Molly showed him her pot with the pencil and the eraser stuck on it. Dad laughed and said, “My little girl, pencils and erasers don’t grow on their own. They grow in you. When you go to school, you’ll understand and feel their growing inside you!”
“Then what flowers will they grow inside me?” “That’s up to you! They’ll grow in the way you’d like!” 44. Where did Molly’s dad work every day?
A. In a small school C. In a small house
B. In a small garden D. In a small park
45. What did her dad bring to her?
A. Some story books, pencils, and an eraser. B. Some books, notebooks, and a ruler. C. Some notebooks, pens, and an eraser. D. Some books, pencils, and an eraser.
46. Who planted the pencil?
A. Molly
B. Molly’s dad
D. Molly’s younger brother
C. Molly’s elder brother
47. How do pencils and erasers grow according to her dad?
A. By water
B. By heart
C. By time D. By earth
记叙文—故事类—4星
1. 细节题。 根据文章第一段Every day, he worked in a small garden at the back of their house.可知父亲是在小花园里忙碌。
2. 细节题。 根据文章第二段Then one day, dad brought her some books, notebooks, pencils, and an eraser because she would go to school soon.可知。
3. 细节题。 根据文章第三段Suddenly, she had an idea, Why not plant a pencil and an eraser as dad planted the roses? Molly filled a flowerpot（花盆）with earth.可知是Molly决定种一支铅笔在花盆里。
4. 推理判断题。 根据文章倒数第三段My little girl, pencils and erasers don’t grow on their own. They grow in you. When you go to school, you’ll understand and feel their growing inside you!在父亲眼里， 铅笔和橡皮是长在心里的。
C Owning Books
We enjoy reading books that belong to us much more than if they are borrowed. A borrowed book is like a guest in the house; it must be treated with punctiliousness, with enough careful attention. You must see that it keeps no dirty or destroyed pages.
But books are for use, not for show; you should own no book that you are afraid to mark up, or afraid to place on the table, wide open and face down. A good reason for making favorite passages in books is that this practice enables you to remember more easily the important saying, to refer to them quickly, and then in latest years, it is like visiting a forest where you once walked in.
Everyone should begin collecting a private library in youth; this habit can here be developed with every advantages. The best wallpaper is books; they are more varied in color and appearance than any wallpaper, they are more attractive in design, and if you sit alone in the room in the firelight, you are surrounded（包围）with close friends. The knowledge that they are there in common thought is both encouraging and refreshing. Books are of the people, by the people, for the people. They are part of history; the best part of personality.
Book-friends have this advantage over living friends; you can enjoy the most truly great society in the world whenever you want it. The great dead are beyond our physical（身体的）reach, and the great living are usually almost as too far to reach. But in a private library, you can at any moment talk with Shakespeare or Carlyle or Dumas or Dickens. And there is no doubt that in these books you see these men at their best. They \best to entertain（娱乐）you, to make a favorable impression. You are necessary to them as an audience is to an actor; only instead of seeing them masked, you look into their innermost heart of heart.
48. The underlined word punctiliousness refers to ________?
A. expectation
B. admiration
C. great care
D. nice view
49. The writer’s attitude towards books is like ________.
A. walking into an old forest C. showing out a private library
B. treating a guest in the house D. talking to great dead and living
50. The best wallpaper, according to writer, is ________?
A. colors B. books C. library D. friends
51. Shakespeare is mentioned here to show it’s ________ to talk to the great people through
books. A. easy
B. nice
C. hard
D. common
议论文---社会类—4星
1. 猜词题。 很据文章第一段最后：要带着足够的关注，一定不要弄脏弄坏可知要是借来的书，就要带着极大的小心去对待。
2. 细节题。 根据文章第二段末句it is like visiting a forest where you once walked in。就像行走在你曾经去过的森林里。
3. 细节题。 根据文章第三段The best wallpaper is books; t可知。
4. 推理判断题。 根据文章最后一段在一个私人图书馆里，你可以在任何时候和莎士比亚等名人对话。可知文章提到莎士比亚是为了展示在书中和名人对话很容易。
D Get it free!
? Have you ever been to Shanxi on north China?
? Would you like to see for yourself the different cultures in Shanxi? ? Do you want to experience the Yellow River culture of China?
Shanxi in one of the important places of Chinese culture and has been described as the origin（起源）of ancient China.
It is proud of the great Taihang Mountains, the Yellow River that raised the thousand-old Chinese culture, Mount Wutai, which is seen as one of the four mountains by Chinese Buddhists（佛教）, the Yungang Grottoes that were done about 1,600 years ago and the ancient town of Pingyao---one of the four best kept old towns in the country.
The sight and history of Shanxi hardly fail to surprise visitors. People can visit the noble tombs（皇陵）of the ancient Jin Kingdom, which dates back 3,000 years. They can also admire at a traditional Chinese town built about 600 years ago.
This is Shanxi---a historically rich, mysterious（神秘的）place and a place that is only 500 kilometers away from Beijing.
If you are interested in all that mentioned above, we are offering you a special opportunity-a free trip to Shanxi!
Cost:
All living, food, transport and tickets will be paid for by China Daily(中国日报). Other costs (such as international telephone calls, business center services, room service) will not be covered by China Daily.
Requirements:
1. Foreigners (speak excellent English) 2. Good at writing and / or photography. 3. Knowledge of Chinese culture is preferred. Time and place of tripe:
July, 2015 -Trip of the major mountains in Shanxi. September, 2015 -Trip of Yellow River in Shanxi. Deadline: June 10,2015 How to get it free:
1. Please send your personal information to: events@chinadaily.com.en.We will not share the personal information with any third party.
2. Photographs or writing are needed if there's any.
We also encourage you to write about the reasons for joining the trip and your expectations. We hope that those who will join us will write about their feeling afterwards and take as many photos as possible, as they will post the photographs or writings of theirs about beautiful Shanxi\on China Daily.
52. What is Shanxi proud of?
A. Modern buildings. B. Long history. C. Great Service. D. Free trips.
53. Who can probably get this opportunity?
A. A Chinese painter with good spoken English skills. B. A Japanese photographer with good writing skills. C. A British singer with Chinese culture learning experience. D. A French musician with understanding of Chinese history.
54. Where will the passage probably be read?
A. In a restaurant menu. B. In a hotel name list. C. In a storybook. D. In a newspaper.
55. What may China Daily do after the trip?
A. Get busy with hundreds of photos. B. Raise some money to repair the loss. C. Collect personal information emails. D. Write about the cost of the free trip. 说明文---4星
1. 细节题。 根据文章第二段可知山西因为悠久的历史而闻名。
2. 细节题。 根据Requirements可知要外国人， 懂英语，了解中国传统文化的人。 3. 文章来源题。 这篇文章是介绍山西的，所以有可能是在一份报纸上摘录下来的。 4. 细节题。 根据文章最后一段， 可知China Daily要忙于整理各种照片了。
七、阅读下列短文，根据短文内容，从短文后的五个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。每个选项只能用一次。（共10分，每小题2分）
Once, two birds named Cici and Nick lived in a nest. ___56____They always found excuse for not doing any work.
On a cold winter day, a strong wind was blowing. ___57___. By chance, a hole was made in their nest(巢).The cold wind blew in through the hole and got away the warmth from the nest. Both the birds started feeling cold. Nick thought, \repairing the hole?\
On the other hand, Cici thought that Nick would fill the hole. Both of them were depending on each other. ___58___. Soon snow started to fall and the wind nearly blew off the last warm air from the inside of their nest. The snowflakes entered the nest through the hole. The lazy birds started shivering (颤) with cold. ___59___. In the morning both the birds were dead in their nest. They had shivered to death but because