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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.
【小题1】 We know from the reading the doctor _________.

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(毁坏) 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(根), and how 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(橡树)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 passage, the doctor______.

A. didn't know how to plant trees at all  

B. wasn't good at his own medical job

C. had his own ways of planting trees   

D. had nothing to do but plant trees

2. When Dr. Gibbs said "... pick out the weaker trees early on.", he meant that______.

A. some weak trees would be easily found out at the beginning

B. he would choose the weak trees to water earlier

C. the weak trees would be sent to his patients later

D. he would not plant weak trees so early anymore

3. The passage tells us that the writer______.

A. should beat his trees with a rolled-up newspaper 

B. didn't often water his trees

C. didn't have a large field                     

D. took too much care of his trees

4.The writer wants to change his prayer, hoping that______.

A. his trees will be stronger than Dr. Gibbs'  

B. his trees will not be beaten down

C. his sons will be better at planting trees    

D. his sons will be able to face difficulties

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

A. Watering Trees                 B. Growing Roots 

C. Doctor and his Neighbor         D. Father and his Children

Survey: Most Chinese think penalty(惩罚) for drunk driving too light
2009-08-18 13:33:53 GMT2009-08-18 21:33:53 (Beijing Time) Xinhua English
BEIJING, Aug.18 (Xinhua) -- Most Chinese people consider drunk driving impossible to stop in the country while the current law(法律) too light for drunk drivers, a survey has found.

According to the survey done by the China Youth Daily, more than 96% of the 1,792 respondents(被告) said people around them had driven after drinking, while more than 81% complained the current penalty was too light, the paper reported Tuesday. Now offenders(违规者) face a three-to-six month suspension(吊销)of their driving licenses and detention(拘留) for up to 15 days in serious cases.
Drunk driving has attracted wide public attention in China after several serious accidents in recent months. On Aug. 4, a drunk driver in Hangzhou killed a 16-year-old girl. Two days later, another drunk driver in Shanghai killed a four-year-old boy and injured three others.
Drunk driving is regarded as just traffic violation if no accidents result, according to the Chinese law. But some people have called for regarding it as a crime no matter whether it results in serious accidents. “If it’s a crime and anyone caught will go to jail(监狱), a lot more people will be afraid of risking it,” said Wang Mingliang, a professor at the Fudan University. However, other people disagreed.
In 2008, China’s alcohol（酒精）-related traffic accidents led to 18,371 deaths, 76,230 injuries, and a property(财产) loss of 250 million yuan ($36.7 million), according to official figures.
【小题1】Most Chinese think it’s hard to stop drunk driving because of the __________ penalty for it according to the current law.
A. light                    B. less                 C. heavy
【小题2】If a drunk driver is caught now, he or she will have to face __________.
A. a detention and an important report 
B. a suspension of driving license and a detention
C. a suspension of driving license and a serious survey
【小题3】How many people died of alcohol-related traffic accidents in China in 2008?
A. 1,792                    B. 18,371                   C. 76,230
【小题4】According to the passage, which of the following is true?
A. A drunk driver in Shanghai killed a 4-year-old boy On August 4.
B. Over 1700 respondents in the survey complained the current penalty was too light.
C. China’s alcohol-related traffic accidents caused a property loss of $36.7 million in 2008.
【小题5】This passage may come from a __________.
A. newspaper               B. science fiction          C. story book

Grygori Pilikian spent his 114th birthday the other day and some reporters visited him to find out the secret of a long life.
“The secret of a long life is happiness,” Grygori said. “If you are happy, you will live a long time.”
“Are you married?” a reporter asked. “Yes,” Grygori answered. “I married my third wife when I was 102. If you are happily married, you will live better. But for(要是没有) my third wife, I would have died years ago.”
“What about smoking and drinking?” another reporter asked. “Yes, they are important,” Grygori said. “Don’t smoke at all and you will feel well. Drink two glasses of wine a day and you will be healthy and happy.”
【小题1】Some reporters visited Grygori because          .

完形填空（1分X10=10分）
Three small fish lived in the sea. When they were very young, their parents died. They had to 1_______ each other day after day. Finally, they grew up and 2_________ to swim deeper and further.
One morning, the three fish were 3_________ to a shallow(浅滩) water by a big wave. A small boat was taken there, too. It was hard for the fish to go back to the sea because the boat was right in front of them. The largest fish realized that they were 4________ and said they had to find a way to leave there as fast as possible. The second largest fish 5________ with his elder brother, but the youngest one did not. He said that there was much 6_________ for their activities, so he would not worry at all and still swam around 7_________. At last, the largest fish returned to the 8_______ by jumping over the lowest part of the boat. The second largest fish also succeeded in 9_________ his elder brother in the other side of water. But the youngest one didn’t follow them and still swam joyfully.
Two hours later, when the 10________ rose up, the water in the small shallow corner dried up. The fish who did not try to return to the sea died of lack(缺少) of water.