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Have you ever planted a few trees on Tree-planting Day? Every year, millions of people, both young and old, 1 a lot of trees. But this may not be the best way to make our home a 2 place.
Last week we visited a park in Hebei province. We were 3 to find most of the trees had been burned. The workers told us that the trees 4 soon after they were planted because they weren’t watered well enough. 5 the workers burned them and cleaned the place for
6 trees to be planted this year. 7 a card found in one of the dead trees, a student wrote, “I hope this tree will grow up with me to 8 the backbone (栋梁) of our country.” The workers said that the survival of the trees was really more important than 9 trees were planted.
Some people in Beijing now have a new idea that they can donate some money and let professionals (专业人士) plant and 10 the trees.
1. A. water B. plant C. look for D. burn
2. A. smaller B. warmer C. greener D. larger
3. A. pleased B. happy C. interesting D. surprised
4. A. died B. grew C. bought D. planted
5. A. Though B. When C. Because D. So
6. A. few B. old C. new D. dead
7. A. Over B. From C. On D. Above
8. A. need B. hold C. plant D. be
9. A. how many B. when C. how soon D. why
10. A. take out B. take down C. take away D. take care of
1.B plant trees是固定搭配,意为“植树”,前文中的planted是提示。故答案为B。
2.C 植树的目的是为了保护环境,建设一个绿色家园,因此应该填greener。
3.D be surprised to表示“惊讶于……”,符合语境。
4.A 由后文中的the dead trees可知此处应填died。
5.D 因为种植的树死去了,所以工人们要把它们烧毁。前后两句之间是因果关系,所以用so来连接。
6.C 前文中的cleaned the place是提示。工人们做好清理工作,是为了种植“新”的树,因此应该填new。
7.C 字写在卡片上,应该用介词on。
8.D to be the backbone of our country意为“成为国家栋梁”。
9.A how many表示数量的多少,与前文的the survival形成对比。此处指“树木的存活比植树数目的多少更重要”。
10.D take care of意为“照顾,照料”,符合语境。