---Excuse me, I want to have my bike fixed, but I can’t find a repair shop.
--- I know ________ nearby. Come on, I’ll show you.

Mr. White looks out of the window. There is a little boy on the other side of the street. The boy  1  a piece of bread out of a bag and begins to eat it. There is a very thin dog  2  the street, too. The boy says to it, “Come on. I’m going to give you  3  bread.” The dog is very hungry and goes to him. But the boy  4  give it any bread. He kicks(踢)  5  god. It runs away, and the boy laughs.
Then Mr. White comes out of  6  home and says to the boy, “I’m going to give you a shilling(先令).” The boy is  7  and says, “Good.”
“Come here!” Mr. White says. The boy goes to him,  8  Mr. White doesn’t give him a shilling. He hits him  9  his stick(手杖).
The boy  10  and says, “Why do you hit me? I don’t ask you for any money.”
Mr. White says, “you know the god doesn’t ask you for any bread, but you kick it.”

It was Mother's Day，but the young mother was a little unhappy，because she was 800 miles away from her parents．In the morning she phoned her mother to wish her a happy Mother's Day，and her mother told her about the beautiful lilacs（丁香）in the garden．
Later that day，when she told her husband about the lilacs，he said，“I know where we can find all that you want．Get the children and come on．”So they went，driving down the country roads．
There on a small hill，they saw a lot of beautiful purple lilacs．The young woman ran quickly to enjoy the flowers．Carefully，she picked a few here and a few there．On their way home there was a smile on her face．
When they were passing a nursing home（养老院），the young woman saw an old granny sitting in a chair．She had no children with her．They stopped the car and the young woman walked to the old woman，put the flowers in her hands，and smiled at her．The old granny thanked her again and again．She smiled happily，too．
When the young mother came back to her car，her children asked her，“Who is that old granny？Why did you give our flowers to her？”
“I don't know her，”their mother said．“But it's Mother's Day，and she has no children．I have all of you，and I still have my mother．Just think how much those flowers meant to her.
【小题1】The young woman was a little unhappy on Mother's Day because _____.

完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

Monday morning is an important time at our school. All of the students go to the playground. We listen to music, and we  1 the national flag go up.

　 Usually, one student gives a talk on Monday mornings. One Monday last year, a boy gave the talk. He was   2 and excited! When I saw him, I wanted to have a try, too.

　 Can I really do it?

　 Last week, our teacher said our class should give the talk. My teacher   3 me, “I know you want to have a try. Next Monday morning, I want you to give the talk. Go and write something down.  4 for it, I’m sure you’ll do well.”

“Thank you.” I answered. It was such a great  5 for me! When I got home, I was excited. I wrote two pages for the talk. I read them again and again. When I read, I asked my parents  6 . I wanted to make my teacher happy.

Finally Monday morning came. I began to feel  7 .

When did I last give a talk to  8 many people? Never! This was my first time. Could I really  9 it? Maybe I couldn’t finish the talk.

When I got to school, we all went out to the playground. I  10 in front of everyone. I opened my mouth, but I couldn’t say anything.

“Take it easy,” I said to  11 . “Don’t be nervous. You can do it.”

Just then, I looked down at everyone. I saw about 1,000 eyes. They were all looking at me ! I couldn’t  12  stand up.

I took a look at their eyes more carefully. Their eyes seemed to say, “You can do it! Come on!   13 afraid, just talk!”

I took a big breath. Then I began to talk. It wasn’t hard. It was easy.

I don’t know 14 I finished my talk, but I tried my best to do it. I felt so good that day. I showed myself  15 everyone what I can do.

1.                A．watch          B．see            C．notice    D．look at

2.                A．surprised       B．proud          C．bored    D．careful

3.                A．spoke          B．asked for        C．said to    D．showed

4.                A．Look out        B．Come on        C．Take care D．Get ready

5.                A．chance         B．news           C．time D．message

6.                A．to do          B．to listen         C．to see    D．to play

7.                A．excited         B．happy          C．nervous  D．surprised

8.                A．after           B．such           C．before   D．so

9.                A．do            B．speak          C．talk  D．take

10.               A．sat            B．stood          C．jumped   D．ran

11.               A．me            B．myself         C．my class   D．my parents

12.               A．be able to       B．hardly          C．never D．even

13.               A．Not be         B．Don’t         C．Don’tbe  D．Not

14.               A．where         B．how           C．why  D．whether

15.               A．with           B．at             C．to    D．for

根据下列句子及所给单词的首字母，在答题卷上按题号写出各单词的完全形式（每空限填一词）。

1. It’s not polite to touch others’ things w________ asking.

2.You won’t pass the exam u_______ you work harder.

3.Don’t be so u_________ .We can help you. It’s just a piece of cake.

4.Can you o__________ the party games?

5.Thank you for your i__________. I’ll come on time.

6.In English, we say s_________ a problem is like cutting it in half.

7.I phoned the restaurant to see if there were any boxes a________.

8.It’s n__________ for us to exercise an hour every day.

9.Come in and sit sown. Help y_________ to some oranges, children.

10.The e__________ is getting worse and worse. We must plant more trees to make it more beautiful and healthier.