完形填空

　　Long time ago, there was a seed．Because he was only a seed, 　　1　　 cared to notice him．Thus, feeling useless, the seed thought he was not important at all．

　　Then one day, a 　　2　　 picked him up and threw him on an open field under the sun．He was 　　3　　, thinking,“Why would a wind do such a thing?”But 　　4　　 any pleasant answers, he was 　　5　　 with sunlight as well as 　　6　　, sometimes light and sometimes heavy．

　　Time flew by and years later, he saw a 　　7　　 sitting by his side．“Thank God for this．I really need some 　　8　　”,he heard the traveler say．

　　“What are you 　　9　　?”The seed asked．He thought the man was 　　10　　 him．Surely he had seen many people sitting by his side, 　　11　　 no one ever spoke to him like that．

　　“Who is this?”The man was 　　12　　

　　“This is me, the seed．”

　　“The seed?”The man looked at the big 　　13　　“Are you kidding me?You are not a seed．You are a tree．A big tree!

　　“　　14　　?”

　　“Yes!Why else do you think people 　　15　　 here?”

　　“What do they come here for?”

　　“To 　　16　　 your shade!Don't tell me you didn't know you had 　　17　　 over time．”

　　A moment passed, and the traveler's words made him think a lot．

　　The seed, now a big tree, thought and 　　18　　 for the first time in his life．The years of suffering from the sun and the rain were useful to him at last．

　　“Oh!That means I'm not a(n)　　19　　 seed anymore!Wow!I'm a big tree now．That's the 　　20　　 that I really want!”

阅读理解

　　It was a very different school from those in China．You're not met by imposing doors and concrete walls, and the buildings were inviting．On the front of the main building was inscribed “Lee Elementary School, 1904．” Wow! I knew it was an old school．Surrounding the main building were five trailers(拖车式活动房屋)．One of them was my classroom, 5T．The “T” stood for Mrs．Toalson, my 5th grade teacher．

　　Mrs Toalson showed me to my seat．A girl sitting at my table greeted me．Her name was Regina, and she was a blonde girl from Ukraine．Her eyes were like diamonds, and we had met at a party two days before．

　　During my first morning, we had math class, PE and science．We didn’t even have a break! I wondered why? Mrs Toalson said to us：“Guys, line up for the bathroom break please!” All the kids stood up and went outside．

　　I didn’t know what “bathroom break” meant．Was it break time? Lunch time? I was confused．Nevertheless, we followed Mrs．Toalson to the main building．We sat in the hallway across from the bathroom．In Chinese, “bathroom” means the WC, and a “break” means having a rest! Gosh, I thought that was weird and why did we have to go to the bathroom together?

　　“Mary and Regina, you may go．” When we heard Mrs．Toalson, we went into the bathroom．The bathroom was clean, and it smelled like perfume．I asked Regina what if someone wanted to go to the bathroom during class time．She told me that there was a special pass called a “bathroom pass．” All you had to do was raise your hand with the pass to let Mrs．Toalson know you need to go to the bathroom．Then you would be permitted to go．

　　At 3：30pm, school ended for the day．Students put their textbooks in their cabinets and lined up in front of the change room, where they collected their backpacks and coats．As they walked out of the door, each student said “Good bye” and gave Mrs．Toalson a high five．

　　“Did you have a good day today?” Mrs．Toalson asked me as she hugged me goodbye．

　　“Sure!” I nodded．