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As time goes by, I understand my mother. She made me clever and diligent (勤奮的 ) . 9 a great mother! A 10 mother is worth(等值于) one hundred teachers! Don’t you think so? ( )1. A. money B. help C. time D. life ( )2. A. tallest B. most foolish C. laziest D. most beautiful ( )3. A. leave B. invite C. visit D. drive ( )4. A. anywhere B. somewhere C. nowhere D. everywhere ( )5. A. or B. when C. but D. so ( )6. A. wash B. move C. buy D. hide ( )7. A. job B. homework C. meeting D. housework ( )8. A. shown B. cried C. learned D. drove ( )9. A. Which B. What C. Who D. How ( )10. A. young B. good C. happy D. lazy 四、閱讀理解。re both poor though they work hard. Most villagers have built new houses, but they still live in the low and broken houses. They never find out why. Once Uncle Li went to town to buy some medicine for his wife. In the town he heard the apples in a city were expensive. He told Uncle Wang about it as soon as he went back. They decided to carry some apples to the city. They borrowed some money from their friends and bought nearly 1,000 kilograms of apples in the villages and carried them to the city on a tractor. Bad luck! A lot of apples has already been carried there when they arrived. A few days later they had to sell them at a low price (價格 )。t understand why we sustained (蒙受 ) losses in business while others always profit (盈利 ) Uncle Li asked one day. The tractor was too small Uncle Wang said without thinking. We39。re both poor C. their farms are at the foot of the mountain D. they39。t as good as the others39。 C. a lot of apples had been already carried to the city D. they fot to carry them on a truck ( ) 4. Uncle Li and Uncle Wang were unhappy because _________. A. they had sustained losses in business B. they had lost some money in the city C. something was wrong with the tractor D. other people profited in the city ( ) 5. Which of the following is true? A. The two farmers found out why they were poor. B. The two farmers will soon get rich. C. Neither of the farmers is clever. D. The two farmers decided to buy a truck. B Diwali is perhaps the most famous of the Hindu(印度人的 ) festivals. It is celebrated by Hindus in India and abroad. It is often called the Festival of Lights. For Hindus, Diwali is very important and it is also a very exciting time for them. Normally, this holiday is celebrated in October of November and it falls on a different date each year. This year, it will be celebrated on October 23. Diwali is usually celebrated for 5 days. To prepare for Diwali, Hindus spend several weeks cleaning their homes and preparing special food in order to wele Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth (財富女神 ) into their lives. They will open the windows of their homes during this time to make sure that she can enter their homes. One of the other traditions of Diwali is to light up lamps in the homes. The oil lamps are used to make the goddess of wealth enter the homes. Hindus believe that she will not enter a home that is not lit up. During Diwali, the children in India do not have to go to school. They share gifts with one another and prepare special holiday meals to celebrate this event