When I was ten, my sisters and I were amazed at our neighbor’s Christmas tree. We returned home from their house and decided that we must have one of our own. In our house we never had enough money for a Christmas tree.
In fact, we insisted so much that my father had no choice but to agree. “Yes!” he finally said.“This year we will have a Christmas tree.” Our mouths dropped open at the thought of having our own tree. Then Dad said,“I’ll do it myself.”
We followed him around the house as he gathered up the materials he would need, We all sat close to him, carefully watching everything he did. He passed the thread around the first nail on the corner of a box, then back down to the second nail on the box, and up again to the nail, until right there before our eyes a green Christmas tree began to take shape. He carefully did the same with all of the 50 nails in the box and when he had finished, he said,“Now you can decorate it.”
I don’t remember where the decorations came from, but they were red and small and to us they just looked so beautiful and perfect for our tree. When we finished decorating it, we proudly invited all our friends over to see our Christmas tree. We were so happy, not only because it looked so pretty, but because my father had made it himself. It truly was the most beautiful Christmas tree we had ever seen.
Years later, things got better and Dad was able to buy a proper Christmas tree which we would happily decorate. However, my sisters and I will never forget the night when we got our first Christmas tree.
【小题1】What do we know about the writer?

One day an Australian farmer，Joe，saw a bright light in the sky. The light came nearer and nearer and suddenly Joe realized that it was a spaceship. The spaceship landed in a field nearby.

The door of the spaceship opened and two strange beings（怪物）climbed out. They seemed to be half man and half bird. Joe was afraid of them. He tried to run away. But the spacemen walked towards him，picked him up and carried him into the spaceship.They put wires（导线）from a machine onto his head? and they they began to speak to him in English.

They asked him questions about earth.“We’ re from Venus（金星），”they said，“But it is getting very hot there. A lot of our people are dying and we have not much time left. We are trying to find a new home.”

After some time they freed Joe and at last the spaceship took off and disappeared. Joe told his friends about the spacemen，but no one believed his story.

“You wi ll believe me one day，”Joe told them.“The spacemen will come back again.”

根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。

1.What’s the bright light in the sky?

A. A bird????????????? ????????????? B. A plane????????????? ????????????? C. A rocket????????????? ????????????? D. A spaceship

2.What are the strange beings like?

A. Men????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? B. Birds

C. Neither men nor birds????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D. Half man and half bird

3.What did the strange beings want Joe to do?

A. Put wires from a machine onto his head

B. Speak to them in English

C. Answer some questions about the earth

D. Find a new home

4.Why did the aliens come to the earth?

A. To find a new home????????????? ????????????? ????????????? B. To speak to Joe

C. To destroy the earth????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D. To take Joe away

5.According to the passage，which sentence is RIGHT?

A. The aliens took away Joe

B. It is getting very cold on Venus

C. A lot of people on Venus are dying

D. Not all the people believed Joe