It was Mother’s Day．John was so busy with his work that he couldn’t go back home．When he passed by a flower shop in the evening，an idea came to his mind．“I’ll send Mum some roses．”

    While John was picking his flowers，a young man went inside．“How many roses can I get for only five dollars，Madam?”he asked the assistant was trying to tell him roses were as expensive as forty dollars a dozen．Maybe he would be happy with carnations（康乃馨）．

    “No，I have to have red roses．”He said，“My Mum was badly ill last year and I didn’t get to spend much time with her．Now I want to get something special．it has to be roses as rose is her favorite．

    After hearing it，John said he would pay the rest of the money for the young man．Moved by both of them，the assistant said，“Well，lovely young men，thirty dollars a dozen，only for you．”Taking the roses，the young man almost jumped into the air and ran out of the shop．It was well worth twenty—five dollars John paid to see the exciting moment．Then John paid for his dozen of roses and told the assistant to send them to his mother．

    As he walked out，he felt nice．Suddenly he saw the young man crossing the street and going  into a park．But soon he realized it was not a park ,but a cemetery．Crying．the young man carefully laid the roses，“Mum，oh，Mum，why didn’t I tell you how much I loved you ?Cod．please help me find my mum and tell her I love her．”

    Seeing this，John turned and quickly walked to the shop．He would take the flowers home himself．

1．the assistant tried to ask the young man to buy carnations instead of roses，because________．

    A．carnations were nicer than roses

    B．the roses were saved for John

    C．roses were more expensive than carnations

    D．carnations were special flowers for Mother’s Day

2．John paid _____ for the young man because of the roses．

    A．$5                       B．$25              C．$30        D．$55

3．the young man cried at the tomb because he ___________．

    A．had spent all his money on the roses

    B．wasn’t able to tell his mother he loved her himself

    C．felt sorry to ask John to Day for his flowers

    D．hadn’t got enough money for his sick mother

 4．At last John changed his mind and went home because he wanted to ______

    A．tell his mother he loved her himself

    B．a(chǎn)sk his mother for more money

  C．tell his mother the young man’s story

    D．a(chǎn)sk his mother if she liked roses

5．the writer writes the passage to tell us“__________”．

    A．Buy roses for your mother when she is ill

    B．Let your mother know how much you love her

    C．Work hard to get more money for your mother

    D．Send your mother flowers on Mother’s Day

When my son unexpectedly volunteered for the US Navy, I was busy writing my novels and giving little thought to the men and women in the army.

    My son, John Smith, recently came home  1  from the Middle East. He slowly appeared from a broken car. John  2  all night from a base near Washington,  3  he had landed the day before. He did not want me to  4  him there. “I’ll need time to myself,” my son said  5  calling from Kuwait on the way home.

    I gave my wife a start. Mother  6  son. “I was so worried,” Genie said. She pulled him away to look up again and again to  7  he was really there.

    My wife gave me a great  8 : time alone with my boy. John was tired and stretched on his bed. I  9  down next to him. I just wanted to be certain that the nightmares I’d had about John being killed were  10 .

    I kept holding my son, the way I  11  when he was two and came into our bed after a  12 dream. I asked John if he’d rather sleep than talk, and he said there would be time for  13  late.

    With the  14  over, under and around me came incredible tiredness. I slept with his voice dying away. It was the first good  15  I’d had in months. I woke and John was asleep next to me. Sitting by his bed watching him breathe, I found myself praying and  16  for all the fathers, mothers, sons, daughters, husbands and wives of those who were not coming home. For the first time in my life, I was weeping for  17.

    Before my son went to war, I would never have shed tears for them. My son  18  me. He taught me that our men and women in uniform are not the “ 19 “. They are our sons, daughters, brothers and sisters. Sometimes shedding tears for strangers is a holy  20 . sometimes it’s all we can do.

1．A．a(chǎn)ngry                    B．excited                C．frightened            D．a(chǎn)live

2．A．would have driven        B．has been driving

     C．had driven                                           D．ought to drive

3．A．where                   B．that                     C．which                 D．when

4．A．meet                     B．take                    C．greet                   D．receive

5．A．once                     B．when                  C．now                    D．since

6．A．hit                        B．pushed                C．carried                D．embraced

7．A．make sure             B．look round           C．learn about          D．find out

8．A．surprise                B．help                    C．gift                      D．respect

9．A．lied                       B．lay                      C．laid D．were lying

10．A．facts                   B．truths                  C．jokes                   D．lies

11．A．used to                B．ought to              C．should have         D．had to

