（  ） 2. What does the underlined word "cracks" mean in the text?

A. 缝隙        B. 表面       C. 夹层        D. 底部

（  ） 1. According to the passage, plants need __ things to grow well.

  A. two         B. three       C. four                D. five

（   ） 5. Of all her family members ______ enjoyed playing there most that Sunday

     A. Mr White    B. Mrs White     C. many     D. the boys

（4）

Why do plants grow in some places and not in others? Why does some land have so much growing on it, while other land has almost no plants growing on it at all?

To grow, plants need several things. One is warmth. In very cold places almost nothing grows. Plants also need water. In very dry parts of the Earth only a few unusual plants can grow. That's why dry deserts everywhere are almost not covered by trees or grass.

Plants must also have a place in which to put down their roots and grow. They find it difficult to grow on hard land. The town is built on hard land. The plants here have only the soil found between the cracks of the stones to grow in.

Another thing plants must have before they can grow is food.

What will happen if we try to make things grow on the sandy beach? A few plants such as beach grass will grow in sand, but most plants won't.  Even if the weather is warm enough and we water the plants each day, many of them will die because the sand on this beach has almost no food for plants.

（   ） 4. From the story we know Mrs White ______ when Mary asked her the question.

     A. was still excited to play                       B. was a little angry with Mr White

     C. looked for Mr White everywhere        D. ate a lot of sweets

（   ） 3. Mr White liked the place so much that he_________

     A. bought lots of sweets                   B. followed his wife all the time

     C. hurried from one thing to another        D. ate a lot of sweets

（   ）2. One Sunday, Mr and Mrs White wanted to go to _______ with their children.

     A. school      B. work        C. a funfair    D. a shop

（   ） 1. There were ______ children in the family.

     A. two        B. three        C. four        D. five

（  ） 5. From this passage, we know that_____________

A. Wars lived in a big house near the River Vistula before he met Sawa

B. Sawa was kind but not pretty.

C. Sawa gave Wars nothing but a sword

D. Wars named the city Warsaw to remember his first love

                                   （3）

Mr and Mrs White had two sons and three daughters. One Sunday, Mrs White said to her husband "The children don't have any lessons today, and you're free, too. There is a new funfair（游乐场） in the park. Let's all go there to play."

Her husband said, "I want to finish some work today." "Oh, forget it. Go there and make our children happy. That's the most important work." Mrs White said.

So Mr and Mrs White took their children to the funfair. Mr White was forty-five years old. but he enjoyed the funfair more than his children. He hurried from one thing to another, and ate lots of sweets. One of the children said to her mother, "Dad is just like a small child, isn't he, Mom?" Mrs White didn't want to follow her husband around any more at that time and answered. "He is even worse than a small child, Mary, because he might spend more money than a small child."

（  ） 4. The name of Poland's capital came from________________

     A. the name of a house              B. the name of a river

     C. the name or a mountain           D. the name of Wars and Sawa

 （  ）3. Sawa told Wars_______________

     A. they would marry later           B. they would leave together

     C. he would become a hero          D. he would get much money