A man had a garden. He planted a rose and wat...

A man had a garden. He planted a rose and watered it c1.. Before the rose blossomed(盛开), he noticed many thorns(刺) around the bud(花蕾) and he thought, “H2. can any beautiful flower come from a plant with so many sharp thorns?” Because of this i3., he lost interest in this kind of plant, then he gave up watering the rose. And just b4. it was ready to blossom, it died.

Good qualities are just like roses. There is a rose in e5. spirit. The good qualities planted in us at birth, grow among the thorns — our weaknesses. Many of us look at o6. and we only see our weaknesses. We lose heart, thinking that n7. good can possibly come from us. We give up watering the roses in us, and slowly they die. We never realize the g8. of being able to find out our good qualities.

Someone may not see the rose in himself, so we need to help him d9. the rose. With love, we can accept a person into our life, even though we know his true weaknesses. At the same time, we should e10. him to face his weaknesses bravely and correct them. Then he will blossom many times.

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A wise man was walking from one town to another with a few of his followers, and they happened to pass a lake. So they stopped there to rest for a while, and the wise man said to one of his followers, “Could you please get me some water from the lake ?”

One of the followers walked to the lake. Some people were washing clothes in the water, and right at that moment, several carts started crossing the lake. As a result, the water became very muddy(浑浊的).

Then he went back, and told the wise man that the water was very muddy and not fit to drink. After they had rested for about half an hour. the wise man again asked the same follower to go back to the lake and get him some water to drink. And the follower went to the lake. This time he found that all the mud had settled (沉淀)to the bottom. the water was very clear and looked fit to drink. So he filled his water bottle and took it to the wise man.

The wise man took the water bottle and drank, then looked up at the follower. “ See what you did to make the water clean?” he said. “you let it be for a while and the mud settled down on its own, so that you could get some clear drinking water. Your mind can also be like that lake when it is disturbed (使恼怒)by something. If you just let it be and give it a little time, it will most likely settle down on its own without you having to put in any effort at all to calm it.”

1.Water in the lake became very muddy after__________.

A.the wise man said he felt thirsty B.the follower left the lake

C.some people washed clothes in it D.several carts crossed the lake

2.The water became clear again because__________.

A.the mud was carried away by the carts

B.people stopped washing their clothes in it

C.the mud had settled to the bottom

D.the follower did something to make it clear

3.The underlined word"it"in Paragraph 3 refers to__________

A.a cart B.some mud C.a bottle D.a stone

4.According to the wise man, how can you keep your mind clear?

A.Give it some time to settle down on its own.

B.Go to a lake and get ideas from it.

C.Put in a lot of effort to calm it.

D.Ask others to help you out when you are disturbed.

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What will astronauts（宇航员）eat when a space trip takes years?

“Lots of fresh vegetables,” says Dr. Janet Williams, whose team have spent the last 10 years learning how to grow plants in a space station. And it’s a good thing that she has already started her work, because space gardening can be really hard.

As usual, astronaut George White looked into the closed plant room. He had planted Dr. Williams’s quick-growing seedlings in it, but none of the stems were showing. He opened the room to check and found the problem. The stems weren’t growing upward and the roots weren't growing downward. On Earth, gravity（重力）helps a plant’s stems and roots to find “up”and “down”. However, in the space station, there was almost no gravity.

Dr. Williams suggested a solution: give the plants more light, as plants also use sunlight to find their way. And it worked. When the plants had more light, the stems turned up and the roots went down.

Now Dr. Williams was free to worry about the next problem:Would her baby plants live to flower? Can we grow food on a space journey?

Many plants died in the space station. Dr. Williams thought she knew why: the space plants were hungry for air. Plants live by taking up CO2 from the air. Since a plant uses it up in the air around, the plant needs moving air to bring more CO2 close to its surface! On Earth, the air is always moving. Gravity pulls down cold air, and warm air rises. And with these air movements, plants get enough CO2.

