When I was growing up,I had an old neighbor n...

When I was growing up，I had an old neighbor named Dr Gibbs. He didn’t look like any other doctor I’d ever known. He was a very kind person. After he retired，he began to plant trees in his large garden. He wished to make it a forest.

The good doctor had some interesting ideas about planting trees. He never watered his new trees. Once I asked why, he said, "If you water them, each baby tree will grow weaker and weaker. Otherwise, they will have to grow deep roots to look for water under the earth by themselves. "

He planted some oaks, and instead of watering them every morning, he beat them with a rolled-up newspaper. I asked him why he did that, and he said it was to get the trees’ attention.

Dr Gibbs died two years after I left home. I always walked by his house and looked at the trees that I’d watched him plant about twenty-five years ago. They’re very big and strong now.

I also planted two trees several years ago. I carried water to them for a whole summer. I sprayed（喷洒）them. However, after two years of caring too much, whenever a cold wind blows in, they shake a lot.

Life is hard, whether we want it to be or not. What we need to do is try our best to make our roots reach deep into the brave heart, so when the rain falls and the wind blows, we could face them strongly and won’t be beaten down.

1.We can know from the passage that the doctor ______.

A.didn’t know how to plant trees at all B.wasn’t good at his medical job

C.had his own ways of planting trees D.had nothing to do but plant trees

2.Which of the following about Dr Gibbs is true according to the passage?

A.He was strict with his neighbors. B.He was a doctor before he retired.

C.He wanted to be a gardener after he retired. D.He liked planting flowers in his garden.

3.How did Dr Gibbs treat his trees? ______

A.He sprayed them. B.He shook them a lot.

C.He watered them every morning. D.He sometimes beat trees with a rolled-up newspaper.

4.Why did Dr Gibbs treat his trees in that way?

A.Because he wanted to make them grow better. B.Because he wanted to work off his anger.

C.Because he didn’t care about them at all. D.Because he wanted to make experiments on them.

5.What’s the main idea of this passage?

A.We should try our best to make ourselves strong enough to beat difficulties. .

B.We should beat trees with rolled-up newspapers.

C.We can’t grow up without our parents’ care.

D.We shouldn’t water the new trees.

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When I was growing up,I had an old neighbor named Dr Gibbs.He didn’t look like any other doctor I’d ever known.He was a very kind person..After he retired,he began to plant trees in his large garden. He wished to make it a forest.

The good doctor had some interesting ideas about planting trees.He never watered his new trees.Once I asked why,he said,“If you water them,each baby tree will grow weaker and weaker. Otherwise,they will have to grow deep roots to look for water under the earth by themselves.”

He planted some oaks, and instead of watering them every morning,he beat them with a rolled-up newspaper.I asked him why he did that,and he said it was to get the trees’ attention.

Dr Gibbs died two years after I left home.I always walked by his house and looked at the trees that I’d watched him plant about twenty –five years ago.They’re very big and strong now.

I also planted two trees several years ago.I carried water to them for a whole summer.I sprayed(喷洒)them.However,after two years of caring too much,whenever a cold wind blows in, they shake a lot.

Life is hard,whether we want it to be or not. What we need to do is try our best to make our roots reach deep into the brave heart,so when the rain falls and the wind blows,we could face them strongly and won’t be beaten down.

1.Which of the following about Dr Gibbs is true according to the passage?

A. He was strict with his neighbors.

B. He was a doctor before he retired.

C. He wanted to be a gardener after he retired.

D. He liked planting flowers in his garden.

2.How did Dr Gibbs treat his trees?

A. He sprayed them.　

B. He shook them a lot.

C. He watered them every morning.　　　　　

D. He sometimes beat trees with a rolled-up newspaper.

3.Why did Dr Gibbs treat his trees in that way?

A. Because he wanted to make them grow better.

B. Because he wanted to work off his anger.

C. Because he didn’t care about them at all.

D. Because he wanted to make experiments on them.

4.What’s the main idea of this passage?

