In Hebei， there is a small village called Yeli． Through the village，you can see green trees along the riverbank． However， you can hardly imagine that， about 16 years ago， this area was covered with rocks and weeds（杂草）． The big change is all because of years of hard work by two best friends： Jia Haixia， who is blind， and Jia Wenqi， who has no arms．
The two friends decided to plant trees to make a living back in 2002． Although both are disabled， they learned to work together by becoming each other's eyes and hands． With little money to buy young trees， they had to collect and plant cuttings（插枝，插条）． Every morning， they went to the riverbank together． Jia Wenqi walked in the front and Jia Haixia followed him by holding one of his friends empty sleeves （衣袖）． After they arrived at the riverbank， Jia Haixia would climb on his friend's shoulders to get cuttings and Jia Wenqi would tell him which cuttings were the best． After that， they dug holes on the ground and watered the cuttings together．
They planted 800 trees in the first year， but only two survived （存活）． They didn't give up． Instead， they continued to plant more in the next few years． The riverbank is now home to over ten thousand trees．
Today， the two friends no longer need to make a living by planting trees， but they have no plans to stop． They aim to plant as many trees as possible in the area so as to protect the village from flooding （洪水）and to improve the local environment．
（1）Where did the story take place？
（2）Could people see many green trees there 16 years ago？
（3）How did these two disabled men work together？（ No more than 12words）
（4）How many trees are there along the riverbank nowadays？
（5）What's the purpose of their planting trees now？
Life in the future will be different from life today. Between then and now many changes will happen. But what will the changes be?
The population is growing fast. There will be many people in the world and most of them will live longer than people live now.
Computers will be much smaller and more useful，and there will be at least one in every home. And computer studies will be one of the important subjects in schools then. People will work fewer hours than they do now and they will have more free time for sports，watching TV and traveling. Traveling will be much cheaper and easier. And many more people will go to other countries for holidays.
There will be changes in our food，too. More land will be used for building new towns and houses for all the people. Then there will be less room for cows and sheep，so meat will be more expensive. Maybe no one will eat it every day. Instead，they will eat more fruits and vegetables. Maybe people will be healthier. Work in the future will be different，too. Robots will do dangerous and hard work. Because of this，many people will not have enough work to do. This will be a problem.In the future there will be ______.
| A．much more fruit | B．fewer people |
| C．less vegetables | D．less people |
Every family will have at least a ______ in the future.
| A．robot | B．cow | C．TV set | D．computer |
In the future people don't have to ______.
| A．work long hours | B．work fast | C．walk on foot | D．eat meat |
People may not eat ______ as much as they do today.
| A．fruit | B．fish | C．meat | D．rice |
One big problem in the future is that ______.
| A．many people don't have to work |
| B．many people will not be able to find work |
| C．people have to work fast |
| D．all the work will be done by robots |
A new library opens in the town. It's a very big library. Some robots work there as library assistants. The robots can help you find the right books you want and do other things you tell them to. But you must say “Please”when you ask for something and “Thank you”when you get something.
Li Ming wants to borrow a book from the new library. He comes to the library with Zhang Hua. They see a robot standing there.
Li：Hey，give me the book “Little Tom”．Why，the robot doesn't work. There must be something wrong with it.
Zhang：No，there isn't. When you borrow a book，you must say “Please”．
Li：Will you please give me the book“Little Tom”，Mr. Robot?
Zhang：Look！The robot is bringing you the book. Take it，Li Ming.
Li：What's wrong with the robot？It won't let me have the book.
Zhang：Yor must say “Thank you”．
Li：Oh，thank you very much，Mr. Robot.
The robot smiles and gives the book to Li Ming.
阅读短文，判断正T误F。In the library all the assistants are robots.
The robot will be glad to help you if you say
“Please”and “Thank you”.Li Ming asks for help from the robot in the library.
Mr. Robot is a young man.
People say “Please”and “Thank you”only to robots.
A rich man was once riding along the road and saw an old man digging in his garden. On the ground lay a young tree, ready to be planted. The rich man called out to the old man, “What kind of tree are you planting there, my good man?”
“This is a fig(无花果) tree, sir. ” He said.
“A fig tree?” the rich man was very surprised, “Why, how old are you, may I ask?”
“I am ninety years old.”
“What!” cried the rich man, “You’re ninety years old. You are planting a very young tree now and it’ll take years to give fruit. You certainly don’t hope to live long enough to get any fruit from this tree. ” The old man looked around the garden. Then he said with a smile, “Tell me, sir. Did you eat figs when you were a boy? ”“Sure,” the man did not know why he asked this question.“ Then tell me this,” he said, “Who planted the fig
trees?” “Why-why? I don’t know.” “You see, sir.” went on the old man,“ Our forefathers(祖先) planted trees for us to enjoy and I am doing the same for the people after me.”
The rich man was quiet and said, “You are right，my good man. We should do some things for the people after us. Thank you very much.” Then he rode away.
根据短文内容回答下列各问题。What tree was the old man planting when the rich man saw him?
________________________________________How old was the old man?
_________________________________________The old man was planting the tree to get himself some fruit to eat，wasn’t he?
____________________________________________Did the rich man eat figs when he was a boy?
____________________________________________What should we do for the people after us?
Last Friday a storm swept through two villages in the New Territories, destroying (摧毁) fourteen homes. Seven others were so badly damaged (破坏) that their owners had to leave them, and fifteen others had broken windows or broken roofs. One person was killed, several were badly hurt and taken to hospital, and a number of other people received smaller hurt. Altogether over two hundred people were homeless after the storm.
A farmer, Mr. Tan, said that the storm began early in the morning and lasted for over an hour.
“I was eating with my wife and children,” he said, “When we heard a loud noise. A few minutes later our house fell down on top of us. We tried our best to climb out but then I saw that one of my children was missing. I went back inside and found him, safe but very frightened.”
Mrs. Woo Mei Fong said that her husband had just left for work when she felt that her house was moving. She ran outside at once with her children.
“There was no time to take anything,” she said, “A few minutes later, the roof came down.”
Soldiers helped to take people out of the flooded (水淹的) area and the welfare department (福利机构) brought them food, clothes and shelter. How many homes altogether (总共) were damaged in the storm?
| A．Fourteen | B．Twenty-one |
| C．Twenty-nine | D．Thirty-six |
Where was Mr. Tan when the storm first began?
| A．He was in bed. | B．He was inside the house. |
| C．He was outside the house. | D．He was on the roof. |
Mrs. Woo and her family didn’t get hurt because _________.
| A．her husband knew there would be a storm |
| B．they were all inside the house when the storm became worse |
| C．she felt the house was moving |
| D．the welfare department helped her |
The underlined word “shelter” in this passage means ______.
| A．something to eat | B．something to wear |
| C．somewhere to study | D．somewhere to stay |
Which of he following may be the best title for this passage?
| A．A Terrible Storm | B．A Lucky Woman |
| C．Good Soldiers | D．Clever People |
I’m Bruce Green. My dad is tall and has short gray hair now. But I see an old photo of him. In the photo, he’s 15 years old. He’s short. He has long yellow hair. He is in blue jeans(牛仔裤) and a T-shirt. He looks cool.
Now I’m 15 years old. I’m not tall and not short. My hair is short. It isn’t yellow, it’s brown. I don’t like blue jeans. I like big pants and long T-shirts.
根据短文内容，判断正(T)误(F)。Bruce’s dad is short and has gray hair now.
Bruce’s dad has long yellow hair in the old photo.
Now Bruce’s hair is yellow, too.
Bruce likes big pants and long T-shirt.
Bruce and his dad are in the old photo.