Do you often think of your parents? You may say, “Of course, I        . I         a gift for my mother on Mother’s Day and on Father’s Day I give my father       , too.” But what about the other days of the year?

In my family, my parents like         very much because my aunt and uncle come back from Beijing to see them. All the family members get together. They are very happy. In the evening, we eat moon cakes and watch the        .

I have a friend. Her parents       in another city. One day, I go to see her, and we have a nice talk. Then she wants to        . So she dials (撥打) the number, but then she puts down the phone.         About 15 minutes, she dials the number again.”Hi, Mom…”

Later, I ask, “Why do you dial the number        ?” She smiles, “My parents are old and      , so they can’t get close to the telephone quickly. I always do so when I call them. I only want to give them         time to         the telephone.”

My friend is a good girl. She is always         about her parents. You also want to be a         child, right? Please always remember to         your parents at anytime, not just on some important days.

1.A. will            B. do                                     C. won’t                                D. don’t

2.A. buy                             B. sell                        C. take                      D. do

3.A. a cake       B. a kiss                      C. some money                 D. a gift

4.A. Halloween          B. Chinese New Year  C. Thanksgiving Day     D. Mid-Autumn Festival

5.A. moon                     B. sun                         C.TV                                    D. film

6.A. live                              B. play                       C. travel                             D. eat

7.A. take a walk                   B. go fishing                        C. make a call                     D. have a rest

8.A. After                           B. When                             C. Before                            D. For

9.A. a twice               B. twice                     C. second                           D. the second

10.A. slow                          B. fast                                  C. healthy                           D. strong

11.A. enough                     B. little                       C. any                                  D. free

12.A. move (移動)              B. bring                      C. take                                 D. answer

13.A. telling              B. saying                             C. thinking                          D. waiting

14.A. well                           B. clever                             C. bad                                  D. good

15.A. think                B. love                                 C. want                      D. hear

As I look back on it now, I realize it was kind of silly of me to be so worried when Daddy was really just late. I waited every night for Daddy whom I followed around everywhere.

　 That day, I stood at my        place by the door, waiting for his return from work.

　 After standing there for a while, I began to      where Daddy was. I ran into the kitchen and asked Mummy     ,“When is Daddy coming? ”

　 “ Soon, honey, ”Mummy replied distractedly (心不在焉的) because she was following a difficult recipe(cookbook) for dinner.

　　I ran back to the door for I knew that Daddy was coming and that I wasn’t standing there for nothing, I began to read the words from my favorite books.

　　Tired of that, I went back to the kitchen to ask Mummy again but       I could open my mouth, she handed me a My little Pony coloring book. She said: “I’m busy, Daniel. Go and       a pretty picture and I’ll hang it on the fridge. ”

　　I went back to the door, put my book and crayons (蠟筆) down, then went to get my mini chair to sit in. After a while, the         became a pink-and-purple artistic wonder.

　　Soon I        with relief (放心) as I heard the sound of the garage door       and Daddy’s car driving in. I heard him turn off the engine and open and close his car door. The next thing I knew was that the door opened and there stood Daddy. I stood up and        my arms . I hugged him tightly and whispered, “I love you”.

　　As I sit at the computer finishing this story, I know Daddy will be home soon. I still       when he’s late. I still go to greet him when he arrives. And I still tell him I love him.

1.A. own         B. usual        C. favorite           D. strange

2.A. think    B. understand         C. wonder          D. search

3.A. hopefully     B. thoughtfully        C. politely          D. sadly

4.A. when    B. as        C. until        D. before

5.A. color       B. make         C. draw           D. paint

6.A. book         B. picture             C. fridge            D. chair

7.A. smiled         B. cried             C. laughed  D. called

8.A. shaking          B. opening          C. shutting    D. breaking

9.A. carried out   B. took out             C. gave out  D. held out

10.A. mind            B. realize             C. doubt   D. worry

閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的A、B、C、D四個選項中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項

We have no idea about       men first began to use salt. But we do know that it had been used in many different ways _____ the history.

For example, in many history books it is ____ that people who lived three thousand years ago ____salted fish. Thousands of years ago in Egypt（埃及）, salt ____ keep the dead. It can keep the dead bodies ____ decay.（腐爛）

In the eighteenth century, a person who stole salt was ____ to have broken the ____. if a person was caught stealing salt, he would be thrown into ____. Books also record that in England about ten thousand people were put into prison during that century ____ stealing salt! In the year 1553, if a man took ____ than his share of salt, he would be thought to have broken the law and would be ____ punished(懲罰).

Salt was very ____ on the dinner table of a king. It was always put ____ the king when he sat down to eat. Then important visitors sat near the salt _____ less important visitors were given seats farther away from it.

