It was Mother’s Day. John was so busy with his work that he couldn’t go back home. When he walked by a flower shop in the evening, an idea came to his mind. “I’ll send Mum some roses (玫瑰).”
While John was picking his flowers, a young man went inside. “How many roses can I get for only five dollars, Madam?” he asked. The shop assistant told him that roses were as expensive as forty dollars a dozen (一打). Maybe he would be happy with carnations(康乃馨). She told him they were a lot cheaper than roses.
“No, I have to have red roses,” he said, “My mum was badly ill last year and I didn’t get to spend much time with her. Now I want to get something special, it has to be roses, as the rose is her favorite.”
After hearing this, John said he would pay the rest of the money for the young man. Moved by both of them, the shop assistant said, “Well, lovely young men, thirty dollars a dozen, only for you two.” Taking the roses, the young man almost jumped into the air. He thanked John, and ran out of the shop. It was well worth twenty-five dollars John paid to see the exciting moment. Then John paid for his dozen of roses and told the shop assistant to send them to his mother.
As he walked out, he felt nice. Suddenly he saw the young man crossing the street and going into a park. But soon he realized it was not a park but a cemetery (墓地). Crying, the young man carefully laid the roses, “Mum, oh, Mum, why didn’t I tell you how much I loved you? God, please help me find my mum and tell her I love her.”
Seeing this, John turned and quickly walked back to the shop. He would take the flowers home himself.
1.The shop assistant tried to ask the young man to buy carnations instead of roses because _____.
A．there were not enough roses in the shop
B．carnations were much nicer than roses
C．roses were more expensive than carnations
D．carnations were special flowers for Mother’s Day
2.John spent _______ in the flower shop that day.
A．$5 B．$25 C．$ 45 D．$ 55
3.The young man cried at the cemetery because he _______.
A．had spent all his money on the roses
B．wasn’t able to tell his mother he loved her himself
C．felt sorry to ask John to pay for his flowers
D．hadn’t got enough money for his sick mother
4.At last John decided to take the roses home himself because he wanted to _______.
A．tell his mother he loved her
B．ask his mother for more money
C．tell his mother the young man’s story
D．ask his mother if she liked roses
5.The writer wrote this passage to tell us “_______”.
A．Buy roses for your mother when she is ill
B．Let your mother know how much you love her
C．Work hard to get more money for your mother
D．Send your mother flowers on Mother’s Day
The ideal (理想的) teacher may be young or old, tall or short, fat or thin. He should ______ his subject very well and like learning something about other subjects. The ideal teacher must be full of strong feelings of wonder or interest. He must ____ teach anything he himself is not ___ in. He should be like a man who can act and should not be afraid to ____ his feelings and tell other people what he likes and what he doesn't like clearly. He must like his students and respect them, and he must also respect himself and be proud of his work. __ he doesn’t, he cannot respect his students and _ respect from them. The ideal teacher should have an ___ of his students and be able to get on well with them. He needs students’understanding, too. The ideal teacher should be kind and ____ and he should give hope to his students to learn knowledge. The ideal teacher should see his students’ ___ so that he can know how to encourage the growth of ____ of his students. The ideal teacher is one who grows, learns, and makes himself better along with his students.
So what about the teacher around you?
1.A. like B. know C .choose D. remember
2.A. never B. ever C. even D. still
3.A. weak B. well C. interested D. strict
4.A. hold B. show C. pass D. keep
5.A. Since B. As C. If D. Because
6.A. give B. lose C. change D. win
7.A. excuse B. idea C. exercise D. understanding
8.A. forgetful B. helpful C. quick D. lucky
9.A. lists B. mistakes C. cards D. differences
10.A. each B. every C. one D. either
--- I will go to the countryside to see my grandmother this afternoon, so I can’t go swimming with you .
--- ______ .
A. It’s my pleasure. B. You are welcome. C. That’s a pity. D. Sure, I am.
As we all know, the number of Tibetan antelopes(藏羚羊) ________ becoming ___________.
A. is; less and less B. are; less and less
C. is; smaller and smaller D. are; smaller and smaller
He didn’t listen to the teacher carefully, __________, he couldn’t answer the questions.
A. for example B. even though C. as a result D. as usual
All the _________ things need air and water. Without air or water, nothing can stay _______.
A. living; living B. living; alive C. alive; alive D. alive; living
