Taking a bus or subway, making payments online, or just walking-these daily activities can help turn China's deserts into forests if you are using Ant Forest.

Ant Forest is a feature (功能) in the Alipay mobile payment app. It records users' low-carbon activities—taking a bus to work instead of driving, for example—and gives users “green energy". When the user's green energy gets high enough? Ant Forest and its partners will plant a real tree for that person.

Last month, Ant Forest received the 2019 Champions of the Earth award, the UN's highest environmental honor. It won the award by encouraging people to live greener lifestyles and protect the environment.

By the end of August, 2019, about 500,000,000 people had used Ant Forest since it came out in August 2016. Ant Forest and its partners have planted 122,000,000 trees in China's driest areas, including parts of Inner Mongolia, Gansu, Qinghai and Shanxi. The trees protect an area of 12,000 hectares (公顷) land. This makes Ant Forest China's largest tree-planting project started by a private company. Ant Forest also shows us how we can use technology to solve environmental problems.

1.What is Ant Forest?

A.It is a name for a group of special ants. B.It is a game that can help people fight ants.

C.It is a forest for people to grow trees in. D.It is a feature in the Alipay mobile payment app.

2.You can get "green energy" in Ant Forest by ________.

a. taking a bus b. paying bills c. walking d. opening the app

A.ab B.ac C.cd D.bd

3.Ant Forest received the 2019 Champions of the Earth award because ________.

A.it helps people buy cheap things online B.it is the first company to plant trees

C.it solved a big environmental problem D.it encourages people to protect the environment

4.What do we NOT know from Paragraph 4?

A.The number of people who had used Ant Forest by the end of August, 2019.

B.How much land had Ant Forest's trees protected by the end of August, 2019.

C.In which provinces had Ant Forest planted trees by the end of August, 2019.

D.How many trees had Ant Forest and its partners planted by the end of August, 2019.

That cold January night, I was growing sick of my life in the city I lived. There I was walking home at one in the morning after a tiring practice at the theatre. I was having trouble dealing with my part-time job at the bank and my acting at night at the same time. As I walked, I thought seriously about giving up both acting and the life in this awful place.

As I walked down the empty street under tall buildings, I felt very small and cold. "Run!" I told myself and began to do so, both to keep warm and keep away from any possible danger.

About a block from my flat, I heard a noise behind me. I turned quickly, but the street was empty. The noise had made me nervous, so I started to run faster. I didn't realize what the noise had been until I reached my flat. It had been my wallet falling to the street.

I wasn't cold or tired any more. I ran back to where I had heard the noise. Although I searched the street for fifteen minutes, my wallet was nowhere to be found.

Just as I was about to give up the search, I heard a rubbish truck stop next to me. A voice called from the truck driver, "Alisa Camacho?” I thought I was dreaming. How could this man know my name? The door opened and a man jumped out. "Is this what you're looking for?" he asked, holding up a small square shape.

It was nearly 3 a. m. by the time I got into bed. I wouldn't get much sleep that night. But I had got my wallet back. I also had got back some enjoyment of city life.

1.How many jobs did the writer do in the city she lived?

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2.Why did the writer run in the street that night?

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3.When did the writer realize that the noise had been her wallet falling to the street?

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4.How long did the writer herself spend looking for her wallet?

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5.Who found the wallet for the writer?

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