Answer the question.

Pop princess Britney Spears would be very happy (or sad, maybe) if she knew what her songs can do for some German farmers. 

Recently, some farmers in Germany have been playing Britney’s songs very often on their farms. Not that they like her songs a lot, but that her songs can drive away the troublesome wild boars! 

As the boars are an endangered species(物种) in Germany, people can’t shoot or kill them. Farmers there tried to stop the boars from destroying their crops but failed. 

One day, one of the German farmers noticed that all the boars were scared away when he started to play one of Britney’s songs! 

The farmer was delighted and then he tried some other singers’ songs on the boars. Madonna’s and Robbie Williams’ songs didn’t work at all. Only Britney’s songs seemed to have the magical power. Every time her songs were played on his farm, the boars would go running away in a rush.  

It’s reported quite a number of German farmers are using Britney’s magic songs to protect their vegetables and fruits. 

Notes: boar – n. wild pig    scare- v. frighten    troublesome-adj. full of worries delighted- adj. happy 

Answer the questions:

1.Did some farmers in Germany invite Britney Spears to sing for them not long ago_____________________________________________________________

2.Madonna’s and Robbie Williams’ songs can’t drive away the boars, can they? 

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3.Why must we protect pandas from shooting or killing? 

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4.How many good ways did the German farmers have to protect their vegetables and fruits before they knew the magic of Britney’s songs? 

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5.what did the boars do when they heard Britney singing ? 

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6.What can pop princess Britney Spears’ songs do for some German farmers? 

They ________ from the troublesome wild boars.

Hundreds of years ago, life was harder than it is today. People didn't have modern machines. There was no modern medicine, either.

Life today has brought new problems. One of the biggest is pollution. Water pollution has made our rivers and lakes dirty. It kills our fish and pollutes our drinking water. Noise pollution makes us talk louder and become angry more easily. Air pollution is the most serious kind of pollution to all living things in the world.

Cars, planes and factories all pollute our air every day. Sometimes the polluted air is so thick that it is like a quilt (被状物) over a city. This kind of quilt is called smog.

Many countries are making rules to fight pollution. Factories must now clean their water before it is thrown away, and they mustn’t let dirty smoke go into the air.

We need to do many other things. We can put waste things in the dustbin and do not throw them on the ground. We can go to work by bus with our friends in the same car. If there are fewer people driving, there will be less pollution.

Rules are not enough. Every person must help to fight pollution.

1.Hundreds of years ago, life was much harder than it is today because _______.

A. there were not modern machines

B. there was no modern medicine

C. both A and B

D. there were not many people

2.______ is the biggest problem in today's life.

A. Water pollution B. Air pollution

C. Noise pollution D. Pollution

3.The most serious kind of pollution is ________.

A. noise pollution B. air pollution

C. water pollution D. A, B and C

4.Factories must clean their water ________.

A. before they are thrown away

B. when they are thrown away

C. after it is thrown away

D. before it is thrown away

5.From the passage, we know that _______.

A. a few years ago, there was no smog at all

B. today people don't have to talk to each other loudly

C. we can drink water from the polluted rivers and lakes

D. people are making rules in order to (为了)fight pollution

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