A rich man was riding along the road and Saw an old man digging(挖)in his garden.On the ground lay a young tree,ready to he planted.The rich man called out to the old man.”What kind of tree are you planting there,my good man?’’

“This is a fig(无花果)tree,sir.”He said.“A fig tree?” the rich man was very surprised."Why,how old are you,may I ask?" "I'm ninety years old this year." "'What?" cried the rich man."You are ninety years old.You are planting a very young tree now and it’ll take years to give fruit.You certainly don't hope to live long enough to get any fruit from this tree." The old man looked around the garden.Then he said with a smile,"Tell me,sir.Did you eat figs when you were a boy?" "Sure,why do you ask this question?" the man asked."Then tell me this," he said."Who planted the fig trees?" "Why-why? I don't know.""You see,sir." went on the old man."Our forefathers(前辈) planted trees lot us to enjoy and I am doing the same for the people after me."

The rich man was quiet and said,"You are right,my good man.We should do something for the people after us.Thank you very much."Then the rich man rode away.

1.What was the old man doing when the rich man saw him?

A.He was ready to plant a fig tree.

B.He was exercising in his garden.

C.He was riding along the road.

D.He was watering the plants in his garden.

2.How old was the old man?

A.He was over ninety years old.               B.He was ninety years old.

C.He was less than ninety years old.            D.He was about to be ninety years old.

3.Who was he planting the tree for?

A.For himself.                           B.For the rich man.

C.For his friends.                        D.For the people after him.

4.Did the rich man eat figs when he was a boy?

A.Yes,he did.                           B.No,he didn't.

C.We don't know.                        D.He couldn't remember this.

5.What can we learn from the article?

A.We should plant more trees for the people after us.

B.It's never too old to plant trees for others.

C.We should do something useful for the people after us.

D.We should he friendly to others.

A Program Helps African Children Get Farming Skills

A program supported  by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization(FAO:联合国粮农组织)is helping more and more African Children get farming skills important for their life,the UN said.

The program was carried out(执行)in 2004 in four schools of Bondo District in Nyanza Province in Kenya.There many children lost their parents because of AIDS so they couldn’t get farming skills from their parents.At first,the program wanted to reduce hunger among young people in the country.And then the FAO thought teaching those children without parents farming skills was als0.very important.So the program began to do so.

The program,named Junior Farmer Field and Life School,uses a “Living classroom” method,①他们用这种方法鼓励孩了们练习农业技能,such as planting in schoolyards and exchanging ideas with classmates.

The UN report says the method(方法)of the program has not only been passed to over 20 other schools in the district, but another 11 African countries.Over 17,000 children have got farming skills under the program.

“We think the program is good.It can help those children without parents to learn farming skills.②We are happy that many children have got farming skills with the help of our program.We will work harder to pass the program to more and more countries to help more children.”a UN official(官员)said.

1.将①处翻译成英语。

2.将②处翻译成汉语。

3.What’s the purpose(目的)of the program at first?

4.What method does the program use?

5.Why do you think this is a good program?

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