（    ）9．A．strong           B．pretty                  C．weak              D．dying

    （    ）8．A．were              B．is                 C．are                 D．was

    （    ）7．A．water             B．fertilizer         C．sunshine         D．air

    （    ）6．A．looked for               B．looked after     C．looked up        D．looked around

    （    ）5．A．tulip              B．cat               C．dog               D．sofa

    （    ）4．A．have moved      B．are moving      C．move              D．moved

    （    ）3．A．when             B．where           C．what               D．why

    （    ）2．A．at                         B．with             C．for                 D．on

    （    ）1．A．mother           B．father                  C．brother           D．sister

    5．Is she afraid of performing in public?                                              

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   abroad，luck，success，comfort，happy，mist，excite，break，die，bad

    It was an（1）        day to Mr Green．He got up very late in the morning．He wanted to drive to meet a woman．one of his old friends．This woman was coming from（2）        ．Mr    Green felt very（3）       ．It was cold，but he started his car（4）       ．He sat on the（5）            seat and drove his car to the airport．It was a little（6）        ．But Mr Black was so（7）        that he drove his car very fast．When he reached a corner，his car hit a large stone．He was hurt（8）        ，but he was not（9）        ．Of course he couldn’t meet his friend．His car was（10）        ．He himself was sent to a hospital nearby．

    “What’s the matter．Mum?”

    As soon as I enter the door，I realize that my 1   is unhappy．It’s unusual-she usually opens the door and welcomes me  2  a smile!

    “She’s dying，”mum says sadly．I know  3  she says．The tulip（郁金香），mother's favourite，is dying．

    A month ago，we  4  into our new house and Mum bought a very beautiful  5  ．Mum    liked it very much．Whenever she was free，she would sit in her armchair beside the tulip and enjoy its beautiful colour and inviting smell（气味）．

    She treated it like a baby and  6  it carefully．She put the tulip by the window and moved it from one place to another constantly to give the tulip enough  7  ．The first thing she did when she got up every morning  8  to water the tulip．Mum also fertilized（施肥）it many times．

    She hoped that with great care，the tulip would become more and more beautiful and  9  .   But unfortunately，the tulip is dying  10  too much sunshine，water and fertilizer．

    It’s true that mother loved the tulip．But this kind of love can be harmful．Love can sometimes kill what you love．