Jimmy spent most of his time in the bedroom when he was in university. With his aunt’s help, the young man found a job in a park after his graduation. There’re all kinds of flowers in the gardens and he has to look after them. He thinks it’s easy and often stays in bed.

One morning the head of the park found some of the flowers were dead. He called Jimmy there and asked him the reason. The young man studied for a long time but couldn’t answer. Just at that moment an old gardener passed by and the head asked him for help. The old man studied it for a while and said,” A mole(鼹鼠)is eating their roots(根).”

“I don’t think it has something to do with the dead flowers,” said the young man, “People appreciate(欣赏)not the roots, but the flowers!”

1. What did Jimmy like doing when he was in university?

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2. Where did he work?

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3. Did he work hard there?

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4. What made some of the flowers dead?

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5. Who knew the answer?

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Jimmy spent most of his time in the bedroom when he was in university. With his aunt’s help, the young man found a job in a park after his graduation. There’re all kinds of flowers in the gardens and he has to look after them. He thinks it’s easy and often stays in bed.
One morning the head of the park found some of the flowers were dead. He called Jimmy there and asked him the reason. The young man studied for a long time but couldn’t answer. Just at that moment an old gardener passed by and the head asked him for help. The old man studied it for a while and said,” A mole(鼹鼠)is eating their roots(根).”
“I don’t think it has something to do with the dead flowers,” said the young man, “People appreciate(欣赏)not the roots, but the flowers!”
1. What did Jimmy like doing when he was in university?
________________________________________________.
2. Where did he work?
__________________________________.
3. Did he work hard there?
____________________________________.
4. What made some of the flowers dead?
______________________________.
5. Who knew the answer?
______________________________.

When I was twelve years old I wanted nothing more than to be accepted onto a club baseball team. If I made a team like that I would be playing with the best competition for my age in Massachusetts and some teams from all over the country. I have always had a great understanding of the game and played very well but never at that level. I played baseball all summer and it was time for tryouts（选拔赛） in the fall. The team I tried out for was the South Shore Baseball Club or “The Seadogs.” On the field I was very nervous and didn’t play as well as I knew I could. A week later I received a letter saying “Thank you for participating （参加）in our tryout, however we have a limited（有限的） amount of spots on our club and we will not be inviting you to play on the team. Better luck next year.”

After they sent me that letter I stopped playing competitive baseball. I only played for my town baseball team. ①很幸运地是，我遇到了爸爸是教练的Jimmy Perron, 一个很棒的球员。 He thought I was good at baseball. Soon, I got to another tryout. I tried my absolute（完全地） hardest and did well.

About one week later, a letter came to my house.② I couldn’t wait to cut it open and read, “James, you are invited to play for the Mass Pride Baseball organization in the ’09season.” I had reached my goal. But it doesn’t end there. I already have a new goal. I hope to be able to play ball on the college level someday.

任务一：请根据材料内容，回答1，2题。

1. Why was I always crazy about baseball when I was young?

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2. What did I do after being refused to be in the baseball club?

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任务二：请将材料中①处的中文句子翻译成英文。

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任务三：请将材料中②处的英文句子翻译成中文。

4. _______________________________________________________________

任务四：请给这篇材料加一个合适的标题。

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   It was Jimmy’s birthday and he was five years old. He got a lot of nice birthday presents(礼物) from his family, and one of them was a beautiful drum.( 鼓 )

   “Who gave him that thing?” Jimmy’s father asked when he saw it. “ His grandfather did,” answered Jimmy’s mother.

   “Oh,” said his father. Of course Jimmy liked his drum very much. He made a terrible noise (噪音)with it, but his father didn’t mind . He was working during the day and Jimmy was in bed when he got home in the evening , so he couldn’t hear the noise.

But one of the neighbors ( 邻居 ) didn’t like the noise at all, so a few days later, she took a sharp ( 锋利的 ) knife and went to Jimmy’s house while he was hitting his drum. She said to him, “ Hello, Jimmy, do you know, there is something nice inside your drum? Here is a knife. Open the drum and let’s find it.”

(   )11 Jimmy got a lot of nice presents from his ________.

A classmates        B friends     C  teachers      D  family

(   ) 12Who gave Jimmy the drum?

A His father     B His mother     C  His neighbor    D His grandfather

(   ) 13 Why did Jimmy’s father not stop (阻止)him from making noise with the drum? Because _____.

A he liked Jimmy very much.     B he didn’t mind.

C Jimmy was in bed            D Jimmy only played in the evening

(   ) 14 One of the neighbors _________.

A liked Jimmy very much.       B enjoyed listening to the sound of the drum

C wanted to show Jimmy a sharp knife.   D didn’t like the noise at all

(   ) 15 What did Jimmy’s neighbor really want him to do? To _________.

A stop him making noises        B make a noise on his drum with a knife

C show him how to hit the drum   D find something nice in his drum