George, when your big brother and your little dog and I walked you up to school today, you had no idea how I was feeling.

    You were so excited．You had packed and unpacked your pencils and safety scissors in your backpack a dozen times. I am really going to miss those lazy mornings when we waved your brother and sister off to school.

     Because you are my youngest, I had learned a few things by the time you came along. I found out that the seemingly endless days of babyhood are gone like lightning. I blinked（眨眼）, and your older siblings（兄弟姐妹） were setting off for school as eagerly as you did this morning, I was one of the lucky ones; I could choose whether to work or not. By the time it was your turn. the shining prizes of career advancement and a double income had lost their brightness. A splash（溅水） in the pool with you in your bright red boots or "just one more" rereading of your favorite book, Frog and Toad Are Friends, meant more. You didn't go to preschool and I hope that doesn't hold you back. You learned numbers by helping me count the soda cans we returned to the store.

     I have to admit that in my mind's eye, an image of myself while you're in school has developed, I see myself updating all the photo albums and starting that novel I always wanted to write. As the summer wound down and more frequent quarrels erupted between you and your siblings, I was looking forward to today. And then this morning, I walked you up the steep hill to your classroom and you gave me one of your characteristically fierce, too-tight hugs. This time you were ready to let go before I was.

     Maybe someday you will deliver a kindergartner to the first day of school. When you turn at the door to wave good-bye, he or she will be too deep in conversation with a new friend to notice. Even as you smile, you'll feel something warm on your cheek...

1. What does the underlined sentence mean in the third paragraph?

A．When you reach the school age

B．When you decide whether to work or not

C．When you were born

D．When you have your own, family

2. Which sentence from the passage best describes how the writer felt on that morning?

A．An image of myself while you're in school has developed.

B．I was looking forward to today.

C．I was one of the lucky ones.

D．This time you were ready to let go before I was.

3. Which statement is NOT true about George's family according to the letter?

A．George's parents gave birth to three children

B．The Georges is a double income family

C．They recycle soda cans

D．The children had more arguments during the summer

4. The passage tries to show us ________.

A．how excited a child will be on his first day to school

B．how deeply a mother loves her child

C．how many efforts a mother has made to raise a child

D．how a mother plans her future life after her children go to school

对标有题号的每一行做出判断：如有错误（每行只有一个错误）,则按下列情况改正：

该行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，也用斜线划掉。该行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（ ），在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。

该行错一个词：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。

My dentist had just pulled out one of my teeth and had

told me to rest for a while. I tried to say anything.                 1. ________

my mouth was full of cotton wool. He knew I collected            2. ________

match boxes and asked me that my collection was growing.       3. ________

He then asked me about my brother and whether I like my          4. ________

the new job in London. I either nodded or made strange noises     5. ________

in answer for the questions .Mean while, my tongue was                 6. ________

search out the hole where the tooth had once been. Suddenly              7. ________

I felt very worriedly, but still could not say anything.             8. ________

When the dentist at last removed the cotton wool into my mouth,   9. ________

I was able to tell him that he had pulled out the wrong teeth.       10. ________

The Seventeenth People’s Congress is an important historical _____ in Chinese history.

A．event         B．matter            C．affair            D．incident

Over the past ten years, Wuhan has ______a series of great changes in its city image and economy.

A．found           B．taken           C．seen          D．occurred

The newly-built airport will be ______ to all kinds of vehicles from all directions.

A．available           B．accessible           C．comfortable            D．favourable

It is not unusual to see that some passengers are terribly frightened of taking their first flight on a plane, but they soon ____ it.

A．got off            B．got away             C．got across           D．got over

To save the drowning child, the boy plunged into the icy water without hesitation, ______ his own safety.

A．despite of           B．regardless of            C．unaware of            D．because of

After our government launched a ______ to popularize Chinese language worldwide, lots of Confucius colleges have appeared in foreign universities.

A．campaign           B．movement             C．measure            D．struggle

Everything has been considerately prepare D．It only ______ for the guests to come and enjoy the meal.

A．leaves            B．seems           C．appears          D．remains

Having finished his morning work, the manager stood up behind his chair, _______ himself.

A．practising          B．spreading           C．stretching             D．extending