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Once there was a lovely vegetable field with a very big tree in it. Both the vegetables and the 1._______ made the garden look wonderful.

No one knew that the vegetables in the field and the tree couldn't get on well 2. each other. The vegetables3._______ the tree. They thought the tree did not leave them4.______ light to survive(生存). On the other hand, the tree hated the5. . He complained that the vegetables drank nearly all the water 6._____it could get to him.

The situation became worse and 7. . One day, the vegetables got angry and decided to use up all the8._______ in the ground so that the tree would dry up. The tree fought back by refusing to give the vegetables shade(树荫) from the hot9. . Soon they both began to dry up. Neither of them thought that the gardener would stop watering his vegetable 10._______ when he saw it becoming worse. When the gardener did that, the tree and the vegetables really felt how 11.__ ____ they were. There seemed to be no ways to solve the problem, but one of the vegetables, a small pumpkin 12.__ __what was going on, and decided to deal with it.

13. there was little water and it was too hot, the little pumpkin did all he could to grow... 14._ _____he grew very big, the gardener noticed that and started watering the field again because he wanted to win the beautiful big pumpkin competition. At the same time, the tree and the vegetables grew better. They realized that it was better to help each other than to 15.____ _。

From then on, they worked together and lived in harmony with these around them.

A story happened when the telegraph(电报)was the fastest method of long-distance communication. One day, a young man went to an interview for a job as a Morse code operator(莫尔斯电码报务员).

Answering the ad in the newspaper, he went to the office address. When he arrived, he walked into a large, busy office filled with noise, including the sound of the telegraph. An office worker asked him to wait until he was called to go into the inner office. Seven other people were already in the waiting area for the interview. The young man sat down and waited with them. After a few minutes, the young man stood up, crossed the room to the door of the inner office, and walked right in. Naturally the other people wondered what was going on. They were sure that the young man made a mistake and would be refused.

A few minutes later, however, the boss came out of the inner office with the young man and said to the other people,“Gentlemen,thank you very much for coming, but the young man has got the job.”

The other people were surprised, and one of them said, “Wait a minute. I don’t understand. He was the last to come in, and we never even got a chance to be interviewed. Yet he got the job. That’s not fair!”

The boss said, “I’m sorry, but all the time you’ve been sitting here, the telegraph has been sending out the following message in Mores code: ‘If you understand this message, then come right in. The job is yours.’ None of you heard it or understood it. This young man did. The job is this.”

1.The young man got the information about the job from .

A. the telegraph B. the newspaper

C. an office worker D. a friend

2.What was the office like?

A. Large, busy and noisy B. Busy, noisy and crowded

C. Large, crowded but quiet D. Busy, crowded but quiet

3.How many people went fot the job interview that day?

A. 7 B. 8 C. 9 D. 10

4.The young man was offered the job because .

A. he was young

B. he knew the boss

C. he heard the telegraph message and understood it

D. he was the last one to walk into the inner office

(2014云南)

Last week my youngest son and I visited my father at his new house in Arizona.He moved there a few years ago,and I wanted very much to see his new place and meet his friends.

In my earliest memories my father was a tall,handsome and successful man.He loved his work and family,but was uncomfortable with his children.As a child I loved him;as a school girl and young adult I was afraid of him.He seemed unhappy with me unless I got straight A’s in my study and unhappy with my boyfriends if their fathers were not as“successful”as he was.Whenever I went out with him on week ends,I used to try hard to think up things to say to protect myself.

On the first day of my visit,we went out with one of my father’s friends for lunch.We walked along that afternoon,did some shopping,ate on the street table,and laughed over my son’s funny talks.My father’s critical(挑剔的)air and strict rules were gone.He seemed so friendly and interesting to be with us.

The next day my dad pulled out his childhood pictures and told me many stories about his own childhood.Although our times together became easier over the years,I never felt closer to him at that moment.After so many years,I’m at last seeing another side of my father.And in so doing,I’m happy with my new friend.My dad,in this new home in Arizona,is back to me from where he was.

1.The father was unhappy with the writer because________.

A.he didn’t like her

B.he expected too much of her

C.she had a boyfriend

D.she was uncomfortable

2.The underlined words straight A’s in Paragraph 2 mean________in Chinese.

A.全优

B.及格

C.中等

D.不合格

3.When the writer went out with his father for a walk on weekends she felt________.

A.tired

B.happy

C.satisfied

D.nervous

4.What does the writer think of her father after visiting him in Arizona?

A.Strict and hard-working.

B.More critical.

C.Friendly and interesting.

D.More successful.

5.When the writer says“my new friend”in the last paragraph,she is talking about________.

A.her son

B.her father

C.her boyfriend

D.her father’s friend

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