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When I was growing up, I had an old neighbor, Dr. Gibbs. He didn’t look like any doctor I’d ever known. He never invited us to play in his yard, but he was a very kind person.

When Dr. Gibbs wasn’t saving lives, he was planting trees. He owned a large field and wanted to make it a forest.

The good doctor had some interesting ideas about planting trees. He never watered his new trees. Once I asked why. He said that watering plants spoiled (宠坏)them, and that if you watered them, each baby tree would grow weaker and weaker, so you had to make things difficult for them and pick out the weaker trees early on.

He talked about how watering trees made for shallow(浅的) roots, and the trees that weren’t watered had to grow deep roots in search of water under the earth by themselves. Deep roots were very important.

So he never watered his trees. He’d planted an oak and, instead of watering it every morning, he’d beat it with a rolled-up newspaper. I asked him why he did that, and he said it was to get the tree’s attention.

Dr. Gibbs died several years after I left home. Every now and then, I walked by his house and looked at the trees that I watched him plant about twenty-five years ago. They’re very big and strong now.

I planted some trees a few years back and carried water to them for a whole summer. After two years of caring too much, whenever a cold wind blows in, they shake a lot.

Every night before I go to bed, I check on my two sons. Mostly I pray(祈祷) that their lives will be easy. But lately I’ve been thinking that it’s time to change my prayer. I know my children are going to face difficulties. There’s always a cold wind blowing somewhere, so what we need to do is to pray for roots that reach deep into the brave heart, so when the rains fall and the winds blow, we could face it strongly and won’t be beaten down.

1. We know from the reading the doctor _________.

2. When Dr. Gibbs said, “...pick out the weaker trees early on.” he means that ______.

3.The passage tells us that the writer _______.

4. The writer wants to change his prayer, hoping that ________.

5.Which can be the best title of the reading?

A rich man was riding along the road and Saw an old man digging（挖）in his garden．On the ground lay a young tree，ready to he planted．The rich man called out to the old man．”What kind of tree are you planting there，my good man?’’

“This is a fig（无花果）tree，sir．”He said．“A fig tree?” the rich man was very surprised．"Why，how old are you，may I ask?" "I'm ninety years old this year．" "'What?" cried the rich man．"You are ninety years old．You are planting a very young tree now and it’ll take years to give fruit．You certainly don't hope to live long enough to get any fruit from this tree．" The old man looked around the garden．Then he said with a smile，"Tell me，sir．Did you eat figs when you were a boy?" "Sure，why do you ask this question?" the man asked．"Then tell me this，" he said．"Who planted the fig trees?" "Why-why? I don't know．""You see，sir．" went on the old man．"Our forefathers（前辈） planted trees lot us to enjoy and I am doing the same for the people after me．"

The rich man was quiet and said，"You are right，my good man．We should do something for the people after us．Thank you very much．"Then the rich man rode away．

1．What was the old man doing when the rich man saw him?

A．He was ready to plant a fig tree．

B．He was exercising in his garden．

C．He was riding along the road．

D．He was watering the plants in his garden．

2．How old was the old man?

A．He was over ninety years old．               B．He was ninety years old．

C．He was less than ninety years old．            D．He was about to be ninety years old．

3．Who was he planting the tree for?

A．For himself．                           B．For the rich man．

C．For his friends．                        D．For the people after him．

4．Did the rich man eat figs when he was a boy?

A．Yes，he did．                           B．No，he didn't．

C．We don't know．                        D．He couldn't remember this．

5．What can we learn from the article?

A．We should plant more trees for the people after us．

B．It's never too old to plant trees for others．

C．We should do something useful for the people after us．

D．We should he friendly to others．

It's time to ______ trees.

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阅读理解

　　There is a lake near a forest in Sweden. The water in the lake is very clear and everything is quiet and still. On the far side of the water is some farmland and further away, across the field, is an old church built on a hill. It is spring time and it has just stopped raining. The stream flowing into the lake is full and there is still some half-melted snow from last winter on the ground.

　　The reason why the water is so clear, and everything is so quiet and still, is that most of the plant and animal life in and around the lake is dead. There are no birds because all the fish and insects(昆虫), which the birds need for food, have disappeared. Many trees in the forest are losing their leaves and bark, and are sick and dying. Others were blown down by the high winds of last winter. A farmer is working in a field planting wheat, but unless he plants a stronger kind of seed this year, the crop will be between 25 to 40 percent lower than a few years ago. The stone of the old church is turning to powder and unless the tower is repaired soon, it will fall down.

　　All the death and destruction in this place is due to(由于) pollution : pollution from smoke coming out of factory chimney and fumes(烟) coming out of the exhausts(排气) of cars and trucks. And yet this silent lake is hundreds of kilometres away from the nearest factory and motor way.

1．In which country is the lake?

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2．What time of the year do you think it is?

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3．The lake is silent because ________.

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A．people seldom go there

B．people around the lake are dead

C．most of the plant and animal life in or around the lake is dead

D．it is winter time

4．Why are there no animals or birds in or around the lake?

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A．Because the weather is bad.

B．Because the lake is quiet.

C．Because there is pollution.

D．Because the people killed them.

5．The title for this passage would be ________.

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A．Nature and Pollution

B．The Silent Lake

C．Animals and Plants around the Lake

D．Stronger Seed Planted