I bought a jasmine plant for my office. When I bought it, I was told it would bloom（開花） and the sweet smell would fill my office. I had the plant for two months, and every day I looked at it, but there weren't any flowers or pleasant smell. I was not happy, so I gave the plant to my friend Linda.

One day, another friend Mary called and invited me to her office. When I walked in, her jasmine flowers surprised me. I reached out to touch the flowers. Mary cut some and gave them to me. I couldn't help smelling them. Surrounded by the sweet smell of only a handful of these flowers, I suddenly understood something.

    Mary bought her plant the same time I did. It took a year for her jasmine to bloom. I was so impatient for mine to bloom; regretfully, I gave it away.

    In a way my life is like the jasmine plant. I need to be patient and let things happen.

    Last Sunday Linda told me that she was going abroad the next week. Before she left, she returned the plant to me. This time I am going to wait. I have learned that when we want something in our life, we have to be patient. I am slowly learning to have that patience to wait for my jasmine to bloom.

1.Before she gave the jasmine away, the writer had it for               .

A. one day                    B. one year        C        . two weeks          D. two months

2.When the writer saw Mary's jasmine, she felt____________ .

A. unhappy                       B. peaceful                       C. hopeful               D. surprised

3.What has the writer learned from her experience?

A. Patience is needed in life.

B. Flowers can make life better.

C. Friendship is necessary for us.

D. Jasmine can be a wonderful plant.

I have been keeping 41 pets at home: mice, turtles and rabbits. But golden hanmsters are my favorite. I am always surprised by 42 cute they can be.
It was summer when I first 43 two golden hamsters. They 44 brown, about the size of my hand. When I 45 by, they were cracking melon seeds (嗑瓜子). They did that as 46 as any human! I was so amused (逗樂) that I bought them at once.
The only one who was not happy to see the newcomers was my 47 . She thought 48 would make our home dirty all the time. So I made a 49 for them on the balcony (陽臺).
Hamsters always want people to look at them. They try to get noticed by raising the front part of their body, 50 they watch you come and go until you stop and talk to them. Watch out when they start to roller-turn in their cage (籠子). They won’t stop 51 you have tears of laugher!
Hamsters are 52 than you think. One morning several months ago, I found one missing. The side of the cage was much 53 than the hamster and the cage had a lid. How did the little one climb up, open the lid and 54 ? I thought hard. But I’ve 55 found an answer.

Mike is a factory worker. He is often very tired after a day's work. His wife, Jenny, has no job, so she stays at home to cook the meals. Every day he can have his dinner when he gets home from his factory. One day, Mike came home very late because he was very busy in the factory. He was very hungry when he got home. He was not happy when he found his dinner was not ready. He was very angry with his wife. He shouted at her, "I'm going out to eat in a restaurant." "Wait for five minutes，" said his wife. "Why? Do you think that dinner will be ready in five minutes?" asked Mike. "Of course not," she answered. "But I can be ready to go with you in five minutes."
【小題1】 Mike works in________.
A. a factory   B. an office   C. a school
【小題2】 Jenny stays at home because ________.
A. she likes cooking
B. she loves her husband very much
C. she doesn't have a job
【小題3】 One day, Mike came home very late because________.
A. he wanted to have dinner in a restaurant
B. He was very　busy
C. he was  angry with his wife
【小題4】 Mike was_______when he found his dinner was not ready.
A. happy  B. glad  C.not happy
【小題5】 Which sentence is correct?
A. Jenny could have dinner ready in five minutes.
B. Jenny wanted to go to the restaurant with her husband.
C. Jenny didn't like the dinner at home.

I bought a jasmine（茉莉花）plant for my office. When I bought it, I was told it would bloom（開花）and the sweet smell would fill my office. I had the plant for two months, and every day I looked at it, but there weren’t any flowers or pleasant smell. I was not happy, so I gave the plant to my friend Linda.

One day, another friend Mary called and invited me to her office. When I walked in, her jasmine flowers surprised me. I reached out to touch the flowers. Mary cut some and gave them to me. I couldn’t help smelling them. Surrounded by the sweet smell of only a handful of these flowers, I suddenly understood something.

Mary bought her plant the same time I did. It took a year for her jasmine to bloom. I was so impatient for mine to bloom; regretfully, I gave it away.

In a way my life is like the jasmine plant. I need to be patient and let things happen.

Last Sunday Linda told me that she was going abroad the next week. Before she left, she returned the plant to me. This time I am going to wait. I have learned that when we want something in our life, we have to be patient. I am slowly learning to have that patience to wait for my jasmine to bloom.

1. Before she gave the jasmine away, the writer had it for.

A. one day                  B. one year                 C. two weeks              D. two months

2. When the writer saw Mary’s jasmine, she felt _____.

A. unhappy                 B. peaceful                 C. hopeful                   D. surprised

3. What has the writer learned from her experience?

A. Patience is needed in life.

B. Flowers can make life better.

C. Friendship is necessary for us.

D. Jasmine can be a wonderful plant.

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When high school started, Sally and I became best friends. We shared many interests and quickly became very close．When high school ended, we both cried because we would enter different   1 in autumn．
Our first term of college life was   2 , so we often sent long e-mails and encouraged each other. We missed each other so much! In the second term, I found some new friends and I felt very   3   with them. These were friends with whom I could be myself and pour out my feelings. I was eager to share my new friends with Sally．
When Sally   4  visited me at my school, we were excited. She brought a toy bear to me    5  a present and told me about her college life.   6 , something unexpected happened when I introduced her to my new friends．Her eyes grew dark and I could see the sadness in them．My new friends tried to share their friendship, but Sally seemed unwilling to accept it．I didn't understand   7 the people I loved most
couldn't love each other．
Sally left. I knew she was not happy. I thought long about what had happened. I asked her many questions but she didn’t answer me. I   8  that she was jealous. She saw me with my new friends and was afraid that we no longer shared the same experiences. She saw that I could still enjoy myself    9  her and wished she could be a part of it．
I wrote Sally a letter to   0  she's always my best friend. I told her everyone had friends from home and friends from school, and all the friends were indeed life's greatest   11 ．Sally wrote me back soon. She was in agreement and felt sorry about   12  she had done．
I think Sally and I both  13  an important lesson from it. Nothing can influence our   14_  and change the experiences we've shared．We are now walking on two different paths of life. While new friends are special and exciting, old friends are   15  there, waiting to share their heart, no matter how far away they are from each other．