3. A.Excuse me　　　 B.Thank you　　　 C.I’m sorry　　　 　D.Please

2. A.angry　　　 　　B.glad　　　　 　　C.quiet　　 　　　　D.tried

1. A.put on　　　 　　B.took off　　 　　　C.put　　 　　　　　D.took

5. A.mothers　 　　B.friends　　 　C.players　 　　D.students (湖南省 1996)

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The story happened in a tall building in Moscow . A man lived downstairs . He found it difficult to get to sleep , because the man upstairs ___1__ shoes and threw them heavily on the floor every night when the man downstairs was trying to sleep . The noise woke him up and made him very __2__ . One night , the man went upstairs and told the man above about the problem . The man upstairs said : “__3___ , comrade . I won’t do it again .” The next evening the man upstairs threw ___4__ on the floor before he remembered the man downstairs . Then he put his other shoe quietly under his bed . The poor man downstairs __5___ to sleep . He kept waiting for the sound of the second shoe .

4. A.looked at　 　　B.liked　 　　　C.visited　　 　　D.looked like

3. A.a walk　　 　　B.a class　 　　C.a swim　　 　　D.a rest

2. A.Mothers　 　　　B.Fathers　　 C.Brothers　　　 D.Sisters

1. A.Teachers’ Day cards　　　 B.birthday cards　 C.Mother’s Day cards　 　D.Christmas cards

7. A.write　　 　　　B.read　　　　 C.know　　　 　D.study　 (江西省 1996)

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　 The second Sunday in May is Mother’s Day . It is a holiday in both Britain and the USA . On that day children send ___1__ to their mothers . They give their mothers presents . __2___ and children do the housework so that mothers can have __3___ .

　　 Mother’s Day started in the 1860s . There was a small town in the USA . People there fought against each other and hated each other . Mrs. Javis started “ Mother’s Friendship Day” . On that day she __4___ all the other mothers in her town and wanted people to be _5___ again. After she died, her daughter did the same thing . In 1908 Mother’s Friendship Day became Mother’s Day .

6. A.to　　　　 　　B.from　　　　 C.for　　　 　　D.of