Every year on my birthday, from the time I turned 12,a white gardenia（栀子花）was sent to my house. No card came with it．Calls to the flower shops were not helpful at all. After a while I stopped trying to discover the sender's name and was just very pleased with the beautiful white flower in soft pink paper.
But I never stopped imagining who the giver might be, Some of my happiest moments were spent daydreaming about the sender. My mother encouraged this imagining. She'd ask me if there was someone for whom I had done a special kindness. Perhaps it was the old man who I looked after when he was ill. As a girl, I had more fun imagining that it might be a boy.
One month before my graduation, my father died. I felt very sad and didn't want to go to the coming graduation dance at all. And I didn't care whether I had a new dress or not. But my mother, in her own sadness, would not let me miss any of those things. She wanted her children to feel loved and lovable. In truth, my mother wanted her children to see themselves much like the gardenia-lovely, strong and perfect with perhaps a bit of mystery.
My mother died ten days after I was married. I was 22. That was the year the gardenia stopped coming.
Which statement is true according to the passage?
| A．The author found the sender by calling the flower shops. |
| B．In fact, the flower was sent by a boy. |
| C．It was a pleasant moment for the girl to imagine the sender. |
| D．The author got a gardenia every year after she was married. |
The mother let her daughter go to the graduation dance because_______.
| A．She hoped she would miss her father. |
| B．She thought education was most important. |
| C．She hoped she would find a friend. |
| D．She wanted her to be happy and strong. |
Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?
| A．A Childhood Dream. | B．A Mother's Love. |
| C．A Graduation Party. | D．A Special Birthday. |
Simon is reading his e-friend’s views on the net. Let’s have a look!
| Topic |
Writer |
Time |
Reply/Click |
| I don’t like to have training classes at weekends. But my mother says I should have, or I can’t keep up with others. |
Mike |
21:32 21/05 |
8/65 |
| I like playing the piano. But my parents let me practice it for a long time every day, so I begin to hate playing the piano. |
Kitty |
22:20 22/05 |
4/32 |
| I watched the two matches last night. I slept very late, but I’m feeling energetic today, because the England won. |
Nick |
18:46 23/05 |
26/132 |
| The football match on CCTV-5 last night was very bad. The striker(前锋) missed all the chances. He made my favorite team lose the game. |
Jim |
21:25 23/05 |
11/28 |
Whose topic was read by the most students?
| A．Mike’s. | B．Nick’s. | C．Kitty’s. | D．Jim’s. |
Why does Kitty begin to hate playing the piano?
| A．Because she has no time to play it. |
| B．Because she can’t watch matches. |
| C．Because she has to play it for a long time every day. |
| D．Because she can’t keep up with others. |
Which of the following is NOT true?
| A．Mike has training class at weekends. |
| B．Kitty doesn’t like playing the piano at all. |
| C．Nick is a fan of the England team. |
| D．Jim is not pleased with the striker. |
China has decided to stop the use of free plastic bags. Supermarkets, shops and outlets(经销店) in China can’t offer plastic bags any more.
Every year, people use too many plastic bags. They throw them here and there, after, they have used them. The government has done its best to deal with them but failed. While we offer quick service to customers, the plastic bags pollute the water, earth and air, and they waste the oil. The government asks people to go back to carry cloth bags and use baskets when they go to buy something. The cloth bags and baskets can be used again and again.
Many months have passed. The environment has been improved a lot.
| Action |
Make a decision to stop |
|
Supermarkets, shops and outlets |
| Advantage |
Offer |
| Disadvantage |
Pollute water, earth and |
| What should we do |
Go back to carry cloth bags and use |
Good health is very important. Everyone should do all he can to stay healthy. Being in good health means having both body and mind in good order, free from illness and pain.
Good food, plenty of water, cleanness and plenty of rest all help in keeping our machines running as they should. Food does many things for our bodies. It gives what we need for keeping good health. It gives us energy for work and play. No food gives everything we need. We should eat foods of different kinds. Having enough to eat is not the same as having the right food.
