Green Plants and Deserts

　　Scientists are trying to make the deserts into good land again. They want to bring water to the deserts, so people can live and grow crops. They are learning a lot about the deserts. But more and more land of the earth is becoming deserts all the time. Scientists may not be able to change the deserts in a short time.

　　Why is more and more land becoming deserts? Scientists think it is the people who make more and more deserts. People do bad things to the earth.

　　There is little rain in some places of the world. But these places don't become deserts because some green plants are growing there. Green plants are important to dry places. Plants prevent the hot sun from making the earth even drier. Plants don't let the wind blow the dirt away. When rain falls, the plants hold the water. Without the plants, the land will become deserts much more easily.

(1)There is _______ in the deserts.

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A．little sunlight	B．little rain
C．too many plants	D．so strong wind

(2)More and more land is becoming deserts because _______.

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A．people have done bad things to it

B．it has rained too much

C．there are no people living there

D．there is not enough sunshine

(3)Scientists think that _______, crops can be planted there.

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A．if there is enough water in the deserts

B．as soon as farmers go to the deserts

C．if there is a big city near the deserts

D．if the weather is good

(4)The green plants can _________.

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A．bring water into deserts

B．hold water and stop the land becoming too dry

C．make land into deserts

D．provide water for deserts

(5)If there are no plants in a place, _________.

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A．there is no rain there

B．the land will become deserts soon

C．people won't have enough food to eat

D．the weather will be bad

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　　Many people do not like to stay at home on holidays. They want to go out to see something different or do something exciting. So people from the country come to the city and people from the city go to the country for holidays. During the holidays, trains, buses and planes are all very busy. It is very hard to buy train tickets or air tickets. Many people take cars or buses for travelling.

　　Last May Day my family went to the country by car for our holiday. There was too much traffic on the road, so we have to move very slowing. It took us about an hour to get out of the town. After some time, we came to a farm. It was clean and beautiful. The animals are very cute. We thought it was a nice place for a picnic, so we stopped and took the food, fruit and drinks out of the car. We sat down under a big green tree and began to eat. Suddenly a strong wind blew and soon it started to rain. We had to run back to our car and have our picnic in the car. Then we drove back home. What a bad trip!

1．Many people don't like to stay at home on holidays because ________.

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A．they have much money

B．the weather is pretty cool

C．they want to see something new

D．they want to see different people

2．The family went to ________ for holidays last May Day.

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3．Last May Day the family trip was ________.

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4．It's hard to buy train tickets or air tickets because ________.

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A．there are only a few tickets

B．many people want to go by train or plane

C．it's cheap to take a train or plane

D．it's fun to take a train or plane

5．What is the meaning of “blew”? The meaning is ________.

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How do most students spend(花費(fèi)) their free time? Do they have time to do the things they like? Let's see what some students do during their free time. Ben is eleven. He has a sister, Kate. Both of them like going to the cinema. Every Sunday morning, they go to the town by train and then they go to the cinema because they live in the country(鄉(xiāng)下) and there is no cinema there. They arrive in the town at noon. They usually have a big lunch in their favourite restaurant first, and then they buy some food in the supermarket （超市）before they go to their favourite cinema called Star Cinema. They like it because the seats there are comfortable and the films shown in the cinema are always the newest. They always have a good time on Sundays, but when the weather is bad or they are busy with their homework, they can't go.
【小題1】Ben and Kate always spend their Sundays ________.

A．watching TV	B．going shopping
C．doing homework	D．going to the cinema

【小題2】They go to see a film ________.

A．a(chǎn)t home

B．by bus

C．on foot

D．by train

【小題3】They go to the town to see a film because ________.

A．they like the cinema there

B．there is no cinema in the country

C．they don't know other cinemas

D．they want to go shopping in the town

【小題4】When they are in the town, they ________ first.

A．go to the cinema	B．buy food
C．have lunch	D．play in the street

【小題5】They can't go to the cinema when ________.

A．it is fine

B．they want to watch TV

C．they have little homework

D．the weather is bad or they get too much homework