Once upon a time, there was a lovely vegetable field, on which grew a very thick tree. Both the vegetables and the tree gave the place a wonderful appearance, which was the joy of the garden’s owner. What no one knew was that the vegetables in the field and the tree couldn’t stand each other. The vegetables hated the tree’s shadow, because it left them only just enough light to survive. The tree, on the other hand, hated the vegetables because they drank nearly all the water before it could get to him, leaving him with just enough to survive.
The situation became so extreme that the vegetables got totally fed up and decided to use up all the water in the ground so that the tree would dry up. The tree answered back by refusing to give the vegetables shadow from the hot midday sun, so they both began to dry up. Before long, the vegetables were really thin and the tree’s branches were drying up.
Neither of them thought that the gardener, on seeing his vegetable field becoming worse, would stop watering it. When he did that, both the tree and the vegetables really learned what thirst was. There seemed to be no solution, but one of the vegetables, a small courgette（小胡瓜）, understood what was going on, and decided to deal with it. Despite the little water and the unbearable heat, the little courgette did all he could to grow, grow... He managed to grow so big that the gardener started watering the field again. The gardener wanted to enter that beautiful big courgette in some gardening contest.
They should really learn how to live in harmony（和諧）with those around them, doing the best they could. So they decided to work together, and help each other instead of fighting, using both the shadow and the water in the best combination to grow good vegetables. Seeing how well they were doing, the gardener now gave the best of care to his vegetable field, watering it better than any other field for miles around.
小題1:From the passage, we can learn____.
A．the gardener was very lazy
B．the tree and vegetables grew very well at first
C．the tree and vegetables got along well with each other at first
D．the gardener was satisfied with his work on the garden
小題2:The vegetables and the tree fought for____.
A．living spaceB．the gardener’s attention
C．a(chǎn)ttending the contestD．their own good
小題3:What drew the garden’s owner’s attention to the field again?
A．Some gardening contests.
B．The fight between plants.
C．The big and beautiful courgette.
D．The wonderful appearance in the garden.
小題4:What was out of the expectation of the tree and vegetables?
A．That the gardener stopped watering them.
B．That the courgette understood what was happening.
C．That they could live together.
D．That they could take part in the contest.
小題5: How can one live in harmony with others according to the passage?
A．By working together and helping each other.
B．By learning to be thankful.
C．By respecting others and oneself.
D．By learning to stop being angry with others.

小題1: B
小題2: D
小題3: C
小題4: A
小題5: A

試題分析：文章介紹一塊田里面的樹和蔬菜相互競爭搶水，但是最后兩個都長得很差，而努力生長的小胡瓜卻吸引了園丁的注意，說明要想和諧相處，就要互相合作，互相幫助。
小題1:細節(jié)理解題，根據(jù)第一段Both the vegetables and the tree gave the place a wonderful appearance, which was the joy of the garden’s owner.可知一開始樹和蔬菜長得都很好，選B
小題2:判斷推理題。從第二段的句子：The situation became so extreme that the vegetables got totally fed up and decided to use up all the water in the ground so that the tree would dry up. The tree answered back by refusing to give the vegetables shadow from the hot midday sun, so they both began to dry up.可知樹和蔬菜參與了掙水的競爭�？芍xD
小題3:細節(jié)判斷題。從第三段的額句子：The gardener wanted to enter that beautiful big courgette in some gardening contest.可知是小胡瓜的改變吸引了 gardener 的注意。選C
小題4:細節(jié)判斷題。根據(jù) Neither of them thought that the gardener on seeing hisvegetable field becoming worse would stop watering it 判斷�？芍獦浜褪卟硕紱]有想到園丁不再給它們澆水了，選A
小題5:主旨題：根據(jù)文章最后一段的 So they decided to work together and help each other insteadof fighting 判斷，可知要想和諧相處，就要互相合作，互相幫助。選A
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There are so many things that we can do to save our world. Recycling, of course, is always a good thing, but not everyone has a recycling plant nearby ( I don’t ) . There are other ways to help the environment . Plant a tree. Don’t waste water.
I can’t stand it when a person’s excuse for not caring is “Nothing’s going to happen in my lifetime, so why should I care ?” Sure, the chances of something terrible happening are slim, but I want people to realize that if we don’t deal with it, someone will have to eventually. Do you want that to be your children ?
When my teacher told me to read my essay to my class, I was a little embarrassment because I didn’t want everyone to call me “tree- hugger”. I realize now that if being a tree-hugger means you cares about the environment, I’m a tree-hugger 100 percent. I just wish more people were too.
小題1:Why do the students call her teacher “tree-hugger” ?
A．She likes hugging trees.
B．She knows a lot about trees.
C．She grew up in the country.
D．She cares a lot about the environment.
小題2:The underlined word in Paragraph 3 can be replaced by ____.
A．helpedB．changedC．shockedD．interested
小題3:Paragraph 5 is mainly about ____.
A．what we can recycle
B．how we can save the earth
C．why we should protect the earth
D．what damage we are doing to the earth
小題4:We can infer from the text that _____
A．the students don’t like the teacher
B．the teacher liked the author’s essay
C．the author is ashamed of being a tree-hugger
D．the author should have written a better essay

