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One year, a college in the Unites States announced that it would offer a lot of money for the pure white marigold(金盏花). The high reward attracted so many people, but in the nature, besides golden, the marigold is brown, and it is not easy to get the white one. So after they were excited for a time, many people had forgotten the announcement.

One normal day after 20 years, the college received a letter and 100 seeds of pure white marigold. It turned out to be an old woman of over 70 years old. Some experts in the college doubted it , but in order not to let her down, those seeds finally took root(根) in the earth. The miracle appeared after one year: the field was covered by pure white marigold. Therefore, the old woman who was always unknown to the public became a newfocus.

The old woman was a flower-lover. When she read the announcement 20 years ago, she got very excited like others. But her right children were totally against her decision. After all, a woman who never knew the seed genetics(遗传学) couldn’t complete what the experts could never do, so her thought was only a day dream.

Still, the old woman didn’t change her mind and went on working. She planted some of the most common seeds and took good care of them. A year later, when the marigold came out, she chose one faintest(最暗淡的) from those golden and brown flowers and get the best seed. The next year, she again grew them and chose…. Day after day, year after year, through many seasons, the old woman’s husband died, her children flew far and high, a lot of things happened in her life, but only the desire to grow the pure white marigold took root in her heart.

Finally, after 20 years on the day we all know, in the garden she saw a marigold which was not nearly white, but as white as sliver or snow.

A problem even experts couldn’t deal with was solved by an old woman who didn’t understand genetics. Wasn’t it a miracle?

To take root in the heart, even the most common seed can grow into a miracle!

1.According to the passage, ________ marigold is unusual.

A.white B.purple

C.brown D.golden

2.The underlined part “focus” is closets in meaning to “center of ________”.

A.energy B.activity

C.attention D.creativity

3.It can be learned from the passage that ________.

A.the children didn’t agree on their mother’s decision

B.the woman needed the great reward for her big family

C.the experts also succeeded in growing the white marigold

D.the woman took good care of the flowers instead of her family

4.The woman successfully grew the white marigold at last because she ________.

A.was luckier than experts

B.put her heart into flowers

C.got support from her family

D.studies the seed genetics well

5.The passage mainly talks about ________.

A.the difficulties

B.the possibility of going beyond experts

C.the unforgettable development of marigold

D.the importance of holding on to dreams

After graduating from middle school, many students grow very fast, especially boys. And the teachers have to look up at their faces to show love for them. Why do they grow so fast?

Height is just one of the thousands of features your genes(基因) decide. In fact, because you have two parents, your genes provide you a height that usually lands somewhere between the height of each parent. If both your parents are tall, then perhaps you will be tall, too. But if you have questions about how tall you’re going to be, ask your doctor if he or she can help you find it out.

But genes don’t decide everything. For example, eating an unhealthy diet can keep you from growing to your full potential(潜力). Getting enough sleep and exercise will help you grow to the right height.

No doubt you’re wondering how fast you should grow. It depends. There’s no perfect or right answer. Kids grow about 5 cm a year between age 3 and the time when they start puberty(when your body starts changing and becoming more grown up. )

Don’t be scared if you seem to have grown a lot in a very short time. Everyone has a growth spurt(高峰) during puberty. The age for starting puberty is about 10 for girls and 11 for boys. But it can be earlier or later between 7 and 13 for girls and 9 and 15 for boys.

You’ll usually begin to notice that you’re growing faster about a year or so after your body starts to show the first changes of puberty.

1.What does the underlined word “puberty” mean in Chinese?

A.童年时代 B.婴幼儿时期 C.青春期

2.If you want to know how fast and how tall you should grow, _______________.

A.you should have enough exercise

B.you should ask doctors for help

C.you can record your growth during puberty

3.Girls’ growth spurt can be _______________.

A.14 B.13 C.15

4.Which is true according to the passage?

A.Girls’ age for starting puberty is usually later than that of boys’.

B.You height never depends on genes.

C.Everyone has a growth spurt during puberty.

5.The passage is mainly about _______________.

A.Height. B.Weight. C.Genes.

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