1 . Sugar Goldtree was my Grandma. I loved her. Everyone called my grandma “Sugar”. Every time I heard it, I would smile a huge smile.Grandma Sugar had a small house with a large garden. She worked all year long preparing that garden. She would always tidy the garden carefully. She would till the soil until it was like fine sand.
Grandma Sugar would tell me that if we plant the corn in one place this year, then the next year we would need to plant it in another spot. She would always say,“Fill your garden with flowers, The bees will buzz (嗡嗡地飞) around your head when you are picking those nice little cucumbers (黄瓜). After all, they helped to make our plants so beautiful.”
“We are about ready to plant some sunflowers,” Grandma Sugar said, handing me a packet of seeds. I carefully placed the seeds in rows, and covered them with soil, stepping on top of the soil to pack it down. Grandma Sugar sat at the edge of the garden making signs to put at the end of each row, with a date on it. Each year we would keep those signs in a book with photos of me and Grandma Sugar in our garden.
Grandma Sugar had a whole basket of seeds to plant. One by one,we planted rows of corn, beans, cucumbers, onions, lettuce and tomatoes. In the middle of summer, I would run down to the garden with a basket. Grandma Sugar would yell (大赋),“Pick a salad from the bed, little sugar!”
Growing up in the garden was wonderful. I remember Grandma Sugar and her garden. I learned a lot of lessons in that garden.
1. Why did people call Grandma“Sugar”?| A．Because she liked sweet things. |
| B．Because she was kind and helpful. |
| C．Because her garden was attractive. |
| D．Because her name went that way. |
| A．She fed bees around the corn. |
| B．She planted the corn with flowers. |
| C．She planted the corn every two years. |
| D．She changed the corn spot every year. |
| A．Dig up. | B．Look for. | C．Give up. | D．Take away. |
| A．She didn’t like bees buzzing. |
| B．She knew much about gardening. |
| C．She preferred vegetables to flowers. |
| D．She was strict with her grandchildren. |
| A．Hopeful. | B．Challenging. | C．Memorable. | D．Encouraging. |
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4 . My mother is a kind and gentle woman. She is very busy from morning till night. As a teacher she works diligently (勤奋地) and efficiently. As a mother, she takes good care of us and gives us every comfort. I have an elder brother. He and I both love her dearly, as she loves us.
My mother has been teaching maths at a middle school in my hometown. She goes to the school early in the morning and does not return home until late in the afternoon. She loves her students and cares for them. She treats them with patience and teaches them well. For her excellent qualities and very good teaching results, she is always praised and respected by both her students and colleagues alike. And she has been chosen or elected as a model teacher several times.
My mother is a thrifty and industrious (勤劳的)woman. She never buys expensive or beautiful dresses for herself; she goes occasionally to buy some inexpensive and high-quality clothes for us. She never goes to big restaurants to enjoy expensive meals. She only eats a cheap meal outside when she is too busy. She lives a busy yet simple life, without any complaints. As soon as she comes back from school, she sets about doing housework; sweeping the living room and bedrooms or cleaning the furniture, and putting everything in good order. Besides, she prepares nice dishes for us to eat. She seems to be on the go all the time. As she has been very busy working hard every day, she looks older than she really is. Her face is wrinkled, and her hair has turned silver white. But she looks
as cheerful and happy as ever.
Often she says to us, “Work while you work, and play while you play.” What a good piece of advice this is! I never forget it and always keep it in my mind. This advice of hers will always serve as a guide to my action.
1. The mother is always praised and respected by the students and other teachers, because .| A．she cares for her students |
| B．she has good qualities and is good at teaching |
| C．she loves her students and treats them with patience |
| D．she has been chosen or elected as a model teacher several times |
| A．seems to be on the go all the time |
| B．cares much about her children |
| C．is a thrifty and industrious woman |
| D．never buys expensive or fancy dresses for herself |
| A．You should concentrate on anything you are doing. |
| B．You should play all the time. |
| C．You should work and play at the same time. |
| D．You should work all the time. |
| A．She looks young and beautiful. |
| B．She looks much older than other women. |
| C．She looks younger than she really is. |
| D．She looks older than her real age. |
5 . Are you happy? If you aren’t you need to move near friends who are happy. A new study shows that happiness is infectious (易传染的) and can flow through social groups. And the closer you are to someone happy, the happier you’ll be.
The study was carried out by the Harvard Medical School. The researchers discovered that a person’s happiness depends on the happiness of those around them. They collected data on 5,000 adults between 1971 and 2003. Participants were asked to identify their relatives, close friends, place of residence and place of work. They were also asked questions about whether they enjoyed life, and whether they felt hopeful about the future.
The results were very interesting. The researchers found that those who had happy partners had an 8% higher chance of being happy too. And for those with happy children, this increases to 14%. And finally, those with a happy friend who lives less than half a kilometre away are 42% more likely to be happy. “Most important from our perspective is the recognition that people are m social networks, and that the health and well-being of one person affects the health and well-being of others,” one of the researchers explained. “It makes sense that if people around you are happy, that might have an impact on your own happiness.” So, in conclusion, the best thing is to have a happy friend who lives less than a kilometer away from you. Do you have one?
1. How did researchers get their findings?| A．By comparing results. | B．By asking questions. |
| C．By listing figures. | D．By giving examples. |
| A．Your partner. | B．Your children. |
| C．Your close friends. | D．Your parents. |
| A．the interesting result. | B．the happy life. |
| C．the health of the family. | D．the chance of happiness. |
| A．Happiness and family. | B．Happiness and health. |
| C．Friendship and happiness. | D．Friendship and health. |
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When I was a very young children, my father created a regular practice. I remember well years late. Every time he arrived home at end of the day, we’d greet her at the door. He would ask who we was and pretend not to knowing us. Then he and my mother would have had a drink when she prepared dinner and they would talk about his day and hers. When they chat, my father would lift my sister and me up to sit in the top of the fridge. It was both excited and frightening to be up there! My sister and I thought he was so cool for putting us there.
