One afternoon after school,Jim and Kate were walking along the street.  46  they heard a loud noise.

  “Come on!”shouted Jim.“That sounds like an accident.Let’s    47  what has happened.”

   They ran to the place where the noise came ＿48＿．Ａs soon as they got there ,they

could see what had happened.A small car had knocked into the side of a truck.The accident

happened in a quiet street.Jim and Kate were the first ones to get to the accident.

49  else came.They found that both the car driver and the truck driver were hurt.Jane said,“We must be the only ones who saw the accident.Jim ,you run back down the road to Mrs Brown’s house quickly.Ask her to    50    the policeman and the ambulance.I’ll stay here.”

  Jim went off  51   he could.

  Kate could do nothing but wait.She knew that when people were hurt in an accident,they

shouldn’t be  52   .

   Soon the police car and the ambulance 53   .The policemen got the car door open and they carried the car driver out.Then they got the truck driver out.The men weren’t seriously hurt,but they were both taken to hospital.The policemen  54 Jim and Kate ,“You were very good children to act so quickly 55   you saw the accident.Thank you

for your help.”And then Jim and Kate went home happily.

(   )46.A.Finally   B.Suddenly   C.Luckily   D.Carefully

(   )47.A.know      B.hear       C.think     D.see

(   )48.A.from      B.to         C.at        D.around

(   )49.A.Everyone  B.Somebody   C.Nobody    D.Anybody

(   )50.A.see       B.call       C.find      D.wait

(   )51.as far as   B.as fast as C.as long as D.as soon as

(   )52.A.moved     B.carried    C.changed   D.saved

(   )53.A.found     B.got        C.went      D.arrived

(   )54.A.liked     B.thanked    C.called    D. helped

(   )55.A.when     B.before     C.that      D.while

While Nick was on the bus reading his newspaper, the man sitting next to him suddenly pushed a large envelope（信封）into his hands. "Here, take this!" the man said, stood up and got off the bus before Nick could say a word.

    Nick sat there, holding the envelope. It felt heavy.  There was paper inside, or money perhaps. "I'd better hand it over to the police," he thought. There was a police station close to his office. But, as he got off the bus, a man came to him. He seemed to be waiting for something.   "He wants the envelope," Nick thought. Nick began to walk quickly, and the man hurried after him. Nick managed to lose the man in the crowd（人群）．When he entered the police station, the man was no longer in sight.

    Inside the police station, Nick handed over the envelope to the policeman who was on duty.  The man opened it. The envelope was full of money, false（假的）money.“Clearly the man made a mistake," the policeman said. "He thought you were one of the gang（团伙）!”

    “However," the policeman went on. "I'm afraid I must ask you to keep quiet about all this.  We are trying to catch some very clever thieves, and we don't want them to know that we have some of the money. So you mustn't say a word to anyone-not even to your boss!"

1. The man who suddenly gave Nick an envelope was most probably_______.

A. Nick's friend    B. the bus driver    C. a thief    D. a postman

2. As Nick got off the bus, a man came to him because_______.

A. he wanted to catch Nick

B. he thought Nick was a policeman

C. he wanted to give Nick some money

D. he thought Nick was one of their gang

3. By the last few sentences of the passage, we can infer that_______.

A. Nick let everyone know his wonderful story

B. Nick's boss was the last to know Nick's story

C. Nick would keep silent about what happened for some time

D. the gang already knew the police got some of the false money

For years I wanted a garden．I’d spend hours thinking of different things I could plant that would look nice together．
But then we had Matthew, and Marvin, and the twins Alisa and Alan, and then Helen．I was too busy raising them to grow a garden．
Money was not enough．Neither was time．Often when my children were little,
one of them would want something that cost too much, and I’d have to say, “Do you see a money tree outside? Money doesn't grow on trees, you know．”
Finally, all the children got through high school and college and were off on their own．I started thinking again about a garden．
Then, one spring morning, on Mother’s Day, I was working in my kitchen．Suddenly, I looked out of the window and there was a new tree, planted right in my yard．There were things blowing around on it．       Then I put my glasses on—and I couldn’t believe what I saw．
There was a money tree in my yard!
I went outside to look．It was true! There were dollar bills(帐单), one hundred of them, hanging all over that tree．There was also a note among them, “Thank you for your time, Mom．We love you!”
Later, my children bought me tools, ornaments, a sunflower stepping stone and gardening books．A new page started in my life．
That was three years ago．My garden’s now very pretty, just like I wanted．When I go out and take care of my flowers, I don’t seem to miss my children as much as I once did．It feels like they’re right there with me．Now every year when winter comes, I look out of my window and think of the flowers I’ll see next spring in my little garden．I think about what my children did for me, and I get tears in my eyes—every time．
I’m still not sure that money grows on trees．But I know love does!
【小题1】How many children did the writer have?

For years I wanted a garden．I’d spend hours thinking of different things I could plant that would look nice together．

But then we had Matthew, and Marvin, and the twins Alisa and Alan, and then Helen．I was too busy raising them to grow a garden．

Money was not enough．Neither was time．Often when my children were little,

one of them would want something that cost too much, and I’d have to say, “Do you see a money tree outside? Money doesn't grow on trees, you know．”

Finally, all the children got through high school and college and were off on their own．I started thinking again about a garden．

Then, one spring morning, on Mother’s Day, I was working in my kitchen．Suddenly, I looked out of the window and there was a new tree, planted right in my yard．There were things blowing around on it．       Then I put my glasses on—and I couldn’t believe what I saw．

There was a money tree in my yard!

I went outside to look．It was true! There were dollar bills(帐单), one hundred of them, hanging all over that tree．There was also a note among them, “Thank you for your time, Mom．We love you!”

Later, my children bought me tools, ornaments, a sunflower stepping stone and gardening books．A new page started in my life．

That was three years ago．My garden’s now very pretty, just like I wanted．When I go out and take care of my flowers, I don’t seem to miss my children as much as I once did．It feels like they’re right there with me．Now every year when winter comes, I look out of my window and think of the flowers I’ll see next spring in my little garden．I think about what my children did for me, and I get tears in my eyes—every time．

I’m still not sure that money grows on trees．But I know love does!

1.How many children did the writer have?

A．Three            B．Four             C．Five              D．Six

2.What did the mother mean when she said “Money doesn’t grow on trees”?

A．She was too busy to plant a money tree at that time．

B．She had to save money so that she could have a garden．

C．It wasn’t easy for her to make money to raise all the children．

D．They didn’t have much money because the mother lost her job．

3.The “money tree” appeared in the writer’s yard _________．

A．before her children were born

B．one spring morning when the children were little

C．after the children went to school

D．on a Mother’s Day after the children left her

4.The children planted a money tree in their mother’s yard because _________．

A．their mother needed money badly

B．they wanted to show their love to their mother

C．it was time for them to give the money back to her

D．they wanted to live together with their mother forever