In the 19the century people from all over the country came here to find gold. Many people become very rich now. They bought all the ground near the bank of the river. They dug big holes in it, trying to find more gold.

Mike Judeson was one of those who came to find gold. He bought nearly the last piece of the ground. It was a long way from the river, so no one else wanted to buy it. But Mike paid all his money for it. He worked hard month after month, but didn’t find any gold.

Then one night, just before he was going to give it up, it began to rain. It rained for several days and nights. When the rain stopped at last, Mike came out of his small wooden house to see his piece of ground. It didn’t look the same. The holes were not there any more, and a lot of small plants grew everywhere.

“Perhaps there is no gold here.” Mike said. “But this ground is rich. I can grow flowers and sell them for money. The women in this town are rich now. They have beautiful houses and they will put flowers in their houses. If I can grow good flowers here, I can make money, too.” So he did. And soon his piece of ground was covered with beautiful flowers. Later he was able to buy more fields until he owned all the ground near the river.

“I was the only man who found true gold here.” he often said. “The others took their gold out of the ground and went away. But my gold is still here.”

1.Why did people dig holes at the bank of the river?(no more than 6 words)

2.What did Mike find after the rain stopped?(no more than 2 words)

3.What did Mike decide to do then? (no more than 5 words)

4.Who would mainly buy Mike’s flowers? (no more than 5 words)

假如你叫李平，是一位成绩优秀的学生，你班班主任在安排座位时，让成绩好的学生和成绩差的学生作同桌，这在你们班成绩优秀的学生中引起了反响，活动课上大家就此进行了讨论。现在请你根据下表把讨论结果向班主任写一封信反映一下，并说出自己的观点。

注意：1．词数：100~120，短文的开头和结尾已为你写好，不计入总词数。

2．短文需包括表中所有要点，内容可适当发挥，以使行文连贯。

3．参考词汇：成绩差的学生：a slower student

Dear Mr. Zhang,

　　　We have held a discussion about whether it is good or not for a top student to share a desk with a slower student.                                        

Yours,

Li Ping

There is no doubt that IT plays___important role as a new teaching tool in this era of___technology.

A．an; \             B．\; the             C．an ; the           D．\; \

--I’m sorry I didn’t make it to your party last night.

-- ______, I know you’re busy these days.

A．Of course         B．No kidding         C．That’s all night     D．Don’t mention it

He is really considering ___himself to ___these children of the poor mountain village.

A．to devote; educating                     B．devoting; educating

C．devoting; educate                       D．to devote; educate

The number of people who ____English as a foreign language __more than 750 million.

A．learns; is          B．learn; are         C．learns; are         D．learn; is

—It was careless of you to have left your clothes all over.

— My God, ______.

A．so did I           B．so I did            C．so were you       D．so did you

This is really an exciting match. _______ the game?

A．Who do you think will win                 B．Whom do you think will win

C．Do you think who will win                 D．Do you think whom will win

Lin Feng is said ____ abroad, but I don’t know which country he studied in.

A．to study           B．to be studied       C．to have studied     D．to be studying

She is the only one among the____writers who___stories for children.

A．woman, writes      B．women, write      C．women, writes      D．woman, write