For years I wanted a flower garden. I would spend hours thinking of the differen
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For years I wanted a flower garden. I would spend hours thinking of the different things I could that would look nice together.
But then I had five lovely children: Matthew and Marvin, the twins Alisa and Alan, and then Helen. I was too raising them to grow a garden.
Money was tight (紧的) ，as well as time. When my children were little, if they wanted something that too much I’d have to say, “Do you see a money outside? Money doesn’t grow on trees, you know.”
Finally, all five got through high school and college, and started living on their own. And I started thinking again about having a .
One spring morning, on Mother’s Day, I the window and was surprised to see a new tree in my yard. I put my glasses on and I couldn’t believe what I was looking at. There was a money tree in my yard!
I went outside to look. It was true! There was as much as one hundred on that tree. All I could think of was all the garden flowers I could with that money! There was also a(an) attached(附上): “ Love, Marvin.”
My other had bought me tools, ornaments(装饰物) and gardening books.
That was three years ago. My garden is now very , just the way I wanted.
I’m still not sure whether money on trees. But I know love does!
| 小题1: | | A．sell | B．catch | C．plant | D．feed |
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| 小题2: | | A．stressed | B．excited | C．bored | D．busy |
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| 小题3: | | A．cost | B．took | C．spent | D．paid |
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| 小题4: | | A．pocket | B．tree | C．box | D．market |
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| 小题5: | | A．garden | B．dream | C．present | D．yard |
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| 小题6: | | A．looked after | B．looked for | C．looked out of | D．looked over |
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| 小题7: | | A．dollars | B．flowers | C．butterflies | D．lights |
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| 小题8: | | A．see | B．solve | C．design | D．buy |
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| 小题9: | | A．Document | B．Suggest | C．Note | D．excuse |
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| 小题10: | | A．friends | B．children | C．volunteers | D．members |
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| 小题11: | | A．pretty | B．old | C．usual | D．small |
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| 小题12: | | A．decorates | B．hangs | C．grows | D．puts |
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答案
小题1:C
小题2:D
小题3:A
小题4:B
小题5:A
小题6:C
小题7:A
小题8:D
小题9:C
小题10:B
小题11:A
小题12:C |
解析
试题分析：本文讲述了我一直都要一个有花园，里面长满了花草树木，但是忙于照顾5个孩子让我没有时间和金钱来实现自己的梦想，在母亲节这一天我的孩子们帮助我实现了我的理想，给我送礼来了一颗Money tree。
小题1:考查动词辨析：A. sell卖，B. catch抓住，C. plant种植，D. feed喂养，从上文的：For years I wanted a flower garden.可知作者会用几个小时想种什么会看起来更好，选C
小题2:考查形容词辨析：A. stressed有压力的，B. excited兴奋的，C. bored厌烦的，D. busy繁忙的，从上文可知作者忙于养活孩子没有时间种植花园，选D
小题3:考查动词辨析：A. cost 花费，（主语是sth），B. took花费，（主语是It），C. spent花费，（主语是sb），D. paid付钱，（主语是sb），从上文：Money was tight (紧的) ，as well as time. 可知如果他们想要一个花费很多钱的东西，选A
小题4:考查名词辨析：A. pocket口袋，B. tree树，C. box 盒子，D. market市场，从下文：Money doesn’t grow on trees, you know.”可知作者会说：“你看见外面的摇钱树了吗？”，选B
小题5:考查名词辨析：A. garden花园，B. dream 梦想，C. present礼物，D. yard院子，从上文的：For years I wanted a flower garden.可知在孩子都独立生活后，作者又开始考虑种植花园了，选A
小题6:考查动词短语辨析：A. looked after照料，B. looked for寻找，C. looked out of朝外看，D. looked over俯瞰，在一个春天的早上在母亲节的时候，我朝窗外看出去，看见了一棵新树，选C
小题7:考查名词辨析：A. dollars美元，B. flowers花，C. butterflies 蝴蝶，D lights光，从上文的：There was a money tree in my yard!可知作者看见树上有百元大钞，选A
小题8:考查动词辨析： A. see看见，B. solve解决，C. design设计，D. buy买，我花园的花都可以用这个钱买下来，选D
小题9:考查名词辨析：A. Document文件，B. Suggest建议，C. Note便条，D. Excuse借口，树上还附上了一张字条，选C
小题10:考查名词辨析：A. Friends朋友，B. Children孩子，C. Volunteers志愿者，D. Members成员，其他的孩子给我带来工具，装饰物和园艺的书。选B
小题11:考查形容词辨析：A. pretty 漂亮，B. Old旧的，C. Usual通常的，D. Small小的，现在我的花园和我想象的一样漂亮，选A
小题12:考查动词辨析：A. Decorates装饰，B. Hangs悬挂，C. Grows增长，D. puts放置，我还是不确定钱是否能长在树上，但是爱可以。选C |
举一反三
How often do you let other people’s nonsense change your mood? Do you let a bad driver, impolite waiter，rude boss，or an insensitive employee your day?
