Mrs. Black is sixty-nine years old. She only has a daughter named Sandra. Mr. Black died twelve years ago. Mrs. Black was very sad and lived in her house alone. Two years ago her daughter had a baby. The young woman was busy all the time and had no time to look after her son James. She asked her mother to live with them. The old woman had to sell her house and moved there. She was strong and could do all the housework. And the family liked her.

Last autumn Mrs. Black went to do some shopping. A car hit her and her leg was hurt. She had to be in hospital for three months. She couldn't do anything after she came back.

At first her daughter was kind to her, but soon she began to be tired of (厌) her. The old woman wanted to leave, but she had no money to buy a house and nobody could take care of her. She didn't know what to do.

One morning Mrs. Black broke a plate. It made her daughter angry. She told James to buy a wooden  plate for his grandma. That afternoon James came back with two wooden plates. She was surprised and asked, "Why did you buy two plates, son ""One is for grandma," answered the boy, "the other is for you! You will also have to use a wooden plate when you're old, I think."

The woman heard this and was sad. She cried for long. Now she is kind to her mother as she was before.

1.Sandra asked her mother to live with them because ____   __.

A.the old woman lived alone

B.she needed her help

C.the old woman couldn't look after herself

D.the old woman could give her much money

2. The family liked Mrs. Black at first because __   ____.

A.she was very rich

B.she could watch their door

C.she could do all the housework for them

D.she was friendly to them all

3.Mrs. Black couldn’t leave her daughter’s house because ___    ___ .

A.she had no house to live in

B.Her daughter’s family didn’t like her any longer

C.Sandra couldn't go to see her anymore

D.She could help her daughter do all the housework

4.James bought a wooden plate for his mother because _____    _.

A.he didn't love her

B.he liked it

C.he hoped she would be kind to his grandma

D.she often broke the plates at home

5.Sandra is kind to her mother again because ____    __.

A.she knows she did wrong               B.she was afraid of her son

C.the old woman is poor                 D.it's her duty

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Do your parents make you do lots of after-school activities? My parents did. I used to listen to them. But now, I decide to think for    .

My parents made me do a lot of after-school activities: taking guitar lessons, taking    class, playing tennis and doing different kinds of other things. I didn’t like many of them. I often asked my parents to stop     me. This year, I will stop some activities. I decide to    the guitar because I don’t like to play it at all. I think I can learn English by myself at home,     I won’t go to the English class any more.

My mother doesn’t think that I get enough     . But I don’t think so. I walk two miles to school every day. I think that is     for me. So I don’t want to play tennis. One day, my mother   me to go to a swimming club, but I refused. She was    and said,“The more you study, the more skills you will have, and then the more independent you will be.    she’s right, but I really don’t want to go.

Dear friends, am I right? What will you do if you meet the situation?

1.A.herself        B.themselves       C.myself        D.ourselves

2.A.Chinese        B.English          C.math          D.science

3.A.dropping       B.offering         C.beating      D.pushing

4.A.give up        B.make up         C.take up       D.set up

5.A.and           B.so               C.but           D.or

6.A.exercise       B.food            C.sleep       D.study

7.A.bad           B.easy             C.important     D.enough

8.A.allowed       B.hated           C.asked       D.helped

9.A.nervous       B.excited          C.angry       D.glad

10.A.Instead       B.Maybe           C.However       D.Anyway

-- How does John usually go to school? --- He ________ ride a bike, but now he ________ there.

A. used to; is used to walk

B. was used to; is used to walking

C. was used to; used to walk

D. used to; is used to walking

---This pair of shoes ____ belong to Jack. He likes this kind very much.

--- It ____ be his. It’s too large for him.

A. can; can’t      B. may; needn’t

C. must; mustn’t    D. must; can’t

We are trying to help those children _____ lost their parents in Yushu, Qinghai Province.

A. which   B. when     C. who    D. whose

Flowers____________ along the road last year.

A. plant           B. planted

C. are planted     D. were planted

Could you tell me ________？

A.when will the meeting start

B.when the meeting will start

C.the meeting will start when

D.the meeting when will start

I can play the piano，and        .

A. neither can my sister   B. my sister can’t，too

C. so can my sister         D. can my sister，either

Learning to write is learning to think. You don’t know things clearly         you can write them down.

A. unless   B. if     C. since     D. whether

I always tell my students     on the road because it’s really dangerous.

A. not to play    B. to play not

C. not playing   D. not play