23、There are six letters forming（组成）a word that means the world to us．“m”is for the million things she gives us；“o”shows she’s growing old；“t”is for the tears（眼泪）she has cried while bringing us up（抚养）；“h”is for her heart of gold；“e”is for her eyes shining（闪烁）with love；and“r”means right，and she’ll always be right! Put them together，and they spell“mother”．

    “Mothers’ Day”is on the second Sunday in May．It is a day to show our love to all the mothers of this world．This year，what will you do to tell your mom that you love her? Do things like；

    *Leave fl love letter on her pillow（枕头）．Make a card．Cook a special dish for the day．

    *Give her a present．It doesn’t matter how cheap the gift is．

    *Spend some time with her．Ask about what she did when she was a child．Find out her favorite subjects in school and how she met your father．What was it like when you were born?

根据短文内容，选择正确答案。

（    ）1．When is the possible“Mothers’ day”this year?

    A．It’s on May 2．    B．It’s on May 10．    C It’s on March 4．D．It’s on March 21．

（    ）2．The first part of the article is talking about _______．

    A．mother means the world

    B．Mothers’ Day

    C．the six letters of the word“mother”

    D．we can do many things on Mothers’Day

（    ）3．Which in the following is false（错误的）according to the article?

    A．“M”shows she gives us the million things．

    B．“O”shows she’s getting old as time goes by．

    C．“R”means she is always right!

    D．“H”is for her careless heart．

（    ）4．The article let us to ask about our mother’s childhood（童年）．Why? Which one is not right?

    A．Because we can talk with her．

    B．Because her childhood was unhappy．

    C．Because we can know our mother better．

    D．Because we can spend some time with her．

（    ）5．We can show our love to our mother by _______．

    A．telling the six letters to our mother               B．giving our father a gift

    C．spending time with friends                        D．talking with father

22、In many parts of the world，people live to a healthy old age．What is the secret of their long lives? Three things seem to be very important：fresh（新鲜的）air，fresh food and a simple way of life．The Hunzas，people who live in the Himalayas（喜玛拉雅山），are famous all over India for long and healthy lives．They work near their homes in the clean mountain area．They do not travel a long way by bus，car or train．They do not sit all day in busy offices or factories．They take more exercise and eat less food than people in cities．They eat vegetables grown by themselves．They drink milk taken from their own cows．They do not need doctors，for there are not many illnesses．They are happy and quiet．

    根据短文内容判断正误，正确的在括号中写“T”，错误的写“F”。

（    ）1．There are three reasons why many people live to a healthy old age in many parts of the world．

（    ）2．People who 1ive in the Himalayas have few illnesses．

（    ）3．They needn’t travel a long way by bus，car or train．

（    ）4．They do more exercise and eat more food than people in cities．

（    ）5．They have less vegetables grown by themselves．

20、找出划线部分发音与其它三个不同的选项。

（    ）1．A．thousand        B．health                  C．those                   D．marathon

（    ）2．A．national          B．station                 C．suggestion                  D．solution

（    ）3．A．houses           B．buses                   C．classes                D．glasses

（    ）4．A．asked              B．jumped                C．finished               D．opened

（    ）5．A．group．         B．loud                     C．round                  D．found

19、—Where is Mike?

—He _________to the market．

A．went            B．has gone              C．go                D．goes

18、Thank for _________me the snow globe．

A．sending                B．to send                C．send              D．sent

17、—Is English very __________?  

—Yes，I'm quite _________in it．

A．interesting，interested                             B．interested，interesting

C．interesting，interesting                             D．interested，interested

16、—I didn’t go to the movies yesterday．

— _________

A．So do l         B．Neither do I           C．Me neither          D．Neither was I