When spring comes, some wildflowe come out in the ditches(沟渠) along the highway where I travel daily to work., I’ve noticed one special blue flower. It blooms(开花) only in the morning hours. For the afternoon sun is too hot for it. Every day for nearly two weeks, I see those beautiful flowers.
This spring, I started a wildflower garden in our yard,. I can look out of the kitchen window while doing the dishes and see the flowers.
Every day I drove past the flowers thinking “I’ll stop on my way home and dig them.” “See. I don’t want to get my good clothes dirty.” Whatever the reason, I never stopped to dig them.
One day on my way home from work. I was sad to see the pretty blue flowers were gone. I thought to myself. “You wanted too long. You should have done it when you first saw them blooming this spring.”
A week ago we were shocked and sad to learn that my oldest sister-in-law(夫或妻的姐妹) was badly ill. She is 20 years older than my husband and unfortunately, because of age and distance, we haven’t been as close as we all would have been.
I couldn’t help but see the connection between the pretty blue flowers and the relationship between my husband’s sister and us. I do believe that God has given us some time left to plant some wonderful memories that will bloom every year for us.
And yes, if I see the blue flowers again. You can bet I’ll stop and transplant(移植) them to my wildflower garden.
| A．The flowers were not beautiful enough |
| B．She was always too busy |
| C．She wanted her sister to dig them |
| D．She didn’t pay enough attention to them |
| A．She wanted to sell her flowers |
| B．She liked planted flowers |
| C．Her husband made her do that |
| D．Her husband’s sister loved flowers |
| A．It is very special |
| B．The flower doesn’t want to bloom at other time |
| C．It can’t stand the strong sunlight in the afternoon |
| D．The text doesn’t tell us |
| A．Didn’t care too much for flowers |
| B．Always transplanted wildflowers to her garden |
| C．Stopped on her way to dig some flowers |
| D．Missed some valuable things in her life |
| A．To tell people when chance comes ,don’t let it go. |
| B．To advise people to plant flowers in their yards. |
| C．To transplant wildflowers to their own garden. |
| D．To tell readers she loves her family。 |
In today’s world many people seem to be hungry for money. Money does have its most useful effect on the poor. But once a person has a rich life, a lot more money doesn`t mean more happiness.
If money were everything, all millionaires(百万富翁) would have real love, true friendship, good health and a long life. However, this is not always true .But can love be bought ?I`m afraid not . Love means to give , not to take . To every person , health and long life are probably the most precious things . Well , can health and a long life be bought with money ? The answer is “No”.
Of all the longest living people in the world, few of them are millionaires. True friendship can’t be bought, either. In a word, where money is dreamed too much, it can cause brothers to quarrel, marriage to end, lovers to hate, and strangers to fight. No matter how much money you have, it is still not enough to make a happy person if you have no one to laugh with, no one to cry for.
根据材料内容选择最佳答案，并将其标号填入题前括号内。According to the passage , which of the following do you think is right ?
| A．Money is everything |
| B．Money isn`t necessary |
| C．Money is important , but not the most important |
| D．with no money ,with no success |
What are the most precious things for every person according to the writer`s ideas ?
| A．Only money | B．Health and a long life |
| C．Only friendship | D．A, Band C |
Which sentence of the following is true according to the passage ?
| A．If you haven`t much money , you can`t get more happiness |
| B．You may live a long life even if you are poor |
| C．Every year many people die in the world because their family is poor |
| D．If you are rich ,you`ll have less friendship |
In fact , few of millionaires _____________
| A．have much money | B．have the longest living |
| C．love their money | D．have true love |
what does the sentence “Love means to give , not to take ”mean in the passage ?
| A．爱意味着给你，而不能带走 | B．爱是可以得到的，不要走开 |
| C．爱意味着奉献，而不是索取 | D．爱是可以索取的， 而不必付出 |
A passenger told an air hostess that he needed a cup of water to take his medicine when the plane just took off. she told him that she would bring him the water in ten minutes. thirty minutes later, when the passenger’s ring for service sounded, the air hostess flew in a hurry. she was kept so busy that she forgot to give him the water. As a result, the passenger was held up(延迟) to take his medicine. she hurried over to him with a cup of water, but he refused it.
