Daniel was always making excuses for forgetting to do things．His usual excuse was  “I was too busy” or “I didn't have time”．

    Daniel's parents were worried    1    him．“He mustn't go through life making excuses all the time，”his father said．“Nobody will believe him．He won't be able to  keep a  job．No bright girl will marry    2  ．”

    “I don't know  3  we can do．”said his mother．

    “I have a good  4  ，”his father said．“If this doesn't work，nothing will.”

    The next day was Daniel's birthday．When he thought of getting exciting presents，he couldn't wait．He woke up expecting his parents to wish him “Happy birthday!” but all they said was “Good morning，Daniel．Hurry up，  5  you'll be late for school．”  There were no presents，not even a card．He was very   6  ．

    “Never mind，”he thought．“They'll give me a  surprise after school．” But they didn't．Finally，at dinner he said to his parents，“Today is  7  ．”

    “Oh!” his father said．“So it is．I  8  ．”

    “So did I．”his mother said．

    “How could you forget?” Daniel asked．“ There must  9  a reason．”。

    “Well，yes，”his father said．“We have a really good excuse for forgetting your birthday，Daniel．We didn't remember your birthday 10  we were too busy．”  Poor Daniel．He never had a silly excuse for not doing something again!

    1．A．with                      B．about                   C．at                 D．in    

    2．A．he                         B．his                       C. him                  D．himself

    3．A．how                     B．why                    C．where             D．what

    4．A．excuse                  B．message               C．idea                D．news

    5．A．or                         B．and                    C．then                D．but

    6．A．happy             B．sad                      C．excited            D．grateful

    7．A．Sunday                  B．my birthday           C．Father's Day    D．July 2nd

    8．A．believed                 B．agreed                 C．forgot             D．remembered

    9．A．be                         B．is                        C．are                 D．have

    10．A．so that                 B．before                  C．although          D．because

There are six letters forming（组成）a word that means the world to us．“m”is for the million things she gives us；“o”shows she’s growing old；“t”is for the tears（眼泪）she has cried while bringing us up（抚养）；“h”is for her heart of gold；“e”is for her eyes shining（闪烁）with love；and“r”means right，and she’ll always be right! Put them together，and they spell“mother”．

    “Mothers’ Day”is on the second Sunday in May．It is a day to show our love to all the mothers of this world．This year，what will you do to tell your mom that you love her? Do things like；

    *Leave fl love letter on her pillow（枕头）．Make a card．Cook a special dish for the day．

    *Give her a present．It doesn’t matter how cheap the gift is．

    *Spend some time with her．Ask about what she did when she was a child．Find out her favorite subjects in school and how she met your father．What was it like when you were born?

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（    ）1．When is the possible“Mothers’ day”this year?

    A．It’s on May 2．    B．It’s on May 10．    C It’s on March 4．D．It’s on March 21．

（    ）2．The first part of the article is talking about _______．

    A．mother means the world

    B．Mothers’ Day

    C．the six letters of the word“mother”

    D．we can do many things on Mothers’Day

（    ）3．Which in the following is false（错误的）according to the article?

    A．“M”shows she gives us the million things．

    B．“O”shows she’s getting old as time goes by．

    C．“R”means she is always right!

    D．“H”is for her careless heart．

（    ）4．The article let us to ask about our mother’s childhood（童年）．Why? Which one is not right?

    A．Because we can talk with her．

    B．Because her childhood was unhappy．

    C．Because we can know our mother better．

    D．Because we can spend some time with her．

（    ）5．We can show our love to our mother by _______．

    A．telling the six letters to our mother               B．giving our father a gift

    C．spending time with friends                        D．talking with father

　　Tina's father is a busy businessman（商人）. The following is his time-table.

A．He goes to see some friends in some factories.

B．He has a meeting in the factories.

C．He visits factories all day long.

A．On Monday evening.

B．On Saturday.

C．On Thursday morning.

A．Tina's mother doesn't need to cook on Sunday evening.

B．Tina's father works from Monday to Sunday.

C．Tina's father goes to the Fishing Club on Thursday.