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Money doesn't grow on trees but sometimes a big family can help make it happen.
For years I wanted a flower garden. I'd spend hours thinking of different things I could plant there. We had five children, Matthew, Marvin, Helen and the twins, Alisa and Alan. I was too busy raising them to grow a garden.
We didn't have much money or time. Often when my children were little, one of them would want something that cost too much. I'd have to say, “Do you see a money tree outside? Money doesn't grow on trees, you know.”
Finally, all the five finished high school and college and were off on their own. I started thinking about having a garden again. I wasn't sure, though. I mean, gardens do cost money, and after all these years I was used to living with very little.
Then, one morning in spring, on Mother's Day, I was working in my kitchen. Suddenly, l heard cars outside. I looked out of the window and saw a new tree planted right in my yard. I knew it was a weeping willow (垂柳), because I saw things blowing around on all of its branches (树枝). Then I put my glasses on and I couldn't believe what I saw. There was a money tree in my yard.
I went outside to look. It was true. There were dollar bills, one hundred of them, taped (绑) all over the tree. I could buy many flowers with one hundred dollars. There was also a note, “I still do something for you. Love, Marvin.” Marvin kept his words, too. He dug up a nice flower bed for me. My other children bought me tools and other things to help me, such as gardening books.
That was three years ago. My garden is now very pretty. It is just the way I wanted it. When I go out to take care of my flowers, I don't seem to miss my children as much as I once did. It feels like they are right there with me.
I live quite far to the north, where winters are long and cold, and summers are much too short. But every year now, when winter begins, I look out of my window and think of the flowers. I'll see next spring in my little garden. I think about what my children did for me, and I get tears (泪) in my eyes every time. I'm still not sure that money grows on trees. But I know love does.
(1) What was the woman's dream?
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A.To have five children.
B.To have a money tree.
C.To have a flower garden.
(2) In the passage, the sentences “Do you see a money tree outside? Money doesn't grow on trees.” really mean ________.
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A.making money isn't very easy
B.they have no money tree in their yard
C.the children can see a money tree outside
(3) Marvin gave his mother a tree with much money in it, because ________.
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A.he had many money trees
B.he wanted to show his love to his mother
C.he wanted his mother to help him make more money
(4) Living with the beautiful garden, the woman ________.
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A.felt even lonely in winter
B.felt her children's deep love was with her
C.seemed to miss her children even more than before
(5) From the passage, we know that ________.
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A.having a money tree is a nice thing
B.the woman's children made her dream come true
C.the woman herself was rich enough to have a garden
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got in. Mr. Brown was about to start the car when a gunman (持枪歹徒) jumped up from the back seat. He
held a gun to Mr. Brown's head. "Drive me to Paris!" he ordered. "All right," Mr. Brown answered. "I'll drive
you anywhere you want to go. But first let my wife out of the car."
The gunman agreed. After she was safely out of the car, Mr. Brown started the engine and drove down
the street. He was driving slowly but his mind was racing. Unarmed and 81 years old, he knew he could not
fight the gunman. Suddenly Mr. Brown realized how he could attract the attention of the police. He began
driving like a mad (疯) man. He drove sixty miles an hour on side streets, ran red lights, and drove the wrong
way on one-way streets. But not one police officer saw him. Suddenly he remembered that the Lily police
station was only a few blocks away. "All right," he thought. "If I can't bring the police to my car, I"ll bring
my car to the police."
He turned corner and saw the police station ahead. The two large doors were closed. He sped up (加速)
the car straight for the doors. The car crashed through the doors and stopped in the courtyard. Mr. Brown
cried, "Help! He is going to kill me." It happened so quickly that the gunman didn't know what to do. Just then
the officers from the police station had already come. They quickly caught the gunman. It was 6:30 p.m.; only
35 minutes after the Browns had left their daughter"s home on a quite street in Lilly.
B. stood in front of his car
C. was hiding in his car
D. held a gun to his head beside the car door
B. he was trying to find the policeman
C. he was too frightened to drive
D. he was thinking about what to do
B. Mr. Brown didn"t stop when the traffic lights were red.
C. Mr. Brown knew he could fight the gunman.
D. The policemen quickly came when they heard the doors knocked down.
B. He drove the wrong way on one-way streets.
C. He sped up the car.
D. He drove like a mad man.
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B. action
C. detective
D. exciting
off the train, he met a beggar (乞丐) near the railway station. He gave his last few coins to the beggar
without (没有) thinking. But then he saw another one, and forgot that he didn't have any money in his
pockets. He asked the man whether he liked to have lunch with him. And the beggar, of course,
agreed. So they went into a small restaurant and had a good meal there.
In the end, the artist could not pay the bill (账单), and the beggar had to do so. The artist felt very
sorry for it, so he said to the beggar, "Come home with me in a taxi, my friend. And I'll give you the
money for our lunch."
"Oh, no!" the beggar answered quickly. "I had to pay for your lunch, but I'm not going to pay for
your taxi home!"
( ) 2. The artist gave the first beggar a lot of money.
( ) 3. The second beggar paid for the meal at last.
( ) 4. The second beggar has lots of money.
( ) 5. The artist is a kind man.