Kelly Christopher, a student at Lutheran High School in California, US, loves oranges. One day last week, she used a pole(竿子) to pick oranges off trees and collect them in baskets. It's the first time in her 15 years she's picked fruit from trees.
"This is quite different from buying oranges in the supermarket," said Christopher. "Every time I eat an orange, I'll remember this experience."
Christopher was one of the 30 student volunteers at Soil Born Farms. She volunteered as part of a project which was set up in 2009 to help homeowners in South Land Park pick oranges and other fruits out of their backyards. Before, the fruit would rot on the ground or get eaten by animals. Now the fruit is donated to those who need it.
"It is good for many people", said Randy Stannard, who works for the project. "The homeowner gets fruit picked and more people can have healthy food."
"Two harvests (收成 ) were organized in 2009 and volunteers picked 3,000 pounds (1,360kg) of fruit", Stannard said. In 2010, the number was 20,000. This year, Soil Born Farms hopes to get 40,000 pounds. They will harvest every weekend from January to April.
Shannon Galloway, Christopher's science teacher, brought her students into the project this year.
"You're making use of a resource that might be wasted," she said. "I think it's meaningful to everyone."
Donato Frazier, 15, always climbs up a ladder(梯子) and gets on the top of the tree.
"Standing on the treetop is pretty cool," Frazier said. "I can see clearly that many baskets are filled up, and even see that many people are eating healthy fruit because of our volunteer work."                                          
小题1:Christopher and other students went to pick fruits from real trees because they wanted to _____.
A.have some fresh fruit for themselves
B.make some money by selling fruit
C.provide people with more healthy fruit
D.buy some cheap fruit from their neighbors
小题2:When was the project set up?
A.In 2008. B.In 2009.C.In 2010. D.In 2011.
小题3:What will happen to the fruit if they don’t help the homeowners pick it?
A.The fruit will rot or be eaten by small animals.
B.People who need the fruit will come to pick it.
C.The fruit will be used as a resource for research.
D.Homeowners will pick the fruit and sell it.
小题4:What does the underlined word resource mean?
A.资源B.调查C.对策D.娱乐
小题5:How do the students feel about their work?
A.It’s interesting and easy.
B.It’s meaningless and hard.
C.It’s meaningful and exciting.
D.It’s tiring and boring.
Li Ming likes walking. He goes for a walk after his father comes back from work. Li Ming likes water very much. He often throws his toys into the water. He plays with the water and sometimes he is wet all over(全身湿透). His mother says, “You are from fish, I think.”Li Ming is very glad. “Yes, I like fish very much because fish can swim.”
One Sunday morning, Li Ming goes to a park with his father. There are many trees and flowers in the park. There are a lot of people in the park. Some of them are sitting under the trees. Some of them are sitting at the tables and having tea or drinks. There is a big swimming pool in the middle of the park. Li Ming asks his father to take him to the pool.
“Why do you want to go there?” asks his father.
“I want to learn swimming,”answers Li Ming. “And you can teach me , I think.”
“You are too young. And I’m sorry I can’t swim.” says his father.
“You can’t swim? Wang Hai’s father swims very well. Why can’t you swim?”
“His father likes eating fish. So he swims very well.” Says his father.
“Oh, I see,”says Li Ming. “But you like eating chicken very much. Can you lay eggs(下蛋)?”asks Li Ming.
根据短文内容,选出最佳答案。
小题1:Li Ming often walks with        .
A.his motherB.his fatherC.his friendD.Wang Hai
小题2:Li Ming doesn’t go to school because he is too     .
A.smallB.tall C.youngD.short
小题3:Li Ming’s father doesn’t        on Sundays. 
A.go to schoolB.go shopping C.go homeD.go to work
小题4:        can swim
A.Wang Hai’s father B.Li Ming’s fatherC.Wang HaiD.Li Ming
小题5:There are many          in the park on weekends.
A.people B.treesC.flowers D.tables
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