middle 有提示：为了能充分利用你，我需要把你劈成两半。故选B项。
7．D 由文中多处 gardener 及 garden 判断：这根竹子是园子中最漂亮的一根。
8．C 本空前后构成了转折关系：但是，请你不要把我劈成两半。
9．A 为了能被充分地利用，这根竹子需要献出生命。在如此重大的抉择上，它一时陷入了沉默。故选 silent。
10．B the only唯一的。
11．D 上文 only 有提示：如果你能利用我的唯一的方式就是把我劈成两半，那你就动手吧！
12．A 从下文还要把这根竹子的枝条全削掉可推测，光把它劈成两半是不够的。故选 enough。
13．C 竹子被削掉枝条后，也就是它美丽的终结。故选 end。
14．D 如果那是我唯一有用处的方式，那你就一块砍吧！故选 use。
15．B 上文 cut off 有提示：园丁砍倒竹子后，清理了它的枝条，
然后从中间劈开。
16．A 因为要用来制作输水管，所以园丁就把竹子从内部掏空。故选 insides。
17．C 从下句 water 可知：他把竹筒带到水旁。
18．D 从下文 helped other bamboo trees grow taller and stronger 可知，这根竹子变成了一根输水的管子。
19．B 根据上文可知，这根竹子献出了自己的生命，帮助别的竹子。
20．A 上句 gave 有提示：在生活中，每天都有很多人献出了自己的生命帮助其他人。
Ⅱ.阅读理解
This is our second trip in 2010 and is an unusual experience. It was the first time we were able to take the dog on a motorcycle trip. In fact this became a ferry (摆渡) trip with some motorcycling. We had six ferry rides to get all the way through the tour. Including camp fees，ferry tickets and gas, the
whole four days cost only about $300.
There were two highlights of this route. One was Lund, the highway before Sechelt, which was very winding and high up along the coastline. The other was the three Sunshine Coast ferries from south of Powell River to Horseshoe Bay and Gibson's Landing.
This is another route for people coming from the east who want a different way to get from Vancouver to Vancouver Island. If