When I was a child, I had an old neighbour named Dr. Gibbs. He didn’t look like any other doctor I’ve ever known. He never  11__ at us for playing in his yard. I remembered him as a kind and  _12_ person

   When Dr. Gibbs didn’t work, he planted trees. His house covered an area of ten acres, and his life’s goal was to make it _ 13_ .

   He had some interesting _ 14 _ concerning planting. He belonged to the “No pains, no gains”  __15  of plant growing. He never watered his new trees. Once I asked  _16__, he said, “Watering plants will spoil them, and if you water them, each successive tree_ 17_ will grow weaker and weaker. So you have to make things 18__for them and weed out the weak ones.” So he never watered his trees. He would _19__a pine, and instead of _20__it every morning, he beat it with a rolled-up newspaper. I __21__ him why he did so, and he said it was to get the tree’s _22__.

   I planted a couple of trees a few _23__ ago. I carried water to them for a solid summer, sprayed them and prayed over them. Two years of careful tending has _24__ in trees that expect to be _25__ to hand and foot. Whenever a cold wind blows in, they tremble their branches.

   Dr. Gibbs passed away a _26__of years after I left home. Now and then, I walked by his house and looked at the trees. They’re _27__ now, big and healthy.

   Funny things about Dr. Gibbs’ trees. Hardship and difficulty seemed to benefit them _28__

comfort and ease never could.

   Life is tough, whether we want 29_ to be or not. Too many times we pray for ease, but that’s a prayer seldom met. What we need to do is to pray for 30_ that reach deep into the earth, so when the rains fall and the winds blow, we won’t be swept away.

1.A. shouted       B. shot             C. aimed            D. pointed

2. A. cruel             B. greedy           C. pleasant         D. disciplined

3.A. museum         B. park             C. playground       D. forest

4. A. features          B. theories         C. characters       D. instructions

5.A. class              B. college          C. school           D. university

6.A. what          B. when             C. how             D. why

7. A. image             B. product          C. generation       D. species

8.A. cheap         B. easy             C. expensive        D. rough

9. A. paint             B. plant            C. uproot           D. establish

10.A. starving          B. beating          C. watering         D. feeding

11.A. asked             B. told             C. informed        D. demanded

12.A. approval          B. attention        C. pain             D. communication

13. A. weeks            B. months           C. years            D. days

14.A. resulted          B. produced         C. believed         D. spent

15.A. treated           B. tended           C. supported        D. attended

16.A. number            B. couple           C. row             D. period

17.A. trembling         B. dying            C. strong          D. intelligent

18.A. while             B. though           C. as               D. and

19. A. them             B. that             C. it               D. this

20.A. trunks           B. roots            C. branches          D. Leaves

Have you ever heard a news reporter talk about DNA? Reporters talk about DNA found at the scene of a crime. They talk about police finding DNA “fingerprints.” Police sometimes use DNA as a clue to find out who committed the crime.

DNA is a substance（物质） that makes up genes. Everything alive has genes. Plans have genes. Animals have genes. You have genes.

Genes are the basic units of heredity（遗传）. Heredity means all the characteristics you inherit from your parents. You get your genes from your parents. You inherit half of your genes from your mother. You inherit half of your genes from your father.

Genes are a kind of code. A tree’s genes tell what shape its leaves will be. A cat’s genes tell what color its fur will be. Your genes tell what color your eyes will be. Your genes tell what color your hair will be. Everything about you comes from the code in your genes.

Genes line up on strands（链） called chromosomes（染色体） in cells. Everything alive is made up of cells. Chromosomes are in the center, or nucleus, of cells.

Different parts of you are made of different kinds of cells. Your muscles are made of muscle celIs. Your skin is made of skin cells. The code in your genes tells your body to make different kinds of cells. The genes in each cell tell the cell how to work. They tell the cell when to make new copies of itself.

An Austrian monk named Gregor Mendel first saw inherited patterns in pea plants. He experimented with pea plants in the 1860s. One of the things, or traits（特质）， Mendel studied was what makes some pea plants tall and some short. He said that the traits must come from units of heredity passed from the parent plants. These units were later called genes.

In the mid-1900s, scientists discovered that genes are made of DNA. In the 1970s, scientists learned how to change DNA with genetic engineering. Scientists also learned that problems with certain genes cause diseases. Muscular dystrophy, cystic fibrosis, and hemophilia are some genetic diseases-diseases caused by problems in genes. Today, scientists are looking for ways to cure genetic diseases by changing genes through a process called gene therapy.

What is DNA?

A. DNA is a kind of gene.

B.. DNA is a substance that makes up genes.

C. DNA is the basic unit of heredity.

D. DNA is a measure to protect crime.

Which of the following about genes is correct according to the passage?

A. Plants, animals and human beings have the same genes.

B. Half people inherit all genes from their mother, others from their father.

C. Genes decide the trees shapes, the cats’ fur color and our eyes’ color as well.

D. Genes will give you a code when you need them.

Where are genes?

A. Genes lining up on strands called chromosomes are in the center of cells.

B. Genes hide in everything alive in your body.

C. Genes can be nowhere but in your mind, controlling all your actions.

D. Genes travel in your body and help cope skin, muscle, and eyes.

An Austrian monk named Gregor Mendel         .

A. first saw inherited patterns in people

B. was interested in why plants were different

C. first called the units of heredity from parents genes

D. was the first who discovered genes

We can conclude that         .

