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　　In my living room, there is a plaque(匾)that advises me to “Bloom(开花)where you are planted．” It reminds me of Dorothy．I got to know Dorothy in the early 1980s, when I was teaching Early Childhood Development through a program with Union College in Barbourville, Kentucky．The job responsibilities required occasional visits to the classroom of each teacher in the program．Dorothy stands out in my memory as one who “bloomed” in her remote area．

　　Dorothy taught in a school In Harlan County, Kentucky, Appalachian Mountain area．To get to her school from the town of Harlan, I followed a road winding around the mountain．In the eight-mile journey, I crossed the same railroad track five times, giving the possibility of getting caught by the same train five times．Rather than feeling excited by this drive through the mountains, I found it depressing．The poverty level was shocking and the small shabby houses gave me the greatest feeling of hopelessness．

　　From the moment of my arrival at the little school, all gloom(忧郁)disappeared．Upon arriving at Dorothy's classroom．I was greeted with smiling faces and treated like a queen．The children had been prepared to show me their latest projects．Dorothy told me with a big smile that they were serving poke greens salad and cornbread for “dinner”(lunch)．In case you don't know, poke greens are a weed-type plant that grows wild, especially on poor ground．

　　Dorothy never ran out of reports of exciting activities of her students．Her enthusiasm never cooled down．When it came time to sit for the testing and interviewing required to receive her Child Development Associate Certification, Dorothy was ready．She came to the assessment and passed in all areas．Afterward, she invited me to the one-and-only steak house in the area to celebrate her victory, as if she had received her Ph．D．degree．After the meal, she placed a little box containing an old pen in my hand．She said it was a family heirloom(传家宝), but to me it is a treasured symbol of appreciation and pride that cannot be matched with things．(360 words)

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阅读理解

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

　　At Blossom End Railroad Station, 22-year-old Stanley Vine sat, waiting for his new employer．The surrounding green fields were so unlike the muddy landscape of war-torn France．After four horrible years as an army private fighting in Europe, Stanley had returned to England in February 1946．Armed now with some savings and with no prospects for a job in England, he answered a newspaper ad for farm help in Canada．Two months later he was on his way．

　　When the old car rumbled toward the tiny station, Stanley rose to his feet, trying to make the most of his five foot, four inch frame．The farmer, Alphonse Lapine, shook his head and complained, “You’re a skinny thing．” On the way to his dairy farm, Alphonse explained that he had a wife and seven kids．“Money’s tight．You’ll get room and board．You’ll get up at dawn for milking, and then help me around the farm until evening milking time again．Ten dollars a week．Sundays off．” Stanley nodded．He had never been on a farm before, but he took the job．

　　From the beginning Stanley was treated horribly by the whole family．They made fun of the way he dressed and talked．The humourless farmer frequently lost his temper, criticizing Stanley for the slightest mistake．The oldest son, 13-year-old Armand, constantly played nasty tricks on him．But the kind-hearted Stanley never responded．

　　Stanley never became part of the Lapine family．After work, they ignored him．He spent his nights alone in a tiny bedroom．However, each evening before retiring, he lovingly cared for the farmer’s horses, eagerly awaiting him at the field gate．He called them his gentle giants．

　　Early one November morning Alphonse Lapine discovered that Stanley had disappeared, after only six months as his farmhand．In fact no one in the community ever heard of him again．That is, until one evening, almost 20 years later, when Armand, opened an American sports magazine and came across a shocking headline, “Millionaire jockey, Stanley Vine, ex-British soldier and 5-time horse riding champion, began life in North America as a farmhand in Canada．”

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阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。

　　Every parent wants their child to grow up to enjoy life and be successful．Each and every one of us has something that we don't want our children to experience as they get older．We protect them hoping they will never experience hurt, yet as they get older they come across their own struggles．

　　We often do everything we can to keep them from making the mistakes that we have made．Your children are not you．They are incredible little beings that choose you to experience life with．They are not little “mini me's” that will make the same mistakes we have made or learn the way we learn from our own experiences．They go to school, have experiences that they only tell us about, and understand the experiences through their own thoughts and feelings mixed in with family behavioral patterns．This is where you can make a difference．Be an example．

　　Teach your child how to live life by being the person you would want them to be－helping others, loving yourself and making no judgments about other people．As you learn this in your own self and apply it, your child won't need you to speak a word．If little Joannie doesn't want to share with another child, show them how to share．Show by example．

　　If you don't want other to walk all over you, treat others as you want to be treated because there is a child learning behaviors from you．Be the example of what you want your child to be through your own positive thoughts and feelings．It is the best thing you can do for your child and yourself to ensure your child feel accepted and loved as they get older．

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阅读下列短文，从每篇短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。

　　Brownie and Spotty were neighbor dogs who met every day to play together．Like pairs of dogs you can find in any neighborhood, these two loved each other and played together so often that they had worn a path through the grass of the field between their houses．

　　One evening, Brownie's family noticed that Brownie hadn't returned home．They went looking for him with no success．Brownie didn't show up the next day, and, although they made their efforts to find him, by the next week he was still missing, Curiously, Spotty showed up at Brownie's house alone, barking and jumping．Busy with their own lives, they paid no attention to the nervous little neighbor dog．

　　Finally, one morning Spotty refused to take “no” for an answer．Ted, Brownie's owner, was continuously disturbed by the angry, determined little dog．Spotty followed Ted about, barking all the time, then darting toward a nearby empty lot and back, as if to say, “Follow me! It's urgent! ”

　　Eventually, Ted followed Spotty across the empty lot as Spotty stopped to race back and barked encouragingly．The little dog led the man to a deserted spot a half mile from the house．There Ted found his beloved Brownie alive, one of his legs crushed in a steel trap(圈套)．Frightened, Ted now wished he had taken Spotty's earlier appeals seriously．

　　Then Ted noticed something．Spotty had done something else besides leading Brownie's human owner to his trapped friend．In a circle around the injured dog, Ted found some food remains of every meal．Brownie had been fed that week! Spotty had been visiting Brownie regularly, in the hope of keeping his friend alive．Spotty had actually stayed with Brownie to protect him from hunger and other dangers, and keep his spirits up．

　　Brownie's leg was carefully treated and he soon got well again．For many years thereafter the two families watched the faithful friends chasing each other down that well-worn path between their houses．

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