A. We should try our best to make ourselves strong enough to beat difficulties.

B. We should beat trees with rolled-up newspapers.

C. We can’t grow up without our parents’ care.

D.We shouldn’t　 water the new trees.

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When I was growing up, I had an old neighbor, Dr. Gibbs. He didn't look like any doctor I'd ever known. He never invited us to play in his yard, but he was a very kind person. When Dr. Gibbs wasn't saving lives, he was planting trees. He owned a large field and wanted to make it a forest. The good doctor had some interesting ideas about planting trees. He never watered his new trees. Once I asked why. He said that watering plants spoiled(毁坏) them, and that if you watered them, each baby tree would grow weaker and weaker, so you had to make things difficult for them and pick out the weaker trees early on.

He talked about how watering trees made for shallow(浅的) roots(根), and how trees that weren't watered had to grow deep roots in search of water under the earth by themselves. Deep roots were very important. So he never watered his trees. He'd planted an oak(橡树)and instead of watering it every morning, he'd beat it with a rolled-up newspaper. I asked him why he did that, and he said it was to get the tree's attention.

Dr. Gibbs died several years after I left home. Every now and then, I walked by his house and looked at the trees that I watched him plant about twenty-five years ago. They're very big and strong now. I planted some trees a few years back and carried water to them for a whole summer. After two years of caring too much, whenever a cold wind blows in, they shake a lot.

Every night before I go to bed, I check on my two sons. Mostly I pray (祈祷) that their lives will be easy. But lately I've been thinking that it's time to change my prayer. I know my children are going to face difficulties. There's always a cold wind blowing somewhere, so what we need to do is to pray for roots that reach deep into the brave heart, so when the rains fall and the winds blow, we could face it strongly and won't be beaten down.

1.We know from the passage, the doctor______.

A. didn't know how to plant trees at all

B. wasn't good at his own medical job

C. had his own ways of planting trees

D. had nothing to do but plant trees

2.When Dr. Gibbs said "... pick out the weaker trees early on.", he meant that______.

A. some weak trees would be easily found out at the beginning

B. he would choose the weak trees to water earlier

C. the weak trees would be sent to his patients later

D. he would not plant weak trees so early anymore

3.The passage tells us that the writer________。

A．should beat his trees with a rolled-up newspaper

B.didn’t often water his trees

C.didn’t have a large field

D.took too much care of his trees

4.The writer wants to change his prayer,hoping that________.

A.his trees will be stronger than Dr.Gibbs′

B. his trees will not be beaten down

C.his sons will be better at planting trees

D. his sons will be able to face difficulties

5.Which can be the best title of the reading?

A. Watering Trees                 B. Growing Roots

C. Doctor and his Neighbor         D. Father and his Children

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When I was growing up, I had an old neighbor, Dr. Gibbs. He didn't look like any doctor I'd ever known. He never invited us to play in his yard, but he was a very kind person. When Dr. Gibbs wasn't saving lives, he was planting trees. He owned a large field and wanted to make it a forest. The good doctor had some interesting ideas about planting trees. He never watered his new trees. Once I asked why. He said that watering plants spoiled(毁坏) them, and that if you watered them, each baby tree would grow weaker and weaker, so you had to make things difficult for them and pick out the weaker trees early on.

He talked about how watering trees made for shallow(浅的) roots(根), and how trees that weren't watered had to grow deep roots in search of water under the earth by themselves. Deep roots were very important. So he never watered his trees. He'd planted an oak(橡树)and instead of watering it every morning, he'd beat it with a rolled-up newspaper. I asked him why he did that, and he said it was to get the tree's attention.

Dr. Gibbs died several years after I left home. Every now and then, I walked by his house and looked at the trees that I watched him plant about twenty-five years ago. They're very big and strong now. I planted some trees a few years back and carried water to them for a whole summer. After two years of caring too much, whenever a cold wind blows in, they shake a lot.

