When I was growing up，I had an old neighbor，Dr. Gibbs．He didn’t look like any  1   I __2  ．He never invited us to play in his yard，but he was a very   3    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 them，and that if you   4   them，each baby tree would grow weaker and weaker，so you had to make things difficult for them and  __5   the weaker trees early．

He talked about how watered trees grew shallow（浅的）roots，and how trees that weren’t watered had to grow deep roots in search of water   6    the earth by themselves．  7   roots were very important．

So he never watered his trees．He'd planted an oak and，  8   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   9   I left home．Every now and then，I walked by his house and looked at the trees   10   I watched him   11   about twenty-five years ago．They’re very big and strong now．I planted some trees a few years later and carried water to them for a whole summer．After two years of   12   too much，whenever a cold wind blows in，they  13  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   14   somewhere，so   15   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 can face it strongly and won't be beaten down．

1．A．doctor                   B．farmer                 C．planter                   D．adult

2．A．know                    B．knew                   C．have known           D．had known

3．A．healthy                  B．weak                   C．kind                       D．bad

4．A．developed              B．watered               C．created                  D．caught

5．A．pick out                 B．clean out              C．come out                      D．give out

6．A．over                      B．on                       C．towards                 D．under

7．A．Thick                    B．Thin                    C．Short                     D．Deep

8．A．because of             B．rather than                  C．instead of               D．instead

9．A．when                    B．after                    C．before                    D．so that

10．A．that                     B．who                    C．where                    D．whose

11．A．stick                    B．plant                    C．weigh                    D．beat

12．A．noticing               B．pulling                 C．caring                    D．worrying

13．A．fall                      B．increase               C．shook                    D．shake

14．A．annoying              B．continuing            C．blowing                 D．dropping

15．A．long as                B．far                       C．that                       D．what

阅读理解：

　Tom was a good boy. He was seven years old, and he was going to school soon. But Tom had a shortcoming. He could not get up early. He slept until nine or ten o'clock in the morning.

　His mother didn't want Tom to be late for school. So she bought him an alarm clock. She said to Tom, “You must get up when you hear the clock ring.”

　“Yes, Mum,” Tom said. And from then on, Tom got up when he heard the clock ring at six thirty every morning.

　One day, his mother forgot to wind up the clock. And the next morning Tom didn't get up at six thirty. It was time for breakfast. Mother went to wake him up. Tom was in bed and his eyes were open. He said to his mother, “I woke up very early.”“Then why didn't you get up?” Mother was angry.

　“You told me that I must get up when I heard the clock ring. So I am still waiting for the bell.”

1． Tom couldn't get up early in the morning, 　　　.

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A． so he was a bad boy

B．but he was still a good boy

C． so he was often late for school

D． but he went to school in time.

2． Before Tom's mother bought a clock for him he always 　　　.

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A．got up early

B． got up late

C．went to bed late

D． went to bed early

3．Tom usually got up 　　　 after he had a clock.

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A． early

B．late

C．at nine

D．earlier than his mother

4．One day, the clock did not ring, 　　　.

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A．but Tom still got up early

B． so Tom didn't wake up early

C．so Tom slept late

D． but Tom still woke up early

5．Tom didn't get up early one day, because 　　　.

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A．his mother didn't go to wake him up

B． he went to bed too late

C． the clock didn't ring

D．he didn't want to go to school

Mr. White works sin in an office. He is very _____ and has no time to have a good rest. Every evening, when he comes back _____ his office, he`s always tired and wants to go to bed early, _____ his wife often has a lot of interesting things to tell him after supper. She doesn`t stop talking until he falls _____. But it`s usually too late and Mr. White has to ____ early in the morning when she is asleep.

    One day the man _____ terrible and couldn`t go to work. He decided to go to ____. And Mrs. White went with him. Before her husband said ____ was the matter with him, the woman had told the doctor all and the doctor, he said to her, “The bottle of medicine is for your husband and the pills are for you.”

“For me ?” the woman said in surprise, “I`m fine. I don`t need _____ medicine.”

“I don`t think so, madam,” said the doctor.”They are sleeping pills. Your husband will soon be all right if you take them.”

41. A. happy           B. busy                   C. angry                  D. sorry

42. A. off                      B. in                      C. from                    D. to

43. A. But             B. And                    C. So                        D. Or

44. A. sleepy            B. sleeping                C. asleep                 D. to sleep

45. A. awake           B. go to bed               C. stay up                  D. get up

46. A. feels            B. felt                    C. falls                    D. fell

47. A. the market        B. the park                 C. the office               D. the hospital

48. A. that              B. if                     C. what                     D. how

49. A . brought          B. bought                C. took                       D. caught

50. A. some             B. any                   C. no                         D. hardly

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John was the only son 1 a wealthy American businessman. Usually he was taken to school by the driver in his father's beautiful car before the 2 took his father to his office. One evening his father told him 3 he had to go to the airport early the next day, so he would need the car 4 the time that John 5 go to school. He said that John's mother, who had another car, would still be in bed at the time he had to leave the house. “Well, how shall I get to school 6 you need your car and Mum's still in bed?” John asked. His father thought this was a good opportunity to teach him a lesson about 7 hard life was for the less rich people of the world, so he answered, “You'll go in the same way 8 every other child in the world: go in a taxi.”

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　　Peter had reached 1 age. At this age children like to go their 2 ways. They often didn't take their parents' 3 . Peter 4 to stay out late at night and then get up late in the morning. His father, who was 5 in his son's success (成功) in life, wanted to show him that he was 6 and said to him, “You will never succeed in life if you don't give up your bad 7 . The early bird catches the worm (虫), my boy. Do you 8 remember that saying?”　　“How about the worm, father?” asked his so. “Wasn't he 9 foolish to get up so early?”

　　“My son,” replied the father seriously, “that worm 10 been to bed all night; he was on his way home. ”

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