Sometimes I really doubt whether there is love between my parents. Every day they are very busy trying to earn money in order to pay the high tuition for my brother and me. They don’t act in the romantic ways that I read in books or I see on TV. In their opinion, “I love you” is too luxurious for them to say. Sending flowers to each other on Valentine’s Day is even more out of the question. Finally my father has a bad temper. When he’s very tired from the hard work, it is easy for him to lose his temper.　
　　One day, my mother was sewing a quilt. I silently sat down beside her and looked at her.　
　　“Mom, I have a question to ask you,” I said after a while.　
　　“What?” she replied, still doing her work.　
　　“Is there love between you and Dad?” I asked her in a very low voice.　
　　My mother stopped her work and raised her head with surprise in her eyes. She didn’t answer immediately. Then she bowed her head and continued to sew the quilt.　
　　I was very worried because I thought I had hurt her. I was in a great embarrassment and I didn't know what I should do. But at last I heard my mother say the following words:　
　　“Susan,” she said thoughtfully, “Look at this thread. Sometimes it appears, but most of it disappears in the quilt. The thread really makes the quilt strong and durable. If life is a quilt, then love should be a thread. It can hardly be seen anywhere or anytime, but it’s really there.”
　　I listened carefully but I couldn’t understand her until the next spring. At that time, my father suddenly got sick seriously. My mother had to stay with him in the hospital for a month. When they returned from the hospital, they both looked very pale. It seemed both of them had had a serious illness.
　　After they were back, every day in the morning and dusk, my mother helped my father walk slowly on the country road. My father had never been so gentle. It seemed they were the most harmonious couple. Along the country road, there were many beautiful flowers, green grass and trees. The sun gently glistened through the leaves. All of these made up the most beautiful picture in the world.
　　Once I thought love meant flowers, gifts and sweet kisses. But from this experience, I understand that love is just a thread in the quilt of our life, making life strong and warm.
　　thread: 线　　　 quilt: 被子
　　1. Why did the parents try to earn a lot of money?
　　A. To pay for the food.
　　B. To pay off the debt.
　　C. To pay for the hospital.
　　D. To pay the high tuition.

　　2. Which of the following is TRUE?
　　A. The parents sent flowers on Valentine’s day.
　　B. The parents liked to say “I love you.”
　　C. The father was too tired to have a good temper.
　　D. The mother had no job.

　　3. From the passage, we can know that _________.
　　A. the father made much money from his work
　　B. Susan couldn’t understand her mother
　　C. the parents always loved each other
　　D. the mother was worried about her husband

　　4. How did Susan feel towards her parents at last?
　　A. sad　　　　　 B. glad　　 　　C. worried　　　 D. easy

　　5. Which is the best title?
　　A. Love is inside.　　　　　　　　 B. Love is outside.
　　C. Love is seen everywhere.　　 　 D. Love is seen anytime.
　

　阅读短文，用方框内所给单词的正确形式填空，使短文意思通顺、完整。注意:①每个词只能用一次。②每空限填一词，有些词需要做相应的变化。③其中有两个多余选项。

　　Mary is my best friend. She is a lovely girl with two big, beautiful eyes. But she always hides them behind a pair of black 66 .

　　One day, however, I nearly ended our friendship. I remember that day 67 . We were sitting in the classroom. The teacher was giving us our results of an English exam. I had done badly. I felt 68 sad that I wouldn't talk to anyone. At lunchtime, I even stayed in the classroom alone. Suddenly, I heard a voice. It was Mary. “You look 69 ,"she said,   "What’s wrong?” I looked at her for a while, but said nothing. I knew Mary had got a good mark in the exam. I thought she was 70 at me. I sat silently, but Mary didn’t go away. She kept asking me questions, “Is it because of the exam? Do you want me to help you with your mistakes in your exam paper?” I looked away 71 her. When I looked up again, Mary had gone. And so bad my exam paper! I didn’t know what to do. I looked for my paper everywhere, but 72 find it.