Many earlier experiments with plants in space had used closed rooms.Dr. Williams tried a new greenhouse that had a fan to keep the air move. The plants loved it. They flowered and even produced more seeds. Using Dr. Williams's method, astronaut George completed the first seed-to-seed experiment in space, and moved one plant closer to a garden in space.

“And this,” says Dr.Williams, “is good news for long-term space travel.”

1.Why have Dr. Williams’s team tried to grow plants in space?

A.To produce fresh air for astronauts.

B.To help astronauts relax themselves.

C.To provide food for long space journeys.

D.To make the space garden more beautiful.

2.How did light help solve the problem mentioned in Paragraph 3?

A.It caused the gravity to change.

B.It encouraged the plants to grow faster.

C.It helped the plants to grow in the right direction.

D.It showed the astronauts where to plant vegetables.

3.Why did many plants die in the space station?

A.The light was too strong.

B.There was too much CO2.

C.There was not enough room to grow.

D.The air condition was not good enough.

4.The underlined word “it” in Paragraph 7 refers to________.

A.the moving air B.the closed room C.the space journey D.the space garden

5.What can we learn about Dr. Williams’s team from the passage?

A.They mainly live on fresh vegetables.

B.They have successfully built a space garden.

C.They invented a special fan for their greenhouse.

D.They have worked on space gardening for many years.

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根据短文内容及所给提示,在文中的空白处填写一个正确的单词。

In a far-away place, there was a village. The village was 1.(rich) in potatoes than anywhere else in the country. At the end of every growing season, 2.(thousand) of potatoes were dug out of the ground, and readied for market. In each home，men and women would 3.(busy) divide the potatoes into three groups, large, medium and small.

One year, there was a young man who received his share of the potatoes. As the other villagers were 4.(work), he walked around the village laughing and talking .5.villagers thought he was lazy, and they worried that this man would never get 6.(he)potatoes ready in time. When it was time for the villagers to go to market, they were greatly surprised to find that the man's potatoes were divided perfectly into three groups.

After asking the man h7.he did it, they understood he was not lazy,b8.very clever. He had put all his potatoes in a cart and pulled it along the 9.( village) rough(粗糙的) dirt road. As the cart moved up and down over the road, the potatoes moved too. The small potatoes moved to the bottom, the larger potatoes rose to the top and the medium potatoes rested 10.the middle.

Life is like this too. The rough roads we travel along can also help us.

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What surprises us most? It is that there are still couples who keep doing things to show each other love. A Japanese farmer is famous for his act of love. He has spent nearly two years planting flowers for his blind wife.

Mr. and Mrs. Kuroki live in a large flower garden. The garden has turned into a tourist attraction (旅游胜地) recently. Around 7,000 visitors come here each year, not only for the beautiful scenery (景色), but also for the special story behind the two old farmers.

In 1956, the newly married couple first moved into the house. The house would be their home for the rest of their lives. They had two children and lived happily for years. However, as years passed, Mrs. Kuroki’s health began to decline. Her vision (视力) problems were so serious that she became blind in the end. She hid herself in her home for a long time, refusing to leave unless it was necessary.

Mr. Kuroki got an idea. He wanted to give her gifts—flowers. So he got to work on his big surprise. Mr. Kuroki took advantage of the hills around their house and he began to plant a kind of flower with strong fragrance (芳香). He wanted to see if the fragrance would make her come outside. When he realized that his idea was going to work, he worked for nearly two years to completely cover his garden with the flowers.

Now Mrs. Kuroki goes out every day with her husband to enjoy the fragrance of the flowers and the fresh air of a new day.

1.From Paragraph 1, we can know ________.

A.the farmer loves his wife very much

B.the famer has planted some trees for his wife

C.there is nothing wrong with the farmer’s wife’s eyes

D.it has taken the farmer over three years to plant flowers

2.What’s the Chinese meaning of the underlined word “decline” in the passage?

A.好转 B.控制 C.恶化 D.拒绝

3.After Mrs. Kuroki became blind, she ________.

