It was one of the honest days of the dry season. There was no rain for about a month. Cows stopped giving milk. On this day I saw a wonder.

I was making lunch when I saw my six-year-old son Billy walking very slowly to the woods. Minutes later, he ran to the house. Soon after that, I saw him walking to the woods again. This went on for an hour. Finally I walked out of the house quietly and followed him.

Billy cupped(窝成杯状)both hands in front of him as he walked, careful not to drop the water he carried. Then I saw an amazing sight. Several large deer stood in front of him. Billy walked right up to them. I saw a tiny baby deer lying on the ground. It was dying of thirst, and it lifted its head to drink the water in my boy's hands.

When the water was gone, Billy ran back to the house. I followed him to the tap. Billy turned it on and let the water slowly fill up his "cup". When he stood up and turned, I was there in front of him. His eyes were filled with tears. "I'm not wasting water, Mum," he said. I joined him with a bottle of water from the kitchen. I let him walk to the baby deer alone while I stood meters away. As tears rolled down my face, they were suddenly joined by other drops… and more drops... as if the sky itself was crying.

1.What was the weather like?

A.Hot and dry. B.Cold and rainy. C.Warm and cloudy. D.Cool and sunny.

2.What did the mother see when she was making lunch?

A.She saw Billy playing with some cows.

B.She saw several large deer eating grass behind her house

C.She saw Billy walking from the woods to the house again and again.

D.She saw a tiny baby deer lying on the ground.

3.In the beginning Billy carried the water to the baby deer with __________________.

A.a bottle B.his hands C.a cup D.his mouth

4.The mother thought Billy was a (an) _____________ boy.

A.honest B.brave C.funny D.helpful

5.From the last sentence of the passage, we can know ____________________.

A.the mother was sorry for the deer B.the dry season ended and it started to rain

C.the wonder was that the baby deer could cry D.Billy wasted water and began to cry

Major Rivers

A river is naturally flowing water which slows between two water sources.

Amazon, South America 4,345 mi (6,992 km) Nile, Africa 4,258 mi (6,853 km)

Chang Jiang (Yangtze), Asia 3,915 mi (6,300 km)

Mississippi/Missouri, North America 3,710 mi

(5,970 km)

Major Deserts

Deserts are lands that are generally covered with sand.

Sahara, North Africa 3,552,140 sq mi

(9,200,000 sq km)

Arabian, Middle East 899,618 sq mi

(2,330,000 sq km)

Kalahari, Southern Africa 359,075 sq mi

(930,000 sq km)

Syrian, Syria, Jordan, Iraq 200,000 sq mi

(500,000 sq km)

Mountains

Mountains are formed by the eruption of volcanoes, which themselves were formed by the movement of tectonic plates(地壳板块).

Mount Everest 29,035 ft (8,850 m) Nepal/China Qogir (K2) 28,250 ft (8,611 m) Pakistan Kangchenjunga 28,169 ft (8,586 m) Nepal Lhotse 27,920 ft (8,501 m) Nepal

Note: The dormant( 休眠的)volcano Mauna Kea (on the Big Island of Hawaii) could be considered the tallest mountain in the world. If you measure it from its base in the Hawaiian

Trough (3,300 fathoms deep) to its summit of 13,796 feet, it reaches a height of 33,476 feet.

1.According to the information in the boxes, we can learn all the facts EXCEPT .

A.The second longest river is in Africa. B.The biggest desert is in Africa.

C.Mount Everest is only located in Nepal. D.Kalahari Desert is not as big as Arabian Desert.

2.According to the passage, what do you know about the mountains?

A.K2 in Pakistan is the fourth tallest mountain in the world.

B.Mauna Kea in Hawaii is an active volcano.

C.Mauna Kea is higher than Mount Everest if it is measured from its base.

D.The movement of tectonic plates has nothing to do with the forming of volcanoes.

3.Where is the article probably seen?

A.A history book B.A tour guide book

C.A novel D.A website listing geography facts

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