March 29 is Earth Day. Everyone on earth should care about and protect the earth!

The earth has warmed by about 1(华氏度) over the past 100 years, but why and how? Well, scientists are not quite sure. Maybe the earth gets warmer and warmer on its own. But many scientists say that people are doing many things which make the earth warmer.

First, greenhouse effect (温室效应) is a very important reason for the change of the earth. People give out too much energy into the air every year. It makes the earth warmer. Climate (气候) change is another important reason. Sometimes it becomes too hot and sometimes too cold. Sometimes there is too much rain and sometimes too little. The change of the climate makes the earth warmer. In turn, the warmth of the earth changes the climate, too.

When the earth becomes warmer, there may be more rain and a rise in sea level. It will affect the growth of plants, animals and people. On a Pacific island,100 people have to move to higher ground because the sea is rising. These people can no longer live on the coast. Before that, two islands without people went underwater in 1999.Scientists say that the seas can rise by nearly one metre by 2100.

People can affect the earth’s air, land and water. As for us, we can do many things to protect the earth. For example, we can use fridges less. We can tell more people about protecting the earth.

1.Earth Day is probably set for people to .

A.learn more about the earth B.make full use of the earth

C.take better care of the earth D.study the warmth of the earth

2.We can infer(推断) from the passage that the reasons for the warmer earth are now.

A.not very clear B.completely secret

C.well known D.not given yet

3.Greenhouse effect comes from .

A.sea rising B.climate change

C.nature’s unbalance D.people’s activity

4.According to the passage, may affect each other.

A.animals and islands

B.climate and the warmth of the earth

C.fridges and animals

D.sea level and the growth of plants

5.The passage mainly tells us that .

A.there is more rain now B.we should protect the earth

C.we must stop pollution D.sea level is getting higher

Love is more powerful

Many years ago, my dad decided to volunteer at the local children hospital. My dad loved kids. It was the perfect job for him. He would talk to them and play with them and do arts and crafts with them.

There was a girl, Karen, who had been admitted with a rare disease that paralyzed(使麻痹,使瘫痪) her from the neck down. I don’t know the name of the disease, but I do know that it was very sad for a girl around eight or nine years old. She couldn’t do anything, and she was very depressed(沮丧的). My dad decided to try to help her. He started visiting her in her room, bringing paints, brushes and paper. He stood the paper up against a backing, put the paintbrush in his mouth and began to paint. He didn’t use his hands at all. Only his head would move. He would visit her whenever he could and paint for her. All the while he would tell her, “See, you can do anything you set your mind to.”

At the end of the day, she began to paint using her mouth, and she and my dad became friends. Soon after, the little girl was discharged(允许出院) because the doctors felt there was nothing else they could do for her. My dad also left the children hospital for a little while because he became ill. Some time later after my dad had recovered and returned to work, he was at the volunteer counter in the lobby(门厅) of the hospital. He noticed the front doors open. In came Karen, only this time she was walking. She ran straight over to my dad and hugged him really tight. She gave my dad a picture she had done using her hands. At the bottom it read: “Thank you for helping me walk”.

My dad would cry every time he told us this story. He would say sometimes love is more powerful than doctors, and my dad who died just a few months after the little girl gave him the picture --loved every single child in that hospital.

1.The writer’s father decided to volunteer________.

A.at the children bookstore B.in the shopping mall

C.in the community D.at the local children hospital

2.How did the writer’s father help the paralyzed little girl?

A.He helped her practice walking. B.He painted special pictures for her.

C.He visited her and made a toy for her. D.He showed her she could still do things.

3.Why did the little girl give the writer’s father a picture?

A.Because he was badly ill. B.Because he liked pictures very much.

C.Because she wanted to thank him for his help. D.Because her mother wanted her to do that.

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