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  When I was growing up, I had an old neighbor, Dr.Gibbs.He didn’t look like any doctor I’d ever known.He never invited us to play in his yard, but he was a very kind person.When Dr.Gibbs wasn't saving lives, he was planting trees.He owned a large field and wanted to make it a forest.

  The good doctor had some interesting ideas about planting trees.He never watered his new trees.Once I asked why.He said that watering plants spoiled them, and that if you watered them, each baby tree would grow weaker and weaker, so you had to make things difficult for them and pick out the weaker trees early on.

  He talked about how watering trees made for shallow(淺的)roots, and the trees that weren’t watered had to grow deep roots in search of water under the earth by themselves.Deep roots were very important.So he never watered his trees.He’d planted an oak and, instead of watering it every morning, he'd beat it with a rolled-up newspaper.I asked him why he did that, and he said it was to get the tree's attention.

  Dr.Gibbs died several years after I left home.Every now and then, I walked by his house and looked at the trees that I watched him plant about twenty-five years ago.They're very big and strong now.

  I planted some trees a few years back and carried water to them for a whole summer.After two years of caring too much, whenever a cold win blows in, they shake a lot.

  Every night before I go to bed, I check on my two sons.Mostly I pray(祈禱)that their lives will be easy.But lately I’ve been thinking that it’s time to change my prayer.I know my children are going to face difficulties.There’s always a cold wind blowing somewhere, so what we need to do is to pray for roots that reach deep into the brave heart, so when the rains fall and the winds blow, we could face it strongly and won't be beaten down.

(1)

We know from the reading the doctor ________.

[  ]

A.

didn't know how to plant trees at all

B.

wasn't good at his own medical job

C.

had his own ways of planting trees

D.

had nothing to do but plant trees

(2)

When Dr.Gibbs said, “…pick out the weaker trees early on.” he means that ________.

[  ]

A.

some weak trees would be easily found out at the beginning

B.

he would choose the weak trees to water earlier

C.

the weak trees would be sent to his patients later

D.

he would not plant weak trees so early anymore

(3)

The passage tells us that the writer ________.

[  ]

A.

should beat his trees with a rolled-up newspaper

B.

didn't often water his trees

C.

didn't have a large field

D.

took too much care of his tree

(4)

The writer wants to change his prayer, hoping that ________.

[  ]

A.

his trees will be stronger than Dr.Gibbs

B.

his trees will not be beaten down

C.

his sons will be better at planting trees

D.

his sons will be able to face difficulties

(5)

Which can be the best title of the reading?

[  ]

A.

Watering Trees

B.

Growing Roots

C.

Doctors and his Neighbor

D.

Father and his Children

答案:1.C;2.A;3.D;4.D;5.B;
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How Long Can People Live?

  She took up skating at age 85, made her first movie appearance at age 114, and held a concert in the neighborhood on her 121st birthday.

  Whe n it comes to long life, Jeanne Calment is the world’s recordholder.She lived to the ripe old age of 122.So is 122 the upper limit to the human life span(壽命)?If scientists come up with some sort of pill or diet that would slow aging, could we possibly make it to 150-or beyond?

  Researchers don’t entirely agree on the answers.“Calment lived to 122, so it wouldn’t surprise me if someone alive today reaches 130 or 135,”says Jerry Shay at the University of Texas.

  Steve Austad at the University of Texas agrees.“People can live much longer than we think,”he says.“Experts used to say that humans couldn’t live past 110.When Calment blew past that age, they raised the number to 120.So why can’t we go higher?”

  The trouble with guessing how old people can live to be is that it’s all just guessing.“Anyone can make up a number,”says Rich Miller at the University of Michigan.“Usually the scientist who picks the highest number gets his name in Time magazine.”

  Won’t new anti-aging techniques keep us alive for centuries?Any cure, says Miller, for aging would probably keep most of us kicking until about 120.Researchers are working on treatments that lengthen the life span of mice by 50 percent at most.So, if the average human life span is about 80 years, says Miller,“adding another 50 percent would get you to 120.”

  So what can we conclude from this little disagreement among the researchers?That life span is flexible(有彈性的),but there is a limit, says George Martin of the University of Washington.“We can get flies to live 50 percent longer,”he says.“But a fly’s never going to live 150 years.”

  “Of course, if you became a new species(物種),one that ages at a slower speed, that would be a different story,”he adds.

  Does Martin really believe that humans could evolve(進(jìn)化)their way to longer life?“It’s pretty cool to think about it,”he says with a smile.

(1)

What does the story of Jeanne Calment prove to us?

[  ]

A.

People can live to 122.

B.

Old people are creative.

C.

Women are sporty at 85.

D.

Women live longer than men.

(2)

According to Steve Austad at the University of Texas, ________.

[  ]

A.

the average human life span could be 110

B.

scientists cannot find ways to slow aging

C.

few people can expect to live to over 150

D.

researchers are not sure how long people can live

(3)

Who would agree that a scientist will become famous if he makes the wildest guess at longevity?

[  ]

A.

Jerry Shay.

B.

Steve Austad

C.

Rich Miller

D.

George Martin

(4)

What can we infer from the last three paragraphs?

[  ]

A.

Most of us could be good at sports even at 120.

B.

The average human life span cannot be doubled.

C.

Scientists believe mice are aging at a slower speed than before.

D.

New techniques could be used to change flies into a new species.

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