B

　　Amy was looking for a gift for her little daughter. She stopped in front of a store full of dolls.

　　“Girls like dolls,” she thought as she stepped into the store.

　　Looking around, she saw a grandma doll — one with grey hair and a pair of glasses. In her mind appeared Joyce, her own mother.

　　When Amy was a little girl, she got her first doll from Joyce for her birthday. Then the second, the third... the dolls never arrived late, year after year.

　　“Why always a doll?” This question had been in Amy’s mind until one day her father gave the answer. Joyce dreamed of having a doll when she was a child herself. Her parents promised one for her fifth birthday. Sadly, they both died in a traffic accident before it arrived. The never—received gift was the most precious one in her eyes.

　　Recalling(回想起) her mother’s story, Amy got an idea.

　　It was Joyce’s 60th birthday. She got a package with a card that read:

　　Dear Joyce,

　　I forget to send you a package that you should have received on May 20, 1956, your fifth birthday. The gift inside has aged, but I felt that you might still want to have it.

　　Love,

　　Angel of Joy

　　Joyce opened the package and saw a lovely grandma doll. She clasped the doll that she had waited so many years for, with tears running down her face. The doll, given by her “Angel of Joy”, made her the happiest “child” in the world.

　　36. Why did Amy stop in front of a store?

　　A. She wanted to buy her mother a gift.

　　B. She liked dolls.

　　C. She wanted to buy her daughter a gift.

　　D. Her daughter liked dolls.

　　37. Amy got a toy for her birthday every year because ________.

　　A. she liked dolls when she was young

　　B. her mother ran out of gift ideas

　　C. it was her mother’s dream to get a doll

　　D. she and her mother both liked dolls

　　38. What made Amy think of her mother and want to do something for her?

　　A. A toy shop. B. Her daughter.

　　C. A grandma doll. D. Herself.

　　39. What does the writer want to tell us?

　　A. We should never forget our parents.

　　B. We should love our kids first.

　　C. We should always remember our dreams.

　　D. We should buy birthday presents for our parents.

　　40. The underlined part “clasped” in the last paragraph means ________.

　　A. 喜欢 B. 紧抱 C. 珍藏 D. 嫌弃

　　C

　　Squirrels are getting ready for winter. They are looking for nuts and seeds, digging holes in the ground or finding holes in trees. That’s where they store the food they will need during the coming months, when the weather is cold and sometimes snowy.

　　Squirrels spend a lot of time in trees, which are like restaurants for them. Among their favorite things to eat are nuts and other parts of trees, like tender buds (花苞).

　　Squirrels may also eat corn, insects and other animals. And, as anyone who has a bird knows, squirrels love bird food!

　　Squirrels stay active all winter, so they need plenty of food to help keep up their energy. Squirrels tend to bury food underground, piece by piece. Some squirrels may gather food into piles that they put at the base of trees or bury underground.

　　When they need food, squirrels use their memory and smell to help them find what they buried. Sometimes, you’ll even see them digging through the snow.

　　Squirrels make nests in trees. Some squirrels spend much of the winter in underground tunnels (地道), where it is warmer.

　　When spring comes, squirrels change their eating habits to new plant growth, like buds and leaves. Sometimes they forget to dig up all their buried nuts.

　　That’s why you’ll sometimes find a little tree growing in a place where neither you nor your family planted it. It must have been the squirrels.

　　41. To get ready for winter, squirrels do all of the following EXCEPT ________.

　　A. store leaves to keep warm B. look for nuts and seeds

　　C. find holes in trees D. dig holes in the ground

　　42. Why do squirrels spend a lot of time in trees?

　　A. Because they can keep warm in trees.

　　B. Because they can find bird food there.

　　C. Because their favorite food is there.

　　D. Because they can find insects there.

　　43. The underlined part “tend to bury” in Paragraph 4 means ________.

　　A. never bury B. seldom bury C. usually bury D. hardly bury

　　44. According to the passage, we know that ________.

　　A. squirrels do not eat any other animals

　　B. squirrels sleep all the time during winter

　　C. squirrels plant young trees when spring comes

　　D. squirrels sometimes fail to find all of their buried nuts

　　45. The passage is mainly about ________.

　　A. what squirrels are like B. how squirrels spend winter

　　C. where squirrels bury food D. why squirrels store food for winter