In a garden filled with bushes and grass,there appeared a white rose.Everyone who saw her spoke well of her.But the flower couldn't ______ herself,and she thought of herself as a common grass.She had no idea how ______ she was.She spent the few days of her life,until wilting(凋零)set on,without knowing that all around her were ______ by her beauty.She was not ______ about herself and slowly bowed her head.

One hot,sunny day,a girl was walking through the ______,thinking about how many lovely things Mother Nature has given us, ______ she suddenly saw a white rose in a ______ part of the garden.The rose was beginning to wilt.“If the rose stays here till tomorrow it'll ______ ”,she thought,“ I'll take it home and put it in the lovely ______ .”And so she did.With all her ______,she put the wilting white rose in water,and carefully placed it by the ______.The reflection(映像) from the glass meant that,for the______ time,the rose got to see herself and what she ______ like.

“Is that me?” thought the rose.Little by little her leaves began to______.When she was back to her best she looked at her reflection and saw that she was ______ a beautiful flower.She thought,“Wow! Till now I hadn't ______ who I was.How could I have been so ______ ?”

The rose came to realize she had spent her days without appreciating her ______,unable to see herself,unable to______ who she really was.If you really want to know who you are,forget everything that's ______ you,and just look into your heart.

1.A. hear B. see C. touch D. save

2.A. poor B. weak C. pretty D. lonely

3.A. surprised B. annoyed C. bothered D. encouraged

4.A. careful B. worried C. confident D. crazy

5.A. school B. yard C. forest D. garden

6.A. when B. and C. so D. but

7.A. dark B. forgotten C. dirty D. good

8.A. grow B. complain C. fall D. die

9.A. house B. bottle C. box D. bag

10.A. strength B. heart C. love D. power

11.A. bed B. window C. house D. tree

12.A. first B. last C. worst D. right

13.A. smelled B. sounded C. tasted D. looked

14.A. sing B. drop C. cry D. rise

15.A. almost B. really C. always D. never

16.A. realized B. remembered C. forgot D. doubted

17.A. beautiful B. nervous C. blind D. cheerful

18.A. beauty B. personality C. advantage D. quality

19.A. explain B. know C. accept D. guess

20.A. about B. on C. with D. around

To this day, I don’t remember what the argument was about .I just remembered that it was a good one.

I really loved my parents .I gave them no trouble and in turn they helped me a lot. Best of all, I mostly had free use of our second car that I called The Dragon. But sometimes she needed it. And that’s what Mom and I were arguing about as we stood there at the front door of the condo(公寓租房) It was really the only thing she and I ever argued about .

That would explain why we were standing at the front door. I almost never used it because the back door was closer to where the cars were parked. So if I was it the front door, that meant I was coming in front having walked. But I’m not much of a walker .

Whatever we were arguing about, the words got heated enough to attract Dad’s attention, and he wandered over to the front door and stood behind Mom .That was sort of how it worked in our family .Mom was the one who would discipline the children and I don’t remember him ever refusing anything Mom had decided.

So mom and I was arguing and during argument I called my Mom a …No sooner had that word escaped, my lips but I felt the strong hand of my father against my cheek . It was the only time I can remember my father striking me. We all stood there ,staring at each other . Finally I looked my Dad directly in the eye.” I deserved that ,”I said.

I really believed that. Mom had kept telling me before : “You can choose your actions, but you can’t choose the results of your actions.” We make choices, which affect others, and they react. Recognizing that our choices have consequences is a good lesson that life teaches us.

1.Generally speaking, the author and his parents_____.

A. often had words with each other

B. got along well with each other

C. didn’t respect his mother at all

D. fought each other over the car

2.Who used The Dragon most of the time?

A. The author’s father.

B. The author’s mother

C. The author himself.

D. The author’s brothers.

3.The main purpose of Paragraph 3 is to mean that _______

A. the author hated outdoor activities

B. why the author stood at the front door

C. the author never used his walking machine

D. why the author was not much of a walker

4.What did his father often do when the author’s mother disciplined him?

A. He supported the author’s mother

B. He didn’t care about their argument

C. He worked as a fair judge

D. He had to protect the author

If you’re encouraged by the tiny house movement and think 160 square feet is just enough for your needs, you may want to contact the Academy of Construction and Design (ACAD) at IDEA Public Charter School in northeast Washington.

Students in the program built a micro house with a kitchen, a bathroom, a sleeping loft with space for a queen-size bed and a storage loft, all set on a trailer for mobility. The exterior of the house was part of a continuous living exhibit in 2015 and was moved to the IDEA campus so students could work with builders to complete the interior earlier this year.

McMahon said the D. C. government’s approval to push companies to hire District residents was at odds with the school system not preparing students for careers in construction, exploring or electrical work. McMahon gathered industry and community leaders to establish ACAD in 2005, and he said 100 percent of the companies he contacted responded positively to the idea, including major firms such as JBG, Clark Construction, Hines Construction and Boston Properties.

“When students make the connection between what they are learning a potential career, their academics improve dramatically,” said Carol Randolph, chief operating officer of the D. C. Students Construction Trades Foundation. “Some of them who didn’t think college was an option now have a better chance because their classes have become relevant to a job.”

“We teach them life skills and explain that even if you start as a laborer, there are opportunities to move up quickly,” he said. “We rewrite the story for them and explain that they can work for a few years, make good money, get promoted, and start their own business or go to school with less debts.”

“Parents and school advisor can be the biggest obstacles because of the negative idea of construction as a blue-collar career,” Karriem said. “I get middle-school advisor on board to talk about the opportunities this education provides. These kids are learning lifelong skills that can help them in other fields, provide them with income and allow them to take care of their homes.”

1.What might be the main purpose of the first paragraph?

A. To advise the students to build houses.

B. To show IDEA Public Charter School.

C. To introduce the tiny house movement.

D. To get in touch with the ACAD organization.

2.What is the program of building a micro house aimed at?

A. Experiencing living in the tiny house.

B. Improving cooperating with related companies.

C. Learning lifelong skills from college classes.

D. Providing the opportunities to get a job.

3.What does the underlined part “at odds with” mean in the 3rd paragraph?

A. Inconsistent B. Favorable

C. Unusual D. Satisfactory

4.What can we infer from the words of Karriem?

A. Students tend to choose the blue-collar career.

B. It’s hard to make the micro house movement popular.

C. Education should provide more job opportunities

D. Life skills help improve students’ academics greatly

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