For years I wanted a flower garden. I'd spend hours   31   different things I could plant. I believe they would look nice together.

    But then we had Mattew. And Marvin. And the twins, Alisa and Alan. And then Helen. Five children! I was too   32    raising them的grow a garden.

    Money was tight（拮据）,as well as time. Often when my children were little, one of them would want something expensive. And I'd have to say, "Do you see a money tree outside? Money doesn't    33    on trees, you know."

    34   , all five got through high school and college（大学）and were off on their own. I started thinking again about having a garden. Then, one morning on Mother's Day, I was working in my kitchen. Suddenly, I looked out of the window and there was a   35   tree, planted right in my garden. I thought it   36    be a weeping willow(垂柳),because I saw things    37    around on all its branches（树枝）.Then I put my  38    on and I couldn't believe what I saw. There was a money tree in my garden!

    I went outside to have a look. It was    39   ! There were dollar bills all over that tree. There was also a note in the tree. It    40   ,"We all love you, Mom."

1.A-talking about     B. thinking of      C. preparing for        D. looking after

2.A. tired           B. careless         C. busy               D. poor

3. A. grow           B. make           C. come              D. get

4.A. Clearly         B. Naturally        C. Certainly           D. Finally

5.A. money          B. new            C. young             D. tall

6.A. should          B. can            C. must               D. need

7. A. blowing         B. turning         C. producing           D. appearing

8.A. overcoat         B. hat            C. shoes              D. glasses

9. A. strange          B. true           C. special             D. perfect

10. A. says            B. writes          C. shows             D. describes

For years I wanted a flower garden. I’d spend hours   31  different things I could plant. I believe they would look nice together.
But then we had Mattew. And Marvin. And the twins, Alisa and Alan. And then Helen. Five children! I was too   32   raising them的grow a garden.
Money was tight（拮据）,as well as time. Often when my children were little, one of them would want something expensive. And I’d have to say, "Do you see a money tree outside? Money doesn’t    33   on trees, you know."
34  , all five got through high school and college（大学）and were off on their own. I started thinking again about having a garden. Then, one morning on Mother’s Day, I was working in my kitchen. Suddenly, I looked out of the window and there was a   35  tree, planted right in my garden. I thought it   36   be a weeping willow(垂柳),because I saw things    37   around on all its branches（树枝）.Then I put my  38   on and I couldn’t believe what I saw. There was a money tree in my garden!
I went outside to have a look. It was    39   ! There were dollar bills all over that tree. There was also a note in the tree. It    40   ,"We all love you, Mom."
【小题1】A-talking about    B. thinking of     C. preparing for       D. looking after

One terribly cold day, a snowstorm hit our area. Needing firewood, I quickly set out with my best friend, Bruce, to look for a tree to cut down. Cutting down a tree in a snowstorm can be dangerous. (1) So to have a friend who could warn me of dangerso was important.
When I chose a big 23-meter-tall tree and prepared to cut it down, Bruce suddenly warned me, “Don’t cut down that tree! It’s too close to the power line!” I wasn’t sure about it. So I decided to disregard his warning. I couldn’t wait to finish the job and go back home. I began cutting down the tree. (2) When the tree fell, there was no longer any doubt whether my friend was right.
The tree caught the power line, bringing it to the ground. I considered cutting the tree off the line. After all, electricity can’t travel through wood. As I reached out my finger to touch the tree, pain ran up my arm and through my head. I had been shocked!
After I returned home and told my mother what happened, she quickly called the power company. Workers from the power company soon arrived. One of them asked if I had touched the tree, and when I told him I had, his face turned pale. “You should have been killed,” he said. It was my boots that saved my life.
(3)Within two hours, the workers removed the tree. Soon the snowstorm calmed down——but not my mother. Even though she was glad that I wasn’t hurt, my mother was still serious with me. After all（毕竟）, I shouldn’t have brushed off my friend’s warning.
【小题1】将①处改成同义句。
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【小题2】将②处翻译成汉语。
【小题3】将③处用It takes sb. some time to do sth. 句型改为同义句。
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