【正文】 know if you have some talent, you should_______. A. hide it and wait B. ask others for help C. pay no attention to it D. work hard to improve yourself C Little stream(小河） ran down from a high mountain through many villages and forests. Then it reached a desert. “I went through so many should have no problem crossing the desert,” she thought. As she started, she found herself slowly disappearing(消失 )into the sand. After many tries, she still failed. “Maybe I can’t reach the ocean,” she said sadly to herself. At this time, a deep voice said, “If a breeze( 微風 )can cross the desert,so can a river.” It was the voice of the desert. But the little stream answered, “That’s because a breeze can fly, but I cannot.” “That’s because you stick to what you are. Let yourself evaporate(蒸發(fā) )into the breeze, and it can take you across,” said the desert. “Give up what I am now? No!No!” The little stream could not accept this idea. “The breeze can carry the vapor(蒸汽 )across the desert and let it leave as rain. The rain will form a river again,” said the desert. “And whether you’re a river or vapor, your nature never changes.” Hearing this,the little stream went into the open arms of breeze. It carried her to the next stage of her life. The course of our lives is like the experience of the little stream. If you want to go through difficulties in your life to head for success, you should also change the way you are sometimes. ( ) the stream reached the desert, she didn’t _______. A. believe in herself any difficulties to cross the desert about the journey to the ocean ( ) encouraged the little stream when she felt sad? A. The breeze sun mountain desert ( ) does the underlined phrase “stick to” mean? A. 粘貼 ( )’s the main idea of the passage? A. Give up what you have to cross the desert means success little stream and the desert D Spring cleaning is a tradition in America. People clean up and tidy up their houses in springtime. Before the invention of the electricity(電 )， people used a lot of coal and wood in winter to heat their houses. Those things left behind a lot of dust(灰塵 )on everything in the rooms. At that time,people always weled spring because when the weather started getting warmer, they could stop using coal and wood and get everything cleaned up. Later spring cleaning became a tradition. Nowadays we don’t use coal and wood so at the end of winter our houses are not dirtier than they were in the past. People don’t nee d to remove a lot of , they have a new problemclutter. Today the spring cleaning for most family is mainly about tidying up some useless things at home. Truly, the importance of the tradition of spring cleaning today is different from it was in the past, but it is as important as it was in the past . Now, in springtime,people clean up their houses, yards and gardens. At the same time, they spend much time in looking for the things that they don’t love any more or they don’t use any more. They collect old clothes,old toys, old books and some other useless or old things and then throw away or donate helps people enjoy what they have and their homes more. So people nowadays should not give up this tradition. Always follow the tradition. ( ) the past,during the process(過程 )of______,a lot of dust appeared in people’s houses. meals the rooms electricity the houses warm ( ) second paragraph mainly tells us______. A. why people weled the ing of the spring started the tradition of spring cleaning the tradition of spring cleaning began people in the past did to make their houses clean ( ) underlined word “clutter”in the third paragr aph means“ ”. A. things that are important that are useful that are not clean that are not necessary or are not being used ( ) the main task of spring cleaning nowadays. A. Cleaning up the houses ,gardens and yards B. Removing the dust in the houses C. Throwing away or donating old or useless things thick winter clothe