Sometimes I really doubt whether there is love between my parents. Every day they are very busy trying to earn money in order to pay the high tuition for my brother and me. They don’t act in the romantic ways that I read in books or I see on TV. In their opinion, “I love you” is too luxurious for them to say. Sending flowers to each other on Valentine’s Day is even more out of the question. Finally my father has a bad temper. When he’s very tired from the hard work, it is easy for him to lose his temper.　
　　One day, my mother was sewing a quilt. I silently sat down beside her and looked at her.　
　　“Mom, I have a question to ask you,” I said after a while.　
　　“What?” she replied, still doing her work.　
　　“Is there love between you and Dad?” I asked her in a very low voice.　
　　My mother stopped her work and raised her head with surprise in her eyes. She didn’t answer immediately. Then she bowed her head and continued to sew the quilt.　
　　I was very worried because I thought I had hurt her. I was in a great embarrassment and I didn't know what I should do. But at last I heard my mother say the following words:　
　　“Susan,” she said thoughtfully, “Look at this thread. Sometimes it appears, but most of it disappears in the quilt. The thread really makes the quilt strong and durable. If life is a quilt, then love should be a thread. It can hardly be seen anywhere or anytime, but it’s really there.”
　　I listened carefully but I couldn’t understand her until the next spring. At that time, my father suddenly got sick seriously. My mother had to stay with him in the hospital for a month. When they returned from the hospital, they both looked very pale. It seemed both of them had had a serious illness.
　　After they were back, every day in the morning and dusk, my mother helped my father walk slowly on the country road. My father had never been so gentle. It seemed they were the most harmonious couple. Along the country road, there were many beautiful flowers, green grass and trees. The sun gently glistened through the leaves. All of these made up the most beautiful picture in the world.
　　Once I thought love meant flowers, gifts and sweet kisses. But from this experience, I understand that love is just a thread in the quilt of our life, making life strong and warm.
　　thread: 线　　　 quilt: 被子
　　1. Why did the parents try to earn a lot of money?
　　A. To pay for the food.
　　B. To pay off the debt.
　　C. To pay for the hospital.
　　D. To pay the high tuition.

　　2. Which of the following is TRUE?
　　A. The parents sent flowers on Valentine’s day.
　　B. The parents liked to say “I love you.”
　　C. The father was too tired to have a good temper.
　　D. The mother had no job.

　　3. From the passage, we can know that _________.
　　A. the father made much money from his work
　　B. Susan couldn’t understand her mother
　　C. the parents always loved each other
　　D. the mother was worried about her husband

　　4. How did Susan feel towards her parents at last?
　　A. sad　　　　　 B. glad　　 　　C. worried　　　 D. easy

　　5. Which is the best title?
　　A. Love is inside.　　　　　　　　 B. Love is outside.
　　C. Love is seen everywhere.　　 　 D. Love is seen anytime.
　

下列各句有A、B、C、D四个画线部分，其中有一处错误，将其相应的字母标号填入句后的括号内，并加以改正。

1. She hurt her when she played with a knife.                      (    )          

      A   B          C    D

2. The boy was nine years old and yesterday was his nine birthday.     (    )          

          A      B      C                 D

3. They were made worked day and night those days.                (    )          

             A    B      C         D 

4. I won’t watch the TV play if my father let me do my homework.     (    )          

              A        B         C    D

5. Because he hurt his foot, so he could not play with us.              (    )          

            A      B  C                D

6. Few students could answer the question, couldn’t they?             (    )           

       A                B    C      D

7. I wrote a two-hundred-words composition in English but there were quite a few mistakes.

               A                    B       C            D (    )          

8. Sorry, my father isn’t at home. He has been to Nanjing.              (    )          

   A            B    C           D

9. It’s quite cold outside today. Why don’t stay at home watching TV?    (    )          

   A            B              C               D

10. No one has told us what to do it, so we need your help.              (    )          

       A            B    C    D

Each nation has many good people who help to take care of others．For example，some high school and college students in the U.S.A. often spend many hours as volunteers in the hospitals，orphanages（孤儿院）or rest homes．They read books to the people in these places，or they just visit them and play games with them or listen to their problems．

Other young volunteers go and work in the homes of people who are sick or old．They paint，clean up or repair their houses，do their shopping or mow（割；修剪）their lawns．For boys who no longer have fathers，there is an organization called Big Brothers．College students and other men take these boys to baseball games or fishing trip and help them get to know things that boys usually learn from their fathers．

Each city has a number of clubs where boys and girls can go to play games．Some of these clubs show films or organize short trips to the mountains or some places of interest．Most of these clubs use a lot of high school and college students as volunteers because they are young enough to know the problems and needs of young boys and girls．

Volunteers believe that some of the happiest people in the world are those who help to bring happiness to others．

根据短文内容，判断正（T）误（F）。

1.In America，it takes most of high school and college students little time to be volunteers in hospitals，orphanages or rest homes.

2.Some young volunteers can go and play in the homes of people who are sick or old.

3.If a boy has no father，he can get to know things that boys usually learn from their fathers in an organization called Big Brothers.

4.Most of the clubs don’t like to use the high school or college students as volunteers because they’re too young to remember anything.

5.If you bring happiness to others，you will feel happy too.

A; Tom! Come in, please.

B: hi! 1_____________________________________?

A: I’m looking for information about London on the Internet. I’m going to London for the London Olympic Games.

B: 2_________________________________________?

A: No, but my father has been there twice. He told me there were many places of interest there.

B: 3________________________________________?

A: I’m leaving before the London Olympic Games’ Opening Ceremony.

B: 4________________________________________?

A: I will go there by plane.

B: Have you ever flown in a plane?

A:5_________________________________________?

B: You must be excited when you fly in a plane.

A: Really? I can’t wait for it.