　　In the afternoon, Mary came up to my desk and gave me my exam paper back. I looked at it and got a big 73 . Mary had written the reasons why I had made the mistakes next to each of my mistakes! How kind she was! My face turned red. I wanted to hug(拥抱）her, but I only held her hands and said, “Thank you.” That afternoon, 74 Mary and I were on the way home, I felt quite happy and thanked 75 again. We are still best friends.

In the sea there are many islands. In its warm waters there are some little ones. We call them “Coral(珊瑚) Islands”. A coral island is very nice to look at. It looks like a ring of land(一圈陆地) with trees，grass，and flowers on it. One part of the ring is open to the water. There is a little round lake inside the island. If you look into this lake，you will see beautiful coral. You may think they are flowers. If you look at a piece of coral，you will see many little holes in it. In each of these holes a very small sea animal has lived. These small animals make the coral. They began to build(营造)it under the water. Year after year, the coral grew higher and higher. At last it grew out of the water. Then the sea brought small trees and something else to it. After some years，these things changed into earth. Sometimes the wind brought seeds to the island. Sometimes birds flow over it and brought seeds to the island. The little seeds grew. In a few years there were plants all over the island. In a few more years there were trees growing there. So you see，these islands were built little by little (一点点形成的).The workers were very small. Don't they teach us a lesson? Can you think what the lesson is?

26. There are____ in the holes in corals.

　 A. flowers 　　　 B.1ittle corals 　　C. grass 　　 D. sea animals

27. How did seeds of trees，grass and flowers come to the coral islands?

　 A. The wind and birds brought them to the coral islands

　 B. Only the wind brought them there

　 C. People brought them there　　　　　

　　　D. Fishes brought them there

28. From the story we learn that__________.

　　　A. small workers can't do big things　　

　　 B. only big workers can do big things

　 C. small workers can do big things if they work hard and work a long time.

　 D. all small things call do big things

Have you ever heard the saying "If you want a friend, be one"? If you want to make friends with others, you should be friendly to them first.

      Here is how one new teacher made friends with the students in her class on the first day of school. As the bell rang, the teacher smiled （微笑） at each student. Then she said in a quiet voice,"Good morning. How nice it is to have all of you in my class this year. I'd like to know each of you. I am sure we will enjoy working together." Her voice was sweet（甜美的） and her look was friendly, so everyone felt happy.

      She told the students her name and wrote it on the blackboard. Then she told them some of the things she liked to do and she hoped to do with them during the year. Then she said to the boys and girls, "Now you know my name and the things I like and I want to know your names and the things you like."

      Could you make friends by doing the same as this teacher did?

      One way of getting to know girls and boys in your class is to find out more about them. People often make friends with those who are the same as them. You play the same games and go on vacations together. It is a good way to make friends.

1.判断正误。The teacher's voice was sweet. 【　　】

2.完成句子。She told the students                          and wrote it on the blackboard.

3.完成句子。One way of getting to know girls and boys in your class is to                           .

4.找主题句。从文中找出一句能概括本文主旨大意的句子。

5.将文中画线句子翻译成汉语。                                                                                     

根据词首字母或汉语提示完成单词

1.Have you been to that       （超级市场）?

2.Look!Some of the boys are swimming in the s　　　 pool.

3.My sister has been to Tian’anmen S　　　 twice.

4.Do you know where the C　　　 Mao Memorial Hall?

5.There is an         (入口处) on the left.

6.Where can I do some         (shop)?

7.There are all        (kind) of bikes in the shop.

8.I’m going on for         (far) studies.

9.My English teacher is really        (friend) and kind.

10.Don’t be        (worry).Our teacher is coming soon.

11.The girl finished her homework all by       (her).

12.The old man has been        (die) for many years.

13.All of the girls sang and danced        (happy) at that party.

14.There is a        (strange) over there.None of us knows him.

15.Three years         (late) the man became a doctor.