Today， many people send cards， presents and flowers on Mother’s Day to show their love， but few people know how Mother’s Day started. The earliest festival for _ _ was from Greece. Christians (基督教徒) celebrated this festival on the fourth Sunday. In England， people celebrated the holiday to _ _ all the mothers and called it “Mothering Sunday”.
In America， Mother’s Day started nearly 150 _ _ ago. Anna Jarvis， a housewife， organized a day to raise people’s awareness(意识) of the poor. She believed that mothers would _ __ her. She called it “Mother’s Work Day”. In 1905 whe_ _nna__ __， her daughter， also named Anna， began an activity in memory of the work of her mother. She __ __ what her mother said， “There are many days for __ __， but none for mothers”. She wrote letters to lots of famous people asking for a day for mothers. After three years， Anna handed out her mother’s favorite flowers， white carnations (康乃馨) at a church. In 1913， the government (政府)decided that officials(官员) would wear__ __ carnations on Mother’s Day. The next year， Mother’s Day_ __an American national holiday and it was on the second Sunday in May.
Soon ， more and more countries began to _ __ Mother’s Day. It became a popular holiday all over the world.
A．sisters B．mothers C．fathers D．Teachers
A．thank B．allow C．discover D．treat
A．days B．weeks C．months D．years
A．change B．suppose C．support D．advise
A．died B．woke C．ran D．started
A．cheered B．reminded C．forgot D．remembered
A．flowers B．men C．stars D．animals
A．white B．red C．yellow D．pink
A．became B．named C．planned D．imagined
A． invite B．express C．celebrate D．develop
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Tom is the son of a farm owner. One New Year's Day, when he was 15, his father ________ him to work on the farm for one year when he was free. Tom was ________ with his father' s idea. "That isn' t my job. I have ________ school work to do. " Hearing this, his father said, "I promise to give you the best present if you ________ finish one year's work. " Tom thought for a while and ________ .
Starting one Saturday, the boy got up early and worked ________ until evening, just like any other farmer. Time passed quickly. Tom' s crops grew well. ________ the last day of the year, the father called his son to him. "I'm happy to see that you have worked very hard the whole year," said the father. " Now, tell me ________you want "
The boy smiled and showed his father a big piece of bread made from his wheat. "I’ve already got the ________ present. No pains, no gains. I think this is what you wanted ________ to know.” His father was quite pleased to hear that.
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Friends are very important in our everyday life. Everyone needs friends. We all like to feel close to someone.________ is nice to have a friend to talk, laugh, and do things with. ________, sometimes we need to be alone. We don’t always want people ________. But we would feel lonely if we never had a friend.
No two people are just the same . Friends ________don’t get on well. That doesn’t mean that they no longer like each other. Most of the time they will make up and become friends again.
Sometimes friends move away. Then we feel very sad . We miss them very much, but we can________ them and write to them. And we can ________ new friends. It is encouraging to find out how much we like new people when we get to know them.
There’s more good news for people who have friends. They live________ than people who don’t. Why? Friends can make us feel happy. ________ happy helps you stay well. Or it could be just done that someone cares. If some one cares about you, you take________ care of yourself.
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完型填空。
阅读下列两篇短文，掌握其大意，然后从所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳答案，并将相应的字母填入答题卷内。
The Adventures of Tom sawyer is written by Mark Twain. The story________ in the US, in the nineteenth century. Tom, the hero of the book, does not like people telling him what to do, so he always gets________ trouble. My favorite part of the book is the funeral. Everyone was surprised and ________ to find they are alive at the funeral. Mark Twain wrote it in 1876. It tells how young people grow , how people love each other and how bad people________their actions .It is ________to be one of the greatest American stories.
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I have _________ good friend and his name is Jack. Here are his_________about his life in twenty years. Jack will be a policeman in twenty years because he thinks it's an exciting job. He will live and work _________ Beijing, because it's a very beautiful city and he likes it very much. He __________taller and stronger and he will have short straight hair. In his free time, he will play _________sports to__________. He will play tennis every day and he will go swimming and skating on weekends. He will __________ smart clothes like uniform. Jack will have a happy family. Maybe he will have two________. They will be lovely and cute and he will love them very much. Now he _________ and tries his best __________his predictions come true.
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Traffic rules help to keep order on the road. They also help to keep people ________ .The pedestrian(行人) has as many rules to ________ as the driver of a car. You should walk on the sidewalk(人行道) or at the side of the road. Always look ________ before you walk across the street. If you like riding a bike, don’t ride in middle of the road or run________red traffic lights. When you ride a bike with a friend, don’t look around or talk .If you drive a car, you should ________at the traffic lights. You must always ________a seat belt (安全带).Without belts________ the driver and the passengers may be badly hurt in a sudden accident.
You may not need to take a bus, but________if you have to travel in one. Get on or get off a bus only when it comes to a ________ .When it is full, don’t try to get inside ________ you may fall off.
Traffic rules are also called Road Safety rules.
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