Scientists are trying to make the deserts (沙漠)into good land again. They want to bring water to the deserts, so people can live and grow food. They are learning a lot about the deserts. But more and more of the earth is becoming deserts all the time. Scientists may not be able to change the deserts. Scientists think that people make deserts. People are doing bad things to the earth.

Some places on the earth don’t get much rain. But they still don’t become deserts. This is because some green plants are growing there. Small green plants and grass are very helpful(有帮助的) to dry places. Plants don’t let the hot sun make the earth even drier. Plants don’t let the wind blow the earth away. When a little bit of rain falls, the plants hold the water. Without plants, the land can become deserts much more easily.

1.Why can the land become deserts?

A. Some places don’t get much rain.

B. Plants don’t let the hot sun make the earth even drier.

C. People don’t keep the earth well.

D. Scientists haven’t learnt enough about the deserts.

2.Scientists want to to make the deserts into good land again.

A. carry water B. grow food

C. do nothing D. study a lot

3.Why are green plants and grass helpful?

A. They can hold the water.

B. They can stop the wind from blowing the earth away.

C. They can keep the earth wet.

D. All the above.

4.After reading this, we learn that .

A. it is good to get rid of (去除) the grass in the deserts

B. all places without much rain will become deserts

C. plants can keep (阻止) dry land from becoming deserts

D. it is better to grow crops(农作物)on dry land than to grow grass

Do you get angry when your friends sing loudly? Or when your best friend does not wait for you after school?

If you do, you need to control(控制) your feelings and stop getting angry so easily. Getting angry easily can make you lose friends.

Gary Egeberg, an American high school teacher, wrote My Feelings are Just Like Wild Animals to help you control your feelings. It tells teens how to stay cool when bad things happen to them. The book says that getting angry only makes problems worse. It can not make them better. “Getting angry is not a natural way to act”, the book says. It is just a bad habit, like smoking. The book says you can control your anger easily, and all you have to do is to tell yourself not to be angry.

When a baby falls over, it cries only when people are watching it. Like a baby, you can only get angry if you are sure it is the right thing to do.

The book gives many suggestions to help you if you get angry easily. Here are the top three.

①Keep a record. Every time you get angry, write down why you are angry. Look at it later and you will see you get angry too easily.

②Ask your friends to stop talking to you when you get angry. This will teach you not to be angry.

③Do something different. When you get angry, walk away from the problem and go somewhere else. Try to laugh!

根据短文内容,选择最佳答案。

1.The writer wants to tell us ____.

A. not to get angry easily

B. to work hard at school

C. to do more exercises

D. to help each other

2.The writer thinks that if you get angry easily you will ____.

A. get ill very easily B. lose your friends

C. put on weight easily D. eat less

3.My Feelings are Just Like Wild Animals is a ____.

A. story B. book C. picture D. film

4.My Feelings are Just Like Wild Animals mainly tells us ____.

A. what to read B. how to read

C. how to stay cool D. how to learn English well

5.In the fourth paragraph, the underlined word “it” refers to(指的是)____.

A. the book B. anger C. habit D. the baby

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