Sometimes I really doubt whether there is love between my parents. Every day they are very busy trying to make money for my schooling.
One day, my mother was sewing a quilt（缝被子）. I silently sat beside her.
“Mum, is there love between you and Dad?” I asked in a very low voice.
With surprise in her eyes, she stopped her work for a while. The she said, “Susan, look at this thread（线）. It can hardly be seen, but it’s really there. It makes the quilt strong. If life is a quilt, love should be a thread. Love is inside.”
I couldn’t understand her until the next spring. At that time, my father suddenly got sick seriously. My mother had to stay with him in the hospital for a month.
After they were back, may mother helped my father walk slowly on the country road every day. They were so kind to each other and it seemed they were the happiest couple.
After two months my father still couldn’t walk by himself.
“Dad, how are you feeling now?” I asked him one day.
“Susan, don’t worry about me.” he said. “I just like walking with your mum. I like this kind of life.” Reading his eyes, I knew he loves my mother deeply.
Now I understand that love is just a thread in the quilt of our life. Love is inside, making life strong and warm.
1.Why are Susan’s parents busy trying to make money?
A. To send Susan to school
B. To get to see the doctor
C. To buy a strong quilt
D. To show their love
2.Susan’ father stayed in hospital for ______.
A. one day B. one month C. two months D. three months
3.Susan came to understand her mother ______.
A. while her mother was sewing a quilt
B. before her father was in hospital
C. when she was sitting beside her mother
D. after her father was seriously sick
4.What can we know from the passage?
A. Susan’s father is very lazy
B. Susan’s mother is a nurse
C. Susan’s parents love each other
D. Susan doesn’t like her father
5.Which of the following could be the best title for the passage?
A. How to make a Quilt Strong
B. Love is just a Tread
C. Walking on the Country Road
D. A Seriously Sick Father
A: It is such a lovely day. I love sunshine.
B: 1. .
A: I hope it stays like this.
B: 2. .
A: Is the weather usually like this here?
B: A bit hotter than today.
A: 3. .
B: It’s pretty cold and it often snows in winter. 4. .
A: A lot like the weather here, not too hot or cold.
B: I heard it rains a lot. 5. .
A: Mmm, yes. It rains but not any more than other places.
A. I hope so, too.
B. What’s the weather like in Winter?
C. Is that true?
D. I don’t think so.
E. Thank you for your kindness.
F. Yes, it’s really a nice and bright day.
G. What about your hometown?
The plane took off. A passenger needed a cup of water to take his medicine. An air hostess（空姐）told him that she would bring him the soon. But the air hostess was busy that she forgot to bring him the water. , the passenger couldn’t take his medicine on time. About half an hour later, she hurried over to him with a cup of water, but he it.
In the following hours, each time she the passenger, she would ask him with a smile whether he needed help or not. But the passenger paid notice to her.
When it was time to get off the , the passenger asked her to hand him the passengers’ booklet（留言簿）, she was very . She thought that he would bad words in it, but with a smile she handed it to him.
Off the plane, she opened the booklet and then . The passenger put it, “In the past few hours, you have asked me whether I needed help or not for twelve times in all. How can I refuse your twelve faithful（真诚的）smiles?”
1.A. medicine B. water C. cup D. coffee
2.A. very B. too C. quite D. so
3.A. With her help B. As a result C. On the one hand D. To tell the truth
4.A. drank B. accepted C. refused D. received
5.A. looked at B. listened to C. talked about D. passed by
6.A. usually B. never C. sometimes D. often
7.A. plane B. train C. ship D. bus
8.A. interested B. happy C. excited D. sad
9.A. break down B. get down C. write down D. go down
10.A. smiled B. cried C. wondered D. worried
Sitienei, a 90-year-old Kenyan grandmother, has become the world’s oldest primary school student. She is studying at the local primary school to learn to read and write. She is from a small in Kenyan. She has spent most of her life as a midwife（接生婆）, helping women to give birth to babies. She wants to pass on her midwife skills to the young. She said she didn’t have a chance to go to school when she was . So she wants all the children in her village to .
The head teacher at the school said, “I’m proud her. She is loved by every pupil. They all want to learn and play with .” He also said, “She is doing well considering her . I can say I have seen a big difference in this school she came.”
Sitienei often said, “I want to tell children, girls in poor areas, that will be your wealth.” She added, “With education, you can be whatever you want to be --- a doctor, a teacher, a scientist, and so on.”
1.A. school B. village C. town D. city
2.A. reading B. writing C. playing D. working
3.A. young B. old C. famous D. free
4.A. study B. work C. leave D. listen
5.A. for B. with C. of D. in
6.A. her B. me C. him D. you
7.A. chance B. age C. skills D. ways
8.A. after B. when C. since D. before
9.A. naturally B. especially C. luckily D. certainly
10.A. friendship B. future C. competition D. education
–Would you like to play football after school?
--______. I have a lot of homework to do.
A. I’m afraid not B. Enjoy yourself
C. Take your time D. It takes no time
–Do you have any plans for this Sunday?
--I’m not sure. I ______ go to the countryside to see my grandmother.
A. can B. must C. may D. need
