《2025年学霸甘肃少年儿童出版社八年级英语下册人教版》

A few years ago I went through such a serious depression(抑郁症) that life didn't seem worth living. It was like that I was living in the cold winter all the time. Then I saw snowdrops(雪花莲) pushing through the cold and hard ground. I looked at them every day until I felt that if they could come back to life, then so could I. 1. Those green plants gave me hope in a special way.
As spring came, I started to put in more and more plants, until the garden was full of colors. Life was growing through my hands, gentle and peaceful. If I gave love, it was returned, a hundredfold(百倍).
I could spend hours being lost in gardening. The form of depression I have is genetic(遗传的). 2. It has influenced many of my family members with no reasons and no rules. I can be depressed when the sun is shining or I am surrounded by a group of loving friends. Of course, fresh air and exercise help to reduce depression, but for me gardening is more than that. It stands for treatment as well as hope.
At the center of the garden, I planted a tree by myself. It is huge and magnificent(雄伟的) now. It stands the low temperatures and strong winds. The leaves drop in autumn but the tree always 3. ________ to life in spring. And so I learn that we may fall, we may hurt, and we may be tested, but there is always hope.
1. Translate the underlined sentence into Chinese.
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2. What does the underlined word “It” in Paragraph 3 refer to?
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3. Fill in the blank with proper words.(2个词)
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4. What does gardening mean for the writer?
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5. Give a proper title to the passage.
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答案： 1.那些绿色的植物以一种特殊的方式给我希望。2. The form of depression. 3.comes back 4.It means treatment as well as hope./ It stands for treatment as well as hope.  5. There Is Always Hope