A.managed to go out B.hid herself in her home for a while

C.planted the flowers with her husband D.refused to leave unless it was necessary

4.Mr. Kuroki planted the flowers to ________.

A.get more visitors’ attention B.make his wife love flowers

C.enjoy the fragrance of the flowers D.make his wife come out and enjoy the fragrance

5.Which is the best title of this passage?

A.A Famous Japanese Farmer B.A Beautiful Act of Love

C.A Large Flower Garden D.A Kind of Flower with Strong Fragrance

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People depend on plants. We use plants for food, cloth, shelter (住处), and even the air we breathe (呼吸).

Plants keep our air and water clean. Green plants give us oxygen (氧气). Oxygen is part of the air we breathe.

Plants are also part of the water cycle (水循环). Most of the water that a plant takes in goes back into the air.

Plants give us a lot of the food on the earth. Fruits, vegetables, and grains (谷物) come from plants. Without plants, we would not have bread, rice, carrots, apples, oranges, or bananas! Many people are growing plants to eat in their own gardens at home. Having your own garden helps the earth as well.

When you grow your own fruits and vegetables, you help cut down on pollution because big trucks don’t need to take your food to shops. You also help reduce the amount of rubbish because you don’t need to use bags for packing your food. You can just pick it out of the ground or off a plant and put it into a basket!

Trees are an important plant resource (资源). Trees provide wood to build homes and furniture. Trees are used to make lots of things around your home and at your school. And trees provide fruits that are good for you. Without trees, the earth would be a very different place.

1.________ is part of the air we breathe.

A.Sunlight B.Water C.Food D.Oxygen

2.What happens to most of the water that a plant takes in?

A.It goes back into the air. B.It stays in the plant.

C.It goes into the ground. D.It stays in the river.

3.What does the phrase “cut down on” mean in Paragraph 5?

A.Cause. B.Accept. C.Reduce. D.Expect.

4.What is the best title of the passage?

A.A Different Place B.The Uses of Plants

C.Food on the Earth D.Gardens at Home

5.You would find the passage in ________.

A.an interesting novel B.a book about animals

C.a popular play D.a book about nature

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Mrs. Wang loved flowers and had a small but beautiful garden. In 1.（夏天），her roses were always the best in her street. One afternoon her bell rang, and when she went to the front door, she saw a small boy2.（外面）．He was about seven years old, and was holding a big bunch（束）of beautiful roses in his hand.

"I am 3.（卖）roses," he said. "Do you want any? They are quite4.（便宜）.Only one yuan for a big bunch. They are fresh. I picked them this afternoon."

"My boy," Mrs. Wang answered,“pick roses 5.（无论何时）I want, and don't pay anything for them, because I have lots in my garden."

"Oh, no, you haven't," said the small boy. "There aren't any roses in your garden-because they are here in my hand!”

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In some parts of Holland the land lies so low that the people have to build great walls of sand and earth, to keep out the sea. These walls are called dykes(堤坝).

Sometimes the water from the sea break down these walls, and then the sea rushes in through the beach, and spreads over the land.

Houses and trees, cows and sheep, have been thus washed away, and many people drowned(溺水).

Once, when a little boy was going home in the evening, he saw a hole in one of the dykes, through which the water was flowing(流出）.

His father had often told him that when this happened, unless the water was stopped it would soon make the bole so big that the sea would flow over the land.

At first he thought he would run home and tell his father. But then he said to himself," It may be dark before father can come, and we shall not be able to find the hole again. Or it may get so large that it will be too late to stop it. I must stay now, and do the best I can alone.

The brave little boy sat down, and put his hand in the hole, to keep back the water. There he stayed, hour after hour, in the cold and the dark, all through the night!

In the morning, a man came past and saw him. He could not think what the boy there. So he called out to him, “What are you doing there, my boy?”

“There is a hole in the dyke,” said the boy,“ and I am keeping back the water.”

Poor little boy! He was so cold and tired that he could hardly speak.

