There was a young woman. She was quite proud of growing flowers in her yard. She had been raised by her grandmother, who had taught her to love and care for flowers. So her yard was the most beautiful one in her village.

One day, while looking through a flower, list that she often ordered from, a picture of a plant immediately caught her eyes. She had never seen a flower like it before, "I have to have it," she said to herself, and she ordered it right away.

When it arrived, she found a place to plant it. She planted it at the bottom of a stone wall at the back of the yard. It grew vigorously, with very beautiful green leaves all over it. Day after day, she continued to take good care of it, and she also looked forward to enjoying the flowers, but still there were not any.

One morning, as she stood looking at the plant, she felt sad,.”It grows well, but why don’t I see any flowers?” She wanted to know the reason why her plant had not flowered, but still there was no idea.

However, at this moment, her friendly neighbor invited her to his yard and said, “Thank you so much! You can’t imagine how much I have enjoyed the flowers that you planted.” “Did I plant? Where?” the young woman was quite surprised. Quickly she walked through the gate into her neighbor’s yard. She saw that on the other side of the wall the plant was full of flowers. She couldn’t believe her eyes.

They were, indeed, the most beautiful flowers she had ever seen. The plant had grown up through the crevices in the wall.

Just because you can’t see the results of your work, it does not mean that there isn’t any fruit.

1.Who taught the young woman to take care of flowers?

A.Her friend. B.Her mother. C.Her neighbor. D.Her grandmother.

2.The underlined word “vigorously” in Paragraph 3 means .

A.healthily B.seriously C.shyly D.badly

3.Which is the right order of the following events according to the passage?

a. The young woman felt sad.

b. The young woman bought the plant at once.

c. The young woman saw the plant in a picture.

d. The young woman went to her neighbor's yard.

e. T he young woman saw the beautiful real flowers.

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

4.What's the best title for this passage?

A.How to Plant Flowers. B.The Other Side of the Wall.

C.Beautiful flowers. D.In the yard.

Hotels are no longer the first and only choice for travellers in China to sleep at night. A new type of accommodation (住宿) choice called bed-and-breakfast (B&B) is welcoming more visitors in China.

During this month’s Golden Week, bookings for the B&Bs in China grew by 400 percent from 2016, according to B&B booking website Tujia.com.

Starting in Europe, B&B is often a private family home. Travellers pay to stay overnight and have breakfast. In China, many B&Bs are in rural (农村的) areas and are more about fun, experiences and new friendships, reported by China Daily.

“The meals are cooked by the host. Very often, vegetables are homegrown. Hosts and guests chat over a meal and play with the pets together,” Yu Minliang, a 23-year-old tourist from Shanghai, told China Daily.

However, as more B&Bs come out, the service sometimes may not be good enough. Some guests complained the soundproofing (隔音) is bad and the house is dirty.

To solve the problem, the first national industry standards were carried out on Oct.1. For example, every B&B should provide no more than 14 guest rooms and things like towels and sheets must be changed after every visitor.

The standards will help the B&B industry develop in a healthy and sustainable (可持续的) way, reported CNR (中国广播网).

1.What is B&B?

A.A new way of welcoming visitors in Europe. B.A new type of sleeping at night in China.

C.The first choice to sleep at night in China. D.A new type of accommodation choice in China.

2.What do travellers usually do in B&Bs in China?

A.Cook meals and grow some vegetables B.Sleep at night and have some meals.

C.Chat with each other and draw some pictures D.Cook meals and play with the pets together.

3.Which of the following is NOT included in the standards?

A.Change towels and sheets. B.Provide no more than 14 guest rooms.

C.Make sure the rooms are clean and tidy. D.Make sure hot water is in service all day.

4.According to the last paragraph, we can infer ___________.

A.the national standards are useless for B&B industry B.people have no interest in B&B

C.there will be a brighter future for the B&B industry D.people will no longer choose B&B to live

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