12．When my now 19-year-old daughter Shanna was in Grade 3，all of Mrs Mathews'students were given a small pot with a bean seed to plant．Green string beans are pretty strong and the perfect seed to use when promoting green thumbs （园艺技能）in young children．
Once the bean plants had flowered，their teacher allowed the kids to carefully transport it from school to home．Once home，Shanna looked around for the perfect location and settled on a sunny south window sill （窗台）and then proudly declared，"Soon I can feed the whole family！"
Shanna's sisters were jealous and even our cat looked interested，which should have a warning to me because when I woke up the next morning，I saw that the bean plant had been unkindly knocked off the window sill．The plant，it seemed，was a goner．
As I gently began to explain that the bean plant had to be put in the compost，her reaction was not what I expected．She said，"Everything will be OK，Mom；the plant will get better．"She secured the first aid kit （急救箱）from the bathroom，and a deep belief that the sad looking near-dead bean plant would live and even produce food!
Days later，to my surprise，the bean plant was standing tall and looking lively．It was also amazing to see that the one and only bean，had become fleshy almost completely masking the claw marks that had scarred it．This time we built a castle of heavy books to keep it safe until our day of reward．
I set the table beautifully for Thanksgiving dinner．The beans were carefully divided by 5，which awarded each person 2small pieces，claw marks and all．They turned out to be the best green beans I had ever eaten!
In my work as a youth motivator I am brought together with kids and teens that all desperately need people to believe in them．Now，more than ever，no matter what I have been told about a child or a teen and their behavior，I see everyone，no exceptions，with the same eyes and heart that my daughter used on her broken，beaten up bean plant
56．We can infer Mrs Mathew made her studentsB
A．eat more beans as healthy food
B．develop their ability of growing plants
C．learn the hard work of farmers
D．make a research in the bean structure
57．According to the writer，she should have thought thatC
A．the plant might fall off the window sill
B．other children might be jealous of Shanna
C．the cat might make trouble to the bean plant
D．the bean plant might die for lack of sunlight
58．Knowing the plant was broken，ShannaD．
A．had to throw it to the compost
B．decided to find out who was to blame
C．gave up the idea of feeding the whole family
D．gave the plant a first aid immediately
59．What lesson did the writer learn from her daughter？B
A．Children need to be well taken care of．
B．A child with bad behaviors can become good．
C．Every child is growing like a bean plant．
D．A child is very easy to believe in others．
分析 本文讲述了我女儿悉心照顾一株被摔坏的豆苗，从而发现任何有不良习惯的小孩都可以变好．
解答 56题B．细节理解题． 根据第一段可知，Green string beans are pretty strong and the perfect seed to use when promoting green thumbs （园艺技能）in young children． Mrs Mathew 主要想培养孩子的园艺能力．
57题C．细节理解题．根据第三段，看到这么漂亮的植物，甚至连小猫也感兴趣…which should have a warning to me because when I woke up the next morning．所以第二天早上，我原以为是小猫惹的麻烦．
58题D．细节理解题．Everything will be OK，Mom；the plant will get better．"She secured the first aid kit （急救箱）from the bathroom…可以看出，我的女儿立刻对植物进行了急救．
59题B．推断大意题．从我女儿对待被摔坏的豆苗这个事情来看，任何有不良习惯的孩子都可以变好．
点评 本文属于科教类阅读题材，话题贴近学生，有共同语言．只要考生带着问题找答案，注意体会蕴含的情感，都可以找出答案．
