This was not going to be a Mother’s Day as before. A lot of things had changed in the last few months. Usually we would give Mom flowers and take her out for a big meal. We couldn’t afford it this year.
Since I was born, Mom had been able to stay at home with me. We always had enough money to go out to eat two or three times a week if I had behaved well.
All that changed in January.
I could tell that Dad was getting a little angry. Mom would tell me to be quiet and let him rest at night. He’d work later and later.
Beginning in February, Dad tried hard to find another job. But it wasn’t easy for him to find something at the level he used to. He could not bring in as much money. That’s when he asked my mom to go back to work.
After a couple of weeks, Mom found a full-time job at a bank. The pay would be a big help to the family, but now Mom would not be around as much. I didn’t like it. I now had to stay in the after-school care program instead of going home and playing in my neighborhood. Too bad was, as soon as I did get home, I had to help get dinner ready, because Mom wouldn’t get home until after 6:00. I really missed the past time.
a)        This was not going to be a Mother’s Day as before because the writer’s father wasn’t in
b)       The writer’s home used to be rich. 
c)        His family changed because his father was mad.
d)       In February, the writer’s mother started to work at a bank.
e)        The writer really wanted his mother to stay with him

This was not going to be a Mother’s Day as before. A lot of things had changed in the last few months. Usually we would give Mom flowers and take her out for a big meal. We couldn’t afford it this year.

Since I was born, Mom had been able to stay at home with me. We always had enough money to go out to eat two or three times a week if I had behaved well.

All that changed in January.

I could tell that Dad was getting a little angry. Mom would tell me to be quiet and let him rest at night. He’d work later and later.

Beginning in February, Dad tried hard to find another job. But it wasn’t easy for him to find something at the level he used to. He could not bring in as much money. That’s when he asked my mom to go back to work.

After a couple of weeks, Mom found a full-time job at a bank. The pay would be a big help to the family, but now Mom would not be around as much. I didn’t like it. I now had to stay in the after-school care program instead of going home and playing in my neighborhood. Too bad was, as soon as I did get home, I had to help get dinner ready, because Mom wouldn’t get home until after 6:00. I really missed the past time.

a)        This was not going to be a Mother’s Day as before because the writer’s father wasn’t in

b)       The writer’s home used to be rich. 

c)        His family changed because his father was mad.

d)       In February, the writer’s mother started to work at a bank.

e)        The writer really wanted his mother to stay with him

阅读理解

Tom is taller than his classmates, but he is not strong. Sometimes he is ill and must stay in bed for two or three weeks. His friends often go to see him. He likes to see them and they like to see him, too. He wants some help. They often help him do his homework. Now they are doing their homework. After that they are going to watch TV. His classmates are going to work on a farm next week, but Tom can’t go with them. He must stay at home.

1. Sometime Tom is ______.

[　　]

A. tall　　　B. strong　　　C. ill　　　D. glad

2. When Tom is ill his friends often ______.

[　　]

A. go to see him　　　B. like him

C. stay in bed　　　　D. watch TV

3. His classmates are going to ______next week.

[　　]

A. help do his homework

B. stay at home

C. work on a farm

D. go to school

　　Janet is a student at a college. She is going to study Japanese as part of her Business Studies course.

　　“I need about eight and a half hours sleep a night. I spend about half an hour every day washing and dressing. It takes me half an hour to go to college. I spend about six hours a day in classes or the library. I need to spend another two hours studying for my French when I get home. Preparing food and eating takes about an hour and a half and I like to have two or three hours to have a rest.(休息)”

4. She is going to ______.

[　　]

A.prepare food　　　B.study Japanese

C.eat　　　　　　　 D.go to college

5. She spend ______washing and dressing.

[　　]

A.an hour　　　　　B.eight

C.three hours　　　D.Half an hour

6. She studies French when ______.

[　　]

A. she gets home

B. she is in the library

C. she is in the classroom

D. she has a rest

完型填空（共15小题，计15分）
Benjamin was  1 . He didn't know why. He was having a fever and tired and didn’t feel like eating. His stomach hurt from time to time. At first he paid very little  2 to it, thinking he would be all right in  3. But he didn't. After three weeks, he had to go to Dr. Barkley.
The doctor did a few  4 . Then he asked Benjamin if he had gone  5 and drunk dirty water. Benjamin said he hadn't been camping since he was a soldier in the army.
He asked if Benjamin had eaten at any fast food restaurants in the past month, or eaten from one of the  6 lunch trucks in the Los Angeles area. Benjamin said that he ate fast food or lunch truck food every day at noon.
“That’s probably the  7 of your illness. You have hepatitis(肝炎) A, and you most likely got it from a food worker who didn't wash his hands thoroughly after using the  8. It happens a lot.” “God! I'm not going to die, am I?”
The doctor told him not to   9 . A viral infection（病毒感染） that  10 the liver（肝脏）, hepatitis A kills only about 100 people every year in the US. He told Benjamin to see him every two weeks, and to be  11 to take three months  12 from work so that he could rest, rest, rest. There is no  13 to hepatitis A. You survive(存活), or you don’t.
“But there is one good thing about hepatitis A,” Dr. Barkley said. “  14 you get it, you’re immune（免疫） to it for the  15 of your life.”