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Jackie Heinricher"s love affair with bamboo started in her backyard. "As a child, I remember playing among the golden bamboo my dad had planted, and when there was a slight wind, the bamboos sounded really musical." A fisheries biologist, Heinricher, 47, planned to work in the salmon industry in Seattle, where she lived with her husband, Guy Thornburgh, but she found it too competitive. Then her garden gave her the idea for a business: she"d plant 20 bamboo forests on their sevenacre farm. Heinricher started BooShoot Gardens in 1998. She realized early on what is just now beginning to be known to the rest of the world. It can be used to make fishing poles, skateboards, buildings, furniture, floors, and even clothing. An added bonus: Bamboo absorbs four times as much carbon dioxide as a group of hardwood trees and releases 35 percent more oxygen. First she had to find a way to massproduce the plants-a tough task, since bamboo flowers create seed only once every 50 to 100 years. And dividing a bamboo plant frequently kills it. Heinricher appealed to Randy Burr, a tissue culture expert, to help her. "People kept telling us we"d never figure it out," says Heinricher. "Others had worked on it for 27 years! I believed in what we were doing, though, so I just kept going." She was right to feel a sense of urgency. Bamboo forests are being rapidly used up, and a United Nations report showed that even though bamboo is highly renewable,as many as half of the world"s species are threatened with dying out. Heinricher knew that bamboo could make a significant impact on carbon emissions (排放) and world economies, but only if huge numbers could be produced. And that"s just what she and Burr figured out after nine years of experiments-a way to grow millions of plants. By placing cuttings in test tubes with salts, vitamins, plant hormones, and seaweed gel, they got the plants to grow and then raised them in soil in greenhouses. Not long after it, Burr"s lab hit financial difficulties. Heinricher had no experience running a tissue culture operation, but she wasn"t prepared to quit. So she bought the lab. Today Heinricher heads up a profitable multimilliondollar company, working on species from all over the world and selling them to wholesalers. "If you want to farm bamboo, it"s hard to do without the young plants, and that"s what we have," she says proudly. |
1. What was the main problem with planting bamboo widely? |
A. They didn"t have enough young bamboo. B. They were short of money and experience. C. They didn"t have a big enough farm to do it. D. They were not understood by other people. |
2. What does Heinricher think of bamboo? |
A. Fragile and affordable. B. Productive and flexible. C. Useful and earthfriendly. D. Strong and profitable. |
3. The underlined word "renewable" in Paragraph 6 probably means "________". |
A. able to be replaced naturally B. able to be raised difficultly C. able to be shaped easily D. able to be recycled conveniently |
4. What do you learn from the passage? |
A. Heinricher"s love for bamboo led to her experiments in the lab. B. Heinricher"s determination helped her to succeed in her work. C. Heinricher struggled to prevent bamboo from disappearing. D. Heinricher finally succeeded in realizing her childhood dream. |
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A girl named Helen in my class had a terrible accident.As she was running to the bus in order not to miss it, she slipped on some ice and fell__1__the rear wheels of the bus.She__2__the accident, but was paralyzed from the waist__3__.I went to see her, in my 13yearold mind thinking she wouldn"t live__4__from then on. Over the years, I moved and didn"t think__5__about Helen after that.Three years ago, in Florida, my oldest son was__6__by a car while riding his bike,__7__a terrible brain injury.__8__I was looking after him, a lady who said she was the hospital"s social worker called.It was a particularly__9__ day.I burst into tears for no__10__and hung up. A short time later, a beautiful woman, in a__11__, rolled into my son"s room with a box of tissues. After 16 years, I still recognized Helen.I told her__12__I was, and after we both__13__the shock of that, she began to tell me about her life.She had married, had children and gotten her degree so that she could__14__ the path for those less __15__than her.She told me that if there was anything she could give me, it would be__16__. Looking at this wonderful, giving person, I felt__17__.But I also felt the first hope I had felt since then.From this person that I thought would have no__18__of life; I learned that where there is life, there is hope.My son miraculously__19__and we moved back north, but I owe Helen a__20__that I can never repay. |
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There was a gardener who looked after his garden with great care.To water his flowers,he used two buckets.One was a shiny and new bucket.The other was a very old and dilapidated one,which had seen many years of service,but was now past its best. Every morning,the gardener would fill up the two buckets.Then he would carry them along the path,one on each side,to the flowerbeds.The new bucket was very proud of itself.It could carry a full bucket of water without a single drop spilled (溢出).The old bucket felt very ashamed because of its holes:before it reached the flowerbeds,much water had leaked along the path. Sometimes the new bucket would say,"See how capable I am!How good it is that the gardener has me to water the flowers every day!I don"t know why he still bothers with you.What a waste of space you are!" And all that the old bucket could say was,"I know I"m not very useful,but I can only do my best. I"m happy that the gardener still finds a little bit of use in me,at least." One day,the gardener heard that kind of conversation.After watering the flowers as usual,he said, "You both have done your work very well.Now I am going to carry you back.I want you to look carefully along the path." Then the two buckets did so.All along the path,they noticed,on the side where the new bucket was carried,there was just bare(光秃秃的) earth;on the other side where the old bucket was carried,there was a joyous row of wild flowers,leading all the way to the garden. |
1.What does the underlined word "dilapidated" probably mean? |
A. Dirty. B. Dark. C.Wornout. D.Plainlooking. |
2.What was the old bucket ashamed of? |
