Do you often think of your parents? You may say, “Of course, I  1 . I buy a present for my mother on Mother’s Day and on Father’s Day I give my father  2 ,too.” But what about the other days of the year?

I have a friend whose parents live in another city. One day I went to see her. We had a nice conversation . Then she wanted to  3 . So she dialed(拨号)the number, but then she put down the phone. After about fifteen  4 , she dialed the number again “Hi, Mom.”

Later I asked."  5  did you dial the number twice?” She smiled. “My parents are old and  6  . They can’t get close to the telephone quickly. I always do so when I call them. I just want to give them   7 time to answer the call.”

My friend is a good girl. She is  8  thinking about her parents. You also want to be a   9 child. Right? Please always remember to  10 your parents in every situation, not just on some important days.

1.	A．will B．do C．won’t D．don’t

 

2.	A．a cake B．a kiss C．some money D．a present

 

3.	A．make a call B．pay a visit C．have a rest D．go for a walk

 

4.	A．seconds B．minutes C．hours D．days

 

5.	A．How B．What C．Why D．When

 

6.	A．fast B．slow C．healthy D．careless

 

7.	A．little B．quick C．no D．enough

 

8.	A．always B．never C．seldom D．sometimes

 

9.	A．bad B．clever C．good D．sick

 

10.	A．think of B．look after C．ring up D．listen to

 

Do you think of your parents? "Yes, of course." You may answer, ¨I buy a present for my mother on      .And I give my father a present on Father's Day,       .” Then what about the other days of a year? Always       to think of your parents, not just on some important days.

I have a friend who     alone, because her parents live in another city. One day l went to see her. We had a nice chat. Then she wanted to make a       .She dialed the number, but then she put the phone      . After about ten seconds, she dialed the number again. "Hi, Mum…”

Later I asked, "Why did you dial the number      ?”she smiled, "My parents are old. They can not get close to the telephone      .I always do so when I call them. I just want to give them       time to answer the call."

My friend is a good girl. She is always       her parents. You also want to be a good child, right? So why not learn from her?

1.A. Father's Day             B. Mother's Day        C. Teachers' Day        D. Children's Day

2.A. too                             B. also                      C. either                  D. yet

3.A. refuse                       B. forget                  C. decide                 D. remember

4.A. lives                     B. stays                      C. plays                    D. works

5.A. face                  B. card                     C. call                       D. cake

6.A. up                              B. off               C. down                   D. on

7.A. once                B. twice                   C. several times      D. many times

8.A. lonely              B. slowly                  C. quietly                 D. quickly

9.A. few                       B. little                      C. enough      D. a lot

10.A. thinking about          B. laughing at          C. picking up           D. looking for

 

My family lives in London. In the morning, my father goes to work and we go to school. My father takes us to school every day. My mother stays at home. She does the housework. She always has lunch at home, and visits her friends in the afternoon. In the afternoon, we go home from school by bus. My father gets home from work late. At night my two brothers and I always do our homework. We go to bed at about ten. My father and my mother usually read newspapers. We can watch TV at the weekend.

3. ____ goes to work in the morning.

A. No one   B. We all    C. My father   D. My mother

4. ____ lunch at home.

  A. My mother has   B. My father has   C. Only the children have   D. All the family have

5. ____ home late.

  A. The children get   B. My father gets   C. My mother is not   D. My parents get  

6. There are ____ people in my family.

  A. three   B. four    C. five   D. six

 

Do you want to be a good child?

I have a friend whose parents live in another city. One day I went to see her. We had a nice conversation. Then she wanted to 21 . So she dialed the number , but then she put down the phone. After about fifteen seconds, she dialed the number again “I, Mom.”

Later I asked , “22 did you dial the number twice?”She smiled, “My parents are old and 23 . They can’t get close to the telephone quickly. I always do so when I call them. I just want to give them enough time to answer the call.”

My friend is a good girl. She is 24 thinking about her parents. You also want to be a good child, right? Please remember to 25 your parents in every situation, not just on some important days.

1.A. make a call   B. pay a visit   C. have a rest   D. have a walk

2.A. How           B. What          C. why           D. When

3.A. fast          B. slow          C. healthy       D. careless

4.A. always        B. never         C. seldom        D. sometimes

5.A. look after    B. think of      C. ring up       D. listen to

 

 

One night, I wondered what it would be like if I only asked questions. I decided that no matter what anyone said to me the next day, I would reply only with   36  .

I loved to read about scientists and their discoveries, and I knew that scientists always started their research with a question. I hoped that I could become a scientist. Maybe by asking questions, I could train my mind to be   37  .

  I survived the morning easily. “Is there any egg?” I answered when my mother asked what I wanted for breakfast. “Is this seat taken?” I asked when my friend Mike asked where he was going to   38   on the bus.

In the classroom, Mr. Black spoke slowly and clearly while I listened carefully. The problem had been part of my homework the night before. I wrote the answer on the board, “Could the answer be 361?”

  Mr. Black smiled and nodded. I thought,“How did I   39   to get through that?” I almost laughed because asking questions really was starting to become a   40  .

  I thought I had made it safely through the whole day,   41   what I had come to consider my experiment blew up at the dinner table when my dad asked me about my day. “What do I always do?” I replied.

My parents looked at each other. My father   42   again. “Well, I hope you went to school,” he said.

    “Uhhh … why would you think otherwise?” I asked. My parents exchanged another   43    

and were becoming annoyed.

   “Do you think questions are a good way to train your mind to be active?” I asked.

“It   44   the question,” said my father. “Some questions are asked for   45   information. Those are good mind-training questions. Sometimes, people use questions to get the other person to say something. Sometimes people ask questions to get someone to agree with them. Those questions don’t really achieve anything.”

   “I guess my experiment didn’t work,” I said, and I told my father about my   46  .

“I think it worked   47  !” my father said. “You made a discovery, didn’t you? What matters is that you have put your idea into practice.”                               

1.A. actions              B. answers             C. gestures             D. questions

2.A. deep             B. free            C. quick            D. strong

3.A. get                  B. sit                 C. come         D. take

4.A. fail             B. have            C. want             D. manage

5.A. habit            B. step                C. goal                 D. rule

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

7.A. tried             B. asked            C. guessed           D. ordered

8. A. look                B. word            C. mind                 D. topic

9.A. refers to            B. belongs to     C. puts on          D. depends on

10.A. sending         B. finding             C. sharing         D. keeping

11.A. test            B. idea            C. plan                 D. wonder

12.A. slowly              B. safely          C. perfectly            D. properly