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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 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(dzµÄ)roots, 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 and, instead of watering it every morning, he'd beat it with a rolled-up newspaper£®I ask 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(Æíµ»)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 ________£®

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didn't know how to plant trees at all

B£®

wasn't good at his own medical job

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had his own ways of planting trees

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had nothing to do but plant trees

(2)

When Dr£®Gibbs said¡°¡­pick out the weaker trees early on£®¡±, he meant that ________£®

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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 any more

(3)

The passage tells us that the writer ________£®

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should beat his trees with a rolled-up newspaper

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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 ________£®

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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?

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Watering Trees£®

B£®

Growing Roots£®

C£®

Doctor and his neighbor£®

D£®

Father and his children£®

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Venice is an attractive city in Italy. Tourists throughout the world love traveling to Venice. But sometimes you¡¯ll have such strange experiences. One moment you walk across the Rialto Bridge, and there¡¯s nothing special. Unfortunately, when you come back to the bridge an hour later, it¡¯s underwater and everyone¡¯s wearing rain boots.
That¡¯s just the way it has always been, which may be considered seriously by Italian government. Before the sea comes to Venice, the government has decided to build the MOSE gates. Actually(ʵ¼ÊÉÏ), there were many kinds of gates that were built to stop the floods, but all the gates were just built on the ground. Besides, the flooding was becoming worse. Industrial(¹¤ÒµµÄ)factories built nearby on the mainland also made the condition get worse, causing the city to sink about 0.75 feet in the 20th century.
So the Italian government asked some of Italy¡¯s biggest construction and engineering companies to build the MOST project, which was planned to be built under the sea water to stop floods. Now the government are using 3 000 people and expect to spend nearly five billion euros(Å·Ôª) on it. The MOSE gates are being built at the inlets(º£Íå).Each MOST gate is 197 feet long ,28.5 to 37 feel tall, and weight up to 22 tons. It¡¯s nearly the size of a 20-story building. Before the gates are in use, under the sea full of water. When the flood comes, the water in the gates will be poured out, and then the gates will be filled with air. So the gates can go up with the sea water. Once they¡¯re in the right place, they will stop the sea water pouring into Venice. These gates will be able to deal with floods up to 10feet,and as long as the sea level(ƽÃæ)rises no more than two feet in the next 100 years, the MOSE will work as expected.
The MOSE project is now two-thirds done. The head engineer, Giovanni Cecconi, said, ¡°This is a war. During the war, it¡¯s not important that you win. It¡¯s important that you¡¯re alive. We¡¯ve alive.¡± Anyway, this project is saving Venice from falling.
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¡¾Ð¡Ìâ1¡¿The underlined word ¡°construction¡± in the passage means ¡°_______¡±in Chinese.
A.½¨Öþ  B. Å©Òµ  C. ½»Í¨
¡¾Ð¡Ìâ2¡¿Before building the MOSE gates, the Italian government _______ to stop the floods.
A. never built gates on the ground
B. built many kinds of gates on the ground
C. built some gates which were under the ground
¡¾Ð¡Ìâ3¡¿When the flood comes, _______ can describe the working steps of the MOSE gates.

¡¾Ð¡Ìâ4¡¿Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. The Italian government ate using 3000 people and expect to spend nearly five billion dollars on the MOSE.
B. The MOSE project is half done now.
C. Each MOSE gate is 197 feet long, 28.5 to 37 feet tall, and weighs up to 22 tons.
¡¾Ð¡Ìâ5¡¿The best title for this passage should be _______.
A. The Journey to Venice
B. The MOSE Project in Venice
C. Several Kinds of Floods in Venice

Have you ever beard of Iceland? Iceland is a country, one-tenth of which is covered with ice. However, it is said that Iceland is the land of heat. Smoking volcanoes (»ðɽ), white steam (ÕôÆû) and hot springs are more amazing than the other sights including ice there.

    It has taken millions of years for volcanoes and lava flows (ÈÛÑÒÁ÷) to build Iceland. When hiking through one of Iceland¡¯s many ancient lava fields, you may notice something strange. White steam is rising from each vent in front of you. Iceland is covered with vents which steam can pass out of. The steam comes from naturally heated rocks and hot water below the Earth¡¯s surface (±íÃæ).

    Like steam vents, hot springs can be seen here and there in the ancient lava fields. Blue Lake is the most famous hot spring in Iceland. It isn¡¯t far from the capital city of the country. The water and white earth in it can make your skin as soft as a newborn baby¡¯s skin. Enjoy that water, because it has traveled a long way. It starts nearly two kilometers under Blue Lake. There, water from the ocean continues moving up slowly into the spaces between hot rocks below the surface. And then the water is heated by hot rocks. Powerful machines and long pipes (Ë®¹Ü) help bring the heated water to the surface. People in Iceland use natural hot water for hot springs. Besides, they use it to create electricity that can be used to heat homes and even greenhouses.

    Iceland is one of the few places on the Earth where active volcanoes lie below ice. Heat from the volcanoes creates a strange and wild beauty. Therefore, some people believe that it¡¯s better to call the country ¡°Heatland¡± instead of Iceland. If you have a chance to travel there, take it.

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1.From the passage,          are the most amazing sights in Iceland.

A. smoking volcanoes and ice

B. smoking volcanoes, white steam and hot springs

C. heated rocks, hot springs and new lava fields

2.The underlined word ¡°vent¡± in the passage means ¡°       ¡± in Chinese.

A. ½øÈë¿Ú              B. »ØÁ÷¿Ú          C. ÅÅ·Å¿Ú

3.Picture         shows how Blue Lake is formed.

 

 

4.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. Iceland was built millions of years ago.

B. People in Iceland use natural hot water for hot springs and creating electricity.

C. Iceland is the only country where active volcanoes lie below ice.

5.The best title for this passage should be       .

A. THE HISTORY OF ICELAND

B. THE HOT SPRING OF BLUE LAKE

C. THE HEAT IN ICELAND

 

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