“What’s the matter, mum?” As soon as I enter the door, I find that my mother is   26  . It’s unusual, she usually    27  the door and welcomes me with a smile!

“She’s dying,” mum says sadly. I   28  what she says. The tulip (郁金香), mother’s   29 is dying.

A month ago, we moved   30  our new house and mum bought a very beautiful tulip. Mum liked it very much.   31  she was free, she would sit   32  her armchair beside the tulip and enjoys its beautiful colour   33  inviting smell.

She treated it like a baby and looked after it   34 . She put the tulip by window and moved it from one place to   35 to give the tulip enough sunshine. The first thing she did when she   36  every morning was   37 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   38  . But the tulip was dying   39  too much sunshine, water and fertilizer.

It’s true that mother loved the tulip. But this kind of love can be ___40___.Love can sometimes kill what you love.

1.A. happy      B. unhappy          C. pleased          D. pleasure

2.A. closes     B. opens            C. keeps            D. takes

3.A. know       B. love             C. think            D. find

4.A. favourite  B. hate             C. unlike           D. like

5.A. into       B. around           C. across           D. with

6.A. Though     B. Because          C. After            D. Whenever

7.A. at         B. in               C. on               D. under

8.A. but            B. and              C. for              D. or

9.A. happily        B. brightly         C. carefully        D. usually

10.A. other     B. place            C. two places       D. another

11.A. got up        B. made the bed     C. played piano     D. washed her face

12.A. to take       B. to cut           C. to water         D. to pull

13.A. dry           B. strong           C. wet              D. old

14.A. because       B. for              C. since            D. because of

15.A. helpful    B.useful           C. harmful           D.hopeful

I’m taking my computer test tomorrow.

         —________ !

         A. Come on               B. Well done

         C. Congratulations          D. Good luck

—Excuse me. Could you please tell me ________ ?

         —Sure. Go straight ahead. It is on your left.

A. where the bookstore is

B. where is the bookstore

C. how I got to the bookstore

D. how can I get to the bookstore

March 11th  was one of ______days in Japan,for the  big earthquake happened.

  A.sad   B.sadder     C.much sadder      D.the saddest

They are the best  books          I  have  read this year.

  A. who                B. that             C. these      D.those

----Is that Henry?

   ----No. He      here. He has gone to Australia.

  A. may be         B. mustn’t be          C. can’t be            D. might be

----What beautiful flowers!

   ----Yeah! They         well by my father.

  A. look after     B. looked after         C. looking after        D. are looked after

-Mum, why not         having hamburgers instead of dumplings?

   ----Good idea.

  A. practice           B. remember         C. forget           D. consider

You’ll fail your next exam          you start to work hard.

  A. because                B. unless               C. so               D. why

Don’t______all the milk,we need some for breakfast.

  A. take  up      B.get up           C.give up      D.use up