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Patrick Johnson,an artist for the Washington Post,found some treasure in his new house一一35,000 dollars in a place where no one could see it. Although he had car and house payments(贷款)in his head, he still decided to return all of the money to the previous(先前的)owner of the house,Mr. Williams. Would you have done the same?

Just hours after he had bought the house,Patrick came into the small house,where he was planning to lay out his tools and hang things up. He looked up and noticed a little hole in the wall. He didn't know what it was inside, so he walked towards the wall. It was very dark inside,but an old box caught his eye.

“I caught the thing,it was heavy. I thought it might be some pieces of wood.” he said. Actually it was not. It was filled with lots of dollar bills. But he and his wife knew they had to return the money to Mr. Williams.

“I've got two boys and we teach them to be honest and to do what is right. I knew this was a teachable moment that I would never get back again.” Patrick said to his wife. “So I thought we would do something honest with it. It's been a great thing for us and our kids.”

1.Patrick decided to return the money to .

A. his wife B. the bank

C. their sons D. Mr. Williams

2.Patrick found the box_______.

A. outside the small house B. in his wife's room

C. in the hole of the wall D. among his tools

3.Patrick thought there might be in the box when he found it.

A. 35,000 dollars B. some pieces of wood

C. many famous pictures D. some expensive treasures

4.Patrick and his wife returned the money at last because .

A. they didn't need the money at all

B. their children liked money very much

C. they wanted to teach their children to be honest

D. the previous owner of the house asked them to do so

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Kudzu is a fast-growing vine(蔓生植物) that covers a large area in the southern United States. It is so common that one might think it is a native plant, but it is not. Kudzu was brought to the United States from Japan in 1876. Many Americans thought it was beautiful, and they began to plant it. They didn’t know it could grow up to a foot a day during the summer months. Nor did they know it would grow up and over anything in its path(路径).

In Japan, kudzu experienced cold winters and a short growing season. But in the United States, it has a very long growing season with warm and wet southern weather. It is fine weather for the vine to grow fast.

In the 1920s, people used the vine to feed farm animals. Ten years later, the government supported to plant kudzu because it kept soil(土壤) from washing away. However, by the 1950s, the government no longer wanted people to plant the vine. Twenty years after that, the government said it was a harmful plant.

The vine grows up trees and buildings, making some beautiful shapes. However, trees die after kudzu covers them because they can not get enough light. Scientists are looking for ways to kill the vine. They used poisons(毒药) to kill the vine. However, some of the poisons made it grow even better. Scientists also find it difficult to dig up Kudzu. The plant is really tough.

Because kudzu is so hard to kill, some people are making the best of it. So they try to find different uses for the vine. They find the vine can be used to make paper and baskets, it can be used to feed the goats, and it can even be eaten by people. Scientists are studying it in the hope that the vine can be used as a medicine. At the very least, kudzu serves as an example of the unexpected results that can come from non-native plants.

1. We can learn from the passage that .

A. kudzu mostly grows in the northern America

B. kudzu was brought to Japan from America

C. kudzu grows very fast in warm and wet weather

D. American government has never supported to plant kudzu

2.The underlined word “tough” in Paragraph 4 probably means “ ”.

A. not easily broken B. widely used

C. hard to grow D. important to one’s health

3.The last paragraph is mostly about .

A. how quickly the vine grows

B. how people use the vine

C. why people want to kill the vine

D. why people eat the vine

4. The writer uses the title “The Vine That Ate the South” most probably to .

A. let readers know kudzu is a vine

B. interest readers in a way

C. tell readers the vine is a kind of food

D. get readers to realize the passage is serious

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