The day before Mother’s Day this year, the police received a call from an old woman because her husband had gone missing from their home. He has Alzheimer’s disease (老年痴呆症).
The police found Melvyn Amrine two blocks (街区) away from his home. He couldn’t tell the police where he lived.
However, he was able to understand where he was going clearly: he was buying his wife Doris flowers for Mother’s Day falling on Sunday. He has done that since she gave birth to their first child.
Three years ago, Melvyn Amrine was told he had the disease. Since then his illness has become worse and worse. His wife has to look after him. She is sad to see the disease take away her husband’s memories.
The police told Melvyn’s family they would take him straight home—but Melvyn Amrine didn’t agree to go with them.
“He was pretty adamant (坚决的),” Officer Troy Dillard told the reporter. “He wasn’t going home until he got those flowers. He wanted to buy flowers for his wife, because tomorrow was Mother’s Day,” Officer Brian Grigsby added.
So the police decided to help Melvyn Amrine achieve his goal. They stopped at a local supermarket and helped him choose a bunch (束) of beautiful roses. “We had to get those flowers. We didn’t have a choice,” Grigsby said.
1.The story happened on ________.
A. Sunday B. Saturday C. Friday D. Monday
2.Who called the police?
A. Melvyn’s son. B. Melvyn’s wife.
C. Melvyn’s daughter. D. Melvyn himself.
3.When the police found him, Melvyn was ________ about what he wanted to do.
A. clear B. serious C. excited D. worried
4.Which of the following is TRUE?
A. Melvyn wanted to buy flowers for his mum. B. Melvyn’s wife lost her memory.
C. Melvyn went to another city. D. The police helped Melvyn buy a bunch of roses.
5.We can know that ________ from the passage.
A. Melvyn’s illness can be cured (治愈) easily
B. Melvyn’s wife likes flowers very much
C. Melvyn loves his wife very much
D. Melvyn always misses his mum
Evening came. It was time for Mr Black to close his shop. He was _____ his money. His son, Tom, who was 15，had just gone outside to buy a newspaper. Just then, a big man walked _____ the shop. He had a gun in his hand.
When Tom came back, he could hear the man asking his father for _____. Tom could see the gun in the man's hand, but the man didn't _____ or hear Tom.
Tom hurried to the street. He looked for the police, _____ he didn't see any. Then Tom saw an old baseball bat(棒球球棒)lying in the street. "Maybe this will be helpful," he thought. He ran _____ with it.
His father was just giving some of the money to the man. The man was watching Tom's father. Tom knew he could not _____ long. "Now is the time. I _____ do it now." Tom went up to the man and knocked him down _____ the bat.
Tom and his father then ran outside. This time they got the ______ and told them what had happened. The police quickly went to the shop and caught the man.
1.A. checking B. count C. spending D. save
2.A. out of B. around C. into D. down
3.A. paper B. water C. money D. food
4.A. know B. catch C. meet D. see
5.A. but B. so C. for D. or
6.A. back B. over C. away D. past
7.A. hold B. wait C. rest D. watch
8.A. had better B. can C. must D. have to
9.A. by B. from C. without D. with
10.A. neighbours B. police C. friends D. children
He was very happy because he act in a Hollywood film.
A. chose to B. was chosen to
C. was chosen D. has chosen to
Hepburn won an Oscar Best Actress her role this film.
A. of; for; in B. for; of; of
C. for; for in D. of; of; in
His carelessness, he didn't pass the weekly exam.
A. Because of B. Thanks to C. Because D. Thanks for
No one knows who salt, but it's very helpful to our life.
A. invented B. discovered C. created D. found out
