When Dr．Robert Metcalf first used a solar cooker，the future changed for millions of Africans．He knew that billions of poor people around the world depend on the use of wood for cooking．As they take more and more firewood from wild areas．they are destroying habitats around the world．Wood collection is one reason why many animals have become endangered．

   “But sunshine can be an alternative to fire．”Dr．Metcalf says．Since his first solar cooked meal，he has helped people around the world to use simple new technologies to cook their food．

    Each morning in villages across East Africa，small children and their mothers wake up and walk several miles to collect firewood to cook their food．It takes much of the day，and the heavy firewood they carry home on their heads lasts only a few days．

    This is why Dr．Metcalf spends each summer in Africa．He teaches women and children in villages how to cook with the sun．So far，more than thirty thousand African families now have solar cookers，and new programs will introduce solar cookers to millions of families．

    To find water，women and children may have to walk long distance to dig holes in dry riverbeds or to gather water from streams and shallow wells．

      They fill their buckets（桶）and carry them home on their heads．The buckets often weigh as

much as forty pounds．Not only is finding water hard work，but the water is often polluted with

germs（細(xì)菌）that make people sick．

      Dr．Metcalf and others developed a simple，reusable tool that people can use to make sure their water is safe∞drink．The tool is calked a WAPI，which stands for“Water Pasteurization Indicator”．The pasteurization process is named after Louis Pasteur，who developed it in the 1800s．

1．Why did Metcalf help Africans use solar cookers?

      A．He wanted to help them to fight poverty．

      B．He found it a dangerous job to collect firewood．

      C．He realized using firewood is not good for the environment．

      D．He realized using solar cookers would save Africans a lot of money．

2．The underlined word“it”in the third paragraph probably refers to“         ”．

      A．collecting firewood                             B．cooking food

      C．cooking with the sun                          D．introducing solar cookers

3．Each summer Metcalf stays in Africa to               ．

      A．do research on water

      B．take care of sick people

      C．spread the technique of using solar cookers

      D．find out why some animals are endangered

4．Water Pasteurization Indicator was developed to          ．

      A．kill the bacteria in water

      B．honor Louis Pasteur

      C．make waste water reusable

      D．dig holes in riverbeds

5．It can be inferred from tile passage that           ．

      A．Africans find it hard to learn to use solar cookers

      B．women and children in Africa usually lead a hard life

      C．the water Africans drink is not clean though it is easy to get

      D．the water in Africa is polluted because of industrial development

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When I was
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doctor I’d ever known. He never yelled at us for playing in his yard. I
remember him as someone who was a lot nicer than most of the adults in our
community.



　　When Dr. Gibbs
wasn’t saving lives, he was planting trees. His house sat on ten acres, and his
life’s goal was to make it a forest.



　　The good doctor had
some interesting theories concerning plant care and growth. He never watered
his new trees, which flew in the face of conventional wisdom. Once I asked why.
He said that watering plants spoiled them so that each successive tree generation
would grow weaker and weaker. So you have to make things rough for them and
weed out(淘汰) the weaker trees early on.



He talked about how
watering trees made for shallow roots, and how trees that weren’t watered had
to grow deep roots in search of moisture. I took him to mean that deep roots
were to be treasured.



　　So he never watered
his trees. He planted an oak and, instead of watering it every morning, he’d
beat it with a rolled-up newspaper. Smack! Slap! Pow! I asked him why he did
that, and he said it was to get the tree’s attention.



Dr. Gibbs passed
away a couple of years after I left home. Every now and again, I walked by his
house and looked at the trees that I’d watched him plant some twenty-five years
ago. They’re extremely tall, big and robust since they have deep roots
now. However, the trees in my garden trembled in a cold wind although I had
watered them for several years.



It seems
that adversity(逆境) and
suffering benefit these trees in ways comfort and ease never could. I stood
there deep in thought.



