通读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后在各小题所给的四个选项中，选出－个最佳答案。

　　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 ahout the other days of the year?

　　I have a friend whose parents live in another city．One day 1 went to see her．We had a nice conversation．Then she wanted to 　　3　　．So she dialed(拨号)the number, but then she putdown the phone．After about fifleen 　　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 call’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．

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完形填空阅读下面短文, 掌握其大意, 然后从各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中, 选出最佳选项. Fouad sits in the cafe, listening to the sad music playing on an old tape recorder. The song seems to go on forever. Fouad thinks it's __1__, but he doesn't want to hear it now. It's too sad for him. It makes him __2__ of his uncle in Egypt who he hasn't seen for many years now. Fouad's father __3__ a few months ago. After that, Fouad found that there were so many things that __4__ had wanted to ask his father, but had never asked. He realized that he knew __5__ about his own family, and decided to try and find out more about the place where his father had __6__ up. He has now spent a couple of days __7__ around Jerusalem with an old, torn photograph in his hand. The photograph shows the whole __8__, his grandparents standing __9__ at the centre of a group of four children in front of a house on a busy street. Next to the __10__ there seems to be a garden with what look like olive trees in it. Fouad, though, can't find __11__ in this modern Jerusalem that looks much like the street or the house where the photograph was __12__. He feels sadder than the sad song playing in the cafe, thinking now that he might never __13__ the place where his father had been born. The __14__ keeps on singing her sad, sad song, and Fouad decides to go back home. He pays a few dollars and then goes out __15__ the street.

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Once a year, a new cormorant is raised by Damin．A male and female cormorant breed and pro-duce 　　1　　 eggs．The eggs 　　2　　 by Damin, and the best one is removed 　　3　　 the nest．After 25 days, it is hatched by 　　4　　 on Damin's houseboat 　　5　　 he lives with his family．At this time, it is watched very 　　6　　 by the fisherman．As soon as he sees the cormorant 　　7　　 the egg, he takes 　　8　　 away from the chicken．Then the baby cormorant is 　　9　　 by Damin himself．For 10 days it is fed every hour．The temperature is controlled to 　　10　　 the baby warm．　　11　　 family members are not allowed to go near the baby．Gradually, the baby bird grows 　　12　　．After two months, it is taken to join the other birds on the raft, although it will not learn to catch fish for another year or more．

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