Every night before I go to bed, I check on my two sons. Mostly I pray (祈祷) that their lives will be easy. But lately I've been thinking that it's time to change my prayer. I know my children are going to face difficulties. There's always a cold wind blowing somewhere, so what we need to do is to pray for roots that reach deep into the brave heart, so when the rains fall and the winds blow, we could face it strongly and won't be beaten down.

1. We know from the passage, the doctor______.

A. didn't know how to plant trees at all

B. wasn't good at his own medical job

C. had his own ways of planting trees

D. had nothing to do but plant trees

2. When Dr. Gibbs said "... pick out the weaker trees early on.", he meant that______.

A. some weak trees would be easily found out at the beginning

B. he would choose the weak trees to water earlier

C. the weak trees would be sent to his patients later

D. he would not plant weak trees so early anymore

3. The passage tells us that the writer______.

A. should beat his trees with a rolled-up newspaper

B. didn't often water his trees

C. didn't have a large field

D. took too much care of his trees

4.The writer wants to change his prayer, hoping that______.

A. his trees will be stronger than Dr. Gibbs'

B. his trees will not be beaten down

C. his sons will be better at planting trees

D. his sons will be able to face difficulties

5.Which can be the best title of the reading?

A. Watering Trees                 B. Growing Roots

C. Doctor and his Neighbor         D. Father and his Children

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D

When I was growing up, I had an old neighbor, Dr. Gibbs. He didn’t look like any doctor I’d ever known. He never invited us to play in his yard, but he was a very kind person.

When Dr. Gibbs wasn’t saving lives, he was planting trees. He owned a large field and wanted to make it a forest.

The good doctor had some interesting ideas about planting trees. He never watered his new trees. Once I asked why. He said that watering plants spoiled (宠坏)them, and that if you watered them, each baby tree would grow weaker and weaker, so you had to make things difficult for them and pick out the weaker trees early on.

He talked about how watering trees made for shallow(浅的) roots, and the trees that weren’t watered had to grow deep roots in search of water under the earth by themselves. Deep roots were very important.

So he never watered his trees. He’d planted an oak and, instead of watering it every morning, he’d beat it with a rolled-up newspaper. I asked him why he did that, and he said it was to get the tree’s attention.

Dr. Gibbs died several years after I left home. Every now and then, I walked by his house and looked at the trees that I watched him plant about twenty-five years ago. They’re very big and strong now.

I planted some trees a few years back and carried water to them for a whole summer. After two years of caring too much, whenever a cold wind blows in, they shake a lot.

Every night before I go to bed, I check on my two sons. Mostly I pray(祈祷) that their lives will be easy. But lately I’ve been thinking that it’s time to change my prayer. I know my children are going to face difficulties. There’s always a cold wind blowing somewhere, so what we need to do is to pray for roots that reach deep into the brave heart, so when the rains fall and the winds blow, we could face it strongly and won’t be beaten down.

1. We know from the reading the doctor _________.

2. When Dr. Gibbs said, “...pick out the weaker trees early on.” he means that ______.

3.The passage tells us that the writer _______.

4. The writer wants to change his prayer, hoping that ________.

5.Which can be the best title of the reading?

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When I was young, I had an old neighbor named Dr. Gibbs. He didn’t look like any doctor I’d ever known. He never shouted at us for playing in his yard. When Dr. Gibbs wasn’t _______ lives in the hospital, he was planting as many trees as possible in his yard. And his life’s goal was to make it a _______.

The good doctor had some _______ ideas on planting trees. He believed in “No pains, no gains”. He never _______ his new trees, which was different from many people. Once I asked him why. He _______ that watering plants spoiled (宠坏) them and that if you water them, each following tree generation will grow _______. He talked about how trees that weren’t watered had to grow deep roots (根) in _______ of water.

However, I didn’t buy his words then. A few years later. I planted a couple of trees and I took good care of them. Two years’ caring had resulted in trees that expected to be waited on hand and foot. Whenever a cold wind blew _______, they trembled (颤动) their leaves and branches. The funny thing about those trees of Dr. Gibbs was that the lack of water seemed to benefit them in ways comfort and ease never could.