A. His past. B.His aging. C. His manner. D.His leaking. |
3.The new bucket made conversations with the old one mainly to________. |
A. laugh at the old one B. take pity on the old one C. show off its beautiful looks D. praise the gardener"s kindness |
4.Why was the old bucket still kept by the gardener? |
A. Because it was used to keep a balance. B. Because it stayed in its best condition. C. Because it was taken as a treasure. D. Because it had its own function. |
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I used to hate being called upon in class mainly because I didn"t like attention drawn to myself. And__1__otherwise assigned(指定)a seat by the teacher, I always__2__to sit at the back of the classroom. All this__3__after I joined a sports team. It began when a teacher suggested I try out for the basketball team. At first I thought it was a crazy__4__because I didn"t have a good sense of balance, nor did I have the__5__to keep pace with the others on the team and they would tease me. But for the teacher who kept insisting on my "__6__for it", I wouldn"t have decided to give it a try. Getting up the courage to go to the tryouts was only the__7__of it! When I first started__8__the practice sessions, I didn"t even know the rules of the game, much__9__what I was doing. Sometimes I"d get__10__and take a shot at the wrong direction-which made me feel really stupid.__11__, I wasn"t the only one "new" at the game, so I decided to__12__on learning the game, do my best at each practice session, and not be too hard on myself for the things I didn"t__13__"just yet". I practiced and practiced. Soon I knew the__14__and the "moves". Being part of a team was fun and motivating. Very soon the competitive__15__in me was winning over my lack of confidence. With time, I learned how to play and made friends in the__16__-friends who respected my efforts to work hard and be a team player. I never had so much fun! With my__17__selfconfidence comes more praise from teachers and classmates. I have gone from "__18__" in the back of the classroom and not wanting to call attention to myself,__19__raising my hand-even when I sometimes wasn"t 100 percent__20__I had the right answer. Now I have more selfconfidence in myself. |
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A Love Note to My Mom When I was a little girl,I would often accompany you as you modeled for fashion photographers. It was years later that I finally understood what role modeling __1__ in your life. Little did I know you were __2__ every penny you earned to go to __3__ school. I cannot thank you enough for __4__ you told me one autumn afternoon when I was nine. After finishing my homework, I wandered into the dining room where you were buried __5__ piles of law books. I was __6__.Why were you doing what I do-memorizing textbooks and studying for __7__? When you said you were in law school, I was more puzzled. I didn"t know Moms __8__ be lawyers too. You smiled and said,"In life, you can do anything you want to do." As young as I was,that statement kept ___9__ in my ears. I watched as you faced the ___10__ of completing your studies, starting companies with Dad, while still being a __11__ and a Mom of five kids. I was exhausted just watching you __12__.With your words of wisdom in my __13__ mind, I suddenly felt unlimited freedom to dream. My whole world __14__.I set out to live my life filled with ___15__,seeing endless possibilities for personal and professional achievements. Your words became my motto. I __16__ found myself in the unique position of being either the first (woman doctor in Maryland Rotary) __17__one of the few women (chief medical reporters) in my field. I gained strength every time I said, "Yes, I"ll try that." Encouraged by your __18__, I have forged ahead (毅然前行) with my life"s journey, less afraid to make mistakes, and __19__ meeting each challenge. You did it, and now I"m __20__ it. Sorry, got to run. So much to do, so many dreams to live. |
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When milk arrived on the doorstep When I was a boy growing up in New Jersey in the 1960s,we had a milkman delivering milk to our doorstep.His name was Mr.Basille.He wore a white cap and drove a white truck.As a 5yearold boy,I couldn"t take my eyes off the coin changer fixed to his belt.He noticed this one day during a delivery and gave me a quarter out of his coin changer. Of course,he delivered more than milk.There was cheese,eggs and so on.If we needed to change our order,my mother would pen a note-"Please add a bottle of buttermilk next delivery" -and place it in the box along with the empty bottles.And then,the buttermilk would magically(魔术般)appear. All of this was about more than convenience.There existed a close relationship between families and their milkmen.Mr.Basille even had a key to our house,for those times when it was so cold outside that we put the box indoors,so that the milk wouldn"t freeze.And I remember Mr.Basille from time to time taking a break at our kitchen table,having a cup of tea and telling stories about his delivery. There is sadly no home milk delivery today.Big companies allowed the production of cheaper milk, thus making it difficult for milkmen to compete(竞争).Besides,milk is for sale everywhere,and it may just not have been practical to have a delivery service. Recently, an old milk box in the countryside I saw brought back my childhood memories.I took it home and planted it on the back porch(门廊).Every so often my son"s friends will ask what it is.So I start telling stories of my boyhood,and of the milkman who brought us friendship along with his milk. |
1.Mr.Basille gave the boy a quarter out of his coin changer ________. |
A.to show his magical power B.to pay for the delivery C.to satisfy his curiosity D.to please his mother |
2.What can be inferred from the fact that the milkman had the key to the boy"s house? |
A.He wanted to have tea there. B.He was a respectable person. C.He was treated as a family member. D.He was fully trusted by the family. |
3.Why does home milk delivery no longer exist? |
A.Nobody wants to be a milkman now. B.It has been driven out of the market. C.Its service is getting poor. D.It is forbidden by law |
4.Why did the author bring back home an old milk box? |
A.He missed the good old days. B.He wanted to tell interesting stories. C.He needed it for his milk bottles. D.He planted flowers in it. |
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