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   Once upon a time there lived an old man in a nice cottage with a large garden. The old man was seen   36   his flowers all the time. They were so well-tended that every passer-by could not but   37   for a glance.

   One day a young man went by the garden. He gazed at the splendid garden,   38   in admiration at the beauty of these sceneries. Then, suddenly he   39   the old gardener was blind.   40   , the young man asked, “Why are you busy tending these flowers every day which you can’t   41   in fact?” The old man smiled and answered that “ I can tell you   42   reasons. First I was a   43   when I was young, and I really like this job. Second, although I can’t see these flowers, yet I can   44  them. Third,I can smell sweetness of them. As to the last one, that’s   45  .

    “Me? But you don’t know me,” responded the young man   46   .

   “Yeah, it’s   47   that I don’t know you. But I know everyone knows flowers and would never   48   them down. I know the beauty of my garden will get many people into a good   49   . In the meantime, it also   50   a chance to me to have a word with you here and to enjoy the happiness these flowers have brought us.”

    The old man’s   51   astonished me. The blind man grows flowers and  52  them as a link of minds so as to make   53   enjoy the sunshine in spring. Isn’t it one kind of happiness?

   I believe every flower has   54  with which they can see the kindness of the man’s heart. The blind man grows flowers in his heart. Though   55  to see the beauty of blossoming, he surely can hear the voice of it, I suppose.

(   )36. A. loving        B. watering       C. tending      D. planting

(   )37. A. stop        B. stay           C. live         D. run

(   )38. A. kept          B. dropped        C. fallen           D. lost

(   )39. A. realized       B. noticed         C. felt            D. thought

(   )40. A. Excited       B. Frightened       C. Shocked       D. Satisfied

(   )41. A. feel           B. see              C.hear            D.eat

(   )42. A. one          B. two            C. three          D. four

(   )43. A. gardener      B. teacher         C. farmer        D. painter

(    ) 44. A. taste          B. plant           C. touch         D. appreciate

(    ) 45. A. it            B. me             C. them          D. you

(    ) 46. A. with pleasure   B. in surprise       C. with hope     D. in anger

(    ) 47. A. true           B. possible        C. a pity         D. a shame

(    ) 48. A. put            B. turn           C. get           D. knock

(    ) 49. A. mind          B. life            C. future         D. mood

(    ) 50. A. introduces      B. offers          C. stands        D. leaves

(    ) 51. A. words         B. behavior        C. story         D. attitudes

(    ) 52. A. treats          B. acts           C. works         D. serves

(    ) 53. A. anybody       B. somebody       C. everybody     D. nobody

(    ) 54. A. ears           B. soul            C. eyes         D. heart

(    ) 55. A. refusing       B. trying          C. pretending     D. failing

B

A 17-year-old boy, caught sending text messages in class, was recently sent to the vice principal's office at Millwood High School in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The vice principal, Steve Gallagher, told the boy he needed to focus on the teacher, not his cellphone. The boy listened politely and nodded, and that's when Mr. Gallagher noticed the student's fingers moving on his lap. He was texting while being scolded for texting. “It was a subconscious act,” says Mr. Gallagher, who took the phone away. “Young people today are connected socially from the moment they open their eyes in the morning until they close their eyes at night. It's compulsive.”

A study this year by psychology students at Covenant College in Lookout Mountain, Ga., found that the more time young people spend on Facebook, the more likely they are to have lower grades and weaker study habits. Heavy Facebook users show signs of being more socialable, but they are also more likely to be anxious, hostile or depressed. (Doctors, meanwhile, are now blaming addictions to 'night texting' for disturbing the sleep patterns of teens.)

Almost a quarter of today's teens check Facebook more than 10 times a day, according to a 2009 survey by Common Sense Media, a nonprofit group that monitors media's impact on families. Will these young people get rid of this habit once they enter the work force, or will employers come to see texting and 'social-network checking' as accepted parts of the workday?

Think back. When today's older workers were in their 20s, they might have taken a break on the job to call friends and make after-work plans. In those earlier eras, companies discouraged non-business-related calls, and someone who made personal calls all day risked being fired. It was impossible to imagine the constant back-and-forth texting that defines interactions among young people today.

Educators are also being asked by parents, students and educational strategists to reconsider their rules. “In past generations, students got in trouble for passing notes in class. Now students are adept at texting with their phones still in their pockets,” says 40-year-old Mr. Gallagher, the vice principal, “and they're able to communicate with someone one floor down and three rows over. Students are just fundamentally different today. They will take suspensions rather than give up their phones.”

46. The underlined word “a subconscious act” refers to an act __________.

A. on purpose      B. without realization         C. in secret          D. with care

47. Young people addicted to the use of Facebook _________.

A. are good at dealing with the social relationships and concentrate on their study

B. have high spirits and positive attitudes towards their life and work

C. have been influenced mentally in the aspects of behaviors and habits

D. are always in bad mood and have poor performance in every respect

48. Through the situation of today’s older workers in their 20s, it can be inferred that ___________.

A. the employers will not accept young people’s sending text messages

B. a cellphone is a must for today’s older workers instead of young people

C. the employers prefer older workers to young people

D. the employers will find it hard to control the interaction among young people

49. Mr. Gallagher reminds us that the students in the past and those today _________.

A. like to break rules and have the same means of sending messages

B. are always the big problem for the educators and their parents

C. like sending text messages but those today do it in a more secret and skillful way

D. cannot live without a cellphone

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

A. Teenagers and Cellphones                        B. Teenagers’ Texting Addiction

C. Employers and Teenagers                         D. Teenagers’ Education

  There were a lot of hardships when growing up, but there were a lot of fond memories as well.

  Back in those days, we had very little money, so we couldn’t afford a garden tractor that could make gardening easier. All the preparations has to be done by hand with hoes(锄头),shovels and Daddy’s trusty plow(犁).

  Part of my job in the garden was planting the seeds. I would sow the seeds and Daddy would come behind me with the plow and cover them. I liked to walk behind Daddy when he was planting. Every step he took left an impression. I would try to make my short legs match his stride(大步)and put my tiny feet in his footprints.

 One of my gardening tasks was finding worms. We didn’t use a lot of pesticides so we often had worms. Some worms were harder to find because sometimes they would get on the bottom side of the leaves and have a similar color to that of the plant. I had to look very closely for them.

  Next came the harvest. That was my mum’s busiest time. There were tomatoes, peas, corn and beans that all had to be washed and “put up” for the winter.

We would sit out in the yard late in the evening when air was cooler until midnight. I would sit and attentively listen to my mum and daddy to tell stories about their past. I loved those times because they created the most precious memories of all for me.

  We may not have had too many material possessions, but we had a lot of love. I think our working together as a family to put food on the table helped to strengthen out ties to each other and kept us close.

56. What did the author like to do as a child in the garden?

   A. Put up tomatoes, peas, corn and beans for the winter.

   B. Follow his father’s footsteps.

C. Plow and cover the seeds.

D. Listen to his parents to tell stories.

57.The underlined word “Pesticides” (in Paragraph 4) most probably means “things that _______”.

   A. can make plants grow more quickly    

B. can affect the growth of plants

   C. kill worms                        

D. benefit worms

58. What does the author think of his childhood?

   A. Poor and miserable.                                         B. Rich and fruitful.

   C. Sad and unforgettable.                                    D. Hard but precious.

59. What does the author intend to tell us?

   A. Learning to help parents is very important.

   B. Family members’ working together is precious.

   C. Staying in a garden is helpful to one’s development.

   D. A person should be hard-working from childhood.

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