Planting "trees" on your screen
Do you want to help China become a more beautiful country? Now, you can do this on your mobile phone.
Ant Financial (蚂蚁金服) is an Internet financial service company. In August 2016, it started an interesting project "Ant Forest". According to Ant Financial, "Ant Forest" can help people improve the environment.
But how does the project actually work? And what effects (效果) has it had? In "Ant Forest",people start by planting a virtual (虚拟的) tree. The project then gives people "green energy" if they do low﹣carbon activities.The activities include walking,buying tickets online,taking public transportation and so on. With "green energy",the virtual tree will slowly grow up.When there is enough "green energy",Ant Financial will plant a real tree.
The Ant Financial company has been working with lots of green charities (慈善机构).Together, they help farmers in desert places in China plant trees.
"Ant Forest" has been very popular. More than 250 million people have planted virtual trees on their phones. And Ant Financial has planted more than ten million real trees.
Bai Xue is a member of Ant Financial. She says the company believes everyone wants to improve the environment, She and her workmates are happy that they can help people realize their wishes. According to Bai, Ant Financial will do more in the future so that we can make China a greener country together.
(1)Which of the following sentences is TRUE according to the passage?
| A. |
Ant Financial has helped all farmers in China to plant trees. |
| B. |
If you buy tickets online, you can get "green energy" from the project. |
| C. |
Because of the project, charities become more and more popular. |
| D. |
More than ten million people have planted real trees. |
(2)What is the correct order according to the passage?
a. Ant Financial plants a real tree.
b. You receive "green energy".
c. The virtual tree grows up.
d. You do low﹣carbon activities.
e. You plant a virtual tree.
| A. |
d﹣c﹣b﹣a﹣e |
| B. |
c﹣b﹣c﹣d﹣a |
| C. |
d﹣a﹣b﹣c﹣e |
| D. |
e﹣d﹣b﹣c﹣a |
(3)What's the main idea of the last paragraph?
| A. |
Ant Financial believes that all the people can realize their wishes. |
| B. |
The company will become greener. |
| C. |
Ant Financial will do more in the future to make our country greener. |
| D. |
Bai Xue and her workmates want to plant trees. |
(4)We can learn from the passage that .
| A. |
Ant Financial can help people realize their wishes of improving the environment |
| B. |
Ant Financial is a charity |
| C. |
Farmers in desert places in China often plant trees |
| D. |
The members of Ant Financial like walking, buying tickets online and taking public transportation |
Every year many people get hurt or lose their lives in traffic accidents. How can we keep safe when we are walking near the roads? First, we must obey the traffic rules. We must cross the street only when we see the green “ walk” sign. Second,before we cross the road, we must stop and look both ways---look left, look right and look left again. Third, we must never play on the street. Last, it’s good to help children and old people cross the road. All of us should be very careful when we are walking near traffic.
根据短文内容,判断正(A)误(B)。We must not ride skateboards(滑板) on the street.
It’s not good to help children cross the road.
We must not cross when we see the green “ walk” sign.
We must stop and look both ways before we cross the road.
We can play football when there is no car on the street.
How can we lessen(减少) traffic accidents? If eveyone othe traffic rules the road will be m__
___ safer.For the driver they shouldn’t drive too fast. If they drive too fast, it will be very difficult to stop the cars in a very
(短的)time. For the pedestrians(行人), it’s very important to be c
when they are walking on the road. Therefore(因此),
we walk across the road, we must try to walk across the zebra crossing. We must stop and look both ways before
(横过) the road. Look left [fɜːst]
, next look right, then look left again. Only when we are sure that the road is clear, we can cross it. The right way to cross the road is to walk q
. It’s not safe to run . If people run across the road, they may
(跌倒)down. Teens should try to help children, old people or blind people to cross the road, and ['nevə]
play in the street.