In the following hours on the flight, each time the air hostess passed the passenger she would ask him with a smile whether he needed help or not. but the passenger never paid attention to her. when he was going to get off the plane, the passenger asked the air hostess to hand him the passengers’ brochure(小册子). she was very sad. she knew that he would write down sharp words, but with a smile she handed it to him. off the plane, she opened the brochure, and broke a smile, for the passenger wrote, “on the flight, you asked me whether I need help or not for twelve times in all. how can I refuse your twelve sincere smiles?” That’s right! who can refuse twelve sincere smiles from a person?What did the passenger need when the plane just took off ?
| A．brochure to write something |
| B．A cup of water to take his medicine |
| C．The air hostess to make an apologize |
| D．To get off the plane at once |
Why did the air hostess forget to give him the water ?
| A．ecause the passenger was angry |
| B．Because the passenger was very cruel |
| C．Because she was very busy |
| D．Because she was not friendly to the passenger |
Why was the air hostess very sad ?
| A．She thought the passenger would write down bad words |
| B．She thought she couldn`t give the passenger any help |
| C．She thought the passenger would tell her manager |
| D．She thought she should say sorry to the passenger again |
The Chinese meaning of the word “sincere”is ________
| A．自豪的 | B．婉转的 | C．真诚的 | D．委屈的 |
Do you think which is the best title for the passage ?
| A．The air hostess | B．A cup of water | C．Twelve smiles | D．On the plane |
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.在（1）句空白处填入适当的词使句意完整、上下文通顺。
将（2）句翻译成中文。
回答问题：What kind of people with brain cancer are getting more and more?
找出同义句。
Scientists are still carrying on with the studies on cell phone radiation and children找出或写出该短文的主题句。
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. 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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Parking has been a problem for drivers for a long time in Taizhou. The Transportation Department(交通部门) is mapping out a new plan for the city’s parking system. There are about 100 thousand cars on the road inTaizhou but only enough parking space to provide room for 15 percent of these vehicles. It is no wonder that local drivers get so worried trying to find a place to park.
The number of the private(私人的) car owners is becoming lager and larger. In March, the city sent out 1,000 private car licenses, the highest number of licenses ever sent out in a month. And prices rose to over 200 yuan, 500 more than in February. Industry experts(专家) say this suggests that local people have a strong, active interest in buying cars.
By the year 2020, the number of cars in Taizhou will probably reach 200 thousand. If one parking lot（停车场） is for each car, then a lot of parking space should be built for these vehicles. The center of Taizhou is most short of parking space. However, experts point out that simply building more parking lots in these areas is not practical and doesn’t solve the problem. The idea of “ Park & Ride” system has been suggested. This means that underground train and city train should be developed quickly. Drivers can leave their vehicles in car parks nearby subway(地铁) and bus stations and then they can ride public transport to go to the city center. Based on this idea, the city will cut down the number of parking lots in the city center and need higher parking fees(费用). But it will build more parking areas near main subway and bus stops. The underlined phrase “ mapping out ” in the first paragraph means _____.
| A．making | B．arguing | C．replying | D．comparing |
About _____ drivers can find places to park their cars in Taizhou now.
| A．8,500 | B．10,000 | C．15,000 | D．20,000 |
What can we infer from the second paragraph?
| A．The city sent out more private licenses in February. |
| B．Less and less people bought cars in March. |
| C．The city sent out less private licenses in March. |
| D．More and more people are going to buy cars. |
According to the idea of a “ Park & Ride ” system, the city will _____.
| A．send out more private car licenses |
| B．build more parking lots near bus stops |
| C．encourage people to buy more cars |
| D．build more parking areas in the city center |
This passage is mainly about_____.
| A．parking problems | B．heavy traffic |
| C．pollution in Taizhou | D．building more parking lots in the city center |
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