Only mother’s love is true love. It gives everybody everything in all his life. When you are still 1. boy, mother takes good care of you as possible. In your walking hours, she always holds you in her arms. 2. you are ill, she stops her work right now to look after you day and night but forgets about 3. . When you are growing up day 4. day, she feels very happy. When you are old 5. to go to school, mother still looks after you all the time. On cold winter days, she always tells you to put on more clothes. She always stands in the wind waiting for you back from school. When you hurry to leave home for school with little breakfast, she always feels 6. about you at home. She usually knows about your study and spends much money on your school things. When you do 7. at school, you will see the brightest smile on her face.
Mother is always ready to give everything she has to her children, not to receive. 8. true love it is in the world! We will remember mother love forever!
Directions：For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A，B，C and D．Fill each blank with a word or phrase that best fits the context．
In the past, man didn’t have to think about the protection of his environment. There were few people on the earth, and natural resources seemed to be 36 .
Today things are 37 , and the world has become too 38 . We’re using up our natural resources too quickly, and at the same time we are 39 our environment with dangerous chemicals. If we continue to do this, human life on the earth will not survive.
Everyone 40 today that if too many fish are taken from the sea, there will soon be none left. Yet, with modern fishing 41 , more and more fish are caught. We know that if too many trees are cut down, forests will disappear and nothing will grow on the land. Yet, we 42 to use bigger and more powerful machines to cut down more and more trees.
We know that if rivers are polluted with waste products from factories, we’ll die. 43 , in most countries wastes are still put into rivers or into the sea, and there are 44 laws to stop this.
We know, too, that if the 45 of the world continues to rise at the present rate, in a few years there will not be enough food . What can we do to solve these problems?
If we eat more vegetables and less meat there will be more food available for every one. Land that is used to grow crops 46 five times more people than land where animals are kept. Our natural resources will last longer if we learn to recycle them.
The world population will not rise so quickly if people use modern methods of birth control.
Finally, if we educate people to think about the problems, we shall have a better and cleaner 47 in the future.
1.A. beautiful B. unlimited C. rare D. valuable
2.A. common B. the same C. changeable D. different
3.A. crowded B. small C. dirty D. busy
4.A. protecting B. saving C. polluting D. fighting
5.A. wonders B. realizes C. considers D. discovers
6.A. poles B. boats C. methods D. ideas
7.A. continue B. have C. ought D. go on
8.A. Thus B. However C. Generally speaking D. Therefore
9.A. too many B. a few C. some D. few
10.A. production B. pollution C. population D. revolution
11.A. feeds B. increases C. supplies D. helps
12.A. nature B. sea C. planet D. forest
Unfortunately when we arrived she _ __, So we only had time for a few words.
A. just left B. has just left C. was just leaving D. had just left
__on a chair, he read an interesting storybook.
A. Sitting B. To sit C. Sat D. Having sat
All the students suggested that they __________ two weeks to prepare for the exam.
A. give B. should give C. be given D. would be given
______ is reported that many young people go to big cities to earn money.
A. This B. That C. It D. As