Happiness is for everyone. In fact , When you are in trouble at school , your classmates will help you . When you study hard at your lessons,your parents are always taking good care of you . When you get success(成功), your friends will say congratulations to you . When you do something wrong, people around you will help you correct it.
All these things are happiness . If you notice a bit of them , you can find that happiness is always around you. Happiness is not the same as money ,
When you are poor , you can also be very happy, because you have something else that can’t be bought with money.
because you have more chances to challenge(挑战)yourself . So you cannot always say you are poor and you have bad luck .If you take every chance you get , you can be a happy and lucky person.
| A. it’s a feeling of your heart. B. happiness is always around you if you put your heart into it. C. When you meet with difficulties, you can say loudly you are very happy. D. And when you do something good to others, you will feel happy, too. |
This passage tells us that ?
A. Happiness is the same as money.
B. You can’t be happy when you are poor.
C. Happiness is a feeling of your heart.
One day, a boy had a fight with one of his classmates. He didn’t wait until(没等到)school was over , and hurried home to his grandfather . He told him his story angrily. “He is really bad,” the boy said, “and I hate him.”
The grandfather said, “Let me tell you a story. When I was a boy, I, too, sometimes hated others for what they did…”
As the boy listened carefully, the grandfather went on,“There are always two tigers inside my heart. One is good and kind. He gets on well with everything around him. But the other is bad and unfriendly. Even the smallest thing will make him angry. He fights with everyone all the time, and for no reason. He can’t think carefully because he always hates others. It is difficult to live with these two tigers inside my heart. They both try to control(控制)me.”
The boy looked into his grandfather’s eyes and asked,“Which tiger always controls you, Grandfather?”
The old man said slowly and seriously, “The one that I feed. I always feed the good and kind tiger, so I never hate others and seldom get angry now.”The boy went to his grandfather ____.
| A.before he went to school | B.when he went to school |
| C.after school was over | D.after he had a fight |
The good tiger ____ everything around him.
| A.doesn’t like | B.gets along well with |
| C.isn’t interested in | D.wants to eat |
The bad tiger fights with everyone all the time ____.
| A.because others wants to kill him |
| B.because he wants to eat others |
| C.for no reason |
| D.because others aren’t friendly to him |
The good tiger can control the grandfather because ____.
| A.the good tiger is much stronger |
| B.the good tiger can get along well with others |
| C.the grandfather treats(对待)the tiger very well |
| D.the grandfather hates the bad tiger |
The writer wants to tell us ____ in the passage.
| A.how to feed tigers well | B.how to control our feelings |
| C.how to get along with others | D.how to fight with others |
Places of Interest |
![]() Water Cube |
![]() West Lake |
![]() Disneyland |
![]() Dragon Tower |
| Location(位置) |
Beijing |
Hangzhou |
Hongkong |
Harbin |
| Phone Number |
010-28135589 |
0571-68345576 |
00852-28029822 |
0451-82187899 |
| Price of Ticket |
¥60 |
¥50 |
¥300 |
¥150 |
| Feature(特征) |
Special bubbly (气泡状的) design |
The Broken Bridge |
Cartoon character |
Skywalk |
If you go to Hangzhou, you can visit ________.
| A.Water Cube. | B.West Lake. |
| C.Disneyland. | D.Dragon Tower. |
If you want to visit Disneyland, you should go to _______.
| A.Beijing | B.Harbin |
| C.Hangzhou | D.Hongkong |
Which phone we should call to get information if we want to visit Water Cube?
| A.00852-28029822 | B.0451-82187899 |
| C.010-28135589 | D.0571-68345576 |
Two travelers plan to have a bird’s-eye view (俯视) of Harbin, and they need to pay______.
| A.¥300 | B.¥150 |
| C.¥450 | D.¥120 |
Which of the following is True?
| A.The price of a ticket for West Lake is the highest. |
| B.In Disneyland, you can’t see any cartoon character. |
| C.You can ride a bike on Dragon Tower. |
| D.Water Cube is special in design. |