【正文】 tive. D． Because she produces more grains than anyone else in the country. B For years I wanted a flower garden， but with five children I was too busy to have was limited， and so was one of the children would want something that cost too much，and I would say， “ Do you see a money tree outside？ Money doesn’ t grow on trees， you know.” Finally， when all five had gotten through high school and college， and had started having their own families， I started thinking again about having a garden. However， I knew gardens cost after all these years I was used to living on a pretty lean， no frills budget. Then， one spring morning on Mother’ s Day， as I was working in my kitchen， I heard cars drive by and looked out of the window to see a new tree planted in my couldn’ t believe my eyes！ It was a money tree！ Dollar bills were stuck all over that tree， and there was a note which read， “ I owe you eight hours of digging ， Marvin.” Marvin， my first son， kept this promise， dug up a nice ten by fifteen foot bed for other children bought me tools， a sunflower stepping stone and gardening built a garden together. That was three years garden is now very pretty， and just what I’ d always I go out to weed or tend my flowers， I don’ t seem to miss my children as much as I once feels as if they were right there with I think about what my children have done for me， I get tears in my eyes every time. I’ m still not sure whether money grows on I know love does. 31． The text is meant to tell us________. A． a love story between mother and children B． how to grow your own money tree C． a mother’ s dream of having a garden D． how to bring up children 32． Why couldn’ t the author have a garden of her own according to the text? A． Her children didn’ t like garden. B． She didn’ t have enough time and money. C． Nobody wanted to get one for her. D． There was no need for a garden. 33． Which is similar in meaning to the underlined word “ no frills” in Paragraph 2? A． Wasteful. B． Helpful. C． Hopeful. D． Tight. 34． Marvin’ s promise was to________. A． buy a money tree for his mother B． buy gardening books for his mother C． build a garden for his mother D． send much money to his mother 35． What is the best title of the text? A． My Flower Garden B． A Good Dream C． My Children D． A Money Tree C Two years ago， the Funk family of suburban Chicago adopted a Chinese baby girl who had been abandoned on a sidewalk near a Yangzhou textile factory. Last year， halfway across the United States， the Ramirez family of suburban Miami adopted a girl who had been abandoned a week later on the same spot. Both families named their daughters turns out， a first name and Chinese heritage aren’ t the only things the three year olds have in girls’ mothers— Holly Funk and Diana Ramirez— met on a website for parents who had gone through international a lot of s paring photographs and biographical details， DNA testing proved the families’ suspicions： The girls are probably fraternal(親如手足的 ) twins. “ I was in shock， ” said Ramirez， who lives with her husband Carlos in Pembroke Pines，F(xiàn)lorida.“ Well， now this is for real.” The Inter and Web groups revolving around international orphanages are increasingly being used to link adopted children with biological kin(親屬 )． The site that the Funks and Ramirezes used has a membership of 137 people， with 15 sets of twins and 7 sets of siblings whose relationships have been confirmed. At a reunion Friday at Chicago’ s O’ Hare International Airport， Mia Diamond Funk and Mia Hanying Ramirez shyly surveyed each other， and then reached for each other’ s hand. DNA tests establish an 85 percent probability that the girls are at least half do not have a biological parent to test and reach a greater certainty， but given their ages and physical similarities， experts say it is likely they are fraternal twins. Douglas and Holly Funk hope to bring their Mia to Miami in sets of parents say they are mitted to staying in touch and often let the twins talk to each other on the phone. 36． Both the adopted girls shared a first name________. A． because they both came from China B． because of their physical similarities C． because their US parents suspected they were twins D． for no good reason 37． Why did the girls’ mothers meet on the Inter? A． To pare photographs of the two girls. B． To find the girls’ biological kin. C． To test their suspicions. D． To enjoy the joy of adopting children. 38． Experts are still not 100 percent sure that the two girls are fraternal twins because________. A． DNA tests are still not accurate enough B． the two girls were born in two different families C． the DNA of a biological parent is still missing D． one girl was born a week later than the other 39． What Ramirez said in P