Almost all people like flowers. Some people like flowers because of their smells, shapes, colors and so on. Others like flowers because they think different flowers mean different things. Flowers have their own language. For example, red roses mean “love” and sunflowers mean “loyalty(忠诚)”. So people in more than 100 countries have chosen their own national flowers which say something about their countries’ spirit. In 1994, China talked about choosing a national flower. Some people liked the peony(牡丹) but others liked the plum blossom(梅花). They couldn’t agree with each other. So it has not been decided yet.
People like to buy different flowers in different seasons. Where do all the beautiful flowers in shops come from? They may come from far away, so their price is higher.
a. Farmers grow flowers in their fields.
b. Planes or trains or buses take the flowers to different places.
c. Flower shopkeepers buy flowers from the flower markets. They look after the flowers and throw away the broken or bad ones. They cut the flowers to make them more beautiful.
d. You go to buy the flowers in the shops. When you buy a flower, you’re paying lots of people: the farmer, the driver of the plane or train or bus, the seller in the flower market and the flower shopkeeper.
So you’d better keep your flowers from far away for a long time. But how? Why not dry them? It’s easy! Sand drying is a way. Dry, clean sand is one of the oldest things for drying flowers. And it’s one of the cheapest.
·Fill a box half-way with sand.
·Put the flowers on top of the sand.
·Put the box in a warm, dry place.
·Leave the flowers there for one to three weeks.
·Take them out and they will be dry.
【小题1】The underlined words “national flowers” most probably means ______.
A.the flowers of the country
B.the flowers of the season
C.the most beautiful flowers
D.the strongest flowers
【小题2】People usually choose their own “national flower” according to (根据) the flower’s ______.
A.smellB.shapeC.colorD.meaning
【小题3】The Chinese national flower has not been decided yet, because ______.
A.no flower can show China’s spirit
B.China hasn’t talked to choose the national flower
C.nobody agrees to choose the national flower
D.people can’t agree to choose the same flower.
【小题4】You’d better keep your flowers for a long time, because ______.
A.the flowers are easy to dry
B.the farmer will also ask you to pay
C.the flowers are expensive to buy
D.the shopkeeper has made them more beautiful
【小题5】Sand drying is everything here in the following but ______.
A.easyB.cleanC.oldD.cheap

The Dream It is everyone’s dream to work at home or not work at all.You can plan your own hours and work when you want to.There is no more rush hour and no hours that people waste when they get to and from a job every day.

The Fact The fact is that this dream can be attained.You can stay at home,work when you want to  and make money when you need to.There are plenty of opportunities for you to make money at home,just by using your computer and the Internet.

Start Today! Educate yourself,look closely into all the opportunities and decide on what works best for you.It will not happen during one night,but you can make the decision today and start to make it happen today.

How Could You Do It? Do you have a blog(博客)or a personal website like millions of other people?  Are you using it to make money? Most of these blog and website owners are not.But you can do that!

         When you have your computer and the Internet working for you,your businesses will be working for you 24 hours a day,seven days a week.You will make money while you sleep,travel or do whatever you want to do all day long.

Get Going! There are many ways you can make money with your computer.And you can begin your Stay-at -home businesses with just a little money.What are you waiting for?

1.In which part of a newspaper would you most probably read this passage?

A.Sports           B.News             C.Culture        D.Business

2.What does the underlined word“attained”in Point ② mean ?

A.Broken           B.Achieved         C.Lost           D.Destroyed

3.What’s the best title for Point ⑤ ?

         A.Sleep 24 Hours a Day                   

B.Make Money Every Moment

         C.Play All Day Long                      

D.Travel Around the World

4.Which of the following is NOT TRUE according to the passage ?

         A.People need a lot of money to start a stay – at – home business.

         B.People can even use their blogs to make money.

         C.People can plan their own time when they work at home.

D.People can make the best decision and start to make it happen today.

5.How is the passage organized ?

A.By using famous people’s words.          

B.By giving reasons only.

C.By showing a topic and giving solutions  

D.By telling old stories

 

 

Questionnaire

Read the questions and answer YES or NO, then you will find out how good you are.

1. When you don’t understand something, you ask questions.

2. You like listening to older people talk about the past.

3. You think that you can learn something interesting from everyone around you.

4. You are brave enough when you have to talk to people don’t know.

5. You enjoy reading books about famous people.

6. You always see and talk to different people.

7. You are interested in learning new ways of doing things.

8. You enjoy sharing experiences with friends and learning from people of all ages.

9. You talk a lot about yourself.

10.Even if you are often wrong, you make your own decisions.

11.You hate teaching what you are good at: sports, technology, whatever.

12.Your parents don’t understand you, so you don’t talk to them much.

SCORE NOW!

Score 2 points if you answer YES to each of the first 8 questions, and 0 if you choose NO.

Score 2 points if you answer NO to each of the last 4 questions, and 0 if you choose YES.

18—24  You are friendly and open minded. You make people feel important by

listening to what they have to say. You’ll probably succeed in learning all kinds of interesting things. Good for you!

10—16  Remember that every single person you know can teach you something. You will greatly make your life rich and colourful.

0—8    About 400 years ago, a famous writer wrote, “No man is an island.” This is still true today. Try to be more open and interested in people around you.

1.If you say “YES” to all these questions, you’ll get ____ points.

A.12

B.16

C.20

D.24

2.When you score 22 points, you are ________.

A.shy and nervous

B.silent and serious

C.open and friendly

D.brave and strong

3.“No man is an island.” in the text probably means that ________.

A.the famous writer was very clever

B.everything is the same as 400 years ago

C.you will feel lonely if on an island

D.you can not live alone in the world

4.The questions are used to test whether you are willing to ________.

A.learn from others

B.help other people

C.do all by yourself

D.depend on others

 

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