People in the United States honor their parents with two special days：Mother’s Day, on the second Sunday in May, and Father’s Day, on the third Sunday in June. These days are set aside to show love and respect for parents. They raise their children and educate them to be responsible citizens. They give love and care. These two days make us think about the changing roles of mothers and fathers. More mothers now work outside the home. More fathers must help with child care.
These two special days are celebrated in many different ways. On Mother’s Day people wear carnations. A red one symbolizes a living mother. A white one shows that the mother is dead. Many people attend religious services to honor parents. It is also a day when people whose parents are dead visit the cemetery(墓地).On these days families get together at home, as well as in restaurants. They often have outdoor barbecues for Father’s Day. These are days of fun and good feelings and memories.
Another tradition is to give cards and gifts. Children make them in school. Many people make their own presents. These are valued more than the ones bought in stores. It is not the value of the gift that is important, but it is “the thought that counts”. Greeting card stores, florists, candy makers, bakeries, telephone companies, and other stores do a lot of business during these holidays.
1.Which of the following is NOT a reason for children to show love and respect for parents?
A. Parents bring up children. B. Parents give love and care to children.
C. Parents educate children to be good persons. D. Parents pass away before children grow up.
2.Which do you think is right about “carnation”?
A. It has only two kinds of colors.
B. It refers to the special clothes people wear on Mother’s Day or Father’s Day.
C. It’s a kind of flower showing love and best wishes.
D. People can wear carnations only on the second Sunday in May.
3.What do you know from the passage?
A. Mother’s Day and Father’s Day are both in May. B. Fewer women worked outside the home in the past.
C. Not all the children respect their parents D. Fathers are not as important as mothers at home.
4.On Mother’s Day and Father’s Day, _______.
A. people usually have family parties B. everyone goes to visit the cemetery
C. children always go to parents’ home D. hand-made cards are the most valuable gifts
Two thieves came to a house to steal something. They dug a hole in the wall of the house.
There lived many mice in the house. The woman in the moonlight saw a mouse crawl(爬行) into the house. “Look! In comes one,” she said to the man in the house. He was so frightened that he hurriedly crawled out of the house and said to the one waiting outside, “She found me when I was just in.” But the thief outside didn’t believe him, so he said; “Let us two try to crawl into the house together.” At that time two mice happened to crawl into the house, too. The woman saw the mice and shouted, “In come two, catch them!” The two thieves were terribly frightened. The man in the house said, “You saw them come in but where are they? I will catch them tonight.” The two thieves started running away at once.
The two thieves wanted to make it clear whether they had been found or not the night before. The next day they acted as men selling sweet potatoes and came before the house. The man and the woman were ploughing in their fields. The rein(缰绳)broke and the woman came home for a rope. She saw two men selling sweet potatoes and wanted to buy some. She picked out two which looked like mice. At the time the man couldn’t wait for her any longer in the fields and he ran back from the fields to hurry her up. The woman showed the sweet potatoes to the man and said, “How they look like the two of last night.” The man said, “I asked you to fetch a rope, why don’t you hurry for it?” The two thieves ran away very quickly without their sweet potatoes.
1.The two thieves failed to steal anything from the house because_______.
A. they were found out B. they were frightened by what they had heard in the house
C. they didn’t work together well with each other D. mice stopped them from doing so
2.From the last paragraph, we know that_______.
A. the two thieves were famous selling sweet potatoes
B. the woman recognized the two thieves
C. the woman pretended to know nothing about the two thieves and made fun of them
D. the two thieves didn’t know that they were not found at all
3.The woman said, “How they look like the two of last night.” Here “the two” refers to_______.
A. the two thieves B. nothing C. the mice D. the ropes
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How Americans Began to Eat Tomatoes
People have strange ideas about food. For example, the tomato is a kind of very delicious vegetable. It is one of useful plants that can be prepared in many ways. It has rich nutrition and vitamin in it. But in the 18th century, Americans never ate tomatoes. They grew them in their gardens because tomato plants are so pretty. But they thought the vegetable was poisonous (有毒的). They called tomatoes “poison apples.”
President Thomas Jefferson, however, knew that tomatoes were good to eat. He was a learned man. He had been to Paris, where he learned to love the taste of tomatoes. He grew many kinds of tomatoes in his garden. The President taught his cook a way for a cream of tomato soup. This beautiful pink soup was served at the President’s party. The guests thought the soup tasted really good. They never thought their president would serve his honored guests poison apples. Jefferson never spoke to his honored (忠实的) guests about the fact.
1.After you read the passage, which of the following do you think is true?
A. Americans never ate tomatoes after they began to plant them.
B. Americans didn’t eat tomatoes before 19th century.
C. Even now Americans don’t eat tomatoes.
D. In the 18th century Americans ate a lot of tomatoes.
2.The passage tells us that Jefferson was a President who learned to love the taste of tomatoes .
A. while he was in Paris B. when he was a little boy
C. because his parents told him so D. from books
3.According to the text, _______ made the beautiful pink soup served at the President’s party?
A. the President himself B. a French cook C. the President’s cook D. the President’s wife
4.From the passage we know all the honored guests invited by Jefferson were .
A. people from other countries B. from France C. people of his own country D. men only
5.According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?
A. All of the guests knew the soup that was served at the President’s party was made of tomatoes.
B. All of the guests thought the soup which was prepared by the President’s cook was nice.
C. All of the guests thought the taste of the beautiful pink soup was nice.
D. None of the guests knew that their president would serve his honored guests poison apples.
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You have been away from us for three years; you told us a lie which I came to know not long ago. On this special day for teachers across the country, I can 1control myself from telling your white lie to those who would listen to me.
Do you still remember the happy 2about six years ago? We fixed our eyes on you at your 3.You, a beautiful young lady, 4us that you would live in our village.
Soon after, we began to find you were part of your students and their simple honest parents. The villagers found their children 5more time on their books 6after doing their homework and housework. Yet they still 7that one day you might leave. You 8a smile all the time, which reduced to some degree their 9of your leaving. You tried all your best in 10your students, helping them not only in their studies but also in their money for school. You often put the importance to us the 11of one’s life, so that must have been what you 12after in those five years.
One cold morning when class began, you 13the room as if you had been crying 14.In your class, we 15but looked away from your eyes. You 16for some time as if you were 17to find the right word. You said you would go away and would never be back to teach because your boyfriend wanted you more….
On the following morning, we 18you the very best and the villagers gave you their 19.The train took you away and your broken 20.
On other day I heard my parents chatting that you had lung cancer and left the world.
1.A soon B. seldom C. hardly D. forever
2.A.scene B. sign C. silence D. situation
3.A.speech B. arrival C. existence D. explanation
4.A.promised B. came C. proved D. replied
5.A.paid B. spent C. made D. cost
6.A.even B. never C. long D. but
7.A.forbade B. feared C. made D. allowed
8.A.wore B. gained C. presented D. pretended
9.A.trouble B. puzzle C. question D. worry
10.A.teaching B. field C. middle D. course
11.A.necessary B. method C. value D. reason
12.A.were B. guessed C. supposed D. met
13.A.entered B. arrived C. left D. returned
14.A.friendly B. bitterly C. happily D. angrily
15.A.listened B. described C. discussed D. talked
16.A.laughed B. stopped C. explained D. spoke
17.A.manage B. beginning C. come D. trying
18.A.expected B. brought C. wished D. hoped
19.A.thanks B. rewards C. expressions D. satisfactions
20.A.class B. memory C. heart D. body
It is so wet there that the trees are extremely tall, some over 90 meters.
A. measuring B. measured C. to measure D. measures
