Yellow, orange, red and green tree leaves make autumn a colorful time! Who paints all these colors? It is the leaves themselves.

Inside a leaf, there are millions of little color “bags”. They are green, yellow and orange. The green ones are called chlorophyll (叶绿素).  The yellow ones are called xanthophylls (叶黄素). The orange ones are carotene (胡萝卜素).

In the summer, the green chlorophyll is very, very busy. It makes food for the tree. It catches sunlight to change water and carbon dioxide (二氧化碳) into sugar. This sugar is the food for the tree. It is also busy that it covers up all of the other colors in the leaf.

 When the weather grows colder in autumn, there is less light and water for trees. The trees will have a rest and get ready for winter. They’ve made enough food in summer! The leaves no longer need water to make food.

Without the water, the green chlorophyll starts to go away. The other colors in the leaf - the yellow xanthophylls and the orange carotene-come out. So the leaves don’t really “turn” a certain color -they just lose their green!

But how about the red, purple and green leaves? The leaves look red or purple because they have some sugar in them. They “steal” some food from the tree! The green leaves are from the evergreen trees (常青树). Their leaves don’t lose water in winter. So, the green chlorophyll doesn’t go away.

1. The leaves of trees in autumn turn yellow because there is ______.

        A. not enough sunlight. B. no sugar C. no water D. no chlorophyll working

2. The little color “bags” refer to _____

        A. green, yellow and orange     B. chlorophyll, carotene and xanthophylls

        C. carbon dioxide               D. sunlight and water

3. The third paragraph (段) mainly shows us _________.

A. what chlorophyll is         B. how chlorophyll makes water.

C. sugar is food for trees     D. how photosynthesis (光合作用) works

4. Which of the following is NOT TRUE?

A. In summer trees begin to shut down their food-making factories.

B. When autumn and winter come, the days get shorter and shorter.

C. During winter trees rest and live on the food they have stored.

D. In winter little “bags” are still in the leaves.

5. We can infer from the passage that ______.

A. water in the tree leaves makes them green.

B. sugar in the tree leaves makes them yellow.

C. sunlight makes tree leaves green.

D. carbon dioxide makes tree leaves green.

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Today is the last Saturday before Christmas. Almost everyone in the USA  31   shopping for presents.   32  is falling and people are walking fast. They are trying   33   warm as they move from shop to shop. Inside the shops the children are   34   at the toys and talking to a man called Father Christmas. He is asking them what they want for Christmas.

In the USA it is warm and beautiful in summer, the trees and fields are green then. But now it is winter and   35  is white. The white snow is as almost   36   as Father Christmas.

    At   37   there are different colours. Thousands of lights decorate(???)the houses and buildings of every town. These bright red, green, blue, orange and yellow lights help to make Christmas a beautiful   38   of year.

Christmas Day always begins    39    breakfast. The children wake up very early and can't wait to open the   40   from their parents. Then they wake their parents up calling  "Merry Christmas! "

1.A. go           B. goes          C. went          D. going   

2. A. Snow        B. Rain          C. Leaf          D. Kite

3.A. kept         B. keeping        C. keeps         D. to keep

4.A. seeing        B. looked         C. looking       D. saw

5.A. everything    B. nothing        C. anything       D. some things

6.A. interested     B. thin           C. welcome       D. strong

7.A. evening      B. night          C. morning        D. afternoon

8. A. time's        B. times'         C. times          D. time

9.A, before        B. at            C. from          D. in

10.A. doors        B. presents        C, windows       D. books

　　Yellow, orange, red and green- tree leaves make autumn a colourful time! Who paints all these colours? It is the leaves themselves. Inside a leaf, there are millions of little colour“bags”, they are green, yellow and orange. The green ones are called chlorophyll（叶绿素）.The yellow ones are called xanthophylls（叶黄素）. The orange ones are called carotene（胡萝卜素）.

　　In summer, the green chlorophyll is very, very busy. It makes food for the trees. It catches sunlight to change water and carbon dioxide（二氧化碳）into sugar. This sugar is the food for ther tree. It is so busy that it covers up all of the other colours in the leaf.

　　When the weather grows colder in autumn, there is less light and water for trees. The trees will have a rest to get ready for winter. They've made enough food in summer! The leaves no longer need water to make food. Without the water, the green chlorophyll starts to go away. The other colours in the leaf-the yellow xanthophylls and orange carotene come out. So the leaves don't really“turn”a certain colour. They just lose their green !

　　The leaves look red or purple because they have some sugar in them. They“steal”some food from the tree! The green leaves are from the evergreen trees （常绿树）. The evergreen trees stay green all year long. Their leaves don't lose water in winter.

(1) The tree leaves have the following colour“bags”, such as green, yellow and orange except red.

(2) In summer, the green chlorophyll works hard for the tree leaves.

(3) In autumn, the tree leaves turn yellow or orange because the green chlorophyll stops working and goes away.

(4) Tree leaves no longer make food in summer.

(5) We can infer（推断）from the article that trees can clean the air.