Now I am the father of two sons. I used to wish that my sons’ lives will be easy. But lately when I think of Dr. Gibbs and his trees, it reminds me that it’s time to change my attitude (态度). I know my children are going to meet hardship, and they can’t be too dependent to live on. _______ I need to do is to pray for deep roots, ________ when the winds blow, they won’t be swept away.

1.A.making B.valuing C.saving

2.A.street B.forest C.farm

3.A.perfect B.terrible C.difficult

4.A.watered B.raised C.loved

5.A.wondered B.answered C.doubted

6.A.weaker B.taller C.straighter

7.A.face B.honor C.search

8.A.quickly B.strongly C.hardly

9.A.How B.What C.Why

10.A.so B.or C.but

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Grow deep roots

When I was young, I had an old neighbor, Dr. Gibbs. He ____invited us to play in this yard, but he was a very kind person.

Dr. Gibbs had some ___ideas about planting trees. He never watered his new trees. Once I asked why. He said that watering plants would spoil them. If you watered them, each young tree would grow weaker and weaker. So you had to make things difficult for them and __the weaker trees early.

He talked about how watered trees grew shallow roots, and how trees that weren’t watered had to grow deep roots in ____of water under the earth by themselves. Deep roots were very important. So he never watered his trees.

Dr. Gibbs died several years after I left home. When I came back home, I walked by his house and looked at the trees that I watched him plant about 25 years ago. They were very big and strong. I planted some trees a few years later and carried water to them for a whole summer. After two years of caring too much, whenever a cold wind blow in, they ___a lot.

Every night before I go to bed, I check on my two sons. Mostly I hope that their lives will be ___. But now it’s time to change my thought . I know my children are going to face difficulties. There’s always a cold wind blowing somewhere, so what we need to do is get roots that reach deep into the brave heart. When the rains fall and the winds blow, we can face them strongly and won't be beaten down.

1.A.always　　　　　　 B.never　　　　　　　　 C.probably　　　　　　　　 D.directly

2.A.general　　　　　 B.crazy　　　　　　　　 C.interesting　　　　　　　 D.wrong

3.A.look up　　　　 B.put off　　　　　　　　 C.depend on　　　　　　　 D.pick up

4.A.search　　　　　 B.need　　　　　　　　　 C.charge　　　　　　　　 D.favour

5.A.grow　　　　　　 B.cover　　　　　　　　 C.shake　　　　　　　　　　 D.change

6.A.long　　　　　　 B.easy　　　　　　　　　 C.difficult　　　　　　　　 D.horrible

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I had an old neighbour, a doctor named Gibbs. When Doctor Gibbs wasn't saving lives，he was planting trees. He had some interesting ideas about planting trees. He hardly watered his new trees.

Once I asked why and he told me that watering plants made them grow weaker. He said he had to make things difficult for the trees so that only the strongest could survive.　 He talked about how watering trees made them develop shallow roots and how, if they were not watered, trees would grow deep roots in search of water.

So, instead of watering his trees every morning, he'd beat them with a rolled up newspaper. I asked him why he did that, and he said it was to get the trees' attention.

Doctor Gibbs died a couple of years after I left home.　 Sometimes I walked by his house and looked at the trees I'd watched him plant 25 years ago. They were tall and strong.

I planted several trees myself a few years ago. Two years of caring for these trees meant they grew up weakly. Every time a cold wind blew, my trees shook. Adversity seemed to be good for Doctor Gibb's trees，they could never relax.

Every night before I go to bed，I check on my two sons. I often pray(祈祷)that their lives will be easy. But lately I've been thinking that it's time to change my prayer. I know my children are going to experience difficulties. There's always a cold wind blowing somewhere. What we need to do is to pray for deep roots，so when the rains fall and the winds blow，we won't be separated.

1.What did Doctor Gibbs do to the trees he planted?

A. He let them grow quickly. B. He beat them to get their attention.

C. He helped them search for water. D. He read a newspaper near them.

2.What does the word "Adversity" in Paragraph 5 mean?