　　Every night before
I go to bed, I check on my two sons. I stand over them and watch their little
bodies, the rising and falling of life within. I often pray for them. Mostly I
pray that their lives will be easy. But I think it’s time to change my prayer(禱詞) because now I know my children are going to encounter hardship..



1.According to Dr. Gibbs’ theories, trees will become weaker if they______



    A. are lack of
care   B. are watered   C. are weeded out   
D. are beaten



2..According
to Para.3 and Pare.4, we can infer that Dr. Gibbs’moto（座右銘）may be_____



     A. “seeing is believing”       
B.“Put everything in
proper use”



     C. ”Practice makes
perfect”     D. “No pains, no gains”



3..The underlined word robust in Para.5 most probably means______



      A.
strong         B.
strange         C.
deep        D. old



4. Which of the following may be the author’s best prayer for his two sons
now ?



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which they can fly higher and touch the sky.



  B.I wish them nice fortune so that
they can meet people like Dr. Gibbs in the future.



  C.I wish them deep roots into the earth
since the rains fall and the winds blow often.



  D.I wish them great shades under the tree since
the sunlight is always sharp and bitter.



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Doctor                     
B. The Deep Roots   



C. Adversity and
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When I was
growing up, I had an old neighbor named Dr. Gibbs. He didn’t look like any
doctor I’d ever known. He never yelled at us for playing in his yard. I
remember him as someone who was a lot nicer than most of the adults in our
community.



When Dr.
Gibbs wasn’t saving lives, he was planting trees. His house sat on ten acres,
and his life’s goal was to make it a forest.



The good
doctor had some interesting theories concerning plant care and growth. He never
watered his new trees, which flew in the face of conventional wisdom. Once I
asked why. He said that watering plants spoiled them so that each successive
tree generation would grow weaker and weaker. So you have to make things rough
for them and weed out(淘汰) the
weaker trees early on. He talked about how watering trees made for shallow
roots, and how trees that weren’t watered had to grow deep roots in search of
moisture. I took him to mean that deep roots were to be treasured.



So he
never watered his trees. He planted an oak and, instead of watering it every
morning, he beat it with a rolled-up newspaper. Smack! Slap! Pow! I asked him
why he did that, and he said it was to get the tree’s attention.



Dr. Gibbs
passed away a couple of years after I left home. Every now and again, I walked
by his house and looked at the trees that I’d watched him plant some
twenty-five years ago. They’re extremely tall, big and robust since they have
deep roots now. However, the trees in my garden trembled in a cold wind
although I had watered them for several years.



It seems
that adversity(逆境) and
suffering benefit these trees in ways comfort and ease never could. I stood
there deep in thought.



Every
night before I go to bed, I check on my two sons. I stand over them and watch
their little bodies, the rising and falling of life within. I often pray for
them. Mostly I pray that their lives will be easy. But I think that it’s time
to change my prayer(禱詞) because
now I know my children are going to encounter hardship.



1.According
to Dr. Gibbs’ theories, trees will become weaker if they _________.



A. are
lack of care　　　　　B. are
watered      C. are weeded out　　　　　D. are beaten



2.According
to Para.3 and Para.4, we can infer that Dr. Gibbs’ motto(座右銘) may
be       .



A. “Seeing
is believing”                                    B.
“Put everything in proper use”



C.
“Practice makes perfect”                               D.
“No pain, no gain”



3.The
underlined word robust in Para.5 most probably means _________.



A. strong　　                      B.
strange　　       C.
deep　　                        
D. old



4.Which of
the following may be the author’s best prayer for his two sons now?



A. I wish
them strong wings, with which they can fly higher and touch the sky.



B. I wish
them nice fortune so that they can meet people like Dr. Gibbs in the future.



C. I wish
them deep roots into the earth since the rains fall and the winds blow often.



D. I wish
them great shades under the tree since the sunlight is always sharp and bitter.



5.Which of
the following can be the best title of this passage?



A.    
A Nice Doctor  B. The Deep Roots  C. Adversity and
Suffering  D. My Childhood Memory



 


			


			

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