Mother’s Day is coming. It is a time to let Mom know she’s special to you. Finding the right gift for Mom on that day is not always easy. We often want something personal and thoughtful. But how can we make? These following ideas may help you.

Gift of Time

Moms just want to spend time with their children so make it a Mother-Daughter/ Son Day. Spend the whole day with her. Do the things she likes doing with her.

Home Video

Take your family videos and make them a short home video. She can enjoy it whenever she misses you. Although it may take a lot of time, the process(過(guò)程) can be great fun and the result is often priceless(無(wú)價(jià)的).

Mom Mix

Make a CD for her. It’s a collection of all the songs that remind her of you and your growing up.

Write a Letter

Write a letter instead of a simple card. Write about all the good memories you have with her and all the things she has done for you.

Flowers

People send carnations(康乃馨) on Mother’s Day. You can easily spend a lot of money on them. If you have flowers in your garden, or can handpick them, it can be a great gift.

Dinner

Make a dinner and invite her over. You can also take it over to her house and surprise her. Just don’t forget to wash the dishes after the dinner.

1.Why is it not easy to find a right gift on Mother’s Day?

   A. Because we want to save money   B. Because mothers don’t like gifts

   C. Because we always want to get something special

2.Making a home video may be _________.

   A fun   B. boring    C. easy

3.What does the underlined word “remind” mean in Chinese?

   A 使…防范   B. 使…想起   C. 使…經(jīng)過(guò)

4.How many kinds of ideas have been mentioned here for Mother’s Day?

   A 4    B. 5    C. 6

5.From the passage we know ________.

   A you can buy a big cake for your mom on Mother’s Day

   B. writing a letter is better than sending a simple card to your mom on Mother’s Day

   C. inviting your mom to eat in a restaurant is a good gift for her.

Air is always around us. It is around us when we walk and play. From the time we are born, air is around us. When we sit down, it is around us. When we go to bed, air is also around us. We live in air.

All the animals and plants need air. Living things can’t live without air. We can live without food or water for a few days, but we can not live for more than a few minutes without air. We breathe in air. When we are walking or running, we need more air. When we are asleep, we need less air.

We live in air, but we can’t see it. We can only feel it. We can feel it when it is moving. Moving air is called wind. How can we make air move? Here is one way. Hold and open a book in you hand in front of your face. Close it quickly! What you feel is the air.

1._________ need air.

A. Some of the animals????????????? B. All the things

C. Some of the plants????????????? D. All the animals and plants

2.We can live for a few days __________.

A. without air????????????? B. without food or water

C. without food or air????????????? D. without air or water

3.We need _________ air when we are asleep.

A. less????????????? B. no????????????? C. most????????????? D. a lot of

4.Which of the following sentences is TRUE(對(duì)的)?

A. Sometimes we don’t live in air.????

B. Air is not around us when we go to bed.

C. We can live happily without air.???

D. We need more air when we are working or running.

5.We live in air, but we can’t ________ it.

A. look????????????? B. see????????????? C. get????????????? D. feel

Every year several thousand people die in the car accidents in Great Britain. And between one and two hundred thousand people are hurt.?

There are rules to make the roads safe, but people do not always obey (遵守) the rules. They are careless. If everybody obeys the rules, the road will be much safer. How can we make the roads safer?

Remember this rule. In Great Britain traffic keeps to the left. Cars, buses and bikes must all keep to the left side of the road. In most other countries traffic keeps to the right.?

Before crossing the road, we should stop and look at both ways. Look right and left. Then, if you are sure that the road is clear, it is safe to cross the road. If you see small children or very old people, help them to cross the road. We must teach our children to cross the road safely. We must always give them a good example. Small children must not play in the street.?

1. If we want to make the roads safer, _______.?

A. everybody must be careful and obey the traffic rules ?????????????

B. traffic should keep to the right

C. don’t cross the road too often ????????????? ?????????????

D. roads must be clear

2.If you ride a bike in Great Britain, you must ride_______ .?

A. on the right side of the road ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? B. on the left side of the road

C. in the middle of the road????????????? ????????????? ??????? D. behind the buses?????????????

3. Which is NOT right?

A. Before crossing the road, we should stop and look at both ways.

B. In our country traffic keeps to the right.?

C. Few people die in the traffic accidents in Great Britain

D. Streets are not safe places for playing.

4.“The road is clear” means that _______.?

A. the road is not noisy????????

B.? the road is very clean

C.????????????? there is no car or bus running?

D. you can see very clearly on the road

5. The safe way to cross the road is to_______.?

A. look right??????????????????? B. look left

C. look both ways, right and left??? D. run cross the road