A young boy was hungry for success. For him, winning was everything.

One day, the boy was preparing himself for a running competition in his small village. He was to compete with two other young boys. A large crowd gathered there to watch, including a wise old man.

The race began. With his strength and power, the boy easily took the lead. The crowd cheered and waved. The little boy felt proud and important. However, the wise man remained still and caim.

“Another race, another race!” yelled the little boy. The wise old man stepped forward and presented the little boy with two new challengers: an old lady and a blind man.

The race started and the boy was the only one to cross the finish line. The little boy raised his arms happily. The crowd, however, was silent.

“Race again,” said the wise man. “This time, all three of you finish together.”

The little boy thought a little, stood in between the blind man and the old lady, and then took them by the hand. The race began and the little boy walked slowly to the finishing line and crossed it. The crowd cheered and waved. The wise man smiled, too.

“Which one of us is the crowd cheering for?” asked the little boy.

“For this race, you have won much more than in any other race you've ever run before,” said the wise man. “For this race, the crowd cheered not for any winner!

1.Winning was everything for the young boy, wasn't it?

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2.How did the young boy feel when he won the race with two young boys?

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3.Who were the two new challengers for the young boy?

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4.The wise man asked the young boy to race again with two new challengers, didn't he?

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5.How did the young man finish the third race?

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6.What does the underlined sentence mean?

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Homework exams and most importantly, test scores--- the things you have to worry about seem endless. You are sure not alone. In China, many students are stressed out because of too much homework. But there might be good news for some of them.

On Oct 28th, the Education Department of Zhejiang Province polished a draft(提纲) on cutting students’ homework to ask about public opinions and it had became a hot topic. It gives primary school pupils the right to leave their homework unfinished after 9pm, and junior high school students after 10pm, with parents’ permission.

Children in Zhejiang will like the draft. However, it has mat strong objections(反对) from parents. Although parents don’t want their children under too much pressure with homework, many disagree to cut homework down.

There is a reason for the objections:gaokao, the “all-important” national entrance exam. If schools reduce homework, “the parents, who want their children to get higher scores, must provide them with more after-school trainings,” said a primary school teacher in Hangzhou.

The aim of this draft, an official in Zhejiang explained, is to help to treat students differently and make sure they get enough sleep.

Chu Zhaohui, a researcher at the National Institute of Education Sciences, also doubted if the guidelines would be carried on. “They are not suitable in the recent social environment.” He said to People’s Daily.

“Even if schools make changes, it is difficult to change the way that students study for scores.” He suggests that it would make better sense to make the system of college admission more flexible, and in many other countries, the performance of students is judged by professional institution rather than government.

1.What does underlined “many” in para.3 refer to?

A.Children who will welcome the move.

B.Parents who are against the move.

C.Teachers who don’t want their students to be under some stress.

D.The officials who are worried about the move.

2.What is NOT true according to the passage?

A.The draft is not welcomed by many parents in Zhejiang.

B.Maybe parents will send their children to more after-school training.

C.The aim of the draft is to make sure students can have enough time to exercise.

D.Students should be treated differently.

3.What does Chu Zhaohui mainly want to tell us?

A.Students will have more chance to take part in the activities they like because of the draft.

B.The system of college admission should be changed as the school has made changes.

C.Students should spend more time doing homework if we change the system of college admissions.

D.The performance of students should be judged by their school.

4.What is the best title of this passage?

A.Can students have the right to do whatever they like?

B.Can parents pay less attention to their kids?

C.Can schools have the chance to choose students?

D.Can students spend less time doing homework?

Farthing is moving indoors,where the sun never shines,where rain never falls and where the weather is always proper. The perfect crop field could be inside a windowless building with controlled light, temperature,wetness,air quality and nutrition. It could be in a building in New York or in a desert in Sahara.

The world is already having trouble feeding itself. Half the people on Earth live in cities,and nearly half of those are hungry or ill﹣fed. Food prices are buffeted by,floods and the cost of energy required to plant, harvest and transport it. And prices will only get more changeable. Farmers in many parts of the world already are using water available to the last drop. And the world is getting more crowded by mid﹣century,the world's population will grow front 6. 8 billion to 9 billion.

To feed so many people may require more farmland , as a result , forests and wilderness(荒地)are becoming fewer and fewer.

Gertjan Meeuws has taken the idea of a greenhouse a step further, growing vegetables and houseplants in enclosed(封闭的)environments. In their research station , water flows into the fields when needed,and the temperature is kept the same. Lights go on and off, creating similar day and night,but according to the needs of the plants.

A building of 100 square meters and 14 layers(层)of plants could provide a daily diet of 200 grams of fresh fruit and vegetables to the entire population of Den Bosch, about 140,000 people. Their idea isn' t to grow foods that require much space,like corn or potatoes. Here sunlight is not only unnecessary but can be harmful. Plants need only specific(特定地)light to grow. Their growth speed is three times faster than under greenhouse conditions. They use about 90 percent less water than outdoor agriculture. And city farming means producing food near the citizens, and there's no need to transport it long distances.

1.The underlined word "buffeted" in Paragraph 2 means   

A.badly influenced

B.caused

C.divided

D.well achieved

2.Which of the following is TRUE of the environments in the research station?   

A.The temperature is often changed.

B.Sunshine is in great need for plants.

C.Day and night depends on plants.

D.Air quality is controlled by plants.

3.It can be inferred from the text that Gertjan Meeuws's farming   

A.is of great help to the people who live in the city

B.saves less water compared with outdoor agriculture

C.is completely different from greenhouse agriculture

D.requires much space and suits the production of corn

4.What is the passage mainly about?   

A.Disadvantages of outdoor farming

B.Development of greenhouse farming

C.The world's food problems

D.Sunless,rainless indoor farming

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