The man came quickly and set him free. He got the hole closed up, and thus the land was saved--thanks to the brave little Hollander!

1.Who first found the hole in the dyke?

A.The father. B.The boy. C.A man. D.A visitor.

2.Why did the boy stay and stop the hole alone?

A.His father told him to do so.

B.He was strong enough to stop it.

C.He knew the best way to stop it.

D.It would be too late to ask for help.

3.How did the boy try to keep back the water?

A.He built another wall.

B.He sat against the hole.

C.He sat down with his hand in the hole.

D.He got some sand and earth to fill in the hole.

4.When seeing the boy, the man_____.

A.asked him what happened and then closed up the hole

B.thought the boy was in good condition

C.closed up the hole with him

D.helped him without a word

5.What can be the best title of the text?

A.A smart man. B.A cold night.

C.A dangerous hole. D.A brave little Hollander.

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An old man lived in a nice house with a large garden. He took care of his1all the time, watering and fertilizing(施肥)them.

One day a young man went by the garden. He looked at the beautiful flowers, imagining how happy he could be2he lived in such a beautiful place. Then, suddenly he found the old gardener was3. He was very surprised about this and asked, “You can’t see these flowers.4are you busy taking care of them every day?”

The old man smiled and said “I can tell you four reasons. First, I was a gardener when I was young, and I really like this job. Second,5I can’t see these flowers, I can touch them. 6, I can smell the sweetness of them. As to the last one, that’s you.”

“Me? But you don’t know me,” said the young man.

“Yeah, it’s7that I don’t know you. But I know that flowers are angels(天使) that everybody8. We enjoy the happiness these flowers have brought us.”

The blind man’s work opened our eyes and9our hearts, which also made his life10. It was just like Beethoven, who became deaf in his later life and wrote many great musical works. Beethoven himself couldn’t11his wonderful music, but his music has12millions of people to face their difficulties bravely. Isn’t it one kind of happiness?

1.                A．flowers         B．trees           C．vegetables D．grass

2.                A．after           B．as             C．before   D．if

3.                A．deaf           B．blind           C．smart D．strange

4.                A．What          B．Who           C．Why D．Which

5.                A．although        B．since           C．because  D．unless

6.                A．First           B．Second         C．Third D．Fourth

7.                A．true           B．hard           C．cool D．fair

8.                A．greets          B．knows          C．meets    D．doubts

9.                A．broke          B．hurt           C．pleased   D．treated

10.               A．emptier        B．busier          C．luckier    D．happier

11.               A．write          B．hear           C．play D．believe

12.               A．changed        B．directed        C．discovered D．encouraged

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请认真阅读下面短文,并根据各题所给首字母的提示,写出一个合适的英语单词完整、正确

的形式,使短文通顺。

A girl complained to her father about her hard life. She didn't know what she had to do and wanted to give up. She was t 1. of fighting and fighting. One problem had been f 2.　 another came over.

Her father, cook, took her into the kitchen. He poured water into three pans(锅) and boiled it. When the water was boiling, in the first pan he put some carrots, in the second he put some eggs and in the last he put some coffee. He waited for them for a few minutes w3. any words.

The girl waited impatiently, not knowing why her father was doing that. About 20 minutes later, her father turned off the stove, took out the carrots and put them in a bowl. He took out the eggs and put them in a 4. bowl. After that the coffee was poured into a cup. Turning back to his daughter, he asked, "My sweet heart, what do you s5. ?""Carrots, eggs and coffee", she answered.

Her father told her to close her eyes and let her touch the carrots. She did so and f 6.. that the carrots were soft. After that he asked her to take eggs and b 7. them. Then, she got the eggs, warm and hard. At last, the father asked her to smell the coffee. She asked, "What did you do this for, Father?" He e 8. that each one had had the same unlucky experience the boiling water, but each had a d 9. result. The strong and hard carrots had become soft and weak after being in the boiling water. The eggs became hard after being cooked. The coffee was very special and it c 10. the water "Who are you?" asked her father.

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