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would look nice together.
But then we had Matthew. And Marvin. And the twins, Alisa and Alan. And then Helen. Five
children. I was too busy raising them to grow a garden.
Money was tight, as well as time. Often when my children were little, one of them would want
something that cost too much, and I"d have to say, "Do you see a money tree outside?Money
doesn"t grow on trees, you know."
Finally, all five got through high school and college and were off on their own. I started thinking
again about having a garden.
I wasn"t sure, though. I mean, gardens do cost money, and after all these years I was used to
living on a pretty lean, nofrills budget.
Then, one spring morning, on Mother"s Day, I was working in my kitchen. Suddenly, I realized
that cars were tooting their horns as they drove by. I looked out of the window and there was a new
tree, planted right in my yard. I thought it must be a weeping willow, because I saw things blowing
around on all its branches. Then I put my glasses on-and I couldn"t believe what I saw. There was a
money tree in my yard!
I went outside to look. It was true!There were dollar bills, one hundred of them, taped all over
that tree. Think of all the garden flowers I could buy with one hundred dollars! There was also a note
attached:"IOU eight hours of digging time. Love, Marvin."
Marvin kept his promise, too. He dug up a nice tenbyfifteen foot bed for me. And my other children
bought me tools, ornaments, a trellis(棚架), a sunflower stepping stone and gardening books.
That was three years ago. My garden"s now very pretty, just like I wanted. When I go out and
weed or tend my flowers, I don"t seem to miss my children as much as I once did. It feels like they
are right there with me.
I live up in Michigan"s Upper Peninsula, where winters are long and cold, and summers are too
short. But every year now, when winter sets in, I look out of my window and think of the flowers I"ll
see next spring in my little garden. I think about what my children did for me, and I get tears in my eyes
every time.
I"m still not sure that money grows on trees. But I know love does!
1. By saying "Do you see a money tree outside…"the mother actually means "________".
A. Observation is the best teacher
B. Seeing is believing
C. The outsider sees the most of the game
D. It is not easy to gain money
2. The best title for the passage would probably be "________".
A. My flower garden
B. Marvin helps to realize my dream
C. Love in Michigan
D. Money grows on trees
3. The underlined word "nofrills"in the fifth paragraph is similar in meaning to "________".
A. wasteful
B. tight
C. absurd
D. helpful
4. From the last three paragraphs we can infer that the mother is________.
A. divorced when she was young
B. not caring for her kids any longer
C. alone but not at all lonely
D. prouder with her garden than with her kids
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manage without great__1_. Three of those rich men and their servants were__2_together on a road
when they came to a very__3_village.
The first could not stand seeing the poverty, __4__he took all the gold and jewels from his wagons
(四轮载重马车) and shared__5_out among the villagers. He wished them all the best of luck, and
he left.
The second rich man, seeing the__16__situation, stopped for a short time and gave__7_all his
food and drink, since he__8_see that money would be of little__9_to them. He made sure that they
each 10 their fair share and would have enough food to 11 for some time. Then, he left.
The third rich man, on seeing such poverty, 12 and went straight through the 13 without
stopping.The two other rich men saw this from a distance and commented with each other 14 the
third rich man lacked sympathy. It was 15 that they themselves had been there to offer help.
However, three days later, they 16 the third rich man, who was coming in the opposite
direction. He was 17 travelling quickly, but his wagons, 18 the gold and valuables they had
been 19 , were now full of farming tools and bags of 20 . He was rushing back to help them out
of poverty.
( )1. A. loss ( )2. A. standing ( )3. A. faraway ( )4. A. unless ( )5. A. them ( )6. A. curious ( )7. A. the villagers ( )8. A. could ( )9. A. interest ( )10. A. returned ( )11. A. remain ( )12. A. turned back ( )13. A. village ( )14. A. whether ( )15. A. good ( )16. A. welcomed ( )17. A. still ( )18. A. except for ( )19. A. loading ( )20. A. food | B. expectations B. travelling B. poor B. because B. anything B. worrying B. his servants B. might B. concern B. gained B. last B. set out B. land B. how B. certain B. met B. already B. instead of B. treasuring B. jewels | C. success C. gathering C. different C. so C. nothing C. dangerous C. the others C. should C. use C. offered C. supply C. showed off C. field C. where C. true C. accepted C. always C. apart from C. carrying C. money | D. problems D. running D. ancient D. if D. those D. puzzling D. the rest D. must D. attraction D. received D. share D. speeded up D. road D. when D. strange D. persuaded D. indeed D. along with D. earning D. seeds | |||||||||||||||||
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Last weekend, my kids along with few other kids from the neighborhood volunteered to help me wash my car. My 10yearold daughter came up with the idea of __1 _ other people"s cars as well. It was pretty __2__ outside and I had no plans to __3__ being in the bright sun. She __4__ wanted to give lemonade(柠檬汽水)to passersby for free. I had seen little kids __5__ and sell fresh lemonade for a small cost but not free. Although I felt __6__, I decided to help her. __7__ she asked me, "What if we __8__ this a smile car wash?" I couldn"t hold back my tears and 9 her and the other kids to go outside the house and come up with 10 ideas. While I kept myself busy in drying the car, the gang walked up to me with a(n) 11 with beautiful images of smiles. They had "Free Car Wash" written on it and the 12 of their exercise was "smile". It was pretty neat to see a team of kids ranging 5-11 years with the 13 to do something for others. All that seemed 14 and came right from their heart. Nothing seemed to 15 to them: their playtime, the heat outside-they just wanted to 16 others and do something nice in the community! I helped them make some fresh lemonade and brought out some additional 17 to help clean cars. Passersby were 18 and one even shouted back to them saying "God Bless You, my kids…" One of them even tried giving them 5 dollars, which they refused. A pretty heartwarming 19 ! I feel blessed by being 20 by such wonderful and loving souls. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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