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A few years ago I went through a period of such depression (抑郁症) that life didn’t seem worth living. It was like winter, so cold that the sun would never shine.

Then I saw snowdrops (雪花莲) pushing through the freezing, hard ground. I looked at them every day until I felt that if they could come back to life, then so could I. Those green shoots gave me hope in a way that nothing else did.

As spring came, I started to put in more and more plants until the garden was filled with color. Life was growing through my hands; gentle, peaceful, but, above all. Optimistic. If I gave love, it was returned much more.

I could spend hours lost in gardening. The depression I have is passed from my mother. It has affected generation (代) of my family and may happen in any situation. I can be depressed when the sun is shining or I am with a group of loving friends.

Of course, fresh air and exercise help to make depression less serious, but for me gardening is more than that. It means patience as well as hope.

At the end of the9 first garden I made stood a huge tree. It stood up to freezing temperatures and strong winds. It bent(弯曲) but never broke. The leaves dropped until it was covered with noting, but it always, always came back to life. And so I learned that we may fall down, but hope is living thing.

1.What does the underlined sentence mean?

A.I could come back to life sooner or later.

B.I looked after them carefully so they could come back to life.

C.I don’t know if they could push through the freezing hard ground.

D.I could also come back to life if the snowdrops could.

2.According to the fourth paragraph, who may not have depression?

A.My friend B.My mother C.My son D.My grandmother

3.From the passage, we know that _____

A.I couldn’t find my way in the garden.

B.Although the bad weather made the tree no longer straight, it never broke.

C.I could feel happy when there were lots of friends around me.

D.The leaves fell and the tree died.

4.This passage is probably from a(n) ______

A.CD review B.advertisement C.magazine D.guide book

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As Amy Hagadorn rounded the corner across the hall from her classroom, she met with a tall boy from the fifth grade running in the opposite direction.

“Watch it, dwarf (矮子),” the boy shouted, as he kept away from the little third grader. Then, the boy imitated(模仿) the way Amy limped(跛行)when she walked.

Amy closed her eyes for a moment.

“Ignore (忽视)him!” she told herself as she headed for her classroom.

It wasn’t as if he were the only one. It seemed that ever since Amy started the third grade, someone teased her every single day. The teasing made Amy feel lonely.

Back home at the dinner table that evening, Amy was quiet. Her mother knew that things were not going well at school. That’s why she was happy to have some exciting news to share with her daughter.

“There’s a Christmas Wish Competition on the newspaper,” she said. “Write a letter to Santa Claus and you might win a prize.”

Out came the pencil and paper and Amy went to work on her letter. She wrote:

Dear Santa Claus,

My name is Amy. I am 9 years old. I have a problem at school. Can you help me, Santa? Kids laugh at me because of the way I walk and run and talk. I have cerebral palsy(大脑性瘫痪). I just want one day where no one laughs at me.

Love,

Amy

The next day, a picture of Amy and her letter to Santa Claus made the front page of the News Sentinel. The little girl’s story spread quickly. She asked for such a simple, yet unusual Christmas gift - just one day without teasing.

Many people thanked Amy for being brave enough to speak up. Others encouraged her to ignore teasing and to carry her head high.

Amy did get her wish of a special day without teasing. Teachers and students talked together about how bad teasing can make others feel.

1.The underlined word “teased” means___________.

A.argued with B.talked about C.cared for D.made fun of

2.Amy’s mother shared the news of a Christmas Wish Competition that day because she knew ___________.

A.Amy’s school life was not good

B.her daughter was teased by a fifth grader

C.the competition would change Amy’s life

D.Amy’s sickness went much worse than before

3.We can infer(推断)from the underlined sentence “Back home at the dinner table that evening,

Amy was quiet” that Amy was___________.

A.nervous B.sad C.happy D.moved

4.What’s the best title(标题)for the passage?

A.Amy’s Day B.Mother’s Love

C.Amy and a Tall Boy D.Amy’s Christmas Wish

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