Let’s be honest. No matter how old we are, most of us love it when our   1   do things for us. It makes our lives easier, and we have less to worry about.

Some parents are   2   doing almost everything for their children. They regard their older children （and sometimes even adults）   3   babies! It can be a very common problem in China．In big cities in China, most parents only have one child．Some parents care so much about the   4   of their children that they are afraid to let them go anywhere or do anything by themselves. As a result, their children   5   to learn social skills, and come to depend more on the parents!

     In fact, no children really enjoy being looked after by their parents all the time. No parents would be   6   , knowing that, as a result of too much care, their children don’t know about the world! Children need their own time to develop into adults and to learn   7   to deal with problems. Too much care spoils（破坏） their fun when they are growing up. And when suddenly they can’t   8   their parents, they will be in big trouble!

It is nice that parents   9   their care and attention to their children. It is nice that children know that their parents’ care and attention is the result of love. And it will be nicer if the children let their parents know how much love they really   10   , and how much love is too much. 

1. A．parents                     B．teachers             C．friends                   D．grandparents 

2. A．good at                     B．used to               C．interested in           D．worried about 

3. A．on                            B．with                   C．of                         D．as 

4. A．safety                       B．future                C．health                    D．grades

5. A．forget                       B．want                  C．decide                   D．fail

6. A．angry                        B．surprised            C．happy                    D．sad 

7. A．where                       B．how                   C．why                      D．what 

8. A．call up                      B．care about          C．depend on              D．look after

9. A．show                        B．bring                  C．make                     D．get

10. A．have                       B．take                   C．give                       D．need

Mr. Smith works in an office. He is very busy and has no time to have a good rest. Every evening, when he comes from his office, he’s always tired and wants to go to bed early. But his wife often has a lot of interesting things to tell him after supper. She doesn’t stop talking until she falls asleep, but it’s usually too late and Mr Smith has to get up in time in the morning when she is asleep.

One day the man felt terrible and couldn’t go to work. He decided to go to see a doctor. And Mrs Smith went to the hospital with him. Before her husband said what was the matter with him, the woman told the doctor all and the man understood why. He wrote out a prescription. And when Mr Smith brought the medicine to the resulting-room, the doctor said to her, “The bottle of medicine is for your husband and the pills are for you.”

“For me?” the woman said in surprise, “I’m fine. I don’t need any medicine!” “I don’t think so, madam,” said the doctor, “They are sleeping pills, your husband will soon be all right if you take them.”

1.What does Mrs Smith often do after supper?

A. She watches TV B. She does the chores

C. She begins talking D.She goes to bed early

2.Why does Mr. Smith have to get up when his wife is asleep in the morning?

A.Because he can’t fall asleep.

B. Because he has to go to work.

C. Because he doesn’t want to sleep.

D. Because his wife asks him to get up.

3.What does“prescription ” mean in Chinese?

A.建议 B.方式 C.要求 D.药方

4.Why couldn’t Mr. Smith go to work one day?

A.Because he didn’t want to work

B. Because his wife didn’t let him go

C. Because he felt ill

D. Because he was too tired to go to work

5.From the story, we know that___________________.

A. Mrs Smith was ill

B. Mr Smith has to take the pills

C. Mr Smithth wasn’t ill

D. Mrs Smith has to stop talking too much at night.

阅读理解

　　Penguins (企鹅) live together, but each pair has a little piece of ground of their own. When a penguin wants to walk through its neighbour's ground, it must ask permission (允许). If it does not, it will have to fight. Penguins come and go all day. They fight fish and look after their children.

　　All penguins are good parents－the male (雄性的) penguins are perhaps the best parents in the world. They walk in from the sea in the middle of the dark Antarctic water. They choose their wives in the dark. They can only hear them－not see them. Then the female (雌性的) penguins lay their eggs and go away for about two months. The males look after the eggs. If the eggs get cold, there will be no chicks (幼鸟). There is no food. The snow falls and the wind blows－sometimes at 150 kilometres an hour. The penguins do not move. When the females return from the sea, they will not remember their husbands. It does not matter. Only one thing matters－the eggs. Male penguins never fight－unless a penguin leaves a chick for a minute. Then they fight because they all want it. They are strange and wonderful birds.

1．From the passage we know that penguins usually lead ________ life.

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2．It seems interesting and unusual that the male penguins choose their wives ________.

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A．when the female penguins return from the sea

B．just by hearing in the darkness

C．each time they see the lovely females

D．after they have had their own grounds

3．It is ________ that take care of the eggs.

A．the male penguins

B．the female penguins

C．both the husbands and the wives

D．the penguins that lost in the fight

4．Only when ________ can a penguin walk through its neighbour's ground.

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A．it wins the fight

B．it has become a father

C．it gets married

D．it gets permission

5．Which of the following statements is NOT true?

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A．Female penguins often have their new husbands.

B．Male penguins fight when choosing their wives.

C．Female penguins take care of the eggs.

D．Male penguins use their ears to choose wives.