The water we drink helps wash away wastes formed inside our bodies. It also puts back the water we lose when we perspire(流汗). Our bodies are actually more than half water. We must drink enough to replace what we lose.
We feel better and look better when we are clean. A bath every one or two days is a good rule for most of us. Brushing our teeth is important part of keeping clean.
Sleep is the best kind of rest. Growing children need more sleep than grown-ups. Children's bodies not only have to be repaired; they also have to grow, No one's body can grow bigger properly while he is working and playing and wearing it out (疲劳).
It has been useful to work for good health. Millions of years ago, people live only 20 years. Now people can live about 70 years. It has gone up 20 years just since the beginning of the present century.
| A．some foods are not good |
| B．no food can give everything you need |
| C．different foods taste different |
| D．different people like different foods |
| A．感觉 | B．放置 | C．减少 | D．代替 |
| A．20 years. | B．70 years | C．40 years | D．50 years |
| A．Grown-ups sleep less than children because they have a lot of work to do. |
| B．If one's mind does not work well, he is not considered to be healthy. |
| C．One cannot grow well when he works too hard. |
| D．About half of man's body is water. |
You either have it, or you don’t—a sense of direction, that is. But why is that some people would find their way across the Sahara without a map, while others can lose themselves in the next street?
Scientists say we’re all born with a sense of direction, but it is not properly understood how it works. One theory(理论) is that people with a good sense of direction have simply worked harder at developing it. Research being carried out at Liverpool University supports this idea and suggests that if we don’t have it, we lose it.
“Children as young as seven have the ability to find their way around,” says Jim Martland, Research Director of this project. “However, if they are not allowed out alone or are taken everywhere by car, they never develop the skills.”
Jim Martland also emphasized(强调) that young people should be taught certain skills to improve their sense of direction. He makes the following suggestions:
If you are using a map, turn it to the way you are facing.
If you leave your bike in a strange place, put it near something like a big stone or a tree. Note landmarks on the route as you go away from your bike. When you return, go back along the same route.
The simple way of finding your direction is by using lines such as streets in a town, streams, or walls in the countryside to guide you. Count your steps so that you know how far you have gone and note any landmarks such as tower blocks or hills which can help you find out where you are.
Now you will never get lost again!
| A．only some babies are born with a sense of direction |
| B．people never lose their sense of direction |
| C．people learn a sense of direction as they grow older |
| D．everybody has a sense of direction from birth |
| A．They never have a sense of direction without a map. |
| B．They have a sense of direction and can find their way around. |
| C．They should never be allowed out alone if they lack a sense of direction. |
| D．They can develop a good sense of direction if they are driven around in a car. |
| A．tie it to the tree in order to prevent it from being stolen |
| B．draw a map of the route to help remember where it is |
| C．take the different routes when you come back to it |
| D．remember something easily recognizable(可辨认的) on the route |
“Tomato plants at the Royal Horticultural Society’s(英国皇家园艺学会) gardens will listen to voices through MP3 earphones for 30 days,” a reporter told people in a newspaper. At a time, many English people couldn’t believe in such a thing and some people even laughed at it.
Gardeners did the experiment by themselves. They wrote down how the tomato plants grew before, during and after the experiment. And then they compared the results with other tomato plants.
“We are taking it very seriously even though a lot of people may think it is a joke. However, studies show that certain sounds do help plants grow better,” the gardeners told a reporter.
“We want to get different kinds of voices. Through this experiment, we hope to find the most plant-friendly human sound for plants to grow,” said the gardeners.
“The plants will listen to poems, stories and songs,” the gardeners added.
Now, let our plants enjoy beautiful music.
| A．Through the reporter himself. |
| B．By the experiment done by gardeners. |
| C．Through the gardeners and reporter. |
| D．By the results from common gardens. |
| A．stories especially suit green plants |
| B．many plants prefer the same voices |
| C．some plants prefer to talk to people |
| D．some sounds help plants grow better |
| A．People weren’t sure of the report at first. |
| B．The gardeners themselves did the study. |
| C．The gardeners hope to find the best voices. |
| D．Plants love to listen to all kinds of sounds. |
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