One day I was in a taxi and we headed __ the airport. We were driving in the lane when suddenly a black car drove out of a parking space right in front of us. My taxi driver slammed on his brakes，slide sideways，and at the very last moment our car stopped and narrowly the other car by just inches！The driver of the other car looked around and started at us.
My taxi driver just and waved at the guy. And I mean he was really . So I asked, “Why did you just do that? This guy almost ruined your car and sent us to the hospital！” This is when my taxi driver taught me what I now call “The Law of the Garbage Truck”．
He that many people are like garbage trucks. They run around full of ，full of frustration，full of anger，and full of disappointment. As their garbage up，they need a place to dump (倒) it and sometimesthey’ll dump it on . Don’t take it personally. Just smile，wave，wish them well，and move on.
Believe me. You’ll be more . Don’t take their garbage and it to other people at work，at home，or on the streets, Life’s too short to wake up in the morning with . The mark of your success is how quickly you can refocus on what’s in your life. Roy Baumeister，a psychology researcher from Florida State University，found in his extensive research that you bad things more often than good things in your life. You store the bad memories rather easily, and you them more frequently.
So...Love the people who treat you right. Ignore the ones who don’t. Life is ten percent what you make it and ninety percent how you it!
When you follow “The Law of the Garbage Truck”，you take back control of your life. You make room for the good by go of the bad. Have a Garbage Free Day！Have a marvelous，garbage-free day！The seeds you plant today the harvest you reap tomorrow.
| 小题1: | | A．injure | B．ruin | C．hurt | D．harm |
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| 小题3: | | A．latter | B．right | C．opposite | D．free |
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| 小题4: | | A．knocked | B．overtook | C．missed | D．left |
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| 小题5: | | A．laughing | B．throwing | C．glancing | D．yelling |
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| 小题6: | | A．wondered | B．smiled | C．ignored | D．guessed |
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| 小题7: | | A．friendly | B．angry | C．frightened | D．disappointed |
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| 小题8: | | A．showed | B．suggested | C．explained | D．hated |
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| 小题9: | | A．expectation | B．passengers | C．garbage | D．goods |
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| 小题10: | | A．turns | B．pushes | C．holds | D．piles |
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| 小题11: | | A．roads | B．children | C．you | D．dustbins |
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| 小题12: | | A．healthy | B．happy | C．pitiful | D．wealthy |
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| 小题13: | | A．spread | B．share | C．explain | D．contribute |
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| 小题14: | | A．surprise | B．pleasure | C．doubt | D．regrets |
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| 小题15: | | A．funny | B．important | C．strange | D．embarrassing |
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| 小题16: | | A．remember | B．forget | C．value | D．appreciate |
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| 小题17: | | A．enjoy | B．exchange | C．recall | D．imagine |
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| 小题18: | | A．inspire | B．take | C．mend | D．notice |
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| 小题19: | | A．letting | B．consisting | C．making | D．dreaming |
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| 小题20: | | A．distinguish | B．deserve | C．deliver | D．determine |
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It was only a few weeks after my surgery, and I went to Dr. Belt"s office for a checkup. It was just after my first chemotherapy（化学疗法） treatment.
My scar was still very tender. My arm was numb underneath. As usual, I was taken to an examination room to have my blood drawn, again —a terrifying process for me, since I"m so frightened of needles.
I lay down on the examining table. Ramona entered the room. Her warm smile was familiar, and stood out in contrast to my fears. She knew about my fear of needles, and she kindly hid the equipment under a magazine. As we opened the blouse, the fresh scar on my chest could be seen.
She said, “How is your scar healing?”
I said, “I think pretty well. I wash around it gently each day.” The memory of the shower water hitting my numb chest flashed across my face.