1.A. when         B. where             C. what                D. which

2.A. throughout             B. thought      C. though           D. although

3.A. say                 B. reported      C. recorded            D. reading

4.A. eat                 B.ate           C. eating                D. have eaten

5.A. used to                    B. was used to           C. was used           D. used

6.A. off                  B. from                 C. on                 D. out

7.A. think          B. consider    C. thoughtful            D. thought

8.A. law                 B. glass        C. computer     D. time

9.A. pool               B. hill           C. prison                D. river

10.A. because           B. because of          C. by                D. as

11.A. more                B. less        C. fewer                D. most

12.A. serious             B. bad        C. terrible             D. seriously

13.A. important           B. necessary          C. clever              D. cheerful

14.A. in the front of      B. behind          C. in front of     D. before

15.A. when          B. as          C. however              D. while

Imagine the situation. You are driving a car along a desert or on a mountain. You have no idea        you are. You passed the last house two hours ago. Then your       breaks down. It is night and it is cold. You have no mobile phone. What do you do? Well, next time take a        with you. This invention may be able to help you. It is a device(裝置) which uses satellites to find the user’s position(位置). It can find your position to within 20 metres. A GPS cannot start your car, but at least you will         where you are.

GPS, which means Global Positioning System, is a small        receiver. It looks like a mobile phone. You can hold it in your hand, or put in your pocket. It is sometimes put into a watch or a        . We also find GPS devices in cars, planes, or boats. Some of these devices have electronic       , so you know where you are. For example, in a city they can tell you the name of the         .

There are       parts to the Global Positioning System. The first part is the     . You can either hold it in your hand      have it fixed into your car, plane, etc. The second part is a group of satellites orbiting the Earth. The receiver contacts at least four of the satellites and calculates(計算) its position. The third part of the system is a network of ground stations. They are all over the world. They       the satellites and make sure they are working well.

Some people think that in the future the GPS will be as        as the mobile. They are becoming       and more and more accurate(精確的). There are also new uses for the GPS. Perhaps they will become like       . Everyone will have one and you will never be lost again.

1.A.where                 B. what               C. who                  D. how

2.A.ship                B. car           C. train                  D. plane

3.A.watch         B. ring         C. clock                 D.GPS

4.A.advise                  B. know              C. represent             D. speak

5.A.radio          B. TV           C. robot                D. machine

6.A.room          B. office               C. road                  D. mobile phone

7.A.parts               B. maps                 C. video                D. music

8.A.studio         B. teenager     C. bus                  D. street

9.A. five            B. four                 C. three                D. two

10.A. sender             B. receiver      C. Internet      D. system

11.A.and               B. then         C. but           D. or

12.A.control              B. achieve       C. allow               D. imagine

13.A.expensive              B. special           C. new                  D. common

14.A. cheaper           B. easier              C. more expensive       D. bigger

15.A.computers             B. robots            C. satellites      D. watches

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In the depths of my memory, many things I did with my father still live. I call these things  1  and love.

I don’t remember my father ever getting into a swimming pool. But he did  2  the water. Any kind of  3  ride seemed to give him pleasure.  4  he loved to fish; sometimes he took me along.

But I never really liked being on the water, the way my father did. I liked being  5  the water, moving through it, having it all around me. I was not a strong  6  , or one who learned to swim early, for I had my  7  . But I loved being in the swimming pool close to my father’s office and  8  those summer days with my father, who  9  come by on a break. I needed him to see what I could do. My father would stand there in his suit, the  10  person not in swimsuit.

After swimming, I would go  11  his office and sit on the wooden chair in front of his big desk, where he let me  12  anything I found in his top desk drawer. Sometimes, if I was left alone at his desk while he worked in the lab, an assistant or a student might come in and tell me perhaps I shouldn’t be playing with his  13  . But my father always showed up and said easily, “Oh, no, it’s fine.” Sometimes he handed me coins and told me to get  14  an ice cream…

A poet once said, “We look at life once, in childhood; the rest is memory.” And I think it is not only what we “l(fā)ook at once, in childhood” that determines our memories, but  15  , in that childhood, look at us.

1.A. hope           B. joy              C. anger           D. worry

2.A. hate           B. refuse           C. praise          D. love

3.A. boat           B. bus              C. train           D. bike

4.A. But                B. Then             C. And             D. Still

5.A. on                 B. off              C. by              D. in

6.A. swimmer            B. rider            C. walker          D. runner

7.A. hopes          B. likes            C. rights          D. fears

8.A. spending       B. saving

C. wasting         D. destroying

9.A. should         B. would            C. had to          D. could

10.A. next          B. only             C. other           D. last

11.A. away from     B. out of           C. by              D. inside

12.A. put up            B. break down       C. play with      D. work out

13.A. fishing net  B. office things

C. wooden chair    D.lab equipment

14.A. the student       B. the assistant    C. myself          D. himself

15.A. which         B. who              C. what            D. whose