A few years ago I went through a period of such depression (抑郁癥) that life didn’t seem worth living. It was like winter, so cold that the sun would never shine.
Then I saw snowdrops (雪花蓮) pushing through the freezing, hard ground. I looked at them every day until I felt that if they could come back to life, then so could I. Those green shoots gave me hope in a way that nothing else did.
As spring came, I started to put in more and more plants until the garden was filled with color. Life was growing through my hands; gentle, peaceful, but, above all. Optimistic. If I gave love, it was returned much more.
I could spend hours lost in gardening. The depression I have is passed from my mother. It has affected generation (代) of my family and may happen in any situation. I can be depressed when the sun is shining or I am with a group of loving friends.
Of course, fresh air and exercise help to make depression less serious, but for me gardening is more than that. It means patience as well as hope.
At the end of the9 first garden I made stood a huge tree. It stood up to freezing temperatures and strong winds. It bent(彎曲) but never broke. The leaves dropped until it was covered with noting, but it always, always came back to life. And so I learned that we may fall down, but hope is living thing.
1.What does the underlined sentence mean?
A.I could come back to life sooner or later.
B.I looked after them carefully so they could come back to life.
C.I don’t know if they could push through the freezing hard ground.
D.I could also come back to life if the snowdrops could.
2.According to the fourth paragraph, who may not have depression?
A.My friend B.My mother C.My son D.My grandmother
3.From the passage, we know that _____
A.I couldn’t find my way in the garden.
B.Although the bad weather made the tree no longer straight, it never broke.
C.I could feel happy when there were lots of friends around me.
D.The leaves fell and the tree died.
4.This passage is probably from a(n) ______
A.CD review B.advertisement C.magazine D.guide book
B
C 
D 
F 
G 
H 
