Who should be helped A: She has to visit Bob. B: She has to do her homework. C: She has to look ’after her mother at home.

As usual, she helped her mother clear away the dishes and _________ up the room. A: make B: straighten C: do D: look

What does Mary mean A: She means that her mother is better. B: She thinks her mother is very well. C: She thinks that her mother is very ill.

Mary's birthday is next Monday, her mother _______(give) her a present.

Banked clozeencouragement plantremindsremembers meancasual questionedpleasureplaystimulatingswitch seedwonderquit showWhen the author treats her mother to a lunch, she 1)________ again her childhood lunchtimes with her mother. After her birth, her mother 2)________ her job and stayed home, taking care of her. Her mother would spend almost every lunch hour with her throughout her elementary school years. She had never 3)________ that and took everything for granted. When she grew up, she thought she mattered less than a(n) 4)________ career to her mother, but she was wrong. In fact, her mother enjoyed their time together because a child is like a(n) 5)________ which grows all by itself into a beautiful flower as long as one cares for it.