12．A．strange                B．wild                    C．scary                  D．dull

13．A．a(chǎn)dvice                 B．discussion           C．talk                     D．sleep

14．A．chat                    B．worries               C．meeting               D．interview

15．A．conversation        B．communication    C．sleep                   D．wish

16．A．crying                 B．shouting              C．screaming           D．regretting

17．A．friends                B．neighbors            C．strangers             D．soldiers

18．A．persuaded            B．changed              C．trained                D．guided

19．A．ones                   B．other                   C．others                 D．a(chǎn)nother

20．A．function         B．task             C．work           D．duty

12-year-old John Thomas Robertson is a born train fan. "I’ve liked trains probably from the day I was born," he told Good Morning America. "When I was very little," he said, "my grandpa got me a train model. I would just watch it go round for hours and hours."
When Robertson finally had the opportunity to ride on a train, he felt great. His journey was so mind-blowing that he couldn’t keep it to himself: he decided to take all his classmates to go on a ride with him. When he found that some of his classmates couldn’t pay the fare, he collected cans (罐子) and bottles and raised more than $1,000 for them.
That trip was such a happy one that he made it a yearly action. "It never gets boring for some reason; it’s just fun," he said. "It really lets people get away from their busy life and have fun.
Every October, Robertson takes a new group of children to ride on the train —but now, he has a problem. Several disabled children were refused because the train was not accessible (可用的) to disabled people. "He was angry to think that children of his own age couldn’t ride a train," his mother said.
But he wouldn’t say no: he recently sent a letter to the train office for help. To his surprise, the leader, Ty Pennington, accepted the letter in person. He said that he and his workers would work on making a train accessible to disabled people.
【小題1】The first time John Thomas Robertson took a train, ________.

A．he was frightened by it

B．he acted as a driver

C．he watched it for hours

D．he fell in love with it

【小題2】The author says John Thomas Robertson is a born train fan, because he ________.

A．was greatly attracted to trains since early childhood

B．said so in Good Morning America

C．took a group of disabled children to travel by train

D．was taken to a train the day he was born

【小題3】The underlined words "mind-blowing" can be replaced by ________.

A．important

B．terrible

C．a(chǎn)mazing

D．disappointing

【小題4】The disabled children were refused to get on the train because _________.

A．the trains then weren’t accessible to the disabled

B．Robertson had not saved enough money for the tickets

C．they couldn’t afford the train tickets

D．the driver would not allow them to do so

【小題5】According to the last paragraph, we can see that Robertson is a ________ child.

A．helpful and crazy	B．kind and clever
C．kind but boring	D．lazy but kind

12-year-old John Thomas Robertson is a born train fan. "I’ve liked trains probably from the day I was born," he told Good Morning America. "When I was very little," he said, "my grandpa got me a train model. I would just watch it go round for hours and hours."

When Robertson finally had the opportunity to ride on a train, he felt great. His journey was so mind-blowing that he couldn’t keep it to himself: he decided to take all his classmates to go on a ride with him. When he found that some of his classmates couldn’t pay the fare, he collected cans (罐子) and bottles and raised more than $1,000 for them.

That trip was such a happy one that he made it a yearly action. "It never gets boring for some reason; it’s just fun," he said. "It really lets people get away from their busy life and have fun.

Every October, Robertson takes a new group of children to ride on the train —but now, he has a problem. Several disabled children were refused because the train was not accessible (可用的) to disabled people. "He was angry to think that children of his own age couldn’t ride a train," his mother said.

But he wouldn’t say no: he recently sent a letter to the train office for help. To his surprise, the leader, Ty Pennington, accepted the letter in person. He said that he and his workers would work on making a train accessible to disabled people.

1.The first time John Thomas Robertson took a train, ________.

A．he was frightened by it

B．he acted as a driver

C．he watched it for hours

D．he fell in love with it

2.The author says John Thomas Robertson is a born train fan, because he ________.

A．was greatly attracted to trains since early childhood

B．said so in Good Morning America

C．took a group of disabled children to travel by train

D．was taken to a train the day he was born

3.The underlined words "mind-blowing" can be replaced by ________.

A．important         B．terrible           C．a(chǎn)mazing           D．disappointing

4.The disabled children were refused to get on the train because _________.

A．the trains then weren’t accessible to the disabled

B．Robertson had not saved enough money for the tickets

C．they couldn’t afford the train tickets

D．the driver would not allow them to do so

5.According to the last paragraph, we can see that Robertson is a ________ child.

A．helpful and crazy                       B．kind and clever

C．kind but boring                         D．lazy but kind