Once upon a time there was a good old woman who lived in a little house．She had in her garden a bed of beautiful lilies．
One night she was woken by the sounds of sweet singing and of babies laughing．She looked out of the window．The sounds seemed to come from the lily bed, but she could see nothing．On the following night she was again woken up by sweet singing and babies
laughing．She walked softly to her garden．The moon was shining brightly on the lily bed, and the flowers were swaying from side to side．The old woman looked closely and she saw, standing by each lily, a little Fairy mother who was singing and rocking the flower like a cradle, while in each lily trumpet lay a little Fairy baby laughing and playing．
The good old woman went quietly back to her house, and from that time on she never picked a lily, nor did she allow her neighbors to touch the flowers．
The day came when the good old woman died, and the lily-bed was torn up, other plants were planted there, but they all withered(凋谢)，and from that time on nothing would grow there．But the good old woman’s grave grew beautiful, for the Fairies sang above it, and kept it green; while on the grave and all around it there sprang up lilies, tulips, violets, and other lovely flowers of spring．
(1)
What happened when the old woman woke up one night?
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A．
She looked inside her room closely．
B．
She tried to find what disturbed her sleep．
C．
She searched the lily bed for something．
D．
She went out trying to find something．
(2)
We know from the text that the noise ________．
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A．
was made by small babies who were singing and laughing
B．
was made by newborn babies who were sleeping in the cradle
C．
was from the Fairy babies who were lying inside the lily flowers
D．
was from a baby someone had left on the lily bed
(3)
The women did not allow her neighbors to touch the lily flowers ________．
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A．
to protect Fairy lilies
B．
to show that she didn’t like the lilies any more
C．
to show that she wanted to grow more lilies
D．
to show that she knew how to raise lilies
(4)
Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the text?
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A．
After the good old woman died, nobody looked after the flowers．
B．
After the good old woman’s death, all the lilies withered due to sorrow．
C．
On the good old woman’s death, her neighbors tore up the lily-bed．
D．
When the good old woman died, she didn’t let out the secret of the lily flowers．
(5)
The best title for this passage could be ________．
A new study suggests that very young children who watch a lot of television may have attention problems later in school．
Children with attention problems cannot sit still or control their actions．They talk too much, lose things, forget easily and are not able to finish tasks．
People with attention problems may suffer a condition known as Attention Deficit Disorder(A．D．D．)．Experts say the cause of A．D．D．involves chemicals in the brain．Teachers say many children in the United States are showing signs of disorder．Some education researchers have been saying for years that watching television at a very young age could change the normal development of the brain．For example, they say that children who watch a lot of television are not able to sit and read for an extended period of time．
The new study tested the idea that television watching by very young children is linked to attention problems by the age of seven．It involved more than 1300 children．There were two groups of children, ages one and three．Researchers at Children’s Hospital in Seattle, Washington reported the results in the publication Pediatrics(儿科)．They asked the parents how often the children watched television．The parents also described their children’s actions at the age of seven using a method that can tell if someone suffers Attention Deficit Disorder．
The children who watched a lot of television at an early age were most likely to have attention problems．Every hour of watching television increased the chances of having attention problems by about ten percent．
The researchers say that all the children with attention problems might not have A．D．D．But they still could face major learning problems in school．The findings support advice by a group of doctors that children under the age of two should not watch television．
One of the researchers says there are other reasons why children should not watch television．Earlier studies have linked it with children becoming too fat and too aggressive(好斗的)．Other experts say the new study is important, but more work needs to be done to confirm the findings and better explain the cause and effect．
