There was a lovely vegetable patch (菜园).A large tree grew there. Both the vegetables and the tree gave the place a wonderful look, and they were the pride of the gardener. But no one knows that the vegetables and the tree couldn't stand (忍受) each other. The vegetables hated the tree's shadow (阴影), because it left them only just enough sunlight to live. The tree, on the other hand, hated the vegetables because they drank nearly all the water, leaving him just enough to live.

The situation became so serious that the vegetables decided to use up all the water in the ground so that the tree would die. The tree answered back by not protecting the vegetables from the hot sun, so they began to dry up. Soon the vegetables were really weak, and the tree was drying up.The gardener wondered why and stopped watering them. When he did that, both the tree and the vegetables realized that it was better to help each other. They learned how to live in harmony with those around them. So they decided to work together, using both the shade and the water to grow well. After seeing how well they were doing, the gardener gave the best care to the vegetable patch, watering and fertilizing (施肥) it better than any other patch for miles around.

1.Why didn't the vegetables and the tree get on well with each other?

A. Because the vegetables wanted more sunlight.

B. Because the tree drank almost all the water.

C. Because the vegetables weren't the pride of the gardener.

D. Because the vegetables didn't look as beautiful as tree.

2.From the passage we know ________.

A. The vegetables used less water than the tree.

B. The gardener was very pleased with the vegetables and the tree all the time.

C. The gardener didn't know what was happening in the patch at first.

D. The tree didn't know how important the sun was to vegetables.

3.The underlined phrase “in harmony” means “________” in Chinese.

A. 长久地 B. 小心地 C. 有效地 D. 和谐地

4.Of the following, which order is right according to the story?

①The gardener worked on the patch even harder than before.

②The gardener stopped watering the vegetables and the tree.

③The vegetables decided to use up all the water in the ground.

④The tree and the vegetables realized the importance of helping each other.

A. ③②④① B. ④②③① C. ②①④③ D. ①③④②

5.The passage is mainly about ________.

A. why the sunlight and water were very important for plants

B. how the gardener took care of his vegetable patch

C. why the gardener was proud of his vegetable patch

D. what happened between the vegetables and the tree

If you do something wrong, will your parents punish you? Some students shared their experiences.

My mom loves her garden. Anytime I did anything to make her angry, I had to work in her garden. When I told her I failed my English exam, my punishment was to build her a pond (池塘). It took me a week of work to dig it out, shape it, fill it and then plant everything around it. Then she told me that she really hated the 30-year-old tree in the garden and if my grades didn’t improve I’d remove it.

—Luke

My mom made me write letters on what I did wrong from when I was little up into high school. I hated writing them. She kept all of them, so now they’re great for a laugh.

—Maria

Once I made my mom very angry. When I got home from school, my bedroom was empty. She took everything out. I had to do chores and get everything back bit by bit. I started with my quilt and clothes, so I could sleep and go to school the next day. It took me nearly two weeks to get everything back. After that, I tried very hard not to get on her bad side too much.

—Ken

I have an older brother. One day I did something wrong, so my mom took away my favorite soft toy and put my older brother in control of it for two weeks. I felt so sad.

—Vera

根据材料内容判断正(T)误(F)。

1.When Luke failed his English exam, his mother made him work in the garden.

2.Maria kept all her letters to remind herself not to do anything wrong.

3.Ken got back the things of his bedroom by doing chores for about two weeks.

4.Ken’s and Vera’s mothers used their children’s favorite things as a way of punishment.

5.The material is mainly about choosing the right punishment for children.

Traveling makes us feel sick because modern transport tricks the brain into thinking we have been poisoned, a scientist has said.

Being in a car, train, boat or plane makes conflicting signals in the brain which causes an action similar to something that happens when someone is poisoned. Dr Dean Burnett, from Cardiff University, said the feeling of sickness is caused because the brain thinks the body needs to remove a toxin through vomiting . But in fact, the “poisoning”effect is caused by the mixed messages-- for the muscles , they tell the brain the body is motionless, but for the ears, they got the feeling that the body has some movement.

Dr Dean Burnett explained that reading in a car made the feeling of travel sickness worse, because the eyes were focused on a small, motionless space and gave the brain no information to explain that the body was moving.

The feeling of sickness could be weakened by looking out of a car window because this showed the brain that movement was taking place. “You can see the passage and movement itself, and that balances the system,” he said. “The brain’s going: ‘Oh, look, things are moving--I must be moving’--and then it calms down the sickness.”

Dr Burnett said there was no clear reason why some people suffered from car sickness more than others. But he said there were several other aspects of modern life with which the brain had not yet recognized or understood.

1.Tom often feels sick when traveling in a bus, because ________ according to the writer.

A. buses make his brain into thinking he has been poisoned

B. buses make him feel very excited

C. he doesn’t like taking a bus to anywhere at all

D. His body needs to remove a toxin through vomiting

2.The meaning of the underlined word “motionless” is close to “ ________”.

A. active B. noise C. quiet D. clever

3.Which of the following can NOT weaken the feeling of sickness in a bus?

A. Looking out of the window

B. Looking at the passage of the bus.

C. Looking at the movement itself.

D. Looking at something quiet.

4.What’s the best title of the passage?

A. What a Terrible Travel! B. Why Do We Get Car Sick?

C. The Danger of Modern Transport D. How to Keep Balance.

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