Ant Forest, a project launched (倡仪) by Chinese mobile payment platform AliPay, has received a 2019 Champions of the Earth Guardian Award, the UN's highest environmental honor, for turning the green good deeds of half a billion people into real trees planted in some of the driest parts of China. The United Nations Environment Program announced in Nairobi, Kenya, on September 19, 2019.

The award also went to Chinese Organizations last 2 years. In 2018, Zhejiang Green Rural Revival Program won the Inspiration and Action award for its work to dealt with polluted waterways and damaged lands. In 2017, Saihanba Afforestation Community got the same award for turning barren sand into green hills.

Ant Forest users are encouraged to record their low-carbon footprint through daily actions like taking public transport or paying utility bills (水电费) online. For each action, they receive "green energy" points and when they get a certain number of points, a real tree is planted. Users will be able to view images of their trees in real-time via satellite.

In addition to planting trees, users can also get protected areas through the "ant forest" platform, explore new ways to help the poor and improve the living standards of local people through digital technologies.

Since Ant Forest launched in August, 2016, Ant Forest and its Non-governmental organization partners have planted some 122 million trees in China's driest areas, which include regions in Inner Mongolia, Gansu, Qinghai and Shanxi. The trees cover an area of 11. 2 million square kilometers, with the project becoming China's largest private sector(民间) tree-planting project.

1.Which organization won 2019 Champions of the Earth Guardian Award?

A.The United Nations Environment Program. B.Ant Forest.

C.Zhejiang Green Rural Revival Program. D.Saihanba Afforestation Community.

2.How do the Ant Forest users get a real planted tree?

A.By recording their low-carbon footprint through daily actions. B.By taking public transport.

C.By paying utility bills. D.By watering the trees.

3.The underlined word "barren" means ________ in Chinese.

A.肥沃的 B.绿色的 C.黄色的 D.贫瘠的

4.According to the passage, which statements is NOT true?

A.Ant Forest is a project launched by AliPay in August, 2016.

B.Ant Forest have planted some 122 million trees in China's driest areas.

C.Ant Forest is becoming China's largest private sector tree-planting project.

D.Ant Forest is turning the green good deeds of 500 million people into real trees planted.

5.The main idea of this passage is ________.

A.to tell us how to play Ant Forest B.to introduce Ant Forest

C.to make a review (评论) on Ant Forest D.to introduce Ant Forest's achievement

In Canada and the United States, there is a new group of children called "satellite kids", who live in one place but whose parents live in another place. 1.

Asians are immigrating (移民) to Canada and the United States in larger numbers than ever before. Most Asians immigrate because they believe that they can give their children a better education in the West. In Asia, especially in China, Japan and Korea, it is difficult to go to university. 2. However, in Canada and the United States, it is easy to go to university. As a result, Asian parents decide to leave their countries so that their children can go to university.

The problem is that when Asians arrive, they discover finding a job and making money are more difficult in the West than in the East. 3. Because of these two reasons, most Asian parents decide to go back to work while their children study in the West. 4. Their parents don't realize how sad it is to be a "satellite kid".

Studies have shown being a "satellite kid" means growing up in a country where you know you are different and where you can't make friends because you do not speak English well. What's more, it means growing up lonely, because your parents are elsewhere. What will these "satellite kids" probably say to their parents? 5.

A.Students must first pass the strict national examination.

B.Therefore, these children become "satellite kids".

C.It's better to have parents around than to have a university education.

D.Here is some information about them.

E.Also, they feel lonely and miss their homes.

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