【正文】 p them. Many 24 also made kites. Daniel spent three days making a kite for three days. John, a Grade 9 student, said, “ I want to stop wars, 25 the lovely animals and plants can live well.” 16. A. hope B. wish C. poster D. friend 17. A. different B. same C. special D. usual 18. A. sadly B. quietly C. heavily D. happily 19. A. World Bird Day B. World Kite Day C. World Peace Day D. World Song Day 20. A. write B. sing C. read D. see 21. A. danger B. safety C. peace D. beauty 22. A. China B. Beijing C. the world D. Iraq 23. A. he B. I C. we D. they 24. A. teachers B. boys C. students D. girls 25. A. because B. since C. because of D. so that 三、 閱讀理解（共 15小題 ,每小題 1分，滿分 15分） A My mother loves flowers. We live next door to each other, so she often spends much time planting flowers in my garden. In summer, she often makes colourful bouquets(花束 ) and puts them inside the housesboth hers and mine. One year, shortly before Christmas, a local flower shop offered an activity for mothers in each month of the next year. It seemed to be a great way to thank her for all of the flowers she had given me through the years. I couldn’t wait the n ew year so that I could give a bouquet to her! After the Christmas, in early January. I drove her to the flower shop to pick up her first month’s bouquet. The small bouquet would hardly fill a small vase. I was so embarrassed ( 尷尬 ). “Mum, I’m sorry,” I told her. “I didn’t know how skimpy that bouquet was.” She looked at me and smiled. “It’s okay,” she said. “It allows me to enjoy the beauty of each one better.” I was amazed at what she said. It helped me realized something more importantwe often fail to enjoy the beauty of each thing when we have too many good things. Mum! Thanks for helping me understand that less is sometimes more. 26. The mother often spends much time . A. cleaning her son’s house B. planting flowers in her own garden C. planting flowers in her son’s garden D. making bouquets in a flower shop 27. We can infer(推斷 ) from the story that . A. the writer couldn’t afford a big bouquet B. the mother was unhappy when receiving the bouquet C. the writer would pick up another bouquet the next month D. the mother would send back the bouquet to the flower shop 28. The underlined word “skimpy” means . A. small B. cheap C. beautiful D. colourful 29. What is the mother like? A. She is a lazy woman. B. She is a strict mother. C. She is always optimistic(樂觀的 ) . D. Sometimes she isn’t honest. 30. What did the writer learn from his mother? A. How to buy flowers. B. How to enjoy flowers. C. How to grow flowers. D. How to consider things in another way. B William Shakespeare was a writer of plays and poems. Some of his most famous plays are Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth. He wrote thirtyseven plays in all. They are still popular today. He was born in 1564 in England. At school he liked watching plays. He decided to be an actor when he finished school at the age of fourteen. In 1582, he married a farmer’s daughter. She was eight years older than he was. Their first child was a daughter. Later they had twins. In 1585, Shakespeare left his hometown, Stratforduponavon. His wife and children stayed behind. No one knows why he left or what he did between 1585 and 1592. At twentyeight he moved to London and joined a theatre pany which opened the globe theatre in 1599. He became an actor, and he also wrote plays. He usually ac