C. is the first Chinese tennis player to reach a Grand Slam tournament semifinal

　　D. makes more and more Chinese people interested in playing volleyball

　　54. Zheng Jie’s original purpose of playing tennis was to ______.

　　A. realize her parents’ dreams B. win prizes in future competitions

　　C. become slimmer and more beautiful D. keep in good health

　　55. What can we know from the passage?

　　A. Zheng Jie won her coaches’ attention at the very beginning.

　　B. Zheng Jie’s height affected her performance in the training.

　　C. Zheng Jie didn’t like playing tennis much at the beginning.

　　D. Zheng Jie’s success proved the potential of Chinese tennis.

　　56. The following words can all be used to describe Zheng Jie EXCEPT ______.

　　A. warm—hearted B. careless C. determined D. self--confident

　　E

　　Talking to plants makes them grow, especially if you’re a woman, according to an experiment by the Royal Horticultural Society ( RHS 皇家园艺学会).

　　Women gardeners' voices speed up growth of tomato plants much more than men's, it found.

　　In an experiment run over a month, they found that tomato plants grew up to two inches taller if they were serenaded by the sweet tones of a female rather than a male.

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