She gently reached over and ran her hand across the scar, examining the smoothness of the healing skin and looking for any irregularities. I began to cry gently and quietly. She brought her warm eyes to mine and said, “You haven"t touched it yet, have you?” And I said, “No.”
So this wonderful, warm woman laid the hand on my chest and she gently held it there. For a long time, I continued to cry quietly. In soft tones she said, “This is part of your body. This is you. It"s okay to touch it.” But I couldn"t. So she touched it for me. The scar. The healing wound. And beneath it, she touched my heart. Then Ramona said, “I"ll hold your hand while you touch it.” So she placed her hand next to mine, and we both were quiet. That was the gift that Ramona gave me.
小题1:After I got my first chemotherapy treatment, _________.| A．I began to feel better | B．my scar was still painful | | C．I could hardly stretch my arm | D．I got tired of operation |
小题2:Ramona hid the equipment under a magazine to _________.| A．cheer me up | B．rid my fear | | C．make me amused | D．tease me |
小题3: When Ramona examined my healing skin, __________.| A．she was careless | B．she hurt me | | C．I started to cry | D．she was in tears |
小题4:I began to have the courage to touch the scar _________.| A．because of Ramona’s encouragement | | B．because I could face the fact | | C．because of Ramona’s gentleness | | D．because Ramona and I became friends |
小题5:What is the author’s attitude towards Ramona?| A．Objective | B．Grateful | C．Doubtful | D．Helpless |
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Matt Haimovitz is 42 and a renowned cellist (大提琴手) in the world. He rushed into the classical music scene at the age of 12 after Itzhak Perlman, the famed violinist, heard him play.
But nothing in his family history explains where Haimovitz got his extraordinary talent. And that’s typical, Ellen Winner, a professor says.
“People are fascinated by these children because they don’t understand where their talent came from. You will see parents who say, ‘I wasn’t like this, and my husband wasn’t like this.’ It seems to sometimes just come out of the blue,” Winner says.
It’s not clear whether a prodigy’s （天才）brain is any different from the brains of other children, in part because there have been no study comparing the brains of prodigies to those of average people.
“But I believe that anything that shows up so early, without training, has got to be either a genetic or some other biological basis,” Winner says. “If a child suddenly at the age of 3 goes to the piano and picks out a tune and does it beautifully, that has to be because that child has a different brain.”
Children who are extremely gifted tend to be socially different, too, Winner says. “They feel like they can’t find other kids like themselves, so they feel strange, maybe even like a freak, and feel like they don’t have anybody to connect with. On the other hand, they also long to connect with other kids, and they can’t find other kids like themselves.”
As Haimovitz got older, he became frustrated. He wanted to play other kinds of music but felt constricted by the image and the expectations of the boy prodigy who played classical music and filled concert halls.
“When you start that early, you suddenly start to grow up in public, and I wanted to experiment,” Haimovitz says.
So he took his cello into punk rock clubs and coffee houses. He played Bach, Haydn and Hendrix. “My teacher was Leonard Rose, and we never played any 20th-century music. He didn’t like it. But once I was exposed to James Marshall “Jimi” Hendrix, Miles Dewey Davis El and others, I couldn’t really turn back. I wanted to know more,” he says.
小题1:According to some parents, prodigies’ extraordinary talent . | A．comes unexpectedly | B．is inherited from parents | | C．results from hard work | D．is trained in early times |
小题2:Winner seems to agree to the fact that ____. | A．average people have their particular brains | | B．biology is the base of a different brain | | C．a prodigy’s brain is superior to those of others | | D．genes play an important role in a prodigy |
小题3:According to the text, gifted children are .| A．lonely | B．easy-going | C．innocent | D．social |
小题4:The last paragraph is mainly about how Haimovitz was trying to .| A．build up his friendship | B．play different kinds of music | | C．set up the image of a prodigy | D．perform classical music creatively |
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Most of us know about the Nobel Prize, especially the Nobel Peace Prize, but few of us know anything about the man who set them up. His name was Alfred Nobel. He was a great scientist and inventor himself. Besides, he had a big business. His business may surprise you. He made and sold explosives(炸药). His companies even made and sold weapons. Isn’t this something that surprises you? The man who made money from weapons should set up the Peace Prize?
