Fresh green grass. Hundreds of colorful wild flowers. Water running into little pools. Birds making their homes in boxes. The 9, 500-square-metre Augustenborg Botanical Garden may look just like any other well-organized park but there’s a difference. It lies on the roofs(屋顶) of industrial and office buildings in the city of Malmo in Sweden.

Green roofs are not a new invention. And now they are getting popular again. The common roofs of a modem city have endless black surfaces with no life or water. Perhaps that’s why a garden on a roof becomes such a perfect choice for more and more people.

Green roofs are not just pretty. They also help to moderate the city temperature. The high temperatures on common roofs in the summer can make top floor flats uncomfortably hot. What is more, they play a part in making the cities hotter than the countryside around them, causing the “urban heat-island effect”. On a green roof, however, with its plants and water, temperatures change only a little, as they do in a park. This can greatly cut the costs of heating and cooling in the building below.

Also, a green roof takes in rain water, and protects the city drainage(排水) system. ____ And small animals and birds can make their homes on it. Thanks to this, the city may become part of nature, rather than something completely separate from it.

While the cost of building such a roof can still be higher, it can be cheaper in the long term as a result of energy savings. And wouldn't it be wonderful to be able to walk out into a garden high above the city’s noise and traffic, whether you're at school or in an office or just at home in a ten-floor block.

1.With the example of Augustenborg Botanical Garden, the writer wants to explain ____.

A. how wildlife is protected B. what a green roof is like

C. how to organize a good park D. what to do with a spare roof

2.The underlined word “moderate” in Paragraph 3 is the closest in meaning to “____”.

A. raise B. check C. record D. control

3.Which of the following is the best sentence to fill in the blank in Paragraph 4?

A. A green roof is alive. B. A green roof stops pollution.

C. A common roof is noisy. D. A common roof increases the cost.

4.The purpose of the passage is to ____.

A. discover the problems with green roofs B. introduce the change of green roofs

C. show the amazing beauty of green roofs D. describe the advantages of green roofs

As we all know, yoga(瑜伽)is a good way to relax. It can make people feel quiet when they’re nervous about something. Many people think yoga is difficult for children. But in fact, it’s not true. Let’s know about a boy who is talented in yoga.

Sun Chuyang is from Zhejiang Province and he teaches more than 100 students yoga. Sun became China’s youngest yoga teacher when he was seven. But at the age of three, Sun was a kid with autism(自闭症).

At that time, his busy parents sent him to a kindergarten. There “Sun didn’t like to talk with other kids and he was easy to be angry. Later Sun’s mom realized that they spent too little time with him. So Sun’s mom gave up her job and became a stay-at-home mom.

One day, his mother took him to a yoga class. She hoped that doing yoga could make him feel relaxed and quiet. In the first class, instead of feeling bored, Sun felt happy. When going back home, he could do all that he learnt in class. During the next two years, yoga helped him become more active.

He’s brave. “He even introduces himself when meeting other people,” his mum said.

1.Yoga can make people ________.

A.excited B.relaxed C.nervous D.bored

2.When did Sun become China’s youngest yoga teacher?

A.At the age of three. B.At the age of four.

C.At the age of six. D.At the age of seven.

3.Why did Sun’s mum give up her job?

A.Because she found a new job.

B.Because she thought her job was boring.

C.Because she thought being a stay-at-home mom was cool.

D.Because she wanted to spend more time with her child.

4.Which of the following sentences can be put in the ?

A.Sun is now a different kid. B.Sun loves yoga very much.

C.Sun’s mother is happy now. D.Sun is good at teaching yoga.

5.What can we know from the passage?

A.Sun changed a lot because of yoga.

B.Sun didn’t like yoga in his first yoga class.

C.About 100 students learn yoga from Sun.

D.Sun got on well with other kids at the kindergarten.

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