请先阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出一个最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。   

     Mother’s Day is celebrated in the US. It is also a holiday in some other countries. It is on the second Sunday in May. It is a day to thank mothers. __ that day mothers usually __ flowers and cards. On the cards, children will write “Thanks, Mom”, “To the best mother __.”, “Best __ for Mother’s Day” and so on.

    Where does the idea for the holiday __? We should thank Miss Anna Mjarvis. She brought up the idea of having such a day. She lived in West Virginia. Her mother __ on May 9, 1905.

She had a deep love to her mother. She __ letters to some important persons. In her letters, she asked them to decide a day for __ mothers. Then Mother’s Day was made on the second Sunday in May by the US in 1913.

    On Mother’s Day, children give presents to their mothers, __ the whole family go out and try to do __ for their mothers.

1.A. On                               B. At                  C. In                    D. Of

2.A. buy                           B. receive           C. send                        D. borrow

3.A. in China                   B. in the family   C. on earth                  D. in the world

4.A. presents                       B. dishes                      C. wishes                     D. cards

5.A. comes from                 B. is from           C. come from             D. came from

6.A. died                     B. dead                        C. is dead                    D. die

7.A. wrote                            B. writes                      C. sends                       D. received

8.A. both                     B. all                    C. every                       D. only her

9.A. or                                   B. but                           C. then                         D. yet

10.A. nothing nice              B. nice everything     C. something nice      D. nice something

根据短文内容，选择最佳答案，并将其标号填入题前括号内。
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 phone 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 flowers to her ?”“I don’t kown 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_______.

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阅读对话或短文选择正确答案填空

Lily: Hello！ This is Lily speaking. Is that Kate?

Kate: Yes, it is. Hi！ Lily！

Lily: Hi！ There’s a meeting this afternoon in our classroom. Can you come, Kate?

Kate: I’m afraid I can’t. My mother isn’t feeling well today. I must help her with the housework and look after my little brother.

Lily: I’m sorry to hear that. But it doesn’t matter. I think you’d better stay at home.

Kate: Thank you. By the way, what’s the meeting about?

Lily: it’s about the basketball game. We’re going to play against（对抗）Class Three.

Kate: That’s great！

Lily: I got a letter from Uncle Wu yesterday. And a color photo, too.

Kate: Er… but who’s Uncle Wu?

Lily: A farmer on the Jinxing Farm. Don’t you remember?

Kate: Oh, yes. He was very friendly to us when we worked there last September.

Lily: it’s a very nice photo. We’re carrying rice in the photo.

Kate: Please bring it to school tomorrow morning.

Lily: OK！ Bye！

Kate: Bye！

1.Kate can’t go to the meeting because ____.

A. she isn’t feeling well  B. she has a lot of homework to do 

C. her mother isn’t at home  D. her mother is ill

2.The meeting is about ____.

 A. a color photo  B. the football game  C. Uncle Wu  D. the basketball game

3.Uncle Wu is a ____.

 A. worker  B. doctor  C. farmer  D. teacher

4.Kate and Lily went to the Jinxing Farm to help with ____.

 A. picking apples  B. summer harvest  C. growing vegetables  D. autumn harvest

4.Kate and Lily went to the Jinxing Farm to help with ____.

 A. picking apples  B. summer harvest  C. growing vegetables  D. autumn harvest

5.Which of the following is TRUE?

 A. The photo is black and white.  B. Kate and Lily aren’t in Class Three. 

C. Kate’s little brother is ill     D. Uncle Wu is a bad man.

根据短文内容和首字母提示，在下文空格处填入适当的词使短文完整。在答题卡标有题号的横线上，写出空缺处各单词的正确形式。（每空一词）

It was very cold. It was snowing fast and almost dark; the evening—the last evening of the old year was drawing in. In the cold and darkness there went along the street a poor little girl, w_1.__a cap and shoes. When she l___2.__ her home she had shoes on . H___3.___ , they were much too large for her f___4.____ ---shoes that her mother had used till then and the poor little girl l__5.___ them when she was running across the street when two carriages(四轮马车) were p__6.___ by terribly fast. When she looked for them, one was not to be found, and a boy hid the o___7.____ and ran away with it, saying he would use it as a house for his mouse.

   In the old c__8.___ that she wore were boxes of matches, and she carried a box also in her hand. No one had bought so much as a box all the long day, and no one had g___9.___her even a penny.

   Poor little girl, shaking with cold and hunger, she walked slowly, q__10.____  and carefully along , a perfect picture of great unhappiness.

—Oh, Mary is not here these days. Is she ill?
—    Her mother told me that she was in hospital.