When my daughter was in primary school, she brought home four small twigs(嫩枝)one day. Her school gave these twigs to the students to plant. None of them looked very hardy, but with hope for the future, I planted them in our backyard. Over the years, because of an accident with the lawnmower(割草机)and poor soil, three of them died. Only one survived. It grew crooked(弯弯曲曲的)and very slowly. It never got very tall. In the end, it looked more like a fat bush than a tree. A few years ago, I noticed that it was starting to die. The lower branches were becoming bare(秃的).Only the top third of the tree was still green. Last summer I did my best to save it by feeding it a lot of fertilizer(肥料), but it didn’t work.

Later one morning, I went out and looked at it again. I was wondering whether it would be better to just cut it down. It would make mowing the lawn easier. As I walked over to take a closer look at it, however, I noticed something moving within the leaves. It was a robin(知更鸟)patiently building a nest in the topmost branches. I smiled when I looked at it. I thought maybe this old tree was still useful. It might not be healthy or pretty, but it was still giving a bird a home. This tree made me know that all of our lives have purpose. It doesn’t matter if we are young and strong of old and sickly. Until our last breath, we have things to do, love to give, and joy to share.

We can help to make this world a better and more beautiful place.

1.What made the three trees die, according to the writer?

A.The grew out of small and hardly twig.

B.The daughter didn’t plant them correctly.

C.The soil around them was not rich.

D.There was no sunlight in the backyard.

2.What did the only remaining tree look like a few years ago?

A.It was straight and tall.

B.It grew fat very quickly.

C.It looked like a bird's nest.

D.There were not many leaves on it.

3.The underlined word “topmost” in Paragraph 2 mean __________ in Chinese.

A.顶端的 B.侧面的 C.最多的 D.高级的

4.What might the writer do with the tree later?

A.He might cut it down.

B.He might leave it as it is.

C.He might build more nests on it.

D.He might take away some of its leaves.

5.In the story, the writer aims to tell us that_____.

A.we should take care of animals and plants

B.we are living in a beautiful world

C.every living thing has its own purpose

D.we should work hard until our last breath

A very big Lost and Found Office is at Baker Street in London. Do you know how many things there are in the office now? About 250,000!

You can see many things there. Most of them are common (普通的) things like books, bags, clothes and keys. But some are expensive things like phones, laptops (笔记本电脑), and watches.

Where do so many things come from? People often find them on trains, on buses and in taxis. The office marks (做标记) them with different colors. Red is for the things from a taxi, white is for the things from a bus and yellow is for the things from a train.

How many of the things can go to their owners? Many of the things are there for a long time, but no one comes to get them. If the office can’t find the owner of a thing for three months, they will give it to a charity (慈善机构) to help more people.

根据短文内容,选择最佳答案。

1.How many things are there in the Lost and Found Office?

A.About 2,500.000 B.About 25,000

C.About 25,000.00 D.About 250,000

2.What does the underlined word “expensive” mean in Chinese?

A.丑陋的 B.便宜的 C.漂亮的 D.昂贵的

3.If you find a pen in a taxi, what color will the office mark it?

A.Red. B.White. C.Yellow. D.Black.

4.How long will the office keep the things if they can’t find the owners?

A.For two marks. B.For three months.

C.For four months D.For five months

5.Which is Not True (不正确) about the lost and Found Office?

A.You can see many things there.

B.The Lost and Found Office is very big.

C.The office uses four colors to mark the things there.

D.The office gives many of the things there to a charity to help people.

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