A. scientists were less intelligent than monks in 1900s

B. some genes are bad and can cause diseases

C. we don’t need to worry about genetic diseases any longer

D. the discovery of genes may be of great help in our daily life

阅读下面的短文，然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。
When I was growing up, I had an old neighbor named Dr. Gibbs．He didn’t look like any doctor I’d ever known. When Dr. Gibbs wasn’t saving lives, he was planting trees．
The good doctor had some interesting theories concerning planting trees．He believed in “No pains, no gains”．He never watered his new trees, which was beyond many people．Once I asked why．He answered that watering plants spoiled them, and that if you water them, each following tree generation will grow weaker and weaker．So you have to make things tough for them．He talked about how watering trees made for shallow roots, and how trees that weren’t watered had to grow deep roots in search of water．I took him to mean that deep roots were to be treasured．
So he never watered his trees. He’d plant an oak(橡树) and, instead of watering it every morning, he’d beat it with a rolled-up newspaper. Smack! Slap! Pow! I asked him why he did that, and he said it was to get the tree’s attention.
Dr. Gibbs passed away a couple of years after I left home. Every now and again, I walked by his house and looked at the trees that I’d watched him plant some twenty-five years ago. They’re extremely tall, big and strong now. Those trees wake up in the morning and beat their chests and drink their coffee black.
[写作内容]
1. 以约30词概括短文内容要点; 
2. 以约120词就 “个人成长需要艰难生活的磨砺””这一话题发表你的看法，并包含以下要点：
1) 你是否赞同Dr. Gibbs 的做法，为什么？
2) 叙述当前父母溺爱子女的现象和由此造成的后果；
3) 假如你是父母一方，你会如何磨砺自己的孩子？
[写作要求]
1.可以使用实例或其他论述方法支持你的论点，也可以参照阅读材料的内容，但不得直接引用原文中句子;
2. 文中不能出现考生真实姓名和学校名称。
[评分标准] 概括准确，语言规范，内容合适，篇章连贯。

第二节 读写任务 (共1小题, 满分25 分)
阅读下面的短文，然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。
There was a man who had four sons. He wanted his sons to learn not to judge things too quickly. So he sent them each to go and look at a pear tree that was a great distance away. The first son went in winter, the second in the spring, the third in the summer and the youngest son in the fall.
When they all had gone and returned, he called them together to describe what they had seen. The first son said the tree was ugly and twisted. The second son said no, it was covered with green buds ad full of promise. The third son disagreed, he said it was filled with blossoms that smelled so sweet and looked so beautiful that it was the most graceful things he had ever seen. The last son disagreed with all of them, insisting that it was ripe and drooping with fruit, full of life and satisfaction.
The man then explained to his sons that they were all right, because they had seen but one season in the tree’s life. He told them that you cannot judge a tree, or a person, by one season. If you give up when it’s winter, you’ll miss the promise of your spring, the beauty of your summer, and satisfaction of your fall.
Don’t let the pain of one season destroy the joy of all the rest!
[写作内容]
请用30词概括故事中四个孩子对梨树的描述。
2．请用120词以Do not make haste in judgment为主题完成以下写作任务：
（1）谈谈你对上面的故事的理解，你听过类似的故事或有过相关的经历吗？简单讲述一个类似的故事。
（2）谈谈你自己对此类故事的感想，例如，明白培养自己全面客观的人生态度的重要性，面对困境时,勇于坚持；面对矛盾时，善于易地而处……（可自由发挥）
[写作要求]
1. 可以使用自己的经历或听到的故事,可以参照阅读材料的内容, 但不得直接引用原文中的句子。
[评分标准]
概括准确、语言规范、内容合适、篇章连贯。
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第二节 读写任务 (共1小题, 满分25 分)

阅读下面的短文，然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。

There was a man who had four sons. He wanted his sons to learn not to judge things too quickly. So he sent them each to go and look at a pear tree that was a great distance away. The first son went in winter, the second in the spring, the third in the summer and the youngest son in the fall.

When they all had gone and returned, he called them together to describe what they had seen. The first son said the tree was ugly and twisted. The second son said no, it was covered with green buds ad full of promise. The third son disagreed, he said it was filled with blossoms that smelled so sweet and looked so beautiful that it was the most graceful things he had ever seen. The last son disagreed with all of them, insisting that it was ripe and drooping with fruit, full of life and satisfaction.

The man then explained to his sons that they were all right, because they had seen but one season in the tree’s life. He told them that you cannot judge a tree, or a person, by one season. If you give up when it’s winter, you’ll miss the promise of your spring, the beauty of your summer, and satisfaction of your fall.

Don’t let the pain of one season destroy the joy of all the rest!

[写作内容]

请用30词概括故事中四个孩子对梨树的描述。

2．请用120词以Do not make haste in judgment为主题完成以下写作任务：

（1）谈谈你对上面的故事的理解，你听过类似的故事或有过相关的经历吗？简单讲述一个类似的故事。

（2）谈谈你自己对此类故事的感想，例如，明白培养自己全面客观的人生态度的重要性，面对困境时,勇于坚持；面对矛盾时，善于易地而处……（可自由发挥）

[写作要求]

1. 可以使用自己的经历或听到的故事,可以参照阅读材料的内容, 但不得直接引用原文中的句子。

[评分标准]

概括准确、语言规范、内容合适、篇章连贯。

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