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.
　

C

School is not the safe place as it used to be. How to be safer in school? How can students stay away from danger? There are many activities that students can do to learn safety in an easy way. Here are some stories from the students who have had safety classes in Xuri Middle School.

Wang Lin：About Sports Safety

Once we made up a story about sports safety. All we needed to do was to point out safe and unsafe sports behaviors in the story. From this lesson, we knew we should always do warm?up(热身)activities before playing sports and drink some water after that.

Liu Ying：About Classroom Safety

Putting on short plays is a good way to learn and enjoy ourselves. We once put on a short play about a boy called Little Naughty. He always did something naughty(淘气的) in the classroom and got himself into trouble. In this way, we learned to behave well and get on well with each other.

Zhou Weilun：About Fire Safety

In our school，we have a fire emergency response practice(火警应急演习) in September every year. So we know where to go if there is a fire in school. We learn to use the fire extinguisher(灭火器)，too. But I don't think we should be allowed to put out the fire alone，it's too dangerous for young students like us.

根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。

56. The writer talks about ________ kinds of school safety in this passage.

A. two B. three C. four

57. According to the passage，we can learn that ________.

A. the students in school often get into trouble

B. school is not as safe as it used to be

C. there is a safety class in school once a month

58. Zhou Weilun tells us that they also learn how to use ________.

59. The passage is probably written for ________.

A. the athletes B. the firefighters C. the students

60. What is the best title for the passage?

A. Importance of School Safety 　　　B. Safety Activities for Students

C. How to Behave Well in School

Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.　　

This is an old English saying. Have you heard of it before? It means that we must go to bed early and get up early in the morning. Then we shall be healthy. We shall also be rich (wealthy) and clever (wise).　　

This is true. The body must have enough sleep to be healthy. Children of young age should have ten hours’ sleep every night. Children who do not have enough sleep cannot do their work very well. They will not be wise and they may not become wealthy!　　

The body also needs exercise. Walking, running, jumping, swimming and playing games are all exercise. Exercise keeps the body strong. Exercise also helps the blood (血液) to move around inside the body. This is very important. Our blood takes food to all parts of our body. The head also needs blood .Exercise helps us to think better!　　

1.If we get up early and go to bed early , we’ll _________ .　　

2.If a child doesn’t have 10 hours’ sleep, maybe he _____ .　　

3.A person needs exercise because _______ .　　

4.Exercise makes the ______ move quickly and smoothly(流畅)　　

5.Which of the following if Not TRUE?