Jennie sat at her window as usual, looking out upon the street, with a look of sadness on her face,“What a long day this is going to be!”

Then she saw a little boy running down the street, swinging his schoolbag. Looking up to the window, he took off____hat and bowed with a bright, pleasant smile.

“What a nice____,”said Jennie to herself, as the boy ran out of sight.“It seems like having the sunshine. I wish everybody who goes by would look up____smile.”

George, the little boy, told his mother about that____girl when he got back home,“She looks so helpless. I wish I could do something for her.”

“Why not give her some____?”said his mother. George agreed.

The next morning, as Jennie____at he window again, she saw George with a handful of beautiful flowers carefully picking his way across the street. He stopped in front of her window, smiling pleasantly, and said,“Can I come in?”Jennie told him____to get into the house.

Opening the door to Jennie’s gentle“Come in”, George said, “I’ve brought you some flowers.”

“Are they for me?”said Jennie____“How kind you are,”she continued, as George put the flowers on her lap.“I’ve____received any flower since we moved to the town.”

“Did you live in the countryside?”asked George,____the old, small and empty room.

“Yes,”said Jennie.

Jennie used to have a happy family and live in a beautiful house in the countryside. However, she lost her right leg in an accident. She____walk like other people any longer. Later, her father died, and her mother was sick____so many years that their money was all gone. They sold the house, and move here to get work to do.

George told his parents____They decided to help her. More and more people in the____gave Jennie friendly smiles when they passed by her house. She was greatly cheered up.

A few months later, Jennie and her mother____flower shop. People could always see Jennie sitting in the shop, having a lovely smile on her face.

1.A. her B. his C. your D. my

2.A. house B. door C. smile D. schoolbag

3.A. and B. but C. as D. or

4.A. rich B. lucky C. bad D. poor

5.A. money B. flowers C. clothes D. food

6.A. danced B. cried C. sat D. laughed

7.A. how B. who C. when D. why

8.A. angrily B. easily C. sadly D. happily

9.A. never B. usually C. always D. sometimes

10.

A. looking for B. looking around

C. looking like D. looking after

11.A. shouldn’t B. needn’t C. couldn’t D. mustn’t

12.A. for B. in C. at D. on

13.A. something B. anything C. everything D. nothing

14.A. countryside B. town C. village D. city

15.A. reached B. left C. closed D. opened

Medical experts (专家)say most Americans do not get enough sleep.They say more Americans need to take a nap(小睡)-that is to rest for a short time in the middle of the day.They give people advice to sleep lightly before continuing with other activities.The experts say naps might improve health by reducing pressure(压力).

Some European and Latin American companies have supported (支持)the idea of napping for many years.They ask people to leave work,go home and have a nap before returning.In the United States,some companies let workers rest simply (简单地)in their offices.They believe this can help workers make fewer mistakes and also increase (增加) the amount of work that a person can do.

Sleep experts say it is possible that people make more mistakes at work than at other times.They say people should not do important tasks when they feel sleepy.And they say the best thing to do is to take a nap.About twenty minutes of rest is all you need.Experts say this provides extra energy (额外的精力)and can increase your effects until the end of the day.But experts said that a nap should last only twenty to thirty minutes.A longer nap will put the body into deep sleep and waking up will be difficult.

1.What will happen to the workers if they keep on working without any rest?

A. They will get a lot or money

B. They will fail in their jobs and even cause a lot of trouble

C. They will live a happy life in the future

D. They will feel better after finishing every life

2.What is the best way to increase workers' effects?

A. Talking with friends.

B. Doing relaxing exercises.

C. Laughing,smiling and crying.

D. Having a rest for twenty or thirty minutes.

3.The meaning of the underlined word “reducing”in the first paragraph is“ ”in Chinese.

A. 加大 B. 缓解 C. 产生 D. 制造

4.The passage mainly talks about .

A. taking a nap during the day

B. the disadvantages (不利)of taking a nap

C. Americans who don't have a nap during the weekends

D. the advantages(好处)of deep sleep

5.You can see this passage from .

A. a story book B. a poster

C. a science fiction(科幻小说) D. a medical magazine

This Flower Stinks

Thousands of people went to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden(植物园). They wanted to see a Flower called a titan arum. The huge plant was over five and a half feet tall. However, it’s not the size that visitors will remember, The most surprising thing about the flower is its awful smell. Its makes most people hold their noses!

When titan arums bloom(开花) the flowers put out a smell like the body of a dead animal. That’s my many people call the plant by another name corpse(尸体)flower The flower grows in Indonesia. The people there used to believe the plant would eat them!

The gardeners at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden have a nickname for their plant, They call it “Baby,” Baby had been growing in Brooklyn for ten years but had never bloomed before. In 2006, Baby finally bloomed It was the first titan arum to bloom in New York City since 1939.

Before it bloomed. Baby grew more than 30 inches in just nine days. The tallest flowers can reach nine feet tall. Scientists knew Baby was almost ready to open up when it stopped growing. The huge flower look about two hours to open. Then the bad smell began to go everywhere. The smell of the flower can be so strong that humans can smell it over half a mile away In Indonesia people dig up the flowers to sell to collectors, but it is against the law.

Sandy Vergano, one of the scientists of the Garden, saw Baby just before it bloomed “it smelled fine when I saw it” he said. “But after it bloomed, it looked beautiful with a terrible smell, which was really interesting.”

1.The tallest titan arum can reach tall.

A. five and a half feet B. thirty inches C. half a mile D. nine feet

2.People could smell the awful smell .

A. before the flower bloomed B. after the flower was dug up

C. before the flower was dead D. after the flower opened up

3.From the passage we can learn .

A. people aren’t interested in the flower

B. the titan arum took a long time to bloom

C. people in Indonesia like collecting the flowers

D. the flower smells so good that many people went to see it

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