- What is Tom doing now?

- He ______ basketball over there.

A. is playing　　　 B. will play　　　　　 C. has played　　　 D. was playing

---What is Jim doing over there?　　

---He is 　　　 his friends.

　　 A. talking　　　　　　　　　 B. talking with 　 C. talks　 　 　　　　 D. talk to

There was a lovely vegetable patch (菜园). A large tree grew there. Both the patch and the tree gave the place a wonderful look, and they were the pride of the gardener. But no one knew that the vegetables and the tree couldn’t stand (忍受) each other. The vegetables hated the tree’s shadow (阴影), because it left them only just enough light to live. The tree, on the other hand, hated the vegetables because they drank nearly all the water, leaving him just enough to live.
The situation became so serious that the vegetables decided to use up all the water in the ground so that the tree would die. The tree answered back by not protecting the vegetables from the hot sun, so they began to dry up. Soon the vegetables were really weak, and the tree was drying up.
The gardener wondered why and stopped watering them. When he did that, both the tree and the vegetables realized that it was better to help each other. They learned how to live in harmony with those around them. So they decided to work together, using both the shade and the water to grow well. After seeing how well they were doing, the gardener gave the best care to his vegetable patch, watering and fertilizing (施肥) it better than any other patch for miles around.
【小题1】Why didn’t the vegetables and the tree get on well with each other?

There are four people in my family. They’re my grandfather, my parents and me. My grandfather exercises every day. He never uses the Internet. He eats vegetables three times a day, but he hardly ever drinks milk. And he watches TV every night. My father is a taxi driver. He’s very busy. He never exercises, but he sometimes surf the Internet. He watches TV on Saturday and Sunday evening. He often eats vegetables and drinks milk. My mother is a housewife（家庭主妇）. She watches TV twice a day. She never surf the Internet. She sometimes eats vegetables, but she drinks milk three times a week. Exercise? Of course she does. She exercises every day by doing housework. I’m a middle school student. I go to school from Monday to Friday. I often exercise. But on Saturday and Sunday, I don’t exercise because I have too much homework to do. I watch TV only on Sunday evening. But I surf the Internet twice a week. I drink milk every day, but I don’t like vegetables. My mother often says to me, “Why do you eat so much meat, Mike? It’s not good for your health.” But I like it very much.

1._____ sometimes surf the Internet in his family.

A. Mike and his father  B. Mike and his mother 

C. Mike’s parents  D.Mike’s father and grandfather

2. _____ watch TV every day in his family.

A. Mike and his grandfather 

B. Mike’s mother and grandfather 

C. Mike’s parents         

D. Mike’s father and grandfather

3.What does Mike’s father do?

 A. He often eats vegetable.  B.He sometimes surf the Internet. 

C.He is very busy.  D.He is a taxi driver.

4.Why don’t Mike exercise on Saturday and Sunday?

A. Because he wants to surf the Internet.      

B. Because he wants to watch TV.

C. Because he has too much homework to do.  

D. Because he has to go to school.

5.Mike likes eating _____ very much.    

A. meat      B. vegetables    C. fruit     D. milk

There was a lovely vegetable patch (菜园). A large tree grew there. Both the patch and the tree gave the place a wonderful look, and they were the pride of the gardener. But no one knew that the vegetables and the tree couldn’t stand (忍受) each other. The vegetables hated the tree’s shadow (阴影), because it left them only just enough light to live. The tree, on the other hand, hated the vegetables because they drank nearly all the water, leaving him just enough to live.

The situation became so serious that the vegetables decided to use up all the water in the ground so that the tree would die. The tree answered back by not protecting the vegetables from the hot sun, so they began to dry up. Soon the vegetables were really weak, and the tree was drying up.

The gardener wondered why and stopped watering them. When he did that, both the tree and the vegetables realized that it was better to help each other. They learned how to live in harmony with those around them. So they decided to work together, using both the shade and the water to grow well. After seeing how well they were doing, the gardener gave the best care to his vegetable patch, watering and fertilizing (施肥) it better than any other patch for miles around.

1.Why didn’t the vegetables and the tree get on well with each other?

A. Because the vegetables wanted more light.

B. Because the tree drank almost all the water.

C. Because the vegetables weren’t the pride of the gardener.

D. Because the vegetables didn’t look as wonderful as the tree.

2.From the passage we know                   .

A. the vegetables were sorry to see the tree drying up

B. the gardener was very angry with the vegetables and the tree

C. the gardener didn’t know what was happening in the patch at first

D. the tree didn’t know how important the sun was to the vegetables

3.The underlined phrase “in harmony” means “                  ” in Chinese.

A. 长久地           B. 小心地           C. 有效地           D. 和谐地

4.Of the following, which order is right according to the story?

① The gardener worked on the patch even harder than before.

② The gardener stopped watering the vegetables and the tree.

③ The vegetables decided to use up all the water in the ground.

④ The tree and the vegetables realized the importance of helping each other.

A. ③②④①     B. ④②③①         C. ②①④③     D. ①③④②

5.The passage is mainly about                   .

A. why the sunlight and water were very important

B. how the gardener took care of his vegetable patch

C. why the gardener was proud of his vegetable patch

D. what happened between the vegetables and the tree