What is the main idea of the text ? ( no more than 10 words )

2.Do you think the actress Chen Hao is the most beautiful woman in China? Why? (no more than 15 words )

3.Fill in the blank in paragraph 2 with proper words. (no more than 2 words )

4.What criteria do the voters take into consideration? ( no more than 10 words )

__________________________________________________________________________.

5.What does the underlined word “ their “ ( line 1, paragraph 5 ) refer to ? .( no more than 2 words )

__________________________________________________________________________.

假如你是高中生李华，请根据以下要点，以日记的形式，叙述你在5月15日（周六）参加在乡下草莓采摘节（Strawberry-picking Festival）的活动情况。

你到达草莓园的方式，时间，及当时的天气状况；

你在草莓采摘节的所见所闻。

注意：日记格式已给出；词数120左右；可适当增加细节以使行文连贯

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It is such ______ honor to take part in ______ celebration, so how could I make any mistake?

A．an; /             B．the; the           C．an; the           D．/; the

Why not stay at home ______ the road is so slippery after the heavy snow?

A．so long as         B．in case            C．so far as           D．now that

Each new way of looking at a situation deepens our understanding and makes ______ easier to discover new possibilities.

A．this              B．it                C．one              D．that

The oceans and seas ______ the islands are more or less polluted.

A．surrounding       B．surrounded        C．are surrounded by  D．are surrounding

It is said that that boy, who has a great ______ for singing and dancing, is from Nanchang No.3 Middle School.

A．gift              B．present           C．award            D．reward

If you let challenges and difficulties benefit ______ depress you, much more can be accomplished than you thought possible.

A．more than         B．rather than        C．less than          D．other than