Trees are 海淀一线语文老师陈13261264209an important part of American history. All 50 states in America have official state trees, but many people do not know how and why these trees were chosen. Each state has its own special story about how its official state tree was chosen.

Texas was the first state to have a state tree. People in Texas made the pecan tree their official state tree in 1919. When people in other states heard about the news, they decided to have their offical state trees, too.

People in Minnesoda picked conifer trees because the trees were used for house and ship building, important industries in the state. Hawaii is the only state that chose a tree that was not native to its own state. Virginia chose海淀一线语文老师陈13261264209 the flowering dogwood tree because the flowers were beautiful in spring. Mississipi had an interesting way of picking their official state trees. They asked school children to choose the tree they liked best.

The next time you enjoy the shade of a tree, it might just be an official tree of the state you are in or a tree that helped build Ameica.海淀一线语文老师陈13261264209 In many ways, you could be standing in the shade of history.

三、听对话，根据所听到的对话内容和提示词语，将所缺的关键信息填写在答题卡的相应位置上。对话你将听两遍。

M: I need to make some money so that I can take a trip to the north in February. Do you know any way of making money?

W: How about delivering papers?

M: I’ve already thought of that. But I don’t have a bike.

W: How about walking dogs?

M: What? Walking dogs?

W: Yeah, you know there are海淀一线语文老师陈13261264209 lots of people around here with little dogs.

M: I don’t know. How much can I make?

W: More than delivering papers. 海淀一线语文老师陈13261264209The dogs have to be walked every day — at least Monday through Friday when people are at work. A lot of people go away on weekends海淀一线语文老师陈13261264209 and someone has to look after their dogs then.

M: Well, I do like animals. How can I go about finding dogs to walk?

W: Put an advertisement in the Sunday Newspaper.

M: But how much do I ask for walking a dog? And how much is an ad ?

W: An ad is under ten dollars I’m sure. Walking a dog, you 海淀一线语文老师陈13261264209can try for two dollars for half an hour— that would be ten dollars for five times a week. You can walk four dogs every day after school. You can get rich.

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