Once when I was a child, my father and I were waiting to buy tickets for the circus(马戏团). Finally, here was only one family between the ticket office and us.

There were eight children in this family and they were all probably under the age of 12. You could tell they didn’t have a lot of money. Their clothes were not expensive, but they were clean. The children talked excitedly about the clowns(小丑).It was clearly a very important day out for them. The father and mother seemed happy as they could be.

The ticket lady asked how many tickets the father wanted, he proudly answered, "Please let me buy eight children's tickets and two adults 'tickets, so I can take my family to the circus."

The ticket lady told him the price.

The man's wife lowered her head. There wasn't a smile on the man's face any more. He quietly asked, How much did you say?"

The ticket lady again told him the price

The man didn't have enough money. But how could he tell his kids the bad news?

Seeing what was happening, my dad took a $20 note from his pocket and dropped(丢) it on the ground(we were not rich ourselves at all!) He then tapped the man on the back and said, "Excuse me, sir, you dropped this"

The man understood my father was helping him. He held the note and looked straight into my dad’s eyes, and in tears replied, "Thank you. This really means a lot to me and my family."

1.Why did the writer say "Their clothes were not expensive, but they were clean”?

A.To show the mother looked after the children well.

B.To show the mother worked hard.

C.To show cheap clothes could be popular.

D.To show the family was very rich.

2.Why was the poor man unhappy after he spoke with the ticket lady?

A.Because he dropped his money.

B.Because there were no tickets for them

C.Because the tickets were too expensive.

D.Because he didn't have money at all.

3.Why was the poor man in tears at the end of the story?

A.Because he found his money.

B.Because he wanted to ask for help.

C.Because he was thankful to the writer's father.

D.Because he told his kids the bad news.

4.Which of the following is most probably TRUE according to passage?

A.The poor family saw the circus that night.

B.The two families became good friends

C.The writer's father got much money

D.The writer saw the circus that night.

Some of you may play Ant Forest. It is a game on Ali pay. Users collect "energy" to make their "trees" grow. When the "energy" reaches a certain level (程度), some organizations and companies will plant a real tree in a desert area of China. And now it seems that the country's efforts as a whole to make a greener world have paid off.

According to a study by NASA, China and India are the main reasons for making the Earth greener over the past twenty years. The study has found that since 2000 the Earth's green leaf area has increased by 5 percent, or over 5 million square kilometers. The increased green leaf area is as large as that of the Amazon rainforest. It is mainly the result of big trees-planting programs in China and intensive agriculture (集约型农业) in both countries, according to NASA. China and India take up one third of the increased greening, but is only 9 percent of the planet's land area covered in vegetation.

China played the most important role in the increase of the green land, adding 25 percent to this increase, while India added 6.8 percent. Over the past years, China has made great efforts to green the land. In 1978, China began a nation-wide forestation project–the Three North Shelterbelt Forest Program, also known as the" Great Green Wall". The program has seen many trees planted in 13 provinces and autonomous regions such as Tibet and Inner Mongolia in northern China to act as windbreak. By the end of 2017, the forest coverage rate among the areas of the project had reached 13.57 percent, compared to 5.05 percent 40 years ago.

Because of China's success in dealing with desertification (沙漠化), the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) believes the country is a good example for others to follow. China is one of the most successful countries in greening the desert and has lessons to share with the world.

1.What lesson can we learn from Paragraph 1?

A.Failure is the mother of success.

B.A small step can make a difference.

C.All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

2.The underlined phrase "paid off" means ________ in Chinese.

A.获得回报 B.支付费用 C.还清账款

3.China and India ________.

A.get one third of the land area covered in vegetation on the earth

B.work together for the green leaf area in the Amazon rainforest

C.both play an important role in making the land greener

4.Which is right about the program "Great Green Wall"?

A.The Great Wall has become greener with the help of the program.

B.The program was started about 40 years ago to plant more trees in China.

C.Thanks to the program, many trees have been planted in Hunan Province.

5.The passage is mainly about ________.

A.China's important part in desertification

B.China's successful experience in working with India

C.China's efforts and achievements in greening the land

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