Mo was born into a farming family in a village in Shandong province .He grew up listening to folk stories about gods, spirits foxes .Those stories later became the inspiration (灵感)for Mo’s writing.
Mo left school at the age of 12 and started to work in the fields . Although he was tired after his daily hard work ,Mo was always hungry for books .However, there were very few in the village .He read his older brothers’ textbooks and even dictionaries .He helped others with farm work in exchange for books . “When I finished reading all the books around ,I thought I was the most knowledge man in the world ,”he told Xinhua.
After Mo left his hometown and joined the army in 1976,he began to read widely ,including works by Lu Xun and many other famous writers .He studied from these writers but did not copy them .Instead ,he developed his own style .As the first Chinese citizen（公民）to win a Nobel Prize in literature, Mo told a group of reporters in his hometown shortly after he won the award . “I grew up in an environment filled with folk culture .It enters my novels whenever I pick up a pen This has affected ,even decided my style.”
【小题1】When did Mo Yan leave school and start to work in the fields ?

A．at the age of 12.	B．at the age of 11.
C．at the age of 13	D．at the age of 15

【小题2】Mo Yan is from_____

A．Shanxi

B．Jiangsu

C．Shandong

D．Guangdong

【小题3】Mo Yan developed his own style_______

A．while listening to folk stories about gods ,spirits and foxes

B．during his dairy hard work in the fields.

C．when he won the Nobel Prize in literature.

D．after he studied from many famous writers.

【小题4】Which of the following is wrong __________?

A．Mo Yan left school when he was very young.

B．Mo Yan was the most knowledgeable man in the world.

C．Mo Yan read many books when he was very young.

D．Mo Yan is the first Chinese citizen to win a Nobel Prize in literature.

【小题5】What can we learn from Mo Yan’s success(成功)？

A．Rome was not built in a day.	B．Easier said than done.
C．Well begun , half done .	D．The older, the wiser.

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(毁坏) 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(浅的) roots(根), and how 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(橡树)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 wind blows in, they shake a lot.
Every night before I go to bed, I check on my two sons. Mostly I pray (祈祷) 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.
【小题1】We know from the passage, 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

【小题2】When Dr. Gibbs said "... pick out the weaker trees early on.", he meant 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

【小题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 trees

【小题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

【小题5】Which can be the best title of the reading?

A．Watering Trees	B．Growing Roots
C．Doctor and his Neighbor	D．Father and his Children

1.这个故事听起来很有趣。

This story _________  _________ _________.

2.一方面，听英语歌曲有助于我们放松。另一方面，这也是一个练习英语的好方法。

One the one hand, listening to English songs can help us relax. ________ ________ ________ ________, it’s also a good way to practice English.

3.学习语言礼节与学习语法或词汇同等重要。

Learning about language etiquette is just _________ ________ _________ learning grammar or vocabulary.

4.为了不要再数学考试不及格，约翰已经在图书馆学习了将近两个星期。

John has been studying in the library for nearly 2 weeks ________ ________ ________ ________ fail the math exam anymore.

5.我们需要学会如何礼貌地提出请求。

We need to learn ________ ________ _______ polite when we make requests.

 

 Do you carry too much on the way to school or home? Don’t worry．Try e-readers(电子阅读器)and say goodbye to your heavy schoolbag．

       An e-reader has the memory space to hold hundreds of books．So people want to(A)扔掉沉书包 and read with small, light e-readers．For example，Cushing Academy，a high school in Massachusetts，USA，replaced(替换)most of the 20，000 books in (B) its library last summer．Teachers and students will use e-readers instead．

      Most e-readers are thin and weigh less than 500g．They can download(下载)an e-book in 60 seconds．“It's (C) so easy．You can have a lot of books right at your fingers!” said Meghan Chensusky．16．

         Chinese schoolchildren are also trying e-readers．At the Shanghai World Expo(世博会)，an e-schoolbag is now on show．It is a special e-reader．Students can use it to download textbooks from the school servers(服务器)．(D)It can also send and receive homework．Some Schools in Beijing and Shanghai have tried this e-schoolbag for a few years．“It’s excellent．I (E)don't have to carry a heavy schoolbag anymore，”said Xiao Qi，15，Beijing．

         New e-readers are not just for reading．They have Wi-Fi and multimedia(无线电视和多媒体)．Parents worry that these may hurt their children's study habits． “I think Wi-Fi is not necessary for kids，”said Zeng Wenwen，43， Beijing．

1.将文中划线部分(A)译成英语:________________

2.文中划线部分(B)指代的是:________________

3.写出文中划线部分(C)和(E)的同义词或近义词：________ ________

4.将文中划线部分(D)改写为：Homework can also_______ _______and received through it．

5.从文中找出两个修饰或描写e-reader的形容词：________ ________