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科目：高中英語 來源：不詳 題型：完形填空

Jenna, a popular girl from Westwood Middle School, had graduated first in her class and was ready for new      in high school.
  , high school was different. In the first week, Jenna went to tryouts(選拔賽) for cheerleaders(拉拉隊隊員). She was competing against very talented girls, and she knew it would be      for her to be selected. Two hours later, the     read a list of the girls for a second tryout. Her heart      as the list ended without her name. Feeling      , she walked home carrying her schoolbag full of homework.
Arriving home, she started with math. She had always been a good math student, but now she was      . She moved on to English and history, and was      to find that she didn’t have any trouble with those subjects. Feeling better, she decided not to    math for the time being.
The next day Jenna went to see Mrs. Biden about being on the school    . Mrs. Biden wasn’t as     as Jenna. “I’m sorry, but we have enough    for the newspaper already. Come back next year and we’ll talk then.” Jenna smiled     and left. “Why is high school so    ?” she sighed.
Later in    class, Jenna devoted herself to figuring out the problems that had given her so much      . By the end of class, she understood how to get them right. As she gathered her books, Jenna decided she’d continue to try to     at her new school. She wasn’t sure if she’d succeed, but she knew she had to     . High school was just as her mom had said: “You will feel like a small fish in a big pond        a big fish in a small pond. The challenge is to become the     fish you can be.”
小題1:
A．processesB．challengesC．decisionD．exercises
小題2:
A．HoweverB．ThereforeC．OtherwiseD．Besides
小題3:
A．difficultB．easyC．boringD．interesting
小題4:
A．judgeB．bossC．candidateD．editor
小題5:
A．jumpedB．racedC．sankD．stopped
小題6:
A．strangeB．a(chǎn)wfulC．happyD．lonely
小題7:
A．improvingB．strugglingC．workingD．complaining
小題8:
A．a(chǎn)shamedB．disappointedC．shockedD．relieved
小題9:
A．worry aboutB．prepare forC．put upD．give up
小題10:
A．committeeB．radioC．newspaperD．team
小題11:
A．sympatheticB．a(chǎn)rtisticC．enthusiasticD．realistic
小題12:
A．speakersB．readersC．cheerleadersD．writers
小題13:
A．weaklyB．widelyC．excitedlyD．brightly
小題14:
A．similarB．differentC．ordinaryD．familiar
小題15:
A．physicsB．historyC．EnglishD．math
小題16:
A．troubleB．hopeC．pleasureD．sorrow
小題17:
A．stay upB．look outC．fit inD．get around
小題18:
A．swimB．tryC．a(chǎn)skD．escape
小題19:
A．in return forB．in case ofC．in terms ofD．instead of
小題20:
A．slimmestB．smallestC．gentlestD．best

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