We walked in so quietly that the nurse at the desk didn’t even lift her eyes from the book．Mum pointed at a big chair by the door and I knew she wanted me to sit down．While I watched mouth open in surprise，Mum took off her hat and coat mad gave them to me to hold．She walked quietly to the small room by the lift and took out a wet mop（墩布）．She pushed the mop past the desk and as the nurse looked up，Mum nodded and said，“very dirty floors．”

“Yes，I’m glad they’ve finally decided to clean them，”the nurse answered．She looked at Mum strangely and said，“But aren’t you working late?”

Mum just pushed harder，each swipe（拖一下）of the mop taking her farther and farther down the hall．I watched until she was out of sight and the nurse had turned back to writing in the big book．

After a long time Mum came back．Her eyes were shining She quickly put the mop back and took my hand．As we turned to go out of the door, Mum bowed politely to the nurse and said，“Thank you．”

Outside，Mum told me：“Dagmar is fine．No fever．”

“You saw her, Mum?”

“Of course，I told her about the hospital rules，and she will not expect us until tomorrow．Dad will stop worrying as well．It’s a fine hospital but such floors! A mop is no good．You need a brush．”

（    ）1．When she took a mop from the small room what Mum really wanted to do was______．

A．to clean the floor                                     B．to please the nurse

C．to see a patient                                           D．to surprise the story-teller

（    ）2．When the nurse talked to Mum she thought Mum was a______．

A．nurse                   B．visitor                  C．patient                   D．cleaner

（    ）3．After reading the story what can we infer about the hospital?

A．It is a children’s hospital．

B．It has strict rules about visiting hours．

C．The conditions there aren’t very good．

D．The nurses and doctors there don’t work hard．

（    ）4．From the text we know that Dagmar is most likely______．

A．the story-teller’s sister                              B．the story-teller’s classmate

C．Mum’s friend                                            D．Dad’s boss

（    ）5．Which of the following words best describes Mum?

A．Strange．         B．Warm-hearted．        C．Clever．            D．Hard-working．

This is a true story . One evening a woman was 1 home when she saw a truck close behind her . She drove more quickly to be far away from the truck , 2 when she sped up (加速），the truck did ，too. The 3she drove , the faster the truck drove . The woman felt afraid , so she drove onto a main street , hoping to 4the truck in a traffic . But the truck jumped a 5light and went on running after her .
Finally the woman drove her car into a service station ,and got out of her car ,shouting for 6.  The truck driver didn' d leave , instead he went out of his car .  He 7 the back door , and pulled out a man hidden (藏）in the back seat . The woman was running from the wrong person .the woman was 8 at last .
From the place where the woman stopped her car , the driver 9a criminal (罪犯）in the woman' s car . The driver drove after her not to 10 her but to help her .

1. 1.
   1. A.
      running
   2. B.
      walking
   3. C.
      driving
2. 2.
   1. A.
      but
   2. B.
      though
   3. C.
      or
3. 3.
   1. A.
      bigger
   2. B.
      faster
   3. C.
      happier
4. 4.
   1. A.
      lose
   2. B.
      look
   3. C.
      come
5. 5.
   1. A.
      black
   2. B.
      red
   3. C.
      green
6. 6.
   1. A.
      advice
   2. B.
      suggestion
   3. C.
      help
7. 7.
   1. A.
      cleaned
   2. B.
      opened
   3. C.
      bought
8. 8.
   1. A.
      safe
   2. B.
      healthy
   3. C.
      free
9. 9.
   1. A.
      forgot
   2. B.
      found
   3. C.
      put
10. 10.
    1. A.
       harm
    2. B.
       visit
    3. C.
       save

Almost every child in cities has the chance to go to school, but not all children in the countries are so lucky.

There is a girl called Xiao Fang. She is eight years old and lives in a small village in Guangxi. When she was young, she wanted to go to school. But she could not, because her family was too poor to afford the school fees for her, so her parents had to keep her at home. Instead of studying, Xiao Fang worked in the fields with her parents every day. Then Hope Project heard about Xiao Fang. It agreed to help Xiao Fang to go to school. Her wish of study came true, and now she is studying in a school.

Unluckily there are many thousands of children who can not go to school. You can join in Hope Project and help these children. You know all the good work needs money. Hope Project needs your help.

If you give Hope Project ￥300 each year, it can pay for one child to go to school for a whole year. With more money, Hope Project can build new schools, buy good desks, chairs, blackboards and books. let’s help the children together and give them a chance to have a good start in life.

1._____ can go to school.

2.Xiao Fang didn’t go to school when she was young because_________.

3.With ￥300, _________.

4.Hope Project helped Xiao Fang because__________.

5.Which of the following is TRUE?

“What’s the matter, mum?” As soon as I enter the door, I find that my mother is   26  . It’s unusual, she usually    27  the door and welcomes me with a smile!

“She’s dying,” mum says sadly. I   28  what she says. The tulip (郁金香), mother’s   29 is dying.

A month ago, we moved   30  our new house and mum bought a very beautiful tulip. Mum liked it very much.   31  she was free, she would sit   32  her armchair beside the tulip and enjoys its beautiful colour   33  inviting smell.

She treated it like a baby and looked after it   34 . She put the tulip by window and moved it from one place to   35 to give the tulip enough sunshine. The first thing she did when she   36  every morning was   37 the tulip, Mum also fertilized (施肥) it many times.

She hoped that with great care, the tulip would become more and more beautiful and   38  . But the tulip was dying   39  too much sunshine, water and fertilizer.

It’s true that mother loved the tulip. But this kind of love can be ___40___.Love can sometimes kill what you love.

1.A. happy      B. unhappy          C. pleased          D. pleasure

2.A. closes     B. opens            C. keeps            D. takes

3.A. know       B. love             C. think            D. find

4.A. favourite  B. hate             C. unlike           D. like

5.A. into       B. around           C. across           D. with

6.A. Though     B. Because          C. After            D. Whenever

7.A. at         B. in               C. on               D. under

8.A. but            B. and              C. for              D. or

9.A. happily        B. brightly         C. carefully        D. usually

10.A. other     B. place            C. two places       D. another

11.A. got up        B. made the bed     C. played piano     D. washed her face

12.A. to take       B. to cut           C. to water         D. to pull

13.A. dry           B. strong           C. wet              D. old

14.A. because       B. for              C. since            D. because of

15.A. helpful    B.useful           C. harmful           D.hopeful