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  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 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, 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 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 win 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 reading 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 tree

(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.

Doctors and his Neighbor

D.

Father and His Children

  Happiness is for everyone. You don't need to care about those people who have beautiful houses with large gardens and swimming pools or those who have nice cars and a lot of money and so on. Why? Because those who have big houses may often feel lonely and those who have cars may want to walk on the country roads at their free time.

  In fact, happiness is always around you if you put your heart into it. When you are in trouble at school, your friends will help you; when you study hard at your lessons, your parents are always taking good care of your life and your health; when you get success, your friends will say congratulations to you; when you do something wrong, people around you will help you to correct it. And when you do something good to others, happiness is always around you.

  Happiness is not the same as money. It is a feeling of your heart. When you are poor, you can also be very happy, because you have something else that can't be bought with money. When you meet with difficulties, you can say loudly you are very happy, because you have more chances to challenge yourself. So you cannot always say you are poor and you have bad luck. As the saying goes, life is like a revolving(旋转的)door. When it does, it also opens. If you take every chance you get, you can be a happy and lucky person.

(1) Those who have big houses may often feel ________.

[  ]

Ahappy

Blonely

Cfree

Dexcited

(2) When you fall down in a PE class, both your teacher and your classmates will ________.

[  ]

Alaugh at you

Bplay jokes on you

Cquarrel with you

Dhelp you up

(3) What will your friends say to you when you make great progress?

[  ]

AOh, so do I.

BCongratulations.

CGood luck.

DIt's just so-so.

(4) Which idea is NOT RIGHT according to the passage?

[  ]

APeople who have cars would never like to walk in the open air.

BYou can get help from others when you make mistakes.

CYou can still be a happy person even if you have little money.

DHappiness is always around you though difficulties come towards you.

(5) Which of the following is this passage about?

[  ]

ABad luck.

BGood luck.

CHappiness.

DLife.

  Hundreds of years ago, news was carried from place to place by people on foot or by horse, which took days, weeks and sometimes months for people to receive news. Now it is possible to send words and pictures around the world in seconds. Billions of people learn about news stories of their mother country and all over the world every day, either by watching TV or reading newspapers.

  Newspapers have been an important part of everyday life since the 18th century. Many countries have hundreds of different newspapers. How do newspaper editors decide which news stories to print?

  Why do they print some stories and not others? What makes a good newspaper story?

  Firstly, it is important to report new stories. TV stations can report news much faster than newspapers. Yet, newspapers give more about the same story. They may also look at the story in another way, or they may print completely different stories to those on TV.

  Secondly, a news story has to be interesting and unusual. People don't want to read stories about everyday life. As a result, many stories are about some kind of danger and seen to bebadnews.

  Another factor is also very important in many news stories. Many people are interested in news in foreign countries, but more prefer to read stories about people, places and events in their own country. So the stories on the front page in Chinese newspapers are usually very different from the ones in British, French and American newspapers.

(1)In old days it was hard to get news, because _________.

[  ]

Apeople didn't care about news

Bthe transportation was not as fast as now

Cnobody paid for news

Dthere wasn't anything so interesting as today

(2)According to the passage, newspapers __________.

[  ]

Areport news faster than TV

Bgive the same thing about the same story as TV

Cgive the same ideas about the news as TV

Dsometimes choose different stories from TV

(3)According to the passage, which story will a newspaper editor choose to print on newspaper?

[  ]

AA train arrived at the station on time.

BStudents liked to go to school.

CThe advertisement of a TV program.

DA bus fell into the river

(4)If we are in French, what will we see in the newspapers?

[  ]

AA Chinese leader gave an important speech about China.

BAn Englishman was lost in the rain forest.

CThe French team won the champion.

DThe American attacked the Iraq.

(5)A possible title for the passage would be _________.

[  ]

AThe News

BHow to Print News

CNews in the Past and Now

DNewspapers

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