I usually get up at 5:00. I make coffee, go to my desk and work. When my boys get up, I’m theirs. I follow the min to the kitchen and make them breakfast. While they’re eating, I make their lunch, pick out their school clothes and get the little one dressed.

    My wife takes them to school. I bring them home. I am not the only father at the school gate. The boys and I walk the 12 blocks home unless the weather is terrible. Then we take the subway. I remind them of looking out, like an animal looking after their babies.

    At home, they play on the computer and the little one will draw, sometimes for hours. When their mother comes home, they run to her. She has been in the official day and tired, but her attention is all on them.

    I have made dinner. We sit down and eat together. After they do their homework, Karen takes them to bed. I listen to the noise of the boys’ and their mother’s voice.

    One afternoon when we were on the way home from school, the boys and I stopped at the clothing store. The saleswoman looked at the boys and said to me in a low voice, “You’re Mr. Mom, aren’t you?” I felt very angry. I’m not Mr. Mom. That’s not how I look at myself. The boys have a mother, a wonderful mother. She works outside the home, I work in the home. We are parents together. I’m a father!

    1.The first paragraph talks about_____________.

    A. what the children have for breakfast    B. how busy the man is in the morning

    C. why the man cooks lunch    D. when the children go to school

    2.We know from the second paragraph that_____________.

    A. they take the subway to school when the weather is bad

    B. the man drives a car and his wife walks to work

    C. the man goes to meet the boys before school is over

    D. it doesn’t take them long to arrive home

   3.Paragraph 3 tells us that __________.

    A. the children’s mother is very strict with them

    B. the man’s wife works in an office very near the school

    C. the children’s mother used to be back hours later than them.

    D. the man has three or more children and the youngest loves drawing

   4.We learn from the last two paragraphs________________.

    A. what the saleswoman said has hurt the man a lot

    B. before the children get to sleep, the man’s wife tells stories

    C. what the man hast o do from morning to night everyday

    D. the man’s wife is Karen and she talks a lot

   5.This passage tells us_____________.

    A. never to call a man Mr. Mom

    B. the man doesn’t enjoy working at home

    C. something about the children’s school life

    D. what kind of people the man and his wife are

1.I never feel ____________ (bore) when he is with me, because he’s very funny.

2.I think the food my mother cooks is ____________ (tasty) of all.

3.Could you tell me the _______________ (high) of the building?

4.They decided ________________(not go) to the park because they had too much work to do.

5.___________ (able) to sleep, I got up and made myself a drink.

6.-- Didn’t you hear the doorbell, dear?  --Sorry. I______________ (listen) to Pop music.

7.Some wild animals are in danger of the _______________ (lose) of living areas.

8.There are more and more ______________ (nature) disasters in the world.

9.Many birds can live _______________ (comfortable) in Zhalong all year round.

10.I’ll watch the dolphin show alone if Tom _____________ (be not) free tomorrow.

11.Tim and I are good friends, and we keep our secrets to _____________(we).

12.--Would you like to see the maple (枫树) ______________ (leaf) in Hongmei Park ?

   -- I’d love to!

13.All of the students were excited at Yao Ming’s ______________ (arrive)

14.Do you have a great time ____________ (chat) with each other during lunchtime?

15.Our English teacher encourages us ____________ (speak) English as much as possible.

1.The ____ Sunday in May is Mother's Day. (two)

2.The teacher told us not to go__alone in the river, (swim)

3.I want to be an__when I grow up. (invent)

4.Shouting in public is_. (polite)

5.We are ____ about the good news. (excite)

6.The___we exercise, the healthier we'll get. (much)

7.It is__that many drinks are bad for our health, (say)

8.As a student, we should listen to teachers_. (careful)

9.It is very cold outside. You had better____on a coat, (put)

10.He told me he_go to the Great Wall tomorrow, (will)