Though Alfred Nobel had a lot of money from weapons, he hated war. He hoped that there would be no war in the world. He was one of the richest in Europe. When he died in 1896, he left behind him a lot of money and his famous will. According to his will, most of his money was placed in a fund(基金). He wanted the interest(利润) from the fund to be used as prizes every year. We know them as the Nobel Prizes. The Nobel Prizes are international. Alfred Nobel wanted the winners to be chosen for their work, not the country they came from.
Alfred Nobel had given his whole life to his studies and work and to the benefits of mankind. He made money all by his own efforts, but he left the world share his wealth. His inventions and wealth stay with the world for ever.
小题1:Alfred Nobel did the following EXCEPT ______________| A．choosing the winners of Nobel Prize | | B．making and selling weapons | | C．setting up the Nobel Prize | | D．making and selling explosives |
小题2:Nobel wanted to set up the Nobel Peace Prize because _____.| A．he made enough money | | B．he hated war | | C．he wanted to get more interest from the fund | | D．he liked to live in a peaceful world |
小题3:Nobel Prizes come from _____.| A．all Nobel’s money in the fund | | B．all Nobel’s money in his company | | C．all the interest from the fund | | D．some of the interest in the fund |
小题4:Nobel was a (an) _____ person in the world.| A．interesting | B．unselfish | C．cold-hearted | D．richest |
小题5:Which statement of the following is Right according to the passage? | A．Nobel set up his company to sell clothes. | | B．Most of Nobel’s money was used for the world Wars. | | C．Nobel Prizes are only for some people from some special countries. | | D．Nobel worked hard in his life and saved lots of money for the world to share. |
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Don’t Wait Until Flowers Fade
Each spring brings a new blossom of wildflowers in the ditches (路沟) along the highway I travel daily to work.
There is one blue flower that has always my eye. I’ve noticed that it blooms only in the morning hours, and the afternoon sun is too warm it. Every day for approximately two weeks, I see those beautiful .
This spring, I started a wildflower garden in our yard. I can look out of the window while doing the dishes and see the flowers. I’ve often thought that those lovely blue flowers from the ditch would look in that bed alongside wildflowers.
Everyday I drove the flowers thinking, “I’ll stop on my way home and dig them.” “Gee, I don’t want to get my good clothes ...” Whatever the reason, I never stopped to dig them. My husband gave me a folding shovel(铁锹) one year to be used for that purpose.
One day on my way home from work, I was to see that the highway department had moved the ditches and the pretty blue flowers were gone. I thought to myself, “Way to go, you too long. You it when you first saw them blooming this spring.”
A week ago we were shocked and saddened to learn that my oldest sister-in-law has a terminal brain tumor(脑瘤晚期). She is 20 years older than my husband and , because of age and distance, we haven’t been as as we all would have liked.
I couldn’t help but see the between the pretty blue flowers and the between my husband’s sister and us. I do believe that God has given us some time left to plant some valuable that will bloom every year for us.
And yes, if I see the blue flowers again, you can bet I"ll stop and them to my wildflower garden
| 小题1: | | A．sweet | B．interesting | C．different | D．particular |
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| 小题2: | | A．fascinated | B．struck | C．caught | D．charm |
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| 小题4: | | A．plants | B．flowers | C．ones | D．wilds |
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| 小题5: | | A．open | B．main hall | C．front | D．kitchen |
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| 小题6: | | A．great | B．well | C．horrible | D．ugly |
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| 小题7: | | A．many | B．various | C．other | D．colorful |
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| 小题8: | | A．passed | B．past | C．pass | D．pasted |
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| 小题9: | | A．damaged | B．ready | C．dirty | D．smelly |
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| 小题10: | | A．ever | B．once | C．never | D．even |
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| 小题11: | | A．expressed | B．temporary | C．unfinished | D．permanent |
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| 小题12: | | A．annoying | B．saddened | C．interested | D．helpless |
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| 小题13: | | A．wasted | B．ignored | C．thought | D．waited |
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| 小题14: | | A．would have done | B．need have done | C．should have done | D．muse have done |
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| 小题15: | | A．unconsciously | B．fortunately | C．unfortunately | D．consciously |
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| 小题16: | | A．close | B．closely | C．closed | D．near |
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| 小题17: | | A．connection | B．difference | C．meaning | D．significance |
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| 小题18: | | A．friendship | B．relationship | C．support | D．relative |
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| 小题19: | | A．trees | B．memories | C．species | D．roses |
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| 小题20: | | A．dig | B．rescue | C．transmit | D．transplant |
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