When I was growing up, I had an old neighbor, Dr. Gibbs. He didn't look like any doctor I'd ever known. He never invited us to play in his yard, but he was a very kind person. When Dr. Gibbs wasn't saving lives, he was planting trees. He owned a large field and wanted to make it a forest. The good doctor had some interesting ideas about planting trees. He never watered his new trees. Once I asked why. He said that watering plants spoiled(毁坏) them, and that if you watered them, each baby tree would grow weaker and weaker, so you had to make things difficult for them and pick out the weaker trees early on.

He talked about how watering trees made for shallow(浅的) roots(根), and how trees that weren't watered had to grow deep roots in search of water under the earth by themselves. Deep roots were very important. So he never watered his trees. He'd planted an oak(橡树)and instead of watering it every morning, he'd beat it with a rolled-up newspaper. I asked him why he did that, and he said it was to get the tree's attention.

Dr. Gibbs died several years after I left home. Every now and then, I walked by his house and looked at the trees that I watched him plant about twenty-five years ago. They're very big and strong now. I planted some trees a few years back and carried water to them for a whole summer. After two years of caring too much, whenever a cold wind blows in, they shake a lot.

Every night before I go to bed, I check on my two sons. Mostly I pray (祈祷) that their lives will be easy. But lately I've been thinking that it's time to change my prayer. I know my children are going to face difficulties. There's always a cold wind blowing somewhere, so what we need to do is to pray for roots that reach deep into the brave heart, so when the rains fall and the winds blow, we could face it strongly and won't be beaten down.

1.We know from the passage, the doctor______.

A. didn't know how to plant trees at all 

B. wasn't good at his own medical job

C. had his own ways of planting trees   

D. had nothing to do but plant trees

2.When Dr. Gibbs said "... pick out the weaker trees early on.", he meant that______.

A. some weak trees would be easily found out at the beginning

B. he would choose the weak trees to water earlier

C. the weak trees would be sent to his patients later

D. he would not plant weak trees so early anymore

3.The passage tells us that the writer         。

A．should beat his trees with a rolled-up newspaper

B.didn’t often water his trees

C.didn’t have a large field

D.took too much care of his trees

4.The writer wants to change his prayer,hoping that       .

A.his trees will be stronger than Dr.Gibbs′

B. his trees will not be beaten down

C.his sons will be better at planting trees

D. his sons will be able to face difficulties

5.Which can be the best title of the reading?

A. Watering Trees                 B. Growing Roots 

C. Doctor and his Neighbor         D. Father and his Children

用所给动词的适当形式填空：（15分）

1.She ought_____________(not catch) that bus because it’s often late.

2.His action attracted the famous __________(France) writer’s attention.

3.The war has led to _____________(lose) of many people’s lives.

4.“It has been the __________(nine) take!” The director shouted angrily.

5.Zhou Xun ___________(win) several awards for the Best Actress over the past few years.

6.Which is ____________(far) place you have been to?

7.By the time we got to the airport, the plane_____________(take )off.

8._______________(make) greater progress, working hard is the key.

9.The old scientist devoted all her time she had to ___________(develop) the western parts of China.[来源

10.Who draws _____________(bad),Tom’s, yours or Jim’s?

11.Rubbish had better_________________(not throw) here and there.

12.At the scene of the crime, no one wants to say anything to break the __________(silent).

13.While she was doing her homework, her parents ___________(quarrel) with each other.

14.Young girls should learn to protect ___________(they) from all kind of danger.

15.Today, holding the Olympic Games ____________(consider) as a rich prize for a country

WARNING: Holding a cell phone against your ear or putting it in your pocket may be bad for your health.   

This sentence is a warning that you’d better not put it close to you when a new phone is bought. Apple company, for example, doesn't want IPhones to come closer to you than 1.5 centimeters; Research In Motion, BlackBerry's producer, recommends 2.5 centimeters.

(1)If cell phone use can        health problems, the         will be very serious. Americans spend 2.26 trillion minutes chatting on cell phones every year, which brings $109 billion for the wireless businessmen.

Devra Davis, an epidemiologist(皮肤病专家) who has worked for the University of Pittsburgh, has published a book about mobile phone radiation（辐射）"Disconnect." Davis studies how often brain cancer happens during different age groups. She finds a big increase in brain cancer in the 20-to-29 age group and a drop for the older people.

Children are more easily hurt by radiation than grown-ups, Ms. Davis and other scientists point out. But no studies have yet been finished on cell phone radiation and children, she says.

Henry Lai, a research professor, began lab radiation studies in 1980 and found that mice exposed to(暴露在) radiofrequency（电波频率）radiation had destroyed DNA in their brains.

Ms. Davis recommends using wired earphones（有线耳机）or the phone's speaker. (2)Children should send text messages rather than call, she said, and pregnant（怀孕的） women should keep phones away from their bodies.

1.在（1）句空白处填入适当的词使句意完整、上下文通顺。

2.将（2）句翻译成中文。

3.回答问题：What kind of people with brain cancer are getting more and more?

4.照出同意句。

Scientists are still carrying on with the studies on cell phone radiation and children.

5.找出或写出该短文的主题句。

缺词填空

More and more families go on a car trip each year. 1. H_______, the thought of trouble on the road may prevent you from going out. To avoid(避免) trouble, you need to make a careful2.p_______ for your trip.

First of all, choose a proper route for your trip. Consider3.w_______ you are going and find several possible routes to it. Traffic and the 4. t_______ that you will spend on the road must be considered when you decide one.

Consider your luggage(行李) needs. 5. B_______ you begin packing your necessities(必需品), think about how many people will be in your car and how much space they will need in order to 6. t_______ comfortably.

Try to avoid busy times. Usually highways are busier on Fridays and Sundays, so going on Tuesday or7.T______ will help you to avoid traffic jams. Driving at night is also a great way to miss the traffic and the kids can sleep8.d_______ the trip.

9. F_______, don’t forget to check your car carefully before leaving so that you can have a 10.s_______ trip.

----What’s _______number of school in the city?

  -----I’m not sure ,but I know there must be _______ number of schools in it.

A.a;the    B.a;a    C.the ;the    D.the;a

------______________________?

-------Quite well,thanks.

A.What do you do    

B.What do you think of it? 

C.How are you getting on with your Math? 

D.Are you quite good at English?

__________about the earthquake in Sicuan keep everyone in deep sorrow.(悲痛)

A.News     B.Information     C.Advice     D.Messages

------Did you give Tom a call?

-------I didn’t need to,____________I’ll see him soon.

A.when    B.though    C.until    D.because

-----The rain came to a stop the night before.The fields are still full water.

------It__________for nearly a week.

A.has rained   B.had rained     C.would rain    D.was raining  

——Do you know the man wearing a pair of glasses?

 -------Yes.He’s a teacher of _________.He teaches _________history.

A.me;us      B.my;our      C.mine;us     D.mine ;our