We love to go to the country in spring as the flowers smell so       .

A．well         B．nice              C．wonderfully           D．nicely

The letter from my uncle was short. There wasn't      news.

A．many        B．a few        C．much          D．few

The boy doesn't speak        his sister, but his written work is very good．

A．as well as                  B．so good as

C．more better than             D．more worse than

—When did your uncle arrive       China?

—He got to Guangzhou       the morning of the 16th of April.

A．at; in         B．in; in         C．to; on          D．in; on

The food       my country is quite different       that here.

A．in; like        B．to; from        C．from; to                 D．in; from

       way it is from Guangzhou to Paris!

A．How long       B．What a long      C．How a long         D．What long

—I hear Yang Yan made an English speech at the graduation ceremony yesterday.

—_______, and _______.

A. So she did; so did I                               B. So did she; so I did

C. So she was; so I was                                   D. So was she; so I was

—Excuse me, may I take a seat here?

—______. The man on the seat has left.

A. You’d better not        B. No, thanks         C. Yes, please       D. I’m afraid not

Do you know who invented tea? In fact, tea, the most popular drink in the world （after water）, was invented by accident （偶然）. According to an ancient Chinese legend （传说）, the emperor Shen Nong   1   tea when he was boiling drinking water over an open fire. Some leaves from a nearby bush （灌木丛） fell into the water and remained there for   2  . The emperor noticed that the leaves in the water produced a   3  smell. Later he decided   4   the hot mixture （混合物）. It was quite delicious. And   5  , one of the world’s favorite drinks was invented.

       China is the home of tea,   6  has more than 4,000 years history. People throughout China drink tea daily.   7   the three major drinks—tea, coffee and cocoa, tea is drunk by   8   people in the world. Tea from China, along   9   silk and porcelain, began to be known by the world over a thousand years ago and has been an important Chinese export   10  .

       Tea leaves   11  mainly in the area south of the Yangtze River, in the provinces of Zhejiang, Jiangxi and Fujian, because of the mild   12   and rich soil there. Longjing, Wulong, Pu’er and Tieguanyin are all   13   kinds of tea.

       Over the past centuries, Chinese people   14  their unique tea culture, which includes tea planting, tea-leaf picking, tea making and so on. Tea is   15   a popular topic which is often mentioned in dances, songs, poems and novels.

1. A. invented               B. found out                 C. discovered         D. tried out

2. A. sometimes            B. some time                 C. some times        D. some days

3. A. pleasant                B. pleased                     C. bad                   D. terrible

4. A. not to taste           B. to taste                     C. tasting               D. taste

5. A. by the way           B. on the way               C. on its way         D. in this way

6. A. who                            B. which                      C. where               D. when

7. A. In                        B. For                          C. Of                    D. By

8. A. the number of       B. a number of                 C. a large number of D. the largest number of

9. A. between               B. with                         C. except               D. besides

10. A. At that time         B. from now on            C. since then          D. since now

11. A. produce                     B. are produced             C. make                D. are made

12. A. climate               B. weather                    C. condition           D. environment

13. A. interesting           B. important                  C. famous             D. normal

14. A. had developed     B. have developed          C. developed          D. are developing

15. A. too                  B. as well                            C. either                D. also

A little boy invited his mother to attend （出席） his elementary school’s first teacher-parent meeting. To the little boy’s dismay （沮丧）, his mother said she would go. This would be the first time that his classmates and teachers met his mother and he was embarrassed （尴尬的） by her appearance. There was a severe （严重的） scar （伤疤） that covered nearly the whole right side of her faced. The boy never wanted to talk about why or how she got the scar.

       At the meeting, the people were impressed （留下深刻的印象） by the kindness of his mother with the scar, but the little boy was still embarrassed and hid himself from everyone. However, he could hear clearly the conversation between his mother and the teacher.

       ”How did you get the scar on your face?” the teacher asked.

       The mother replied, “When my son was a baby, he was in a room that caught on fire. Everyone was too afraid to go in because the fire was out of control, but I went in. As I was running towards his bed, I saw a burning wood falling down and I placed myself over him trying to protect him. I was knocked to be unconscious （无知觉的）, but luckily, a fireman came in and saved both of us.” She touched the burned side of her face. “This scar will be forever, but until today, I have never regretted doing what I did.”

       When the little boy heard this, he couldn’t help running towards his mother with tears in his eyes. He hugged her and felt his mother was greater than anyone. He held her hand tightly for the rest of the day.

1. The boy’s mother was actually （事实上）________.

       A. ugly                  B. kind                  C. beautiful            D. ugly but kind

2. According to the passage, the little boy ________.

       A. didn’t ask her mother to attend the meeting

B. wanted her mother to attend the meeting at first

       C. didn’t really want her mother to attend the meeting at first

       D. wasn’t moved by what her mother said

3. After reading the passage, we know _______.

       A. the people at the meeting didn’t like the boy’s mother

       B. the boy’s mother was brave but foolish

       C. the boy hated what his mother had done

       D. we should respect our parents whatever they are like