Each spring brings a new blossom of wildflowers in the ditches along the highway I travel daily to work.
There are some particular blue flowers that have always caught my eye. I’ve noticed that they bloom only in the morning hours and the afternoon sun is too warm for them. Every day for about two weeks, I see those beautiful flowers.
This spring, I started a wildflower garden in our yard. I can look out of the kitchen window while doing the dishes and see the flowers. I’ve often thought that those lovely blue flowers from the ditch would look great in that bed alongside other wildflowers. Every day I drove past the flowers thinking, “I’ll stop on my way home and dig them.” “Gee, I don’t want to get my good clothes dirty…” Whatever the reason, I never stopped to dig them. My husband even gave me a folding shovel(铲子)one year in my car to be used for that expressed purpose.
One day on my way home from work, I was shocked to see that the highway department had destroyed the ditches and the pretty blue flowers were gone. I thought to myself, “Way to go, you waited too long. You should have done it when you first saw them blooming this spring.” A week ago we were shocked and saddened to learn that my oldest sister has a terminal brain tumor(肿瘤). She is 20 years older than me and unfortunately, because of age and distance, we haven’t been as close as we all would have liked. I couldn’t help but see the connection between the pretty blue flowers and the relationship between my sister and us. I do believe that God has given us some time left to plant some wonderful memories that will bloom every year for us.
And yes, if I see the blue flowers again, you can bet I’ll stop and transplant them to my wildflower garden. Why did those flowers the writer saw only bloom in the morning?
A.Because it was hot in the afternoon. |
B.Because someone picked them away. |
C.Because someone took them into houses. |
D.Because the writer passed them in the morning. |
Which of the following statements is right according to the passage?
A.The writer’s sister died of lung tumor. |
B.The writer was regretful when she heard her sister’s death. |
C.The writer planned to dig the flowers to give them to her husband. |
D.The writer’s husband planned to plant some flowers in the garden. |
The writer wrote the passage to tell us ________.
A.to enjoy what we have now |
B.to value now and not to lose chances |
C.to protect the beautiful flowers we see |
D.to love those who are your close relatives |
阅读下面的短文,指出短文下面的句子是否与短文的意思一致,如一致,请在相应的括号内写“T”,否则写“F”
What am I ?
Hello, boys and girls! My name is Mike. I’m tall and fat. I have a long nose and 2 big ears. My mouth is not too big. My teeth are very long. My body looks like a wall. I have four strong legs and a short tail(尾巴), too.
Do you know me? What am I ?Mike is an animal.
Mike is a student.
He has 2 small ears.
He has no tail .
Mike’s body looks like a wall.
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Many people have to work on the weekend. Some people do not mind. Others think it is terrible.
One man thinks that working on the weekend can be dangerous. He is Graham Coates. Mr Coates works in an office in Brighton, England.
On Saturday, May 24, 1986, he went to the office to do some work. When he got on the lift(电梯), it stopped between floors. Mr Coates could not get out of the lift. He started to shout, but no one heard him. Then Mr. Coats remembered that it was a holiday in England. No one was going to come to work until Tuesday.
There was nothing for him to do. He had to wait until one of his workmates came to work and found him. With nothing to eat or drink, Mr Coats ended up sleeping for most of the day.
Now Mr. Coates says, "I only use lifts if they have telephones in them."Mr. Coates thinks working on the weekend is_____.
A.interesting | B.terrible | C.happy | D.unhappy |
Mr. Coates stayed in the lift for_____.
A.about twenty hours | B.nearly two days |
C.one week | D.more than sixty hours |
When Mr. Coates got out of the lift he_____.
A.was cold, weak, hungry and tired |
B.wouldn't work there any more |
C.said "I only use lifts if they have telephones in them." |
D.went home at once |
Why could Mr. Coates not get out of the lift? Because _____.
A.it was broken | B.it was the weekend |
C.it was in an office | D.it was a holiday |
In the lift, there was_________.
A.water | B.beer | C.telephone | D.nothing |
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It's sometimes reported that strange objects have been seen high up in the sky. These unidentified(未确认的) flying objects - UFOs have made a lot of people interested. Some of the reports about them are difficult to believe.Some have been explained in scientific ways, others have never been explained.
It is not easy to decide whether a report is true or not. One report of UFOs came from a British plane on its way from New York to London in 1954. The British plane was flying over an island at 19,000 feet when the captain noticed that something was on their left and a little lower than their plane. It's about five miles away.
"It was not one object but several," the captain said. "We saw one large and six smaller objects. I sent a radio to report about them and I received the answer that the other planes were coming out to meet us. Before the planes arrived, the smaller objects entered the big objects. The big object then became smaller and moved away fast." Some_____ have been explained in scientific ways.
A.people | B.strange objects |
C.of the reports about UFOs | D.planes |
In 1954, a British plane met a UFO when it was flying from_____ to_____.
A.England, America | B.America, England |
C.America, France | D.New York, an island |
The captain_____ and saw something on the left of their plane.
A.looked down | B.looked up | C.looked back | D.looked ahead |
How many objects did the captain see?
A.Only one. | B.Five | C.Six | D.Seven |
The big object moved away because_____.
A.it was afraid of the plane |
B.it had received a radio report |
C.of some unknown reason |
D.it had stayed long enough with the plane |
根据课文内容,回答下列问题How many years does the sport of basketball have a history of?
_________________________________________________ Where can basketball be played?
_________________________________________________ Can you say something about the aim of basketball?
_________________________________________________Is playing basketball dangerous? Why?
_________________________________________________ What is the text mainly about?
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根据课文内容,判断下列句子的正(T)误(F) Basketball was invented in 1861.
Dr Naismith created the basketball game which was played indoors at first.
Dr Naismith divided all his classmates into two teams to play his new game.
Dr Naismith used the backboard to help the players put the ball into the basket.
Till now, there haven’t been any Chinese basketball players in NBA.