A. Difficult living conditions. B. Little water.

C. Enough care or attention. D. Bad weather.

3.What does the writer learn from Doctor Gibbs?

A. Elders are treasures.

B. No pain，no gain.

C. Two heads are better than one.

D. Only those who bear(容忍)the most become the highest.

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I had an old neighbour, a doctor named Gibbs. When Doctor Gibbs wasn't saving lives，he was planting trees. He had some interesting ideas about planting trees. He hardly watered his new trees.

Once I asked why and he told me that watering plants made them grow weaker. He said he had to make things difficult for the trees so that only the strongest could survive.　 He talked about how watering trees made them develop shallow roots and how, if they were not watered, trees would grow deep roots in search of water.

So, instead of watering his trees every morning, he'd beat them with a rolled up newspaper. I asked him why he did that, and he said it was to get the trees' attention.

Doctor Gibbs died a couple of years after I left home.　 Sometimes I walked by his house and looked at the trees I'd watched him plant 25 years ago. They were tall and strong.

I planted several trees myself a few years ago. Two years of caring for these trees meant they grew up weakly. Every time a cold wind blew, my trees shook. Adversity seemed to be good for Doctor Gibb's trees，they could never relax.

Every night before I go to bed，I check on my two sons. I often pray(祈祷)that their lives will be easy. But lately I've been thinking that it's time to change my prayer. I know my children are going to experience difficulties. There's always a cold wind blowing somewhere. What we need to do is to pray for deep roots，so when the rains fall and the winds blow，we won't be separated.

1.What did Doctor Gibbs do to the trees he planted?

A.He let them grow quickly. B.He beat them to get their attention.

C.He helped them search for water. D.He read a newspaper near them.

2.What does the word "Adversity" in Paragraph 5 mean?

A.Difficult living conditions. B.Little water.

C.Enough care or attention. D.Bad weather.

3.What does the writer learn from Doctor Gibbs?

A.Elders are treasures.

B.No pain，no gain.

C.Two heads are better than one.

D.Only those who bear(容忍)the most become the highest.

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When he was nine years old, an American boy named Milo Cress had a question—How many plastic straws(吸管) do Americans use every day?

He quickly learned there wasn’t a simple answer. The boy tried to find out the answer to his question himself. Through lots of research, Cress calculated (计算)that Americans use about 500 million straws every day. In hope of reducing plastic waste, he set up the Be Straw Free Project in the year of 2011.

Cress started the project in his hometown---Burlington, Vermont. He asked a local restaurant to stop offering straws to every drink order. It was a simple change. However, it would save money. And by doing that, the restaurant would cut down on its straw use by 50 percent.

For the years that followed, Cress tried to spend his project across the United States. More and more restaurants agreed to join They stop providing the customer with a straw unless he or she asks for one. Last April, Seattle became the first American city to completely ban(禁令)plastic straws.

Plastic pollution has been one of the most serious problems today. According to scientists, more than eight million tons of plastic end up in the ocean each year. Plastic straws are rather terrible. However, many people like to use them. It's easy for people to get__________ with single-use(一次性) plastics.

After his project became popular, Cress took his findings on the road. He has spoken to tens of thousands of students around the world. He wants to encourage more people to say no to plastic straws.

“Paying special attention to straws is one simple step we all could take,” Cress says. And it makes me feel that I, as a kid, could make a difference, too.”

1.Milo Cress set up the Be Straw Free Project in order to_____________.

A.show his great talent in solving problems

B.encourage people to reduce plastic waste

C.make himself become well-known in his hometown

D.help restaurants save money by saying no to plastic straws

2.According to the fifth paragraph, which of the following words can be the most suitable one in the blank?

A.patient B.healthy C.wealthy D.comfortable

3.The correct time order of the following events is____________.

a. Cress tried to spend his project across the USA.

b Cress spoke to more students around the world.

c. Cress had a question about the plastic straws.

d. Cress set up the Be Straw Free Project.

A.a-b-c-d B.c-b-a-d C.d-c-a-b D.c-d-a-b

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