One day I was watching a movie at home . Tears 　31 from my eyes as I saw a touching scene. My three-year-old son came to me and asked me 　32 I was crying for. I kept silent as I couldn’t explain 　33 him it was just an emotional thing. To my 34 , he touched my face with his little hand and said, “Dear Mom, stop crying! You see, everything will be fine. You are my good 　35　 .So just get up and let’s get ready for school.” On hearing him say this to me, I couldn’t help laughing. It was so 　36 for a child to say so. Later I realized that he had repeated(重复) almost all 37 I had told him while he was crying one morning.

　　 The first time a child begins to speak, he tries to 　38 what his parents have been telling

him for a long time. Usually parents start with the words “Mama” , “Papa” and so on. But as the child 　39 learning and possibly starts speaking on his own without being taught, we as parents always forget he’s still being tutored (教导)by us. The only difference is that we’re now doing it in a more active way than before. We 　40 use words which we don’t want our child to say, and when he says those words , we 　41 where he has learned them. Even then, some of us don’t realize the child has learned the words from us only. Instead we start to put the blame(指责)on his friends , or 　42 who has talked to him when we’re not present.

　　 So if you want your child to have perfect behavior, you’ll have to 43 a good example to him. And if you can’t do that, you have no 　44 to expect your child to have such a thing. After all, the parents’ words and behavior have a great 　45 over their child.

31. A. dropped　　　　　 B. flew　　　　　 C. came　　　　 D. ran

32. A. why　　　　　　　 B. what　　　　　 C. how　　　　　 D. who

33. A. for 　　　　　　　B. to　　　　　　 C. with　　　　 D. on

34. A. joy　　　　　　　 B. anger　　　　　 C. surprise　　　 D. disappointment

35. A. girl　　　　　　　 B. mother　　　　 C. friend　　　　 D. student

36. A. strange　　　　　　 B. surprised　 　　C. funny　　　　 D. common

37. A. what　　　　　　　 B. that　　　　　 C. which　　　　 D. who

38. A .remember　　　　　 B. copy　　　　　 C. pronounce　　 D. speak

39. A. considers　　　　　 B. finishes　　　　 C. practices　　 D. continues

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

41. A. guess　　　　　　 B. think　　　　　 C. wonder　　　 D. imagine

42. A. somebody　　　　 B. anybody　　　　 C. everybody　　 D. nobody

43. A. build　　　　　　 B. make　　 　　　 C. set　　　　　 D. give

44. A. way　　　　　　　 B. need　　　　　 C. chance　　　　 D. right

45. A. influence　　　　　 B. idea　　　　　　 C. interest　　　 D. imagination

Scientists （科学家） are trying to make the deserts （沙漠） into good land again. They want to bring water to the deserts, so people can live and grow food. They are learning a lot about the deserts. But more and more of the earth is becoming deserts all the time. Scientists may not be able to change the deserts. Scientists think that people make deserts. People are doing bad things to the earth.

Some places on the earth don’t get much rain. But they still don’t become deserts. This is because some green plants are growing there. Small green plants and grass are very helpful to dry (干旱的)places. Plants don’t let the hot sun make the earth even drier. Plants don’t let the wind blow the earth away. When a little bit of rain falls, the plants hold the water. Without plants, the land can become deserts much more easily.

1.Why can the land become deserts?

A. Some places don’t get much rain.

B. Plants don’t let the hot sun make the earth even drier.

C. People don’t keep the earth well.

D. Scientists haven’t learnt enough about the deserts.

2.Scientists are???????? to make the deserts into good land again.

A. carrying water? B. growing food? C. doing nothing????????????? D. studying a lot

3.Which is NOT true?

A. The land never stops becoming deserts.

B. Scientists ask people to live in the deserts and grow food there.

C. People do bad things to the earth.

D. Scientists may not be able to change the deserts.

4.Why are green plants and grass helpful?

A. They can hold the water.?

B. They can keep the earth wet.

C. They can stop the wind from blowing the earth away.

D. All the above.

5.Which is the best title（题目）for the passage?

A. The Desert Problem?????????

B. People Make Deserts

C. Green Plants and Grass???????

D. The Deserts, the Tree and the Water