It’s Sunday. Children don’t go to school on Sundays. But Kate gets up early in the morning，“It’s my birthday. I’m eight years old today.” she thinks, “Where are Dad and Mum? I want to know what they can give me for my birthday.”
Her father and mother are not at home. They are going shopping. And now they are talking about what to buy for Kate.?
Dad: How about the doll（布娃娃）? It looks nice. I think Kate would like the doll.?
Mom: I don’t think so. I think she likes a new dress. Girls often like new dresses very much.?
Dad: But she has a few new dresses and some new blouses（女衬衫）. Oh, I think she must be very happy to have a box of colorful pencils and some picture books. Do you think so?
Mom: Yes. Let’s go over there and buy them.
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【小题1】        often like new dresses.?
A. Boys                    B. The girl        C. Girls 
【小题2】 Kate has         new dresses.?
A. many                    B. a lot of        C. some  
【小题3】        doesn’t want to buy the doll.?
A. Kate                   
B. Kate’s father     
C. Kate’s mother         
【小题4】From the passage, we can know Kate is        .?
A. in the school          
B. a school girl     
C. going to school        
【小题5】From the passage, we can know Kate          .?
A. doesn’t know what her parents buy for her  
B. wants to buy something for her parents   
C. doesn’t like a doll

It’s Sunday. Children don’t go to school on Sundays. But Kate gets up early in the morning，“It’s my birthday. I’m eight years old today.” she thinks, “Where are Dad and Mum? I want to know what they can give me for my birthday.”

Her father and mother are not at home. They are going shopping. And now they are talking about what to buy for Kate.?

Dad: How about the doll（布娃娃）? It looks nice. I think Kate would like the doll.?

Mom: I don’t think so. I think she likes a new dress. Girls often like new dresses very much.?

Dad: But she has a few new dresses and some new blouses（女衬衫）. Oh, I think she must be very happy to have a box of colorful pencils and some picture books. Do you think so?

Mom: Yes. Let’s go over there and buy them.

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1.        often like new dresses.?

A. Boys                    B. The girl        C. Girls 

2. Kate has         new dresses.?

A. many                    B. a lot of        C. some  

3.        doesn’t want to buy the doll.?

A. Kate                   

B. Kate’s father     

C. Kate’s mother         

4.From the passage, we can know Kate is        .?

A. in the school          

B. a school girl     

C. going to school        

5.From the passage, we can know Kate          .?

A. doesn’t know what her parents buy for her  

B. wants to buy something for her parents   

C. doesn’t like a doll

　　Money doesn't grow on trees but sometimes a big family can help make it happen.

　　For years I wanted a flower garden. I'd spend hours thinking of different things I could plant there. We had five children, Matthew, Marvin, Helen and the twins, Alisa and Alan. I was too busy raising them to grow a garden.

　　We didn't have much money or time. Often when my children were little, one of them would want something that cost too much. I'd have to say, “Do you see a money tree outside? Money doesn't grow on trees, you know.”

　　Finally, all the five finished high school and college and were off on their own. I started thinking about having a garden again. I wasn't sure, though. I mean, gardens do cost money, and after all these years I was used to living with very little.

　　Then, one morning in spring, on Mother's Day, I was working in my kitchen. Suddenly, l heard cars outside. I looked out of the window and saw a new tree planted right in my yard. I knew it was a weeping willow (垂柳), because I saw things blowing around on all of its branches (树枝). Then I put my glasses on and I couldn't believe what I saw. There was a money tree in my yard.

　　I went outside to look. It was true. There were dollar bills, one hundred of them, taped (绑) all over the tree. I could buy many flowers with one hundred dollars. There was also a note, “I still do something for you. Love, Marvin.” Marvin kept his words, too. He dug up a nice flower bed for me. My other children bought me tools and other things to help me, such as gardening books.

　　That was three years ago. My garden is now very pretty. It is just the way I wanted it. When I go out to take care of my flowers, I don't seem to miss my children as much as I once did. It feels like they are right there with me.

　　I live quite far to the north, where winters are long and cold, and summers are much too short. But every year now, when winter begins, I look out of my window and think of the flowers. I'll see next spring in my little garden. I think about what my children did for me, and I get tears (泪) in my eyes every time. I'm still not sure that money grows on trees. But I know love does.

(1) What was the woman's dream?

[　　]

A．To have five children.

B．To have a money tree.

C．To have a flower garden.

(2) In the passage, the sentences “Do you see a money tree outside? Money doesn't grow on trees.” really mean ________.

[　　]

A．making money isn't very easy

B．they have no money tree in their yard

C．the children can see a money tree outside

(3) Marvin gave his mother a tree with much money in it, because ________.

[　　]

A．he had many money trees

B．he wanted to show his love to his mother

C．he wanted his mother to help him make more money

(4) Living with the beautiful garden, the woman ________.

[　　]

A．felt even lonely in winter

B．felt her children's deep love was with her

C．seemed to miss her children even more than before

(5) From the passage, we know that ________.

[　　]

A．having a money tree is a nice thing

B．the woman's children made her dream come true

C．the woman herself was rich enough to have a garden

　　The book gives ways to help teens understand their parents. When you think“my parents don't want me to have any fun,”that usually means your parents want you to be safe. Both parents and children have needs. They need to feel riley are important and loved.

根据短文内容判断正（T）误（F）。

(3) When you think“my parents don't want me to have any fun,”that usually means your parents want you to be safe.

(5) Closing the Gap is a book for the old.　　　　    (　　)