An old man lived in a nice house with a large garden. He took care of his1all the time, watering and fertilizing(施肥)them.  
One day a young man went by the garden. He looked at the beautiful flowers, imagining how happy he could be2he lived in such a beautiful place. Then, suddenly he found the old gardener was3. He was very surprised about this and asked, “You can’t see these flowers.4are you busy taking care of them every day?”  
The old man smiled and said “I can tell you four reasons. First, I was a gardener when I was young, and I really like this job. Second,5I can’t see these flowers, I can touch them. 6, I can smell the sweetness of them. As to the last one, that’s you.”
“Me? But you don’t know me,” said the young man.
“Yeah, it’s7that I don’t know you. But I know that flowers are angels(天使) that everybody8. We enjoy the happiness these flowers have brought us.”
The blind man’s work opened our eyes and9our hearts, which also made his life10. It was just like Beethoven, who became deaf in his later life and wrote many great musical works. Beethoven himself couldn’t11his wonderful music, but his music has12millions of people to face their difficulties bravely. Isn’t it one kind of happiness?

  1. 1.
    1. A.
      flowers
    2. B.
      trees
    3. C.
      vegetables
    4. D.
      grass
  2. 2.
    1. A.
      after
    2. B.
      as
    3. C.
      before
    4. D.
      if
  3. 3.
    1. A.
      deaf
    2. B.
      blind
    3. C.
      smart
    4. D.
      strange
  4. 4.
    1. A.
      What
    2. B.
      Who
    3. C.
      Why
    4. D.
      Which
  5. 5.
    1. A.
      although
    2. B.
      since
    3. C.
      because
    4. D.
      unless
  6. 6.
    1. A.
      First
    2. B.
      Second
    3. C.
      Third
    4. D.
      Fourth
  7. 7.
    1. A.
      true
    2. B.
      hard
    3. C.
      cool
    4. D.
      fair
  8. 8.
    1. A.
      greets
    2. B.
      knows
    3. C.
      meets
    4. D.
      doubts
  9. 9.
    1. A.
      broke
    2. B.
      hurt
    3. C.
      pleased
    4. D.
      treated
  10. 10.
    1. A.
      emptier
    2. B.
      busier
    3. C.
      luckier
    4. D.
      happier
  11. 11.
    1. A.
      write
    2. B.
      hear
    3. C.
      play
    4. D.
      believe
  12. 12.
    1. A.
      changed
    2. B.
      directed
    3. C.
      discovered
    4. D.
      encouraged

A new term has begun. Teachers are 1 about the fact that new students are not easy to handle. They like to bring cellphones and MP3 players to school. What is 2, some students even use cellphones to do with out-of-class matters in class, or sometimes just for fun. Some other students listen to MP3 players when they are having a lesson that they are not interested in.
Are these new students really that 3? ‘Yes,’ says Delaney Kirk, a professor at Drake University. 4 she adds it’s not their fault. Instead, the things that they bring into school --- cellphones, MP3 players and so on --- and the teachers are to blame. Kirk first began thinking about students’ manners six years ago. ‘I had my first class in which students were sleeping or talking to each other. It seemed that learning well 5 nothing to do with them,’ she says. ‘At first, I got worried about this, but then I said to myself, “You’re teaching 6, and you need to manage this … These students need to know more about manners. It’s time to help them develop some good 7. They shouldn’t waste time doing nothing when they are young. Sooner or later, they might regret the time they have wasted.”’
Kirk also 8 a list of suggestions to help teachers better manage their classes. The following are among her suggestions:
lTel1 students how they will benefit by taking the class. On the first day of class, emphasize its importance 9 giving some homework that students must turn in next time.
lDo not allow them to bring cellphones and MP3 players to the class at all.
lDecide 10 formal and informal the class will be.

  1. 1.
    1. A.
      excited
    2. B.
      worried
    3. C.
      surprised
    4. D.
      interested
  2. 2.
    1. A.
      bad
    2. B.
      worse
    3. C.
      good
    4. D.
      better
  3. 3.
    1. A.
      rude
    2. B.
      polite
    3. C.
      friendly
    4. D.
      curious
  4. 4.
    1. A.
      But
    2. B.
      However
    3. C.
      And
    4. D.
      Therefore
  5. 5.
    1. A.
      learned
    2. B.
      did
    3. C.
      had
    4. D.
      shared
  6. 6.
    1. A.
      management
    2. B.
      English
    3. C.
      Chinese
    4. D.
      lessons
  7. 7.
    1. A.
      ideas
    2. B.
      speeches
    3. C.
      habits
    4. D.
      classes
  8. 8.
    1. A.
      makes
    2. B.
      brings
    3. C.
      gets
    4. D.
      takes
  9. 9.
    1. A.
      of
    2. B.
      on
    3. C.
      at
    4. D.
      by
  10. 10.
    1. A.
      what
    2. B.
      how
    3. C.
      which
    4. D.
      why

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