“What’s the matter, mum?” When I came home yesterday, I found my mother was unhappy. It was unusual—she usually opened the door and welcomed me with a smile. “She’s dying (死),” mum said sadly. I knew what she said. The tulip (郁金香), mother’s favorite, was dying.
A month ago, we moved into our new house and mum bought a very beautiful tulip. Mum liked it very much. Every time she was free, she would sit near the tulip and enjoyed its beautiful color and nice smell. She treated (对待) it like a baby and looked after it carefully. She put the tulip by window and moved it from one place to another to give the tulip enough sunshine. Every morning the first thing she did was to water the tulip. Mum also fertilized (施肥) it many times. She hoped the tulip would become more and more beautiful and stronger. But the tulip was dying because of too much sunshine, water and fertilizer.
It’s true that mother loved the tulip. But this kind of love can be harmful (伤害的). Love can sometimes kill (杀害) what you love.
小题1:Yesterday the writer found that __________.
A. his mother was sad
B. his home was as usual as before
C. his mother bought a tulip.
小题2:The sentence “She’s dying ” means __________ was dying soon.
A. the mother        B. the tulip          C. a baby
小题3:Which of the following is NOT true about the mother?
A. Every afternoon she watered the tulip.
B. She looked after the tulip carefully.
C. She moved the tulip everywhere to give it enough sunshine.
小题4:Why was the tulip dying in the end? Because __________.
A. she forgot to water it
B. she never fertilized it
C. she gave it too much sunshine, water and fertilizer
小题5:What does the writer want to tell us?
A. Love is important to everyone.
B. Everyone should love his mother.
C. Not all of love is good for us.

When Christie Andrews was born, she weighed less that half of one kilogram. Her heart was the size of a large coin. Her mother said Christie was so small that she could hold her in the palm of one hand.
Christie couldn’t breathe without a machine to give her oxygen. If she had been born 20 years earlier, she would probably have died at once. She needed two operations, but she survived without serious damage.
Twenty years ago , 90% of all premature(早产) babies died. Today, doctors manage to save four out of every five, because they have better machines for breathing and better ways to feed the babies.
But saving Christie’s life cost more than $ 400,000. In some cases, doctors spend 1 million dollars saving a single child. The parents usually don’t have enough money to pay. The government, an insurance company or the hospital picks up the bill. Even after a baby goes home from the hospital, it may require medical care.
Some people think it makes more sense to spend money saving 10 adults who have cancer or other diseases than saving one small baby. But nobody wants to be the doctor who has to tell parents to their faces, “Sorry, I won’t save your new child.”
小题1: Parents don’t pay their babies’ hospital bills because        .

A．they don’t have enough money

B．they would rather save cancer patients

C．doctors don’t care if the babies die

D．it makes more sense to have a bigger baby

小题2:The true cost of saving a baby may be even more than 1 million because        .

A．oxygen machine are expensive

B．the baby may require medical care after it leaves the hospital

C．doctors always charge more than they should

D．four out of five premature babies can now be saved

小题3:From the story we know that saving a cancer patient        .

A．is easier than saving a baby	B．is harder than saving a baby
C．is cheaper than saving a baby	D．is more common than saving a baby

小题4:The main idea of the article is        .

A．doctors must never decide whether to save babies or cancer patients

B．doctors are able to save premature babies, but the cost is very high

C．having a premature baby was cheaper and safer 20 years ago

D．Christie survived because the hospital paid her bills

One day Tom borrowed a pot（罐） from his neighbour, Ali. The next day he brought it back with another little pot inside.
“That’s not mine,” said Ali.
“Yes, it is.” said Tom, “While your pot was staying with me, it had a baby.”
Some time later, Tom asked Ali to lend him a pot again. Ali said yes, hoping that he would once again get two pots in return. However, days passed and Tom still did not give the pot back. Finally Ali was angry and went to ask for it.
“I am sorry,” said Tom, “I can’t give it back to you because it died.”
“Died!” cried Ali, “How can a pot die?”
“Well,” said Tom, “you believed me when I told you that your pot had a baby.”
小题1:Who was the owner of the pot?

A．Tom.

B．Tom and Ali.

C．The baby.

D．Ali.

小题2:How many times did Tom borrow the pot?

A．Once.

B．Twice.

C．Three time.

D．Some times.

小题3:Why was the neighbor happy to lend his pot a second time?

A．Because he wanted to get more.	B．Because he was a good neighbour.
C．Because he had lots of pots.	D．Because he likes to help others.

小题4: What maybe happened to the pot at last?

A．It died.	B．The neighbour took it back.
C．It was lost. .	D．Somebody else bought it from Tom.

小题1:How many famous Chinese ____________/ ?ra?t?(r) z / names do you know ?
小题2:Look! The __________________/ 'fi?me?l / giant panda will have a baby .
小题3: Chinese ___________/ 'g?v?nm?nt / took action to help the poor areas in Northwest China .
小题4: I like this mirror , because it’s _________________/ ?'regj?l?(r) /.
小题5:My e-mail _________________/ ?'dres / is Linda@sina.com.