Whenever the sun dropped and the blue sky came up, my father and I used to climb the mountain near my house. Walking together, my father and I used to have a lot of conversations through which I learned lessons from his experiences. He always told me, “You should have goals like climbing the mountain.” Without the mountain-climbing that we both enjoyed, we couldn’t have enough time to spend together because my father was very busy. I really got a lot from the mountain-climbing. It gave me time to talk with my father and to be in deep thought as well as develop my patience.
Once we climbed a very high mountain. It was so challenging for me because I was only ten years old. During the first few hours of climbing, I enjoyed the flowers and trees, and the birds’ singing. But as time passed, I got a pain in both of my legs. I wanted to quit climbing, but my father said to me, “You can always see a beautiful sky at the top of the mountain, but you can’t see it before you reach the top. Only there can you see all of the nice things, which is just like your life.”
At that time, I was too young to understand his words. But later after that, I got to know the meaning of hope in life. I found myself standing at the top of the mountain, and the sky was as clear as crystal.
【小题1】 The passage tells us that mountain-climbing was ______ for the father and the son.
A.hardB.enjoyableC.painfulD.comfortable
【小题2】 The underlined word “crystal” in the passage means _______.
A.岩石B.火焰C.水晶D.寒冰
【小题3】 Which of the following is the closest in meaning to the father’s words in the second paragraph?
A.You will get all you need at the top of the mountain.
B.The sky is always as clear as crystal.
C.You can find life is full of nice things.
D.Never give up half-way.
【小题4】 We can infer(推断) from the last paragraph that ______.
A.the writer was very successful in his life
B.the writer reached the top of the mountain
C.though the writer was young, he could understand his father
D.the writer used to stop half-way when he climbed the mountain
【小题5】 The best title for the passage is ______.
A.Reaching the Top of the Mountain
B.Standing at the Top of the Mountain
C.Conversations between Father and Son
D.How to Get to the Top of the Mountain


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(浅的)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 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 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 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.
【小题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
【小题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
【小题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
【小题4】Which can be the best title of the passage?
A.Watering trees
B.Growing roots
C.Doctor and his neighbor
D.Father and his children

 

Students wanted For Art Festival

Our School Art Festival is from January 1st to 3rd . We need some students for School Art Festival. Can you sing or dance? Can you paint? Can you play the guitar, the drum or the piano? Can you do Chinese Kung fu(功夫)? If(如果) you can, you can be in our School Art Festival .Come and and join! Please e-mail us to martin@ohedu.net before December 20th.

 

School Things Store Sale

Come and buy some school things! Do you need notebooks? Do you want to buy erasers, pencils, rulers…?We have notebooks at a very good price — only ¥2!Do you like sports? We have baseballs for only ¥16 and volleyball for ¥15!

If you want to know more, you can come and see for yourself or call 8850-6789.

1. Alice plays the drums well, she can      to join the School Art Festival.

A. call 8850-6789           B. write an e-mail          C. write a letter

2.Who can be in the School Festival?

A. Michelle(she can draw pictures)     

B. Nike(he can play tennis)

C. Gina(she can speak English)

3.Ann is in the School Festival. She may give a show on    .

A. December 20th         B. January 4th          C. January 2nd

4.We can’t buy       at School Things Store.

A. baseballs               B. onion                    C. pencils

5.How much are two notebooks and a volleyball at School Things Store ?

A. ¥ 15                B.¥ 17                 C. ¥19

 

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