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When I was growing up, I had an old neighbor, Dr. Gibbs. He didn’t look like any doctor I’d ever known. He never invited us to play in his yard, but he was a very kind 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 (寵壞)them, and that if you watered them, each baby tree would grow weaker and weaker, so you had to make things difficult for them and pick out the weaker trees early on.

He talked about how watering trees made for shallow(淺的) roots, and the trees that weren’t watered had to grow deep roots in search of water under the earth by themselves. Deep roots were very important.

So he never watered his trees. He’d planted an oak and, instead of 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 after I left home. Every now and then, I walked by his house and looked at the trees that I watched him plant about twenty-five years ago. They’re very big and strong now.

I planted some trees a few years back and carried water to them for a whole summer. After two years of caring too much, whenever a cold wind blows in, they shake a lot.

Every night before I go to bed, I check on my two sons. Mostly I pray(祈禱) 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 blowing somewhere, so what 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 could face it strongly and won’t be beaten down.

1. We know from the reading the doctor _________.

2. When Dr. Gibbs said, “...pick out the weaker trees early on.” he means that ______.

3.The passage tells us that the writer _______.

4. The writer wants to change his prayer, hoping that ________.

5.Which can be the best title of the reading?

A man and his wife had a dog to keep their house. When they went out, they always left the dog inside the house.

　 One evening they wanted　 1　 to the cinema,　 2　 they left the dog in the house and locked the door and their　 3 . They　 4　 their car.

When the film finished, they came back home. They opened the gate and put the car　 5 . But when they came to the front door, they found that part of the glass　 6　 the door was broken. The door was unlocked and　 7 . A robber! They went in and quickly looked in all the rooms to see　 8 things the robber had taken. But everything was in the　 9　 place and nothing at all　 10 .

　 The dog　 11　 in the sitting room on the floor. The lady was　 12　 the dog. “Why didn’t you keep the house?” she said. The dog was　 13　 to see its owners. It began to wag its tail (搖尾巴) and then it went to a corner of the room and picked up something in its mouth. It went to the lady and　 14　 the thing at her feet. When the lady went to pick it up, she gave a scream (尖叫). Can you guess what the dog’s present was?

It was … a … man’s　 15 !

(1)　 A. go　　　　　　 B. to go　　　　　　　　 C. going　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. gone

(2)　 A. so　　　　　　　　　 B. but　　　　　　　　　 C. then　　　　　　　　　 D. because

(3)　 A. garden’s gate　　 B. gardens’ gate　　　 C. gardens gate　　　 D. garden gate

(4)　 A. got off　　　　　　 B. got on　　　　　　　　　　 C. got into　　　　 D. went on

(5)　 A. up　　　　　　　　　 B. down 　　　　　　　　　　 C. away　　　　　　　 D. into

(6)　 A. at　　　　　　　 B. in　　　　　　　　 C. on　　　　　　　　　 D. to

(7)　 A. half-open　　　　 B. half-opens　　　　　 C. half-opened　　　　　　　 D. half-opening

(8)　 A. the　　　　　　 B. all　　　　　　　　 C. that　　　　　　　　　　　 D. what

(9)　 A. right　　　　　　　　　　 B. left　　　　　　 C. wrong　　　　 D. just

(10) A. to miss　　　 B. to be missing　　　 C. was missed　　　　　　　　 D. was missing

(11) A. was slept　　 　　 B. felt asleep　　　　　 C. was sleeping　　　 D. fell sleeping

(12) A. afraid of　　　　　　　　　 B. angry with　　　　 C. worried about　　　 D. surprised at

(13) A. sad　　　　　　　　　 B. pleased　　　　　 C. quick　　　　　　　 D. clever

(14) A. pulled　　　　　　　 B. threw　　　　　 C. dropped　　　　　　 D. took

(15) A. finger　　　　　　　　 B. fingers　　　　　　 C. heart　　　　　　 D. teeth

A man came home from work late, tired, to find his 5-year-old son waiting for him at the door.

“Daddy, how much money do you make an hour?”

“If you must know, I make $20 an hour,”

“Oh,” the little boy replied, with his head down. He thought for a moment, looked up and said, “Daddy, could you lend me $10?”

The father was furious, “If you asked for the money to buy a toy or some other rubbish, then go straight to your room and think about why you are being so selfish（自私的）!”

　 The little boy quietly went to his room and shut the door. After about an hour or so, the father calmed down, and started to think, “Maybe he really needs to buy something and he didn’t really ask for money very often.” So he went to the little boy’s room.

　 “Sorry! Maybe I was too hard on you just now.” said the man, “Here’s $10.”

“Oh, thank you, Daddy!” he said happily. Then, the boy took out some coins. When the father found that the boy already had money, he got angry again.

　 “Why do you want more money since you already have some?” The father shouted angrily.

“Because I didn’t have enough, but now I do.” the little boy replied, “Daddy, I have $20 now. Can I buy an hour of your time? Please come home early tomorrow. I would like to have dinner with you.”

51. How much does the boy’s father make an hour?

A. $10　　　　 B. $20　　　　 C. $30　　　　 　 D. $40

52. The underlined word “furious” in Para.5 means ______.

A. very angry　　　 B. quite happy　　 C. very strange 　 D. a little nervous

53. At first, the father refused to give the boy any money because ______.

A. he thought the boy was too selfish

B. he did not have enough money at that moment

C. he thought the boy would buy something of no use

D. the boy always asked for money from him

54. The boy wanted to buy ______ with the twenty dollars.

A. a new book for himself　　　　　 B. a nice present for his father

C. a toy for his own birthday　　　　　 D. an hour of his father’s time

55. From the passage, we can infer（推斷）that the boy’s father ______.

A. often played with his son　　　　　 B. spent little time with his son

C. didn’t love his son at all　　　　 D. often came back home early