题型：阅读选择 题类： 难易度：普通
江苏省苏州市梁丰初级中学 2024 年中考英语模拟预测试卷含答案
One year, a college in the Unites States announced that it would offer a lot of money for the pure white marigold(金盏花). The high reward attracted so many people, but in the nature, besides golden, the marigold is brown, and it is not easy to get the white one. So after they were excited for a time, many people had forgotten the announcement.
One normal day after 20 years, the college received a letter and 100 seeds of pure white marigold. It turned out to be anold woman of over 70 years old. Some experts in the college doubted it , but in order not to let her down, those seedsfinally took root(根) in the earth. The miracle appeared after one year: the field was covered by pure white marigold.
Therefore, the old woman who was always unknown to the public became a newfocus.
The old woman was a flower-lover. When she read the announcement 20 years ago, she got very excited like others. But her right children were totally against her decision. After all, a woman who never knew the seed genetics(遗传学) couldn't complete what the experts could never do, so her thought was only a daydream.
Still, the old woman didn't change her mind and went on working. She planted some of the most common seeds and took good care of them. A year later, when the marigold came out, she chose one faintest(最暗淡的) from those golden and brown flowers and get the best seed. The next year, she again grew them and chose…. Day after day, year after year, through many seasons, the old woman's husband died, her children flew far and high, a lot of things happened in her life, but only the desire to grow the pure white marigold took root in her heart.
Finally, after 20 years on the day we all know, in the gardenshe saw a marigold which was not nearly white, but as white as sliver or snow.
A problem even experts couldn't deal with was solved by an old woman who didn't understand genetics. Wasn't it a miracle?
To take root in the heart, even the most common seed can grow into a miracle!
Genre（类型）: Comedy; Sports Language: Chinese Country: China Release Date（上映日期）: February10, 2024 Running time: 121 minutes Price: From Monday to Friday: ￥35 for an adult（成人） ￥20 for children under 10 On weekends & Holidays & Festivals:
￥50 for an adult（成人） ￥25 for children under 10 |
The movie is so moving and inspiring. This is a story about dreams, friendship, and struggle. As long as we have dreams and work tirelessly towards them, we can overcome them no matter how great difficulties and challenges we face. —Maria
The movie scenes are shocking and the actors all did a very good job in the movie. I felt very very excited at each scene of the car race. Both my friend and I think the movie is well worth watching. —Peter I went to the film with my 9-year-old son Kimy on the second day of the Lunar New Year. He said that the film was amazing. " And I love Adam Fan so much, he is so cool in this film. " he added. —Cindy
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The International Day of Families
Date | On May 15 every year. |
Beginning | It was set by the UN in 1993. |
Purposes | ·To know the importance of family. ·To realize the family problems and work together for a better world. |
Ways of celebration | ·Staying with your family. ·Reflecting on the meaning of family to you. ·Building a good relationship with other families. |
Different people may have different hobbies. I think hobbies can help us relax and learn more things. I have four good friends. They all have their hobbies.
| I'm David. I'm an American boy. I have many model cars. Look, there are taxis, buses, cars and so on. They are my favorite. Collecting model cars is a great hobby for me. I am also fond of playing the piano. |
| Hi, I'm Ben. I am a 13- year- old boy. My father bought me a new bike for my birthday. I think riding a bike helps me keep healthy, so I ride it to school every day. I feel the wind in my hair when I ride it. |
| Hello, I'm Lucy. I come from England. My favorite hobby is reading. I started reading when I was four years old. I often read different kinds of books. When I was reading, I felt I was travelling around the world with the writers. |
| Hello, I'm Amy. I am from Canada. I came to China with my parents three years ago. Once I had a paper- cutting class at school, and I became interested in it. I like making paper